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Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
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FOFC Numbers Racket (April)
Okay, heres how it works:
1. Each FOFC member begins with 100 points. A balance will be kept thereafter in this threads 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 games 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, theres 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
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04-01-2003, 09:47 AM | #2 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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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]
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04-01-2003, 09:48 AM | #3 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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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.
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04-01-2003, 09:49 AM | #4 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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The 1st April number is 88. The odds are 1-1.
The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
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04-01-2003, 09:51 AM | #5 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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390
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04-01-2003, 09:59 AM | #6 |
The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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Can I play? If so, I bet 100 points that you will roll lower than 88.
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04-01-2003, 10:01 AM | #7 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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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.
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04-01-2003, 10:02 AM | #8 | |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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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).
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04-01-2003, 10:03 AM | #9 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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Butter, see my previous post.
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04-01-2003, 10:06 AM | #10 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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10
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04-01-2003, 10:07 AM | #11 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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200
SI
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04-01-2003, 10:09 AM | #12 | |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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Quote:
Thanks for the advice, I'm fine.
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04-01-2003, 10:18 AM | #13 | |
The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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All or nothing! "Never tell me the odds!" and all of that. |
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04-01-2003, 11:36 AM | #14 |
General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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250
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04-01-2003, 11:40 AM | #15 |
Strategy Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Carolina
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im in, 100
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04-01-2003, 11:41 AM | #16 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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40
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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 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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150
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04-01-2003, 12:28 PM | #18 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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200
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04-01-2003, 01:06 PM | #19 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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I like my chances 125
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04-01-2003, 05:27 PM | #20 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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583
Bring It |
04-01-2003, 05:45 PM | #21 |
Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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190
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04-01-2003, 05:47 PM | #22 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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75
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04-01-2003, 10:30 PM | #23 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Grafton, WI
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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 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Rennes, France
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5
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04-02-2003, 09:53 AM | #25 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: The Mad City, WI
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20
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04-02-2003, 10:34 PM | #26 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Iowa City, IA
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bump
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04-02-2003, 11:56 PM | #27 |
College Starter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bay Area
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425
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04-03-2003, 10:20 AM | #28 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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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.
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04-03-2003, 10:23 AM | #29 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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The fallout from this if the number misses is gonna be...ugly.
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04-03-2003, 10:33 AM | #30 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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*praying for a roll of 99*
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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 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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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.
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04-03-2003, 11:13 AM | #32 |
lolzcat
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Annapolis, Md
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I think Ill sit this one out as well... I'm pretty far behind, this might be my best chance to "catch up."
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04-03-2003, 01:39 PM | #33 |
Rider Of Rohan
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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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.
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04-03-2003, 01:44 PM | #34 |
Strategy Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Carolina
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190
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04-03-2003, 01:46 PM | #35 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Manchester, CT
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15
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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 |
General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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300
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04-03-2003, 02:00 PM | #37 |
College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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15
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04-03-2003, 03:04 PM | #38 |
College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Grafton, WI
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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 |
Head Coach
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Location: Colorado Springs
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150
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04-03-2003, 03:20 PM | #40 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Well, that was close. This time it's:
105 SI
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04-03-2003, 03:44 PM | #41 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
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35
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04-03-2003, 06:46 PM | #42 |
Pro Starter
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Location: Iowa City, IA
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that was close
100 |
04-03-2003, 07:08 PM | #43 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Concord, MA/UMass
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583
Gutsy and foolish |
04-03-2003, 07:43 PM | #44 |
Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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400
to be the man, you've got to beat the man. woooooooo. |
04-04-2003, 08:54 AM | #45 |
Rider Of Rohan
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This number might have more impact than 88 did, obviously depending upon who bets what.
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04-04-2003, 09:44 AM | #46 |
Coordinator
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Location: Dayton, OH
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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.
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04-04-2003, 08:14 PM | #47 |
Pro Starter
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Location: Iowa City, IA
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bump
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04-04-2003, 09:58 PM | #48 |
College Starter
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bay Area
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125
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04-05-2003, 09:30 AM | #49 |
Coordinator
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Not too far away
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36
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04-06-2003, 04:30 PM | #50 |
Rider Of Rohan
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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.
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