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WSUCougar
04-30-2003, 11:05 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. 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 (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4694)

February Thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4991)

March Thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6102)

April Thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7222)
WSUCougar
04-30-2003, 11:06 AM
The scoreboard through the final May number 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 May Leaders (minimum 5 numbers)
1. JeeberD (+144.76%)
2. Coffee Warlord (+113.21%)
3. tucker342 (+92.83%)
4. Masked (+83.54%)
5. sachmo71 (+65.66%)

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

9000 (6010) - Splitpersonality1 [8] – Jan, Feb Champ & Mar Champ, Apr, May
8476 (3463) – JeeberD [9] – Feb, Mar, Apr, May Champ
7360 (4010) - Masked [5] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May
5616 (4216) - digamma [7] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr Champ, May
3857 (1809) – Coffee Warlord [7] Mar, Apr, May
2500 (2810) – Butter_of_69 [5] Feb, Mar, Apr, May
2285 (1185) – tucker342 [10] Mar, Apr, May
2003 (4010) – BishopMVP [10] – Jan Champ, Feb, Mar, Apr, May
980 (760) – sterlingice [6] Feb, Mar, Apr, May
825 (498) – sachmo71 [8] – Apr, May
484 (440) – path12 [4] – Apr
411 (535) - Craptacular [4] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
365 (294) - Marmel [6] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May
199 - stkelly52 [-]
150 (100)- Radii [3]
150 - Rich1033 [-] – Jan, Feb
148 - Rembrandt [-] Jan
134 (165) – Alan T [2]
120 - Passacaglia [-] – Jan
105 – sabotai [-]
100 (100) – mckerney [3]
100 – Joe Canadian [-]
100 - RendeR [-]
95 - illinifan999 [-]
95 – bertogarce [-] Feb
90 - Aylmar [-]
88 (100) – General Mike [8] May
87 - ardent enthusiast [-]
85 - sooner333 [-]
84 – TredWel [-]
65 (65) – RPI-Fan [-]
61 - rkmsuf [-] - Jan
50 - heybrad [-] – Jan
49 - Easy Mac [-] – Jan, Feb
46 – cincyreds [-]
45 (100) – MIJB#19 [3]
40 (78) - Alf [9] – Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May
37 (37) - henry296 [-] – Jan, Feb
35 - Sublime [-] – Jan
26 (1536) – Barkeep49 [6] Feb, Mar, Apr, May
10 - Bee [-] – Jan
0 (100) – KWhit [5] May
0 - Quiksand [out]
0 – TargetPractice6 [out]
0 – cthomer5000 [out]
0 – Shorty3281 [out]
0 - MrBug708 [out]
0 - andy m [out]
0 - TRO [out]
0 - Airhog [out]
0 - TheLionKing [out]
WSUCougar
04-30-2003, 11:07 AM
The 1st May number is 78. The payoff is 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
JeeberD
04-30-2003, 11:14 AM
3363

Very dangerous, but I gotta try and catch those leaders...
Marmel
04-30-2003, 11:17 AM
20
Alan T
04-30-2003, 11:32 AM
129
Coffee Warlord
04-30-2003, 11:36 AM
1500
sterlingice
04-30-2003, 01:53 PM
140

SI
tucker342
04-30-2003, 03:57 PM
1000
sachmo71
04-30-2003, 04:00 PM
I'll bet 400, please.
Alf
04-30-2003, 04:51 PM
68
BishopMVP
04-30-2003, 07:38 PM
Originally posted by JeeberD
3363

Very dangerous, but I gotta try and catch those leaders...

Not this week

3990.:p
digamma
04-30-2003, 07:58 PM
I agree.

4000

(I was trying to wait it out to see what SplitP did, but you two threw down the gauntlet--I guess now we are calling his hand. This thing better hit.)
SplitPersonality1
04-30-2003, 08:59 PM
Good grief, you guys.

2990.
Butter
05-01-2003, 07:50 AM
(Miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss)
Barkeep49
05-01-2003, 09:38 AM
1526
KWhit
05-01-2003, 10:17 AM
I've never played before, but I want in on this one. I gotta hope the roll goes against the number, though, so I'll only bet:

1
path12
05-01-2003, 10:56 AM
Shootin' for a miss, also.......10.
Masked
05-01-2003, 11:59 AM
1500

Very nervous about this one for some reason...
WSUCougar
05-02-2003, 10:25 AM
bump
Craptacular
05-02-2003, 10:46 AM
34 ... kind of hoping for a miss
sterlingice
05-02-2003, 12:49 PM
Originally posted by Craptacular
34 ... kind of hoping for a miss

Just like a lot of us: laying up and hoping the guy with the driver hits it into the water (heck, I shouldn't use golf metaphors: I've never played the game in my life). Then the insane ones will come back to the pack a little. :)

SI
WSUCougar
05-02-2003, 12:59 PM
<whew> Some pretty high drama on that roll!

The 1st May number was 78. The roll was 65 and thus a hit.

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

The 2nd May number is 55. The payoff is 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
WSUCougar
05-02-2003, 01:02 PM
Originally posted by sterlingice
Just like a lot of us: laying up and hoping the guy with the driver hits it into the water (heck, I shouldn't use golf metaphors: I've never played the game in my life). Then the insane ones will come back to the pack a little.
What gives hope for the lower echelon is that there's a leader group that's putting pressure on each other, so if one falls they all might. We shall see.
sterlingice
05-02-2003, 01:05 PM
I'd like to bet a shiny nickel. Or how about 100 points.

SI
Marmel
05-02-2003, 01:11 PM
Originally posted by WSUCougar
What gives hope for the lower echelon is that there's a leader group that's putting pressure on each other, so if one falls they all might. We shall see.


Way to make me feel better. 300 points vs. 9000 means they have a long way to fall back. :)
Craptacular
05-02-2003, 01:23 PM
flibbity flee
sachmo71
05-02-2003, 01:28 PM
I'll bet 50
Alan T
05-02-2003, 01:45 PM
160
Butter
05-02-2003, 02:00 PM
Will any of these ever miss? Boo, I say.
JeeberD
05-02-2003, 02:29 PM
1000
tucker342
05-02-2003, 08:07 PM
500
Alf
05-03-2003, 06:45 AM
50
KWhit
05-03-2003, 09:58 AM
1
SplitPersonality1
05-03-2003, 11:38 AM
2500
Coffee Warlord
05-03-2003, 12:31 PM
I think...we'll PIC this one.

100.
General Mike
05-03-2003, 02:32 PM
25
cthomer5000
05-03-2003, 02:35 PM
390
BishopMVP
05-03-2003, 07:35 PM
1500
TargetPractice6
05-03-2003, 10:34 PM
99 :)
digamma
05-04-2003, 01:30 PM
3300
Barkeep49
05-04-2003, 01:45 PM
200
korme
05-04-2003, 02:07 PM
I'm new, I'll bet 100.
tucker342
05-04-2003, 02:11 PM
livin on the edge Shorty...
WSUCougar
05-04-2003, 04:29 PM
The 2nd May number was 55. The roll was 94 and thus a miss.

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

The 3rd May number is 20. The payoff is 5-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
TargetPractice6
05-04-2003, 05:14 PM
how exactly do you do these rolls?

Anyway I'll go with 1 :)
korme
05-04-2003, 05:16 PM
Whoops. I wondered why someone commented 'living on the edge Shorty'.


I thought we started with 1000. So I gambled my entire points on accident. Oops..
tucker342
05-04-2003, 05:17 PM
50
Coffee Warlord
05-04-2003, 05:32 PM
1
BishopMVP
05-04-2003, 06:14 PM
1
sterlingice
05-04-2003, 09:22 PM
1

SI
KWhit
05-04-2003, 11:01 PM
50
JeeberD
05-04-2003, 11:10 PM
Sweet, even though I lost 1000, that miss still helped me a ton...

100
General Mike
05-04-2003, 11:37 PM
5
Alf
05-05-2003, 03:52 AM
10
Butter
05-05-2003, 07:46 AM
210
SplitPersonality1
05-05-2003, 09:15 AM
50

Well-played BishopMVP
path12
05-05-2003, 09:57 AM
10
Marmel
05-05-2003, 10:08 AM
15
sachmo71
05-05-2003, 10:26 AM
40
tucker342
05-05-2003, 11:34 PM
bump
Masked
05-06-2003, 12:51 AM
500 :cool:
tucker342
05-06-2003, 09:43 PM
YOUR CRAZY!!!

IF IT HITS...
Craptacular
05-06-2003, 11:54 PM
20
WSUCougar
05-07-2003, 06:10 AM
The 3rd May number was 20. The roll was 56 and thus a miss.

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

The 4th May number is 34. The payoff is 2-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
Butter
05-07-2003, 08:27 AM
200
Alf
05-07-2003, 08:28 AM
26
sachmo71
05-07-2003, 09:06 AM
8
QuikSand
05-07-2003, 09:07 AM
162
Marmel
05-07-2003, 09:10 AM
10
KWhit
05-07-2003, 09:26 AM
30
digamma
05-07-2003, 10:40 AM
50
JeeberD
05-07-2003, 10:47 AM
150
Alf
05-08-2003, 04:40 AM
bump
Coffee Warlord
05-08-2003, 09:45 AM
1
BishopMVP
05-08-2003, 12:40 PM
1
SplitPersonality1
05-08-2003, 12:49 PM
75
tucker342
05-08-2003, 05:25 PM
200
WSUCougar
05-09-2003, 12:53 PM
The 4th May number was 34. The roll was 86 and thus a miss.

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

The 5th May number is 43. The payoff is 2-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
General Mike
05-09-2003, 03:51 PM
2
tucker342
05-09-2003, 08:34 PM
200
KWhit
05-09-2003, 09:32 PM
20
JeeberD
05-10-2003, 04:25 AM
100
Coffee Warlord
05-10-2003, 11:40 AM
100
Barkeep49
05-10-2003, 02:31 PM
Question is do I ever want to try and play with the big boys? And since I do, it's time I take a chance.

1200
Craptacular
05-10-2003, 04:15 PM
39
Alf
05-11-2003, 04:56 AM
30
KWhit
05-11-2003, 09:15 AM
20
Masked
05-11-2003, 01:23 PM
750
SplitPersonality1
05-11-2003, 01:32 PM
750
BishopMVP
05-11-2003, 06:50 PM
1
QuikSand
05-11-2003, 09:02 PM
Originally posted by Barkeep49
Question is do I ever want to try and play with the big boys? And since I do, it's time I take a chance.

Felt the same way (though my chances were far slimmer). Hope your gamble pays better than mine did.
WSUCougar
05-12-2003, 10:27 AM
The 5th May number was 43. The roll was 73 and thus a miss.

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

The 6th May number is 38. The payoff is 2-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
Butter
05-12-2003, 10:34 AM
400
digamma
05-12-2003, 10:38 AM
25
JeeberD
05-12-2003, 11:16 AM
100
Marmel
05-12-2003, 11:19 AM
10
KWhit
05-12-2003, 11:21 AM
I'm out. Man, that was quick.
sachmo71
05-12-2003, 11:34 AM
20
Radii
05-12-2003, 12:00 PM
I'll play!

10
General Mike
05-12-2003, 01:49 PM
3
path12
05-12-2003, 02:44 PM
20
BishopMVP
05-12-2003, 05:31 PM
1
tucker342
05-12-2003, 05:40 PM
50
Alf
05-13-2003, 04:35 AM
10
SplitPersonality1
05-15-2003, 04:25 PM
375
WSUCougar
05-15-2003, 04:26 PM
The 6th May number was 38. The roll was 4 and thus a hit.

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

The 7th May number is 60. The payoff is 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
General Mike
05-15-2003, 04:33 PM
4
sachmo71
05-15-2003, 04:51 PM
75
sterlingice
05-15-2003, 05:27 PM
99
Alf
05-16-2003, 02:43 AM
30
Butter
05-16-2003, 08:13 AM
800
Barkeep49
05-16-2003, 09:18 AM
1660
Marmel
05-16-2003, 09:21 AM
20
Radii
05-16-2003, 01:14 PM
10
BishopMVP
05-16-2003, 05:28 PM
501
SplitPersonality1
05-16-2003, 05:34 PM
2250
Masked
05-16-2003, 05:37 PM
500
tucker342
05-16-2003, 05:39 PM
500
digamma
05-16-2003, 05:56 PM
2500
JeeberD
05-17-2003, 10:54 AM
2200
WSUCougar
05-18-2003, 09:54 AM
The 7th May number was 60. The roll was 3 and thus a hit.

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

The 8th May number is 44. The payoff is 2-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
mckerney
05-18-2003, 10:03 AM
I'm new, so I'll try to jump in with a bet of 15
MIJB#19
05-18-2003, 11:36 AM
new player here too.
Starting with:

44
JeeberD
05-18-2003, 12:31 PM
That bastard Split went back and changed his vote on me. I'm supposed to be in first! :mad:
General Mike
05-18-2003, 01:06 PM
4
tucker342
05-18-2003, 08:38 PM
50
SplitPersonality1
05-18-2003, 09:48 PM
Originally posted by JeeberD
That bastard Split went back and changed his vote on me. I'm supposed to be in first! :mad:

TeeHee. :D

I love this %$^%$ game!
JeeberD
05-18-2003, 09:51 PM
Originally posted by SplitPersonality1
TeeHee. :D

I love this %$^%$ game!

Punk... :D
BishopMVP
05-18-2003, 09:56 PM
Should have bet more on that last couple numbers. Hope the streak keeps up.

5000. :eek: Who's going to try and match that?

Originally posted by JeeberD
That bastard Split went back and changed his vote on me. I'm supposed to be in first! :mad:

That's nothing compared to Split and me having an edit/re-edit war sometime last month. I think I edited 3 times.
SplitPersonality1
05-18-2003, 10:41 PM
Originally posted by BishopMVP
That's nothing compared to Split and me having an edit/re-edit war sometime last month. I think I edited 3 times.

And if I remember correctly, you got the best of me in that one...raise, re-raise, raise, re-raise, you droped down to next to nothing and the number missed...very well-played...........jerk. :)
Alf
05-19-2003, 03:01 AM
10
WSUCougar
05-20-2003, 01:01 PM
The 8th May number was 44. The roll was 95 and thus a miss.

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

The 9th May number is 23. The payoff is 4-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
Coffee Warlord
05-20-2003, 01:08 PM
250

Looking for a lucky shot here.
Radii
05-20-2003, 01:28 PM
5
Marmel
05-20-2003, 01:40 PM
9
SplitPersonality1
05-20-2003, 02:03 PM
250
General Mike
05-20-2003, 02:13 PM
5
sterlingice
05-20-2003, 02:24 PM
48

SI
sachmo71
05-20-2003, 02:31 PM
15
BishopMVP
05-20-2003, 05:27 PM
1
mckerney
05-20-2003, 05:35 PM
10
digamma
05-20-2003, 05:36 PM
25
tucker342
05-20-2003, 05:40 PM
250
path12
05-20-2003, 05:42 PM
1
JeeberD
05-21-2003, 01:37 AM
400
Masked
05-21-2003, 01:40 AM
900
MIJB#19
05-21-2003, 03:40 AM
13
Barkeep49
05-21-2003, 10:19 AM
1
tucker342
05-22-2003, 05:11 PM
bump
digamma
05-22-2003, 05:38 PM
50
WSUCougar
05-22-2003, 07:58 PM
WOW!!! :eek:

The 9th May number was 23. The roll was 7 and thus a hit.

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

The 10th May number is 58. The payoff is 1-1.

The betting window closes in approximately 48 hours.
tucker342
05-22-2003, 08:05 PM
WOW!!!

500
digamma
05-22-2003, 08:12 PM
Damn that SplitP.

2000
JeeberD
05-22-2003, 08:15 PM
Gained on Split but not enough since I'm still in second by just over 500. This should be an interesting one here. I'll post my wager later...
Craptacular
05-22-2003, 10:19 PM
Crap! We're on the 10th one already??

I bet 99.
mckerney
05-22-2003, 10:24 PM
25
Barkeep49
05-22-2003, 10:33 PM
3300
Alf
05-23-2003, 02:34 AM
30
MIJB#19
05-23-2003, 02:44 AM
63
sachmo71
05-23-2003, 08:55 AM
150
Butter
05-23-2003, 09:04 AM
1500
sterlingice
05-23-2003, 02:02 PM
110

SI
Masked
05-23-2003, 02:30 PM
That turns around an otherwise bad month.
SplitPersonality1
05-23-2003, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by digamma
Damn that SplitP.

You know, I get that a lot. :D

Let's go with 2000.

Where are the other big guns?
Let's change that to 500.

Let's sneak in this 1000
BishopMVP
05-23-2003, 06:25 PM
1
Coffee Warlord
05-23-2003, 06:27 PM
Hookay, we're going down to 250 now thank you.
General Mike
05-23-2003, 06:46 PM
6
tucker342
05-24-2003, 07:08 PM
bump
JeeberD
05-25-2003, 04:37 AM
1000 :)
Masked
05-25-2003, 12:26 PM
1000
tucker342
05-26-2003, 11:36 AM
bump
WSUCougar
05-28-2003, 10:22 AM
The 10th May number was 58. The roll was 91 and thus a miss.

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

Congrats to JeeberD for winning the month (%), and to Split for the overall lead. And poor Barkeep49 gets the Titanic Iceberg Award for sinking from 1536 to 26 (but hey, it was a good risk).

June edition will follow shortly.
tucker342
05-28-2003, 05:50 PM
I'm very glad I didn't bet very much on that last one...
JeeberD
05-29-2003, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by SplitPersonality1
Let's sneak in this 1000

Sheeww, I had hoped that you did something like that.... :)
SplitPersonality1
05-29-2003, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by JeeberD
Sheeww, I had hoped that you did something like that.... :)

Bite me, JeeberD! :)