Taclobanon ate 92 banana tacos.
My magic 7-ball (no relation to the magic 8-ball) has told me to pick
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Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
What I'm getting at is this...the numbers are running slim, and according to the rules, I cannot guess twice in a 24-hour period...so that means I wait until almost 6:00 PM CST...that's fine. BUT what's stopping someone from just walking into this thread now, first time guesser, and walking away with our prize. They didn't start out with 1-100 odds...they're odds are amazing now compared to when we started the contest. Who's to stop someone from making a second account, and having two guesses at it...the pickin's getting slim!
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Ok, ok... I'm back from laughing now.... Nothing is to stop someone from making a second account and guessing on it except the fact that they would have to be paying for two CoH accounts, right? I think that's how it works... So I don't think anyone would buy a second account just to take part in this contest.
Those who may already have two accounts... Well, I guess they can slip around the spirit of the contest if they're that low.
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Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Caemgen - I feel that you should limit the potential winner to those that have already taken previous guesses....that's all I'm saying. You did state that you could and would make or change the rules if needed....I think this needs to happen just to keep it fair to those of us that have been participating from the beginning.
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However when I said that I retained the right to change the rules I did that to save myself grief in case I made a typo, forgot some obvious needed rule (such as only the first to pick the number wins or that I won't be responsible for extra costs if the winner decides to negotiate two characters in the pick, etc...) and not so I could influence who the winner would be.
As such, I intend to live up to the spirit of the contest as I originally had it and not change things just because someone who may have been a long time lurker won or a possible newbie (newbier than me, even) sees this and gets lucky. True, that may mean someone wins using less than honest means but I'd rather hold true to my original intentions (only changing rules if there is a dire need) and have someone win questionably than to compromise my own intent and ensure one of the regulars won...
Like I said, I had already been thinking about this
Still, I do think you have a valid point... And being a poker player, I understand that anology very well.
Anyway, I made a compromise in my own head in deciding if someone I didn't recognize from the boards I'd figure out some "third place" win and do another little contest with a more restricted entry... Not sure if it would be another full body commission or maybe a bust, or maybe a team up pic with one of their toons and one of mine... Heck, maybe not art at all, but I'll think of something. I'd rather do that than restrict entries at this point.Heck, I realized while running with my 2 day a week static team this morning that I hadn't even invited them to join the contest... I thought about doing so but decided that I wouldn't love (and didn't imagine the regulars here would love) a non-art board regular winning so I figured if they wandered in on their own, great, but that I shouldn't invite them. *shrug* I have something planned for them anyway
Shhhhh, it's a secret suprise!So long and short, we'll keep this wide open but depending who wins I may do something again a whole lot sooner than I had planned. Fair enough?
Anyway, it is way past my bed time.... (working overnights suck!) So here's the current status (baring anyone who slipped in while I wrote the above ramble... though I'll edit to include if they did.)
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Entants so far:
Pyro_Nympho, Christopher Robin, EnnVee, The Foo, Lazarus, Ambiguous, Jophiel, TremDei. Eddy Swan, PeteyCat, Kai, Vivace, PowerStream, Starwind, bubbawheat, Suichiro, GrayHuntress, StormVyxen, Oathbound, , PyroNympho, ChristopherRobin, Lazarus, twelfth, PeteyCat, tuter king, Eddy Swan, JOPHIEL, Starwind, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Bubbawheat, Kai, VexXxa, StormVyxen, Pyro_Nympho Lazarus, ChristopherRobin, EnnVee, Eddy Swan, Twelfth, PeteyCat, obijuan, KomradeKommunism, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Hercules, Bubbawheat, Graevity, oathbound, Kai, The Foo, Calash
Ooh, the odds are better than 50:50 now, hope it lasts 'till tomorrow.
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Yeah, I was trying to say that over half of the choices were gone, don't know where I was going with those odds. I think I was trying to convey that the odds are better than twice as good as the first guess.
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Originally Posted by Caemgen
No offense intended, but your math teacher should be ashamed of themselves!
I do believe half the possibilities have been picked (don't feel like counting right now) but there's still at least 40 numbers left. So you have a 1 in 40 chance, not a 1 in 2 chance that 50/50 would be... (I think you just meant half the choices are gone and said it wrong but I'm tired, can't sleep and felt like being nitpicky... sorry.) |
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No offense intended, but your math teacher should be ashamed of themselves! |
Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
Ooh, the odds are better than 50:50 now, hope it lasts 'till tomorrow.
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I do believe half the possibilities have been picked (don't feel like counting right now) but there's still at least 40 numbers left. So you have a 1 in 40 chance, not a 1 in 2 chance that 50/50 would be...
(I think you just meant half the choices are gone and said it wrong but I'm tired, can't sleep and felt like being nitpicky... sorry.)
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Originally Posted by Caemgen
Anyway, I made a compromise in my own head in deciding if someone I didn't recognize from the boards I'd figure out some "third place" win and do another little contest with a more restricted entry... Not sure if it would be another full body commission or maybe a bust, or maybe a team up pic with one of their toons and one of mine... Heck, maybe not art at all, but I'll think of something.
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44 is a fine number. It is 44 forwards and 44 backwards.
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seven x's seven is my guess !! 49
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W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet - plus
I is the 9th letter of the alphabet - plus
N is the 14th letter of the alphabet...
Add them together and WIN = 46
46
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Could you imagine?
Don't worry - I dont' have that kind of luck, which is why I don't gamble.
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pfft howabout 99? ummm...turpentine?
I swear, you people are the worst guessers ever! *sigh* still no winnah....
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Entants so far:
Pyro_Nympho, Christopher Robin, EnnVee, The Foo, Lazarus, Ambiguous, Jophiel, TremDei. Eddy Swan, PeteyCat, Kai, Vivace, PowerStream, Starwind, bubbawheat, Suichiro, GrayHuntress, StormVyxen, Oathbound, , PyroNympho, ChristopherRobin, Lazarus, twelfth, PeteyCat, tuter king, Eddy Swan, JOPHIEL, Starwind, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Bubbawheat, Kai, VexXxa, StormVyxen, Pyro_Nympho Lazarus, ChristopherRobin, EnnVee, Eddy Swan, Twelfth, PeteyCat, obijuan, KomradeKommunism, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Hercules, Bubbawheat, Graevity, oathbound, Kai, The Foo, Calash, StormVyxen, Lazarus, Pyro Nympho, EnnVee, Starwind, Eddy Swan,
Hmmmm, 81 is a strong number...
Pyro - You should ammend your chart and black out 35 & 47 lest you pick them eroneously
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Tickets to that please haha! "I won, I won.... KRANG! ZING! KAPOW! lol"|
Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
If that works...I'm kick'n your butt!
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This is my 4th crack at guessing Taclobanon's number.
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What a bore I'll take 54
I just wanted to say that I plan on stopping being a lurker soon, and hope to show off at least 5 commissions by the end of the year. 
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Originally Posted by obijuan
I just wanted to say that I plan on stopping being a lurker soon, and hope to show off at least 5 commissions by the end of the year.
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You don't need artwork in your pocket to join in the discussions! (Or the contest...)
Still no winner folks.
I think that nobody's found Taclobanon because they're stashed away in Area 51.
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Ever since this I can't help picturing a motley crew of our various characters sitting around a poker table... A superhero version of the classic Dogs Playing Poker perhaps |
Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
What's gonna really upset me...is sorta like what happened the other night. A few of us guys were playing cards, Texas Hold'em, with a $50 buy in. There were no rules set on if you lost that you couldn't re-buy back in...which was fine, I was winning, and they kept throwing another $50 in the pot. But after a few hours, and me knocking people out of the game...two new guys showed up, and wanted in. No one saw the issue, so they threw in their money, played a few hands, won more than they had thrown in, and decided to cash out. Granted I still left with the most money, but so did someone that had not spent hours knocking people out of the game.
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Anyway, still no correct guess...
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Entants so far:
Pyro_Nympho, Christopher Robin, EnnVee, The Foo, Lazarus, Ambiguous, Jophiel, TremDei. Eddy Swan, PeteyCat, Kai, Vivace, PowerStream, Starwind, bubbawheat, Suichiro, GrayHuntress, StormVyxen, Oathbound, , PyroNympho, ChristopherRobin, Lazarus, twelfth, PeteyCat, tuter king, Eddy Swan, JOPHIEL, Starwind, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Bubbawheat, Kai, VexXxa, StormVyxen, Pyro_Nympho Lazarus, ChristopherRobin, EnnVee, Eddy Swan, Twelfth, PeteyCat, obijuan, KomradeKommunism, ScooterTwo, Suichiro, Hercules, Bubbawheat, Graevity, oathbound, Kai, The Foo, Calash, StormVyxen, Lazarus, Pyro Nympho, EnnVee, Starwind, Eddy Swan, GrayHuntress, PeteyCat, ChristopherRobin, obijuan, Suichiro, Hercules,
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The way I figure it, if someone newish comes in and wins it, sure, they had a smaller pool to pick from and thus a larger chance, but people who've been playing since the beginning have had multiple chances, and thus likely more overall chance to win.|
Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Caemgen - I feel that you should limit the potential winner to those that have already taken previous guesses....that's all I'm saying. You did state that you could and would make or change the rules if needed....I think this needs to happen just to keep it fair to those of us that have been participating from the beginning.
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In the end: Lucky is lucky!
Wow, slim pickings, its 10:50, which adds up to six or sixty. Maybe its lucky number 6?
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