Questions and answers
What is ITYS?
ITYS - I Told You So is a free iPhone app where friends form a Squad and predict real matches together. You build a Squad, vote on tonight's games before kickoff, and your Squad commits one call per match as a team.
Is ITYS free?
Yes. Every pick and every vote is free. Points are a score with no cash value: nobody can purchase, transfer, or exchange them for money or prizes, and ITYS awards no prizes.
Which sports can I predict?
American football, college football, basketball, soccer, ice hockey, baseball, tennis, MMA, and esports, across the competitions your Squad follows.
How does a Squad work?
A Squad follows up to five competitions. Its members vote on the day's matches and see each other's votes live, and at kickoff the answer with the most votes becomes the Squad's call. A Squad needs three members to vote. Nobody outside the Squad sees a vote before the match starts.
How are points scored?
A correct call adds more the less likely it looked when it was first voted, and a miss takes one point off. A cancelled match counts for nothing. Every month, Squads meet on one world board ordered by total points.
How do I invite friends?
Share a QR code or a link from the app. A friend who opens it joins your Squad.
Can I play on my own?
Yes. Markets is the solo game: your own picks on the day's questions, ranked on the Personal board.
Where do the Arena debates come from?
ITYS writes each day's debates itself, three a sport, from public signals: the GDELT Project's news data, Wikipedia's most-read pages and Bluesky's public trends, plus season races and timeless debates. Members reply and upvote; nobody but ITYS opens a topic.
Where do the Arena debates come from?
ITYS writes them every day from public signals: the sports news indexed by the GDELT Project, the most-read pages on Wikipedia, and the trends on Bluesky. A bank of timeless debates fills a quiet day. Members reply and upvote, and the hottest thread leads the tab.
Who can use ITYS?
Adults 18 and over, on iPhone with iOS 16.4 or later. The app speaks English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic.
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