Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Number Guessing 2

["Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:

> >From: "Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>
> >On Sat, 26 Oct 2002, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> >
> > > >From: "Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Change Proposal 1171 to the following:
> > > >{{
> > > >Create a rule:
> > > >{{
> > > >__Number Guessing__
> > > >Any player not in the Number Game may Join the Number Game by
> > > >mailing the Administrator secretly 5 integral coordinates between -10
> >and
> > > >10 inclusive and announcing to a public forum that e has Joined the
> >Number
> > > >Game. A player may Guess a player's numbers who has Joined the Number
> >Game
> > > >by announcing to a public forum a 5-coordinate guess and paying the
> >player
> > > >e is Guessing the coordinates of 2 points. The Administrator must then
> > > >reveal to a public forum the distance between the guessed point and the
> > > >actual point under the standard metric. If the distance is 0, the
> >Guessing
> > > >player receives 30 points, and the guessed player Leaves the Number
> >Game.
> > > >A player may not Guess eir own numbers.
> > > >}}
> > > >}}
> > >
> > > That still does not stop 2 players working together.  Make the 30 points
> > > come from the other player.
> > >
> > > Orc In A Spacesuit
> > >
> >
> >No. That's too big of a penalty. No one would Join.
> >
> >Athena
>
> I sure as heck would.  With 21 different number in 5 different coordinates,
> a guesser would have a one in 4084101 chance of guessing right.  I'd
> encourage you all to guess away.  But if you feel the answer could be
> guessed by how close the guesses are, reduce the award.  Or maybe scale the
> reward, making it 30-(the number of guesses so far).

For the first guess, yes. For subsequent guesses, it's much more likely if
you use a good strategy.

>
> Whether or not you do this, you do need to deal with the fact that this is
> easily exploitable by two people working together.
>

Part of the fun is collaboration and the back-stabbing it will inevitably
bring.


> Orc In A Spacesuit
> thinks this will be fun, but wants it fixed.
>



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