[X] My Assistant

If you do that, there will be 4 or 5 people playing (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

So finally i'll have a chance to win something, after brushing up on my Statistics knowledge (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

So finally i'll have a chance to win something, after brushing up on my Statistics knowledge (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

This is more social economics than statistics

(Economists generally do significantly better at this type of game than the general population)

This is more social economics than statistics

(Economists generally do significantly better at this type of game than the general population)

Can finally put one of my degrees to good use

This is more social economics than statistics

(Economists generally do significantly better at this type of game than the general population)

Like in 2008?

We are doomed! (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/anime_cry.gif)

So, how low and how high are considered trolling?

My guess is that something like:
(the MM I sent for round #2)

I guess 999 and 998.
I know I can't win but I'm a bad person and I want to screw the predictions XD

was not well received (and I probably wasn't the only one) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
I honestly think it was more fun that way (if someone can't guess trolling on the internet doesn't deserve to win (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)) but whatever, his credits, his rules (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

was i summoned?

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THE PROPHECY IS TRUE!

My guess is that something like:
(the MM I sent for round #2)
was not well received (and I probably wasn't the only one) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
I honestly think it was more fun that way (if someone can't guess trolling on the internet doesn't deserve to win (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)) but whatever, his credits, his rules (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Lolol, i would have laughed at that MM.
Still, you're one of the bad persons that made me lose (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

My guess is that something like:
(the MM I sent for round #2)
was not well received (and I probably wasn't the only one) (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
I honestly think it was more fun that way (if someone can't guess trolling on the internet doesn't deserve to win (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)) but whatever, his credits, his rules (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Oh, so that's your fault!
Without your 999 and 998 the winning number would've been around 230, and I'd probably won something (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)

This post has been edited by End Of All Hope: Dec 30 2016, 05:35

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My guess is 198

But I know there are players trying their best to win, so this will not happen (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

And ultimately it is these players who cause themselves and most of us to go home empty handed when they could have at least got a little something had they cooperated.

My guess is 113

New rule for Game 3: Too many people are intentionally skewing the average. If you are clearly not trying to guess to win (or if you don't understand the game and make a strange guess), I will not include your guess!

(This isn't intended to be a restriction - this is just intended to weed out the trolls.)

this is called "deliberately excluding what deliberately appears to be a mistake". scientists do this everyday, just for everyone's information.

And ultimately it is these players who cause themselves and most of us to go home empty handed when they could have at least got a little something had they cooperated.

lol. start a crusade. if it's against trolls you have my almost-full support (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

This post has been edited by Scremaz: Dec 30 2016, 11:59

Well my first guess was quite close, despite coming out quite early, but since i can't wait for the near end of the timer to make a correct approximation, i did post a troll number the second time, though it was not with evil intentions. The point was to spice things up.
At the beginning, I even consider sending 10-20 pms all with 1000 as number, but at the end i decided that that might have been considered BM and didn't do it.
Didn't think it would have been trolling...
My bad.

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Oh, so that's your fault!
Without your 999 and 998 the winning number would've been around 230, and I'd probably won something (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cry.gif)

My guess would have been the best again. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Damn, I should have accounted for a possibility of deliberate skewing through pms after seeing people posting such things in the thread.

It all depends on what you think I mean by "If you are clearly not trying to guess to win". I won't include incredibly dumb guesses in the average or as possible winners.

Many players want to know what exactly this means so they can try to get around it and screw with things. So I can't say anything publicly until the end of the game, sorry.

Hint: If I am not going to include certain incredibly high or incredibly low guesses, what will happen to the average? The percentage drop between #2 and #3 is probably going to be significantly larger than the percentage drop between #1 and #2.

So this is also a game of "Guess my mind"
0 would be the most logical if you were logical about the rule. So 0 is my guess

Didn't think it would have been trolling...

I don't think trolling is actually bad anyway (I mean, you're actually giving the others more chances to win).
The real problem would be if the "trolling" is done maliciously, for example to change the average so that a third party could easily win (and share the credits).
That would be pretty bad (and lame).

I don't think anyone went that far but I'm starting to see that Super's decision may not be that bad (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/heh.gif)
It's better to be safe than sorry.

(If trolling would still be allowed I would have probably guessed 0 and 1 to skew the results toward 0 and troll the people trying to adjust their guesses XD)

This post has been edited by Sapo84: Dec 30 2016, 14:06

I think that after all "trolling"(aka losing on purpose to change the average heavily) is still ok but only if done with a private guess.

Guessing > 666 in public is just dumb, unless stated, but like this is unfunny because everyone sees what you did there.

Game #3 Number: 226

My guess: 178

lol. start a crusade. if it's against trolls you have my almost-full support (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Err...nope.
If anything its probably a hopeless endeavor and the payout isn't even that good.

Guess: 468