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

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "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.

I agree such things can indeed be fun, but I feel Dave will think otherwise 
when he recieves 500 messages each from a pair who have decided to blow this 
apart before someone else does.

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

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