[sathumbbs]

an idea for the Fast 5 gave that would make it a bit harder to play - but easier for sathummbs to check:

after the user name you also have to post a link to a post by that person

Its a good idea avo, but I dont want it to make an extra burden for users. especially those who are playing from their mobiles, it would become hard for them.
Anyway Thanks for your concern avo. Indeed moderating this contest requires lot of checking and cross checking for me testing my patience sometimes, I wish I could post like moo5 inside people's posts in that special blue line saying whether its valid or invalid and directly write the reward amount there. For the moment I am posting the post no's and the users, double checking each and every post in order not to make a blunder.

[Guy1731]

I changed the reward system for the Brazil worldcup double or nothing games.

Rewards:

• If you guess the right score, you win your bet amount.
• If your guess is wrong, you loose your bet amount.
• If your guessed the right winner, you don't loose anything, even if your score guess was wrong

Example of reward: game ends 1 - 0

You bet on 1 - 0: you win your bet amount
You bet on 2 - 0: you don't loose, and don't win anything as you guessed the correct winner
You bet on 0 - 0 or 0 - 1: you loose your bet amount

The new rewards rule will start today, and also affect already played games, so expect some WRZ$ coming back your way!

Thanks for playing!

[avoran]

now I might actually bet

Good improvement rules Guy on WC DoN ! I'm sure it will attract more player..

Frankly speaking, with the old rule, I was getting discouraging to play more after I had lost on several scores..

Here is some other idea:
It would be nice if you also rewarded the right match winner guesser even if the score was wrong. Let say, a half or a quarter of the original bet?

How about that?

[avoran]

I just completed the pay-outs for Chain Gang round 3 and noticed that one poster had deleted his post so that others could squeeze in. I'll let it stand this time, since the time interval seems to have been small, but have a question for the mods: for how long after an initial post is a user able to delete it? if it's more than 5 minutes then IMO we have a problem.

[awshucks]

I think they can only delete if they are the last poster with no time limit. I am the last poster of the Ali Baba thread which I posted in yesterday. The option to delete is still there for me.

That said, I don't see a missing post from the chain, avoran.

[avoran]

That's a problem. With a little bit of co-ordination, people could go back and construct whatever chain they like. The real mods can see when posts have been deleted, but I can't, so a rule like "no deleting after 5 minutes" is unenforceable.

[sathumbbs]

That's a problem. With a little bit of co-ordination, people could go back and construct whatever chain they like. The real mods can see when posts have been deleted, but I can't, so a rule like "no deleting after 5 minutes" is unenforceable.

until a next user posts, a post can still be deleted by any user. but if another user posts, then it cannot be deleted.

Also, regarding the second letter alphabetical rule in a name, I think its unfair to some usernames who start with an earlier 2nd alphabet, for example say for T, take templeton and tzianna. Tzianna gets a double advantage for every chain gang round, as she can still post if Templeton posts first, but templeton cant post if tzianna has already posted. This is an imbalance in chance of winning, my point is that all users in any contest should have an equal balance of chance to win. its not fair if its advantageous for some all the time. I think this second alphabet match has to be given a serious thought over.

Take for example, the please reply or the last shall be the first games, its advantages for people of some timezones and disadvantageous for other people who live in different timezones, but the Mod's there, balance this imbalance by changing the time of announcement of their rounds or winners, so that all users get an equal chance of winning.

[avoran]

until a next user posts, a post can still be deleted by any user. but if another user posts, then it cannot be deleted.

There will have to be a rule prohibiting deletion of valid posts, with serious penalties (including deprivation of donuts) for those caught

Also, regarding the second letter alphabetical rule in a name, I think its unfair to some usernames who start with an earlier 2nd alphabet, for example say for T, take templeton and tzianna. Tzianna gets a double advantage for every chain gang round, as she can still post if Templeton posts first, but templeton cant post if tzianna has already posted.

That's not actually true - the chain of all existing user names is an undifferentiated continuum. It's just that our brain likes to think of it in lettered "chunks".

[sathumbbs]

Its a good idea of N-10. This way it might create more unity among users. But i advice to reduce the skipping of letters to 1 or 2, and time over to skip to next letter to 2hrs, and let time out for breaking the chain be as it is of 12hrs

[avoran]

My opnion is that forcing people to wait for letters would 1) make the game drag out even longer and 2) remove the element of risk that makes it exciting. But I'm willing to listen to other opinions. At least, as I said, as long as it's black.

[sathumbbs]

No avo, this time i meant, reduce the skip limit to 2, but if there is no 3rd to post within 2hrs, the next 4th letter can take over. Let the time over be still 12hrs where no one posts resulting in breaking of the chain

[avoran]

Ah, sorry. I like that idea. A bit complicated, maybe, but dynamic. What do other people think?

[sathumbbs]

may be put to the test for one round. I guess it will not make it drag, but it will make it more exciting.

having to wait for 12hrs, knowing that there are no more posters after kthulhu is somewhat making it boring to wait, but that would give an hint when the next chain round going to start.

and post a link to this discussion thread in your chain gang thread asking them to post their suggestions or complaints in this discussion thread. This is the best place to discuss, rather than inside the chain gang making it look clunky, even in last will be first thread, not all users may read what others discussed, as there are so many posts and pages in it.

[avoran]

Taking that idea and running with it, here's my suggestion:

Normally you can only skip 2 letters (plus Q or X) instead of the 3 in the current rules
BUT
if there's no post after one hour, that goes up to 3
after 2 hours, 4
after 3 hours, 5
after 4 hours, 6
after 5 hours the chain times out

That adds flexibility and also shortens the wait at the end. I like it!! Waiting to hear other people's opinions before introducing this in (probably) round 6.