CONTEST: The 12 Days of Christmas
 

There are 12 Days of Christmas. However, unlike the indulgent mayhem of the familiar Christmas carol, my true love is not going to give me the whole package deal. Instead, each day I will get only one gift, which is determined by me generating a random number between 1-100. The relative value of each gift is in parentheses.

1: A Partridge in a Pear Tree (12)
2-3: A Turtle Dove (11)
4-6: A French Hen (10)
7-10: A Calling Bird (9)
11-15: A Gold Ring (8)
16-21: A Goose a-Laying (7)
22-28: A Swan a-Swimming (6)
29-36: A Maid a-Milking (no jokes) (5)
37-45: A Lady Dancing (4)
46-55: A Lord a-Leaping (3)
56-66: A Piper Piping (2)
67-78: A Drummer Drumming (1)
79-100: Coal (0)

Now here’s the contest. You post your prediction for the total value of gifts after the 12 days are over. You may only have one prediction posted at any one time, and it must be unique from all other prediction numbers. If you wish to post a new prediction, you should delete your previous post.

I will try to keep an updated prediction list in the second post of this thread.

The gift for the first day of Christmas will be drawn tomorrow.

Current predictions list:

87 FBPro
81 illinifan999
72 Airhog
64 rlfreeze
62 Fido
61 Butter_of_69
60 albionmoonlight
59 SplitPersonality1
58 tucker342
57 sabotai
56 Eaglesfan27
55 Shorty3281
54 TroyF
53 tim86432
52 sterlingice
51 Chappy
50 Racer
49 Masked
48 Hammer755
47 Easy Mac
46 Katon
45 Bee
44 Tredwell
43 Skydog
42 Kwhit
40 cthomer5000
39 TheLionKing
38 digamma
37 Huckleberry
34 Vince
33 MrBug708
32 subby
31 Maple Leafs
28 Bonegavel
27 the_herd
25 Coffee Warlord
1 EagleEye11

45

44

43

40

1,934,248

51

48

*Deleted Original Pick*

46

***Pick Changed***

38

28

37

I guess I'll take 41.

39

53

47

49

$874.98

42

Hammer, you gave away the winner!

33

87

64

28

54

These numbers are already claimed.

* deleted origunal pick *

50

57

32

34

Taken. Check the 2nd post above.

31

72

55

25 it is!

Since what I would pick is taken, I'll take the closest number 56.

58

81

1

On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

A Piper Piping! (value = 2)

Total value of gifts: 2

* * * * *

Remember to delete your previous number post if you want to alter your prediction.

On the 2nd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

A Maid a-milking! (value = 5)

Total value of gifts: 7

* * * * *

Remember to delete your previous number post if you want to alter your prediction.

29

On the 3rd Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

A Lady Dancing! (value = 4)

Total value of gifts: 11

* * * * *

Remember to delete your previous number post if you want to alter your prediction.

I am SO gonna win this.

On the 4th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

A Piper Piping! (value = 2)

Total value of gifts: 13

* * * * *

Remember to delete your previous number post if you want to alter your prediction.

Damn that Piping Piper! I need gifts with more value.

On the 5th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

A Drummer Drumming! (value = 1)

Total value of gifts: 14

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Remember to delete your previous number post if you want to alter your prediction.