Yeah, I see what you mean. 6 hours was plenty when it was a 4 o' clock deadline

It's because Morning deadlines can be harder to predict if posted very late, so maybe it should be anything posted up until 6/7 am  with 7 hours?

I disagree. The WHOLE argument is entirely based upon people's sleeping patterns (or your assumption of them). Either you have ONE fixed limit (i.e. 5 hours, 9 hours) or you have none at all. The entire point of the game is to get your predictions in on time. You can't decide amongst yourselves each time a thread is posted up whether it should count or not.

Personally, unless it's been obviously missed by everyone for like OOP + 12 hours or something silly like that, then every thread should count. I'm perfectly happy for this one to count, but only cause I think the rule is rubbish in the way it has been written up.

Yeah there are flaws in the rule that we definitely need to iron out