[Spoon-business] Fixing the Number Game

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I propose:

{{
__The new Number Game__

Amend Rule 1244, sections B and C, to read:

B. If the Number Game is ever Solved, the Administrator picks 5 nonzero 
integers between -10 and 10 inclusive to be the 5 Numbers and sets the state 
of the Number Game to Unsolved.

C. A player may Guess the Numbers by posting to a public forum 5 integers if 
the state of the Number Game is Unsolved. At the end of each nweek, the 
Administrator awards a number of points to each player equal to 5 raised to 
the n power, rounded to the nearest point, where n is determined as follows:

-For each number the player guessed the sign of correctly but got the 
magnitude wrong, n is increased by .25.
-For each number the player guessed the magnitude of correctly but got the 
sign wrong, n is increased by .5.
-For each number the player guessed where magnitude and sign were both 
correct, n is increased by 1.

If a player did not get the sign or magnitude of any of their five guesses 
correct, they lose 4 points.
}}

Now, I'm not sure how to phrase this or if I need to say it, but if Dave 
picks (8, 4, -3, 1, and -9) and you guess (-9, -3, 1, 4, and 8), you lose 
four points. Position is important because otherwise you could get at least 
two signs correct by guessing (pos, pos, neg, neg, neg).

[[BvS]]




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