Welcome to the contest! I'm Ryan, Forecasting Program Coordinator at Metaculus, and I'm looking forward to an exciting competition and seeing how the forecasts develop and change.

This discussion post will serve as a place where you can ask questions. If you have questions about making forecasts, scoring, contest rules, or anything else please feel free to post a comment here and I or one of my colleagues will get you an answer.

Feel free to use this thread to ask questions to other participants as well! While this is a forecasting competition, we also consider forecasting to be a collaborative effort and a valuable way to improve our collective reasoning. So if you're curious about other strategies, approaches, or information sources you're free to ask those kinds of questions here, and participants are welcome to respond if they like.

If you're just getting started, don't forget to check out the [welcome discussion post](https://www.metaculus.com/questions/22433/welcome-to-the-tournament/) and the [How it Works](https://www.metaculus.com/bridgewater/how-it-works/) page. We also have an [FAQ](https://www.metaculus.com/help/faq/) page for those interested in diving deeper into the nuts and bolts of Metaculus.

We'll be monitoring this thread and the questions themselves, but if you have a pressing question about one of the questions or think there's an error in the resolution criteria don't hesitate to tag @admins in the comments on the question. You can also tag me directly as well (@RyanBeck).

Good luck everyone!