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  1. Nice problem. Are you asking for the starting and ending values to chose, that would maximize your chance to win? By this question I'm trying to clarify "worst ending value." Also, by your example, can we conclude that only two numbers can be combined on each turn? Thanks.
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    Math Lover?

    "Do you love your math more than me?" "Of course not, dear - I love you much more." "Then prove it!" "OK... Let R be the set of all lovable objects..."
  3. bonanova

    Obscure Jokes

    Einstein started out as a geometer. E = m ( a2 + b2 )
  4. Roster: Host (Asylum warden): Kikacat123 1. bonanova 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Backups: 1. 2.
  5. I second the kudos for araver. I became convinced but, as with my suicide-bomb ending, a little too late. Thanks Y-san!
  6. He flips his coin, and ... it ... stands on edge. 1) Phil1882 {APR 1} -voting for flame 2) Framm18 - DEAD [Killua] lynched 3) Flamebirde - voting for Phil 4) bonanova - voting for bonanova 5) GMaster479 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen 6) Araver - DEAD [Palm] lynched 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen Sorry guys ... nothing so liberating as knowing it doesn't matter. I just couldn't let anyone outlive me in the process.
  7. Flipping my trusty two-headed coin in the air... Let's see - Heads it's Phil, Tails it's Flame. Ah, that's not fair. Still, Phil didn't try to take me out ... Glancing at my watch ... hmm, I'll have to decide soon.
  8. @Phil: Good morning, glad you could join us, if only to witness the Grand Coup. It's not quite as simple as you say.. Flame has a decision to make that affects his survival. If I "cannot win," I have total freedom at the midnight hour, and I've already tipped my hand on my preference. @Flame: I'm listening....
  9. 1) Phil1882 {APR 0} 2) Framm18 - DEAD [Killua] lynched 3) Flamebirde - voting for Bonanova 4) bonanova - voting for Flame 5) GMaster479 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen 6) Araver - DEAD [Palm] lynched 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen @Flame, OK so like you're offering a ... what? And promising that you won't ... what? And Phil or I should accept a deal that promises ... what? If you wanted a coin toss, you should have voted for silent Phil. But you didn't. You chose to attack me. Bad move. I'm cool with that. But I bet that you're not, so now I'm dictating the terms. You have one chance to live. Think well, choose wisely, or die.
  10. @araver, at this point if I vote Flame, it will lynch him, but us also.
  11. @araver, if phil/plas is Nana's possible killer, why shouldn't we turn the lynch on Phil? That's the part I'm missing. You're starting to convince me, and I had Phil tentatively as Nefer. I will join the lynch, either way - Flame or Phil, but I'm inclined at the moment towards Phil, who should be talking. But I'll let you make the call. Still suffering from newbie fog, with all the possible mimicking, etc., that can be playing out here. Aside: What is "RID"?
  12. Are you saying plas could have killed Nana?
  13. A triangle has side lengths a, b and c. We are told that its area is rational. Which of the following can we conclude about its sides? All three sides are rational Two of the sides are rational, the third is not. One side is rational, the other two are not. None of the sides is rational. All of the above are possible.
  14. 1) Phil1882 2) Framm18 - DEAD [Killua] lynched 3) Flamebirde - voting for araver 4) bonanova- voting for araver 5) GMaster479 - voting for araver 6) Araver {APR 0} 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen Methinks he doth protest too much. 1 out of 3 is good odds.
  15. A scenario list would still be helpful. For example, first voter names player A. I, as second voter, name B, creating a tie. During the day anything and everything happens. At the end of the day, someone, not me, votes for B, creating a tie. I would die because I was the first person to vote for B. That is a lot to keep track of. Or, is it the case that because sometime during the day I changed my vote from B to someone else I erase the history of initially voting for B? Edit: I see 25 users have been on BD in the past 5 minutes. Good for BD!
  16. The way that I (don't really) understand the tie rule, I was doomed when a tie first came into effect. If I'm wrong about that, the current breaking of the tie saves me. Or I may have APR'd myself to death regardless. It will be as interesting to see how the rules play out as to see if we've successfully lynched AQ. Edit: I think "tie rule" is a misnomer if anyone dies because of it in the case that at the close of day there is a plurality. Also a rule this complex would benefit from examples embedded within its definition.
  17. Let the blood flow. 1) Phil1882 2) Framm18 - voting for Phil 3) Flamebirde - voting for Gmaster 4) bonanova {APR 1} - voting for Framm 5) GMaster479 6) Araver - voting for Flame 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen
  18. Well now I have to admit I don't have a clue. The tie was removed and I was not one of the tie-ees. Then another tie was created, but it is not attributed to the player who created it but to me because at an earlier point in time I created a tie then abstained. That is as much a challenge to understand as it is to figure out who is who. I'm not even sure what if anything is open to choice for me at this point. Edit: I read the tie rule as the way to determine what to do at the end of a day if there is no plurality AT THAT POINT. There is no need for a special rule during the evolution of the final vote during the day. Note that after the first vote is cast each day, if the second voter does not agree with the first voter, s/he commits suicide! Because, by disagreeing with the first vote, a tie is created, no matter how momentarily.
  19. What really interests me, mid-D1, is how I could misread how APR works. No, I don't have a suicide wish or strategy, and so will remove my vote, assuming that's permissible. I thought I had 2 more days to live, regardless, and should therefore be active. Wrong. IDK whether the count was set at (1) because I listed a vote or because this is the first D/N cycle (not yet complete.) I'll leave it as is, and the host can reset it if needed. Also, because of araver's analysis the vote was probably misdirected anyway. @araver, thanks for the analysis. I don't know what to add at this point, except that I'd be willing to die in a tie-vote with two others as a probable way to snag AQ and/or Nefer. 1) Phil1882 2) Framm18 - voting for Phil 3) Flamebirde - voting for Gmaster 4) bonanova {APR 1} - (abstaining from vote: APR still (1)?) 5) GMaster479 6) Araver - voting for Framm 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen
  20. wonder if that means today or tomorrow. Agree with going after Nef as a priority. How do we identify her? Anyone know what means the [question mark] after Nana's death?
  21. Roster: 1) Phil1882 2) Framm18 - voting for Araver 3) Flamebirde - voting for Araver 4) bonanova {APR 0} - voting for GMaster 5) GMaster479 6) Araver - voting for Framm 7) Nana77 - DEAD [?] killed by Ant Queen What a shame Nana learned who owns the fish, but can't share the info with us. Random vote for GMaster.
  22. Is there a prize for correctly identifying all the characters in the logo?
  23. Happy birthday Phil.

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