# Challenge to match poll percentages Part 3: Blind but can communicate to each other. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 14, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305 "2013-02-14T18:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/21 "2013-02-15T01:12:21Z")
I went to a [random number generator](http://www.randomnumbergenerator.com/). I figured I’d follow these results: 1-5 = 5% 6-15 = 10% 16-30 = 15% 31-50 = 20% 51-00 = 50% I got a 5 so I voted for 5%. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/22 "2013-02-15T01:18:42Z")
I voted 50%-need more 50 and 15 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/23 "2013-02-15T01:37:55Z")
Okay, these threads are getting a little out of hand. I mean, it’s good fun and interesting and all, but really, they’re more suited for the Game Room than IMHO, since they’re not really looking for any kind of opinion on any sort of topic. So I’ve moved this one, along with the other two, to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/24 "2013-02-15T04:10:53Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I voted 50%-need more 50 and 15 Based on this, I voted 50%. Current numbers: 50%: 16 (48%) 20%: 5 (15%) 15%: 3 (9%) 10%: 5 (15%) 05%: 4 (12%) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/25 "2013-02-15T04:20:51Z")
Voted 20% 50% - 47.06% 20% - 17.65% 15% - 8.82% 10% - 14.71% 5% - 11.76% ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/26 "2013-02-15T15:03:27Z")
I rolled dice, and the dice told me to pick 50%. If everyone used this method, we would hit the target (or at least, get quite close to it). As it is, 10 and 5 are way over-represented, 15 is way under-represented, and 20 and 50 are both under, but close. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/27 "2013-02-15T15:24:15Z")
With 40 votes cast: 50% - 50 (20) 20% - 17.50 (7) 15% - 10 (4) 10% - 12.5 (5) 5% - 10 (4) Still need a couple of 15% votes. ---
**Author:** ![Delayed\_Reflex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/delayed_reflex/32/3172_2.png) [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/28 "2013-02-15T19:01:43Z")
With 42 votes cast: 50% - 20 votes - **Need 20 more** to make 40 20% - 7 votes - **Need 9 more** to make 16 15% - 6 votes - **Need 6 more** to make 12 10% -5 votes - **Need 3 more** to make 8 5% - 4 votes ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/29 "2013-02-16T00:05:21Z")
I voted for 15%. I did not look at the results prior to voting. The poll results show 15% to be checking in at 18.18%. I’m certainly rooting for all of the other percentages, at this point. (As long as they’re not currently over represented.) C’mon, OTHER percentages!! Wooo-Hoooo! ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/30 "2013-02-16T00:23:37Z")
Stop voting for 5%, morons 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/31 "2013-02-18T05:26:09Z")
20 is over ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/32 "2013-02-18T09:01:28Z")
I’m going for 50. Current status (after my vote) 50% 22 44.00% 20% 11 22.00% 15% 8 16.00% 10% 5 10.00% 5% 4 8.00% ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305/33 "2013-02-20T01:24:42Z")
So we again failed and pretty miserably. No one else deigned to guess a final outcome so my guess of how we’d fail is, by default, the best guess. And indeed 5% was again over 7%. Some of the others though were off a bit more than I had predicted. Now please offer hypotheses as to why this seemingly simple goal (and the several other versions that have been floated) is apparently unachievable for this group of allegedly fairly intelligent posters? Were the directions too unclear? Did a few individuals intentionally spoil the game because they thought it was silly? Or what? I suspect it informs something about the nature of cooperation and being part of a team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-to-match-poll-percentages-part-3-blind-but-can-communicate-to-each-other/650305.md?page=1)