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NAF, your first guess in post 149 is the closest, but that’s not saying much. : p

FCOD and a few others who guessed: Way off.

I notice you all STILL keep on putting the SAME EXACT GUY in the same exact wrong place (or around the same wrong place).

Every time, almost. It’s the same guy. Either in the same wrong place or around the same wrong place.

It’s hard not to be able to say more but I don’t want to help anyone or give too many clues.

I like how you’re talking about Paul’s part and each other’s parts a bit now. That may help.

Okay, I’ll give you all a little something:

MOST of you are getting the first two (and sometimes first three) people right.

Some of you have gotten the first four right at times but not very often.

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Does nobody care anymore? : p

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I am not lying. Or am I? <twirls mustache and grind evilly>

Nah. I’m not.

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It’s hard to keep interest when you feel like there are only 2 other players :stuck_out_tongue:

–FCOD

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I don’t have any more leverage and it has devolved into a guessing game and keeping track of which orders have already been guessed.

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I am still interested, but like Cowman said, it’s not so much fun when only a few of us are really playing.

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I think it’s dead, Idle :frowning:

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boooo

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I think the problem is the game setup pre-supposes a slow but steady march towards sufficient knowledge to find the answer. The problem is lack of participation shuts down the information transfer. Furthermore, there is no incentive to tell the truth, which shuts down information transfer entirely. If only one player lied, then maybe by iteration one could come up with the answer, but if 2 lied then finding the correct answer by brute force is not plausible. More than that, and well, no answer is forthcoming.
From a game theory point of view, there is no reason to tell the truth. Benefits can be had from lying, and telling the truth only helps your competitors. Plus, no one could even prove that you were lying.
Some mechanism for increasing knowledge as time passes is required to keep the game moving.

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As well as a mechanism for encouraging participation.

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Come on just tell us the answer!

–FCOD

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::Looks around to everyone who still gives half a care about this game::

Oh, Hey ChrisK…

So Uhm, Haggle? :wink:

-Meeko

Who once again is glad he didn’t sign up for this game.

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Yes Meeko, Haggle signups have started!

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Because, you know, I don’t think a simple bump would do anything in this game.

I mean, it IS still going on, right?

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I’m biding my time for just the right moment…

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Yeah I think everyone has just about worn down…

–FCOD

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I have been working on this problem non stop since my last post. I don’t know what everyone else is talking about.