FOFC Numbers Racket (April)

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 09:46 AM

Okay, here’s how it works:

1. Each FOFC member begins with 100 points. A balance will be kept thereafter in this thread’s second post. When you are out of points, you are done, but there is no maximum balance.

2. Numbers for the game will be posted by myself in this thread. My goal is to post 10 numbers per month, and then (depending on the game’s success and interest level) continue this every month through 2003. I will try to separate number postings by at least 48 hours to allow for greater participation.

3. (NEW RULE) A monthly champion bonus will be awarded (beginning in April) to the monthly qualifier with the highest percentage increase in their score for the month. The bonus will be 20 points for every number played that month (so a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 200). A separate tally will be kept on the scoreboard to monitor the current monthly standings. In the unlikely event of a tie, the bonus will be halved for each winner.

4. To qualify for the monthly standings, you must play at least five of the numbers. This also earns all qualifiers a 10-point bonus (and adds new life to the zero-balance losers). To qualify for the Annual Number Cruncher Award, you must have qualified in at least five months.

5. The numbers will fall between 10 and 90, and will be randomly generated by percentage dice.

6. You are betting points on whether I will roll less than or equal to the posted number. For example, if I post 79 as the number, there’s a 79% chance of success.

7. You may bet as much or as little of your current balance as you wish.

8. Lesser numbers have better pay-off odds. I will post the odds with the numbers, but the formula will simply be dividing 100 by the number and dropping any remainder. Examples: #34-50 pays 2-1, #26-33 (3-1), #21-25 (4-1), #17-20 (5-1), #15-16 (6-1), #13-14 (7-1), #12 (8-1), #11 (9-1), #10 (10-1). Anything above 50 pays 1-1.

To clarify, this means that if you bet 10 points on a 2-1 number, your balance will go down 10 if the number misses, and up 20 if it hits.

January Thread

February Thread

March Thread

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 09:47 AM

The scoreboard through April is listed below. Remember, to qualify for the month you must play at least 5 of the 10 numbers, and to qualify for the year you must qualify in at least 5 months.

Final April Standings, minimum 5 numbers played
1. digamma (+1659.13%) – April Champion!
2. Splitpersonality1 (+901.67%)
3. JeeberD (+778.63%)
4. Craptacular (+775.00%)
5. Coffee Warlord (+752.61%)
6. Barkeep49(+752.51%)
7. tucker342 (+739.29%)
8. Masked (+664.82%)
9. Butter_of_69 (+617.95%)
10. BishopMVP (+586.11%)
11. Alf (+580.00%)
12. sachmo71 (+388.00%)
13. path12 (+330.00%)
14. sterlingice (+265.85%)
15. Marmel (+64.16%)

Balance (starting Balance) – Name [numbers played in current month] - Months Qualified

6000 (599) - Splitpersonality1 [10] – Jan, Feb Champ & Mar Champ, Apr
4046 (230) - digamma [8] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Champ
4000 (583) – BishopMVP [9] – Jan Champ, Feb, Mar, Apr
4000 (523) - Masked [9] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
3453 (393) – JeeberD [10] – Feb, Mar, Apr
2800 (390) – Butter_of_69 [8] Feb, Mar, Apr
1799 (211) – Coffee Warlord [8] Mar, Apr
1526 (179) – Barkeep49 [6] Feb, Mar, Apr
1175 (140) – tucker342 [9] Mar, Apr
750 (205) – sterlingice [7] Feb, Mar, Apr
525 (60) - Craptacular [6] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
488 (100) – sachmo71 [8] – Apr
430 (100) – path12 [7] – Apr
390 (100) – cthomer5000 [2]
284 (173) - Marmel [6] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
199 - stkelly52 [-]
165(100) – Alan T [1]
162 - Quiksand [-] – Jan, Feb
150 - Rich1033 [-] – Jan, Feb
148 - Rembrandt [-] Jan
120 - Passacaglia [-] – Jan
105 – sabotai [-]
100 – Joe Canadian [1]
100 - RendeR [-]
95 - illinifan999 [-]
95 – bertogarce [-] Feb
90 - Aylmar [-]
87 - ardent enthusiast [-]
85 - sooner333 [-]
84 – TredWel [-]
68 (10) - Alf [8] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
65 (100) – RPI-Fan [2]
61 - rkmsuf [-] - Jan
50 - heybrad [-] – Jan
49 - Easy Mac [-] – Jan, Feb
46 – cincyreds [-]
37 (12) - henry296 [2] – Jan, Feb
35 - Sublime [-] – Jan
10 - Bee [-] – Jan
0 - MrBug708 [out]
0 - andy m [out]
0 - TRO [out]
0 - Airhog [out]
0 - TheLionKing [out]

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 09:48 AM

NEW RULE: A monthly champion bonus will be awarded (beginning in April) to the monthly qualifier with the highest percentage increase in their score for the month. The bonus will be 20 points for every number played that month (so a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 200). A separate tally will be kept on the scoreboard to monitor the current monthly standings.

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 09:49 AM

The 1st April number is 88. The odds are 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.

Butter · 04-01-2003, 09:51 AM

sachmo71 · 04-01-2003, 09:59 AM

Can I play? If so, I bet 100 points that you will roll lower than 88.

Marmel · 04-01-2003, 10:01 AM

Hmmm....being at 173, do I just bet 5 points and hope that all the leaders bet heavy and lose, or do I bet heavy and still trail the leaders by hundreds of points, but make myself feel better for crossing the 200 or 300 threshold.

Such a strategic game here.

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sachmo71
Can I play? If so, I bet 100 points that you will roll lower than 88.

Sure!

Although 88 is a great number, you might want to bet less than 100, since if it's a miss you would be out of the game (zero balance).

WSUCougar · 04-01-2003, 10:03 AM

Butter, see my previous post.

henry296 · 04-01-2003, 10:06 AM

sterlingice · 04-01-2003, 10:07 AM

200

SI

Butter · 04-01-2003, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WSUCougar
Butter, see my previous post.

Thanks for the advice, I'm fine.

sachmo71 · 04-01-2003, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by WSUCougar
Sure!

Although 88 is a great number, you might want to bet less than 100, since if it's a miss you would be out of the game (zero balance).

All or nothing! "Never tell me the odds!" and all of that.

JeeberD · 04-01-2003, 11:36 AM

cthomer5000 · 04-01-2003, 11:40 AM

im in, 100

Marmel · 04-01-2003, 11:41 AM

Barkeep49 · 04-01-2003, 11:53 AM

Coffee Warlord · 04-01-2003, 12:28 PM

tucker342 · 04-01-2003, 01:06 PM

I like my chances 125

BishopMVP · 04-01-2003, 05:27 PM

583

Bring It

digamma · 04-01-2003, 05:45 PM

path12 · 04-01-2003, 05:47 PM

SplitPersonality1 · 04-01-2003, 10:30 PM

501

Bishop, I don't know if you are gutsy or foolish.

Either way, you have some serious cajones.

Alf · 04-02-2003, 02:01 AM

Craptacular · 04-02-2003, 09:53 AM

tucker342 · 04-02-2003, 10:34 PM

Masked · 04-02-2003, 11:56 PM

Barkeep49 · 04-03-2003, 10:20 AM

If this number doesn't fail it's going to be nearly impossible for someone like myself to catch up to the big boys... I don't know now if I want to the # to win or fail.

Coffee Warlord · 04-03-2003, 10:23 AM

The fallout from this if the number misses is gonna be...ugly.

Marmel · 04-03-2003, 10:33 AM

*praying for a roll of 99*

Butter · 04-03-2003, 10:55 AM

Well, if you're going to bet it all, this is as close to the highest probability you're going to get here... I was hoping that the leaders might be out of town so I could vault into the lead... alas, every single one of the people in front of me have bet big as well. So much for that.

If we all go down, it'll become a lot more interesting.

QuikSand · 04-03-2003, 11:13 AM

I think Ill sit this one out as well... I'm pretty far behind, this might be my best chance to "catch up."

WSUCougar · 04-03-2003, 01:39 PM

The 1st April number was 88. The roll was 82, and thus a hit.

Player balances have been updated in the second post of this thread.

The 2nd April number is 67. The payoff is 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.

cthomer5000 · 04-03-2003, 01:44 PM

Marmel · 04-03-2003, 01:46 PM

JeeberD · 04-03-2003, 01:49 PM

henry296 · 04-03-2003, 02:00 PM

SplitPersonality1 · 04-03-2003, 03:04 PM

And SplitP breathes a huge sigh of relief. Whew!

Let's go with a nice round 100.

Coffee Warlord · 04-03-2003, 03:18 PM

sterlingice · 04-03-2003, 03:20 PM

Well, that was close. This time it's:

105

SI

path12 · 04-03-2003, 03:44 PM

tucker342 · 04-03-2003, 06:46 PM

that was close

100

BishopMVP · 04-03-2003, 07:08 PM

583

Gutsy and foolish

digamma · 04-03-2003, 07:43 PM

400

to be the man, you've got to beat the man. woooooooo.

WSUCougar · 04-04-2003, 08:54 AM

This number might have more impact than 88 did, obviously depending upon who bets what.

Butter · 04-04-2003, 09:44 AM

A 1/3 chance of losing a bundle... sounds like a good round to sit out. Glad I didn't crap out last round, though.

tucker342 · 04-04-2003, 08:14 PM

Masked · 04-04-2003, 09:58 PM

Barkeep49 · 04-05-2003, 09:30 AM

WSUCougar · 04-06-2003, 04:30 PM

The 2nd April number was 67. The roll was 40, and thus a hit.

Player balances have been updated in the second post of this thread.

The 3rd April number is 25. The payoff is 4-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.

04-01-2003, 09:49 AM	#4
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	The 1st April number is 88. The odds are 1-1. The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

04-01-2003, 09:51 AM	#5
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	390 __________________ My listening habits

04-01-2003, 10:01 AM	#7
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	Hmmm....being at 173, do I just bet 5 points and hope that all the leaders bet heavy and lose, or do I bet heavy and still trail the leaders by hundreds of points, but make myself feel better for crossing the 200 or 300 threshold. Such a strategic game here. __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

04-01-2003, 10:03 AM	#9
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	Butter, see my previous post. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

04-01-2003, 11:36 AM	#14
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	250 __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

04-01-2003, 09:47 AM	#2
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	The scoreboard through April is listed below. Remember, to qualify for the month you must play at least 5 of the 10 numbers, and to qualify for the year you must qualify in at least 5 months. Final April Standings, minimum 5 numbers played 1. digamma (+1659.13%) – April Champion! 2. Splitpersonality1 (+901.67%) 3. JeeberD (+778.63%) 4. Craptacular (+775.00%) 5. Coffee Warlord (+752.61%) 6. Barkeep49(+752.51%) 7. tucker342 (+739.29%) 8. Masked (+664.82%) 9. Butter_of_69 (+617.95%) 10. BishopMVP (+586.11%) 11. Alf (+580.00%) 12. sachmo71 (+388.00%) 13. path12 (+330.00%) 14. sterlingice (+265.85%) 15. Marmel (+64.16%) Balance (starting Balance) – Name [numbers played in current month] - Months Qualified 6000 (599) - Splitpersonality1 [10] – Jan, Feb Champ & Mar Champ, Apr 4046 (230) - digamma [8] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Champ 4000 (583) – BishopMVP [9] – Jan Champ, Feb, Mar, Apr 4000 (523) - Masked [9] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 3453 (393) – JeeberD [10] – Feb, Mar, Apr 2800 (390) – Butter_of_69 [8] Feb, Mar, Apr 1799 (211) – Coffee Warlord [8] Mar, Apr 1526 (179) – Barkeep49 [6] Feb, Mar, Apr 1175 (140) – tucker342 [9] Mar, Apr 750 (205) – sterlingice [7] Feb, Mar, Apr 525 (60) - Craptacular [6] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 488 (100) – sachmo71 [8] – Apr 430 (100) – path12 [7] – Apr 390 (100) – cthomer5000 [2] 284 (173) - Marmel [6] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 199 - stkelly52 [-] 165(100) – Alan T [1] 162 - Quiksand [-] – Jan, Feb 150 - Rich1033 [-] – Jan, Feb 148 - Rembrandt [-] Jan 120 - Passacaglia [-] – Jan 105 – sabotai [-] 100 – Joe Canadian [1] 100 - RendeR [-] 95 - illinifan999 [-] 95 – bertogarce [-] Feb 90 - Aylmar [-] 87 - ardent enthusiast [-] 85 - sooner333 [-] 84 – TredWel [-] 68 (10) - Alf [8] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr 65 (100) – RPI-Fan [2] 61 - rkmsuf [-] - Jan 50 - heybrad [-] – Jan 49 - Easy Mac [-] – Jan, Feb 46 – cincyreds [-] 37 (12) - henry296 [2] – Jan, Feb 35 - Sublime [-] – Jan 10 - Bee [-] – Jan 0 - MrBug708 [out] 0 - andy m [out] 0 - TRO [out] 0 - Airhog [out] 0 - TheLionKing [out] __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage. Last edited by WSUCougar : 04-29-2003 at 01:23 PM.

04-01-2003, 09:48 AM	#3
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	NEW RULE: A monthly champion bonus will be awarded (beginning in April) to the monthly qualifier with the highest percentage increase in their score for the month. The bonus will be 20 points for every number played that month (so a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 200). A separate tally will be kept on the scoreboard to monitor the current monthly standings. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage.

04-01-2003, 09:59 AM	#6
sachmo71 The boy who cried Trout Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: TX	Can I play? If so, I bet 100 points that you will roll lower than 88.

04-01-2003, 10:06 AM	#10
henry296 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	10 __________________ "It's a great day for hockey" - "Badger" Bob Johnson

04-01-2003, 10:07 AM	#11
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	200 SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-01-2003, 11:41 AM	#16
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	40 __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

04-01-2003, 11:53 AM	#17
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	150

04-01-2003, 12:28 PM	#18
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	200

04-01-2003, 01:06 PM	#19
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	I like my chances 125

04-01-2003, 05:27 PM	#20
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	583 Bring It

04-01-2003, 05:45 PM	#21
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	190

04-01-2003, 05:47 PM	#22
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	75

04-01-2003, 10:30 PM	#23
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	501 Bishop, I don't know if you are gutsy or foolish. Either way, you have some serious cajones.

04-02-2003, 02:01 AM	#24
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	5 __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

04-02-2003, 09:53 AM	#25
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	20

04-02-2003, 10:34 PM	#26
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	bump

04-02-2003, 11:56 PM	#27
Masked College Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bay Area	425

04-03-2003, 10:20 AM	#28
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	If this number doesn't fail it's going to be nearly impossible for someone like myself to catch up to the big boys... I don't know now if I want to the # to win or fail.

04-03-2003, 10:23 AM	#29
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	The fallout from this if the number misses is gonna be...ugly.

04-03-2003, 10:33 AM	#30
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	praying for a roll of 99 __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

04-03-2003, 10:55 AM	#31
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Well, if you're going to bet it all, this is as close to the highest probability you're going to get here... I was hoping that the leaders might be out of town so I could vault into the lead... alas, every single one of the people in front of me have bet big as well. So much for that. If we all go down, it'll become a lot more interesting. __________________ My listening habits

04-03-2003, 11:13 AM	#32
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I think Ill sit this one out as well... I'm pretty far behind, this might be my best chance to "catch up."

04-03-2003, 01:39 PM	#33
WSUCougar Rider Of Rohan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep	The 1st April number was 88. The roll was 82, and thus a hit. Player balances have been updated in the second post of this thread. The 2nd April number is 67. The payoff is 1-1. The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours. __________________ It's not the years...it's the mileage. Last edited by WSUCougar : 04-03-2003 at 01:41 PM.

04-03-2003, 01:46 PM	#35
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	15 __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

04-03-2003, 01:49 PM	#36
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	300 __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

04-03-2003, 02:00 PM	#37
henry296 College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	15 __________________ "It's a great day for hockey" - "Badger" Bob Johnson

04-03-2003, 03:04 PM	#38
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	And SplitP breathes a huge sigh of relief. Whew! Let's go with a nice round 100. Last edited by SplitPersonality1 : 04-03-2003 at 04:14 PM.

04-03-2003, 03:18 PM	#39
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	150

04-03-2003, 03:20 PM	#40
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Well, that was close. This time it's: 105 SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

04-03-2003, 03:44 PM	#41
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	35 __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.