Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-29 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/6/29 Alex Smith : > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:00 +0200, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >> As I'm trying to sort out who gained notes for awarding points - who >> was this constanza person, and what happened? Could someone who >> actually understood this scam please explain? > > constanza was presumably

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-29 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 17:00 +0200, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > As I'm trying to sort out who gained notes for awarding points - who > was this constanza person, and what happened? Could someone who > actually understood this scam please explain? constanza was presumably a third-party who agreed to he

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-29 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/6/20 Alex Smith : > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 12:16 -0600, Sean Hunt wrote: >> Ryan Ursenbach wrote: >> > I agree to all of those contracts >> > >> > Sean Hunt wrote: >> > >> >     Agree to these instead: >> > >> >     { >> >     I pledge that I may be referred to in Agora as "costanza". Any first

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-18 Thread Sean Hunt
Kyle Marek-Spartz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> No. There were two wins. As a result, each player will lose 80% then 80% >> again, for a total of 98% loss. Declaring a skunk just because a scam >> would bring that to 99.8% is kind of dumb. > > 100 * .2 = 20 (First r

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-18 Thread Kyle Marek-Spartz
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > No. There were two wins. As a result, each player will lose 80% then 80% > again, for a total of 98% loss. Declaring a skunk just because a scam > would bring that to 99.8% is kind of dumb. 100 * .2 = 20 (First reset -> total loss of 80%) 20 * .2

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Benjamin Caplan
Roger Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:41, Taral wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >>> No. When a win by points occurs it schedules an event one week in the >>> future. When it comes time for that event the game checks if a skunk >>> has been declared in the pas

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > True, but I don't see how that ties a specific skunk to a specific > reset. I could honestly see this being interpreted either way, but in > my estimation one skunk canceling all pending resets seems to make the > most sense based on the wording

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:41, Taral wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> No. When a win by points occurs it schedules an event one week in the >> future. When it comes time for that event the game checks if a skunk >> has been declared in the past week. If not the reset

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > No. When a win by points occurs it schedules an event one week in the > future. When it comes time for that event the game checks if a skunk > has been declared in the past week. If not the reset occurs, otherwise > it does not. Except that sku

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:35, Taral wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> "If any player does so within the allowed week..." in the next >> sentence would corroborate this I think. From my reading one skunk >> would void all pending point resets. > > That doesn't make sen

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hunt
Taral wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> "If any player does so within the allowed week..." in the next >> sentence would corroborate this I think. From my reading one skunk >> would void all pending point resets. > > That doesn't make sense. One skunk and one reset. Y

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > "If any player does so within the allowed week..." in the next > sentence would corroborate this I think. From my reading one skunk > would void all pending point resets. That doesn't make sense. One skunk and one reset. Your reading would mean

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 15:09, Sean Hunt wrote: > Taral wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> I object, since this would interrupt the other two score resets. Since >>> every player is losing 98% of their points anyways, I don't think the >>> third reset will have any impa

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hunt
Taral wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> I object, since this would interrupt the other two score resets. Since >> every player is losing 98% of their points anyways, I don't think the >> third reset will have any impact whatsoever. > > Would it? I'm not convinced that t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 14:56 -0600, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:51, Sean Hunt wrote: > > I object, since this would interrupt the other two score resets. Since > > every player is losing 98% of their points anyways, I don't think the > > third reset will have any impact whatsoeve

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > I object, since this would interrupt the other two score resets. Since > every player is losing 98% of their points anyways, I don't think the > third reset will have any impact whatsoever. Would it? I'm not convinced that this will prevent the o

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Sean Hunt
Roger Hicks wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:51, Sean Hunt wrote: >> Roger Hicks wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:43, Taral wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, comex wrote: > The following is a Win Announcement: coppro and comex each have scores > x+yi such that xy >= 2500

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:51, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:43, Taral wrote: >>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, comex wrote: The following is a Win Announcement: coppro and comex each have scores x+yi such that xy >= 2500. >>> I intend, with Agora

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 14:48 -0600, Roger Hicks wrote: > Does anyone care to CFJ this? or would one of the scammers kindly > describe how this scam works? as far as I can see it doesn't, but I > suspect I may be missing something. I think I can explain, because I was planning the same scam myself (

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 14:47, Alex Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:43 -0700, Taral wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, comex wrote: >> > The following is a Win Announcement: coppro and comex each have scores >> > x+yi such that xy >= 2500. >> >> I intend, with Agoran Consent, to de

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Taral
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > Normally, I'd agree. However, there are going to be so many score resets > anyway due to legit wins, that why bother? To avoid stacking resets? On principle? I'm leaning toward the latter, since I have no points anyway. -- Taral "Please let m

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:25, comex wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> I agree to CO 1. >> I agree to CO 2. >> I agree to CO 3. >> I agree to CO 4. >> I agree to CO 5. >> I agree to CO 6. >> I agree to CO 7. >> I agree to CO 8. >> I agree to CO 9. >> I agree to CO 10. >

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:43 -0700, Taral wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:25 AM, comex wrote: > > The following is a Win Announcement: coppro and comex each have scores > > x+yi such that xy >= 2500. > > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to declare a skunk. > Normally, I'd agree. However, there a

DIS: Re: BUS: New Contests: CO Set

2009-06-17 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > Ryan Ursenbach wrote: >> I agree to all of those contracts I favor this CFJ. Too early?