Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Gale Family Florida Manifold Competition. In addition to the participants - @JodiGale, @PaulGale, @EmilyFuhriman, @JoshuaGale, @BenGale, and @TannerGale, we had another 24 traders in our markets. Congratulations to everyone!

We had a competition chalk full of market manipulation, tom-foolery, and desperate profit-seeking action. Winners and losers alike fought valiantly for their place on the leaderboard.

But finally...the moment you've all been waiting for...the results:

In 3rd place, we have @EmilyFuhriman, with a net profit of Ṁ605! Emily started off rocky, betting Ṁ100 that we would get into a car crash on the way there; she eventually sold off, but not before losing Ṁ94 of profit before we even arrived at the VRBO. She also lost Ṁ60 understimating whether I would go swimming in the ocean (it was freezing!). Ultimately, 2 markets paid off big-time for her, and she won Ṁ85 in a Beat Saber competition with Addison, and a whopping Ṁ663 by flashing her sweet grandmother-in-law! (turn of phrase, not to be used as evidence in conjunction with this market)

In 2nd place, we have @BenGale with Ṁ1,078 of net profit. Ben was particularly impressive, as he arrived late into the playing field, only beginning to bet with vigor in the last few days of the trip. Ben lost noticeably little during the competition, with the only losing markets being whether @PaulGale would unfollow me and whether @JoshuaGale would hold his breath for 40 seconds underwater. Ben's big winner was whether Grammie would ride an e-bike - after discussing that she wouldn't do it with @JodiGale and the rest of the family, Ben went undercover and convinced Grammie to give it a try, winning him Ṁ424 of profit! Ben was also one of the first ones to bet once the U-Haul got ticketed by the HOA, and hopped on the band-wagon of @TannerGale finally speaking on baby August's level.

Finally, in 1st place, we have @TannerGale with Ṁ1,235 of net profit! Tanner was by far the most active Manifolder besides your's truly - he was placing bets from the moment we crossed the state boundaries! Tanner lost big on a few markets, losing Ṁ100 in predicting that @JoshuaGale wouldn't hold his breath for 40 seconds and Ṁ50 that I wouldn't go swimming in the ocean. However, Tanner was prolific in his successful bets, with 22 markets that ultimately resolved in his favor! My personal favorite was when he physically dragged me into the VRBO to call me fat immediately upon setting foot in the buildling. He surprised everyone at the last minute, manipulating upsets on markets involving whether @PaulGale would unfollow me on Twitter, whether Tanner would get any family member to call him "pretty intelligent", and whether he would speak in baby talk to baby August, each earning him over Ṁ150 in profit.

Despite not being prize-winners, @JoshuaGale and @JodiGale were notable for their activity. Josh actually ended up with the single most profitable market regarding whether he could hold his breath for 40 seconds! He did trial runs with Jodi, which he (maybe purposefully?) failed, causing her to bet 1,200 mana against Josh's market. Josh ultimately succeeded and was rewarded with meaningful profit, which he shared with the user @StevenK (who was unfortunately ineligible for the prize money due to not being a member of the Gale family).

Thanks to all who participated and looking forward to the next round!