As per the Predict 2020 thread, this is the place to make some predictions of how the world will be in 2024.
The categories are:
Winner of the 2024 US President Election
UK Prime Minister in 2024
UK Monarch 2024
UK News
World News
Celebrity Death
Sports News
Forum News (GRcade only)
Tech Developments
Wildcard
For the US President, points will be awarded for guessing the winning party, the President and the VP. Similar for the UK election, you can get a point for the party and a point for the PM.
The other categories are more open ended, try not to be too vague! Saying things like "the Tories make cuts", "a new iPhone is released" or "lots of famous people will die" is not going to get you points. Be more specific!
The more vague categories don't have to be events that actually happen in 2024 itself, just events between now and the end of 2024.
I'll make a note to bump this in January 2025 and I'll score you on how well/badly you've done. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 (as long as we get a lot of entries!).
Winner of the 2024 US President Election • Democrats/Kamala Harris Biden probably doesn't want to run again, he's ancient and Harris will be the obvious heir apparent. America loathes an heir, though, so it's likely that there'll be another long primary season.
UK Prime Minister in 2024 • Labor / Kier Starmer No reason, other than I would hope that Brexit will finally clue people in to the nationally destructive, self-serving corruption of the Tories at long last.
UK Monarch 2024 • Charles Once Elizabeth II hits her next, probably final jubilee in 2022 (IIRC), and when she loses Philip, I think she'll throw in the towel, even if she hates the idea of Charles as King. He'll be using whatever non-Charlesian moniker he's settled on because he doesn't want to be associated with the one that was beheaded in the civil war.
UK News • Cannabis legalized for recreational use. • Scottish independence movement becomes armed insurrection, after Tory Westminster blocks all legal avenues. Labor to conduct peace talks after winning general election. • UK is "sick man of Europe" again.
World News • Nepal annexed by India, sparking Sino-Indian war after decades of tit-for-tat skirmishing. • US' National Popular Vote Interstate Compact finally ratified in states amounting to 270 electoral votes. Expected legal challenges launched against it. • Global protests against police brutality meet with police brutality, to the surprise of nobody. • Turkey's Erdogan ousted in a military coup. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Celebrity Death • Johnny Depp.
Sports News • AFC Wimbledon gets promoted to the next tier of English football.
Forum News (GRcade only) • I'm still here, mummy strawberry floaters. • Updates to the forum format causes controversy.
Tech Developments • Electric car charging point infrastructure establishment is underway in several countries. • Machines capable of automatically manufacturing items (e.g. habitats) from in-situ materials — a vital first step toward the colonization of any world. • Something something Elon Musk something hyperloop something.
Wildcard • Aerial drone sent to Venus to study atmosphere.
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A financial services trade deal is signed with the EU.
World News
India overtakes China earlier than expected as the country with the largest population in the world. China and India have another military clash in the Himalayas The French have a national strike
Celebrity Death
Stephen Fry Donald Trump
Sports News
Klopp leaves liverpool (resigns or sacked) England win the 2024 euros Connor McGregor returns to fight in UFC after retiring previously again, he then retires again. This is possibly the 4th time he has done this.
Forum News (GRcade only)
New grcade forum launch is delayed
Tech Developments
Sequel to Nintendo switch announced but not yet released. Electric (including hybrids) car sales outstrip Diesel sales in the uk
Wildcard The next Avatar film is still not released. The streaming market becomes oversaturated leading to the loss of at least one of Hayu, CBS all access, Peacock or Britbox.
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Winner of the 2024 US President Election: Democrats/Kamala Harris after Biden steps down.
UK Prime Minister in 2024: Boris Johnson
UK Monarch 2024: Queen Elizabeth II
UK News: Things are better than in 2020 (god help us if they're not).
World News: North Korea opens up to the world and becomes a tourist hotspot.
Celebrity Death: David Cameron after getting his genitals torn off while getting frisky with some wild boar.
Sports News: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) becomes F1 world champion just ahead of George Russell's Mercedes and Charles Leclerc's Ferrari.
Forum News (GRcade only): Moggy becomes self aware, Judgment Day follows as his minions rise up and take over.
Tech Developments : After the collapse of streaming services thanks to there being too many different providers (a streaming bubble which bursts), Blu Ray sales soar.
Wildcard: The shite mural in Warminster car park is painted over with something which actually looks half decent.
Winner of the 2024 US President Election: Republican - Donald Trump, Donald Jr or Ivanka
UK Prime Minister in 2024: Conservative- Boris Johnson
UK Monarch 2024: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
UK News: Nicola Sturgeon quits politics following the collapse of the SNP, support for the Union is at an all time high
World News: The European Union becomes just a trade association after other countries vote to leave
Celebrity Death: Pope Francis
Sports News: England win Euro 2024 beating Germany in the final
Forum News (GRcade only): Stool Bloke becomes an active member of the forum
Tech Developments : Following a massive bounce back for the travel industry a new Concorde is in development with British Airways working with Virgin Atlantic
Wildcard: Work starts on the new bridge linking Great Britain to Northern Ireland
Brexit is still dominating political discussion, but neither main party campaigns to rejoin the EU.
Scotland narrowly votes to remain in the UK.
Northern Ireland votes for Irish reunification.
World News
Biden steps down as President due to ill health.
China invades one of its neighbours
Putin annexes further parts of Ukraine as well as parts of Georgia and Belarus.
Bolsonaro is arrested in Brazil.
Celebrity Death
Gazza
Mick Jagger
Ringo Starr
Sports News
Bristol City make the Premier League
Italy win Euro 2020
Spain win 2022 World Cup
Netherlands win 2024 Euros
Forum News (GRcade only)
The forum still exists but has been moved to new software, this thread is lost and so our predictions are never scored.
Grumpy David announces he's voting Labour
Karl wins the lottery and turns into a capitalist
Denster rejoins Secret Santa and buys everyone a PS5
Tech Developments
PS6/next Xbox are both announced in late 2024, they include VR as standard.
8K TVs are affordable
Humans have returned to the Moon and serious mission plans for Mars are being finalised
Netflix merges with Warner's. The combination of Warner movies and HBO content creates a serious rival to Disney after several years of Disney domination.
Wildcard
Following the pandemic, efforts are concentrated on a "magic bullet" to fight viruses. A technique is found to target specific viruses and the world is on the way to eliminating viral diseases.
Moggy wrote:Winner of the 2024 US President Election
Democrats, President Harris and VP Buttigieg
UK Prime Minister in 2024
Labour, PM Starmer
UK Monarch 2024
Charles (possibly using different name)
UK News
Brexit is still dominating political discussion, but neither main party campaigns to rejoin the EU.
Scotland narrowly votes to remain in the UK.
Northern Ireland votes for Irish reunification.
World News
Biden steps down as President due to ill health.
China invades one of its neighbours
Putin annexes further parts of Ukraine as well as parts of Georgia and Belarus.
Bolsonaro is arrested in Brazil.
Celebrity Death
Gazza
Mick Jagger
Ringo Starr
Sports News
Bristol City make the Premier League
Italy win Euro 2020
Spain win 2022 World Cup
Netherlands win 2024 Euros
Forum News (GRcade only)
The forum still exists but has been moved to new software, this thread is lost and so our predictions are never scored.
Grumpy David announces he's voting Labour
Karl wins the lottery and turns into a capitalist
Denster rejoins Secret Santa and buys everyone a PS5
Tech Developments
PS6/next Xbox are both announced in late 2024, they include VR as standard.
8K TVs are affordable
Humans have returned to the Moon and serious mission plans for Mars are being finalised
Netflix merges with Warner's. The combination of Warner movies and HBO content creates a serious rival to Disney after several years of Disney domination.
Wildcard
Following the pandemic, efforts are concentrated on a "magic bullet" to fight viruses. A technique is found to target specific viruses and the world is on the way to eliminating viral diseases.
Hold on, are we allowed multiple guesses for each category? I assumed it was one per each.
Winner of the 2024 US President Election: Kamala Harris - Biden goes back into VP position.
UK Prime Minister in 2024: Kier Starmer
UK Monarch 2024: Queen Elizabeth - lizard people take forever to die.
UK News: UK rejoins EU as Brexit is a total failure. Scotland is independent.
World News: Global panic as aliens make proper contact. Trump tries to sue them, says they should have been voting for him in 2020 and still swears he won the election.
Celebrity Death: Steve-O
Sports News England get into the semis of some football comp. Get beaten by Brazil. (I dont follow the football, I'm not sure if itll be the Euros or world cup)
Forum News (GRcade only): Vermy finds a double of a rare coin he already has and sells it at auction for a massive sum of money, spends half of it on a massive forum party with a large effergy of stool bloke in the centre of the room made of ice.
Tech Developments Switch + is finally released after delays due to covid. PS6 and new Xbox announced.
Moggy wrote:As per the Predict 2020 thread, this is the place to make some predictions of how the world will be in 2024.
The categories are:
Winner of the 2024 US President Election
DEMOCRATS/KAMALA HARRIS/PETE BUTTIGIEG
UK Prime Minister in 2024
LABOUR/KEIR STARMER ELECTED IN MAY 2024
UK Monarch 2024
CHARLES III
UK News
SCOTLAND PREPARES TO LEAVE THE UNITED KINGDOM FOLLOWING YES VOTE IN LATE 2023/EARLY 2024
World News
SCANDINAVIAN UNION NOTES THAT AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND WOULD BE ALLOWED ENTRY, CAUSING A DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT WITH ESTONIA
Celebrity Death
PATRICK STEWART
Sports News
NETHERLANDS WIN EURO 2024
BLACKBURN, BRISTOL CITY AND DERBY COUNTY PROMOTED TO PREMIER LEAGUE
Forum News (GRcade only)
THE HISTORY OF GRCADE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE IN A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU
Tech Developments
JEFF BEZOS BECOMES WORLD'S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE IN MAY 2024
Wildcard
LARGE SCALE TORNADOS DEVASTATE THE US MIDWEST
For the US President, points will be awarded for guessing the winning party, the President and the VP. Similar for the UK election, you can get a point for the party and a point for the PM.
The other categories are more open ended, try not to be too vague! Saying things like "the Tories make cuts", "a new iPhone is released" or "lots of famous people will die" is not going to get you points. Be more specific!
The more vague categories don't have to be events that actually happen in 2024 itself, just events between now and the end of 2024.
I'll make a note to bump this in January 2025 and I'll score you on how well/badly you've done. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 (as long as we get a lot of entries!).
Ireland and Northern Ireland are readying for a joint referendum on reunification to be held in 2025
Scotland is in its first year of negotiating leaving the Union after a more overwhelming vote for independence than the 52/48 Brexit vote
Support for Welsh independence is at an all time high but a referendum isn't happening any time soon
Green party replaces Lib Dems as the third biggest party in England by number of MPs
World News
European Union membership grows to as many as thirty nations, Turkey still doesn't get in Absolutely zero chance of any other country having followed the UK in withdrawing its membership
Macron loses his re-election bid in 2022
Celebrity Death
Paul McCartney David Attenborough
Sports News
Belgium win Euro 2021 Argentina win World Cup 2022
Forum News (GRcade only)
Mockmaster returns
Tech Developments
Google partner Stadia technology with Sony Nikon exit the photography business
Wildcard
Universal Basic Income introduced in two European countries
Snowballday wrote:Forum News (GRcade only): Vermy finds a double of a rare coin he already has and sells it at auction for a massive sum of money, spends half of it on a massive forum party with a large effergy of stool bloke in the centre of the room made of ice.