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Elbbsas
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    And you one rude dude, Robin.
    What?  I can't help but dream... and all the good guesses were taken and spam square went back up!! :P
    Uh.
    The contest is simple: post below the number of posts you think will be in the Summersend Festival forum by the end of the festival. Whomever has the guess closest to the actual number of posts in the forum without going over will win the contest.
    *snip*
    3,400 - Sapphiron
    3,401 - BraveSirRobin
    Buddy... Buddy, no... You made a bad oops D=
    You're only able to win if there are 3,400 and a half posts.
    See, what you should've gone for is 3,399 posts, thereby making you win if there are between 3,201 and 3,399 posts. Now, if there are posts between 3,201 - 3,400 Sapphiron wins. Unless I'm misunderstanding things?
    (And this is why my post guess is 10,000. It's stupid, but if there are more than 3,601 posts then I win by default!)
    Buddy, nooooo.
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  • I know I got here too late, and so my guess won't count. But I'll guess anyway, and see how close I am.

    3800 posts.
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  • The contest is simple: post below the number of posts you think will be in the Summersend Festival forum by the end of the festival. Whomever has the guess closest to the actual number of posts in the forum without going over will win the contest.
    *snip*
    3,400 - Sapphiron
    3,401 - BraveSirRobin
    Buddy... Buddy, no... You made a bad oops D=
    You're only able to win if there are 3,400 and a half posts.
    See, what you should've gone for is 3,399 posts, thereby making you win if there are between 3,201 and 3,399 posts. Now, if there are posts between 3,201 - 3,400 Sapphiron wins. Unless I'm misunderstanding things?
    (And this is why my post guess is 10,000. It's stupid, but if there are more than 3,601 posts then I win by default!)
    Buddy, nooooo.
    Umm... Is that how it reads? "The guess closest to the actual number without going over." I intended it to mean the guess closest to the actual number with the guess not going over the actual number, meaning your guess needs to be less than the actual number. I used similar wording to last year's contest but tried to make it more clear since I also thought it was a little confusing -- suppose I should've worded it differently.

    Did anyone else read it the way Elbbsas did?
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  • The contest is simple: post below the number of posts you think will be in the Summersend Festival forum by the end of the festival. Whomever has the guess closest to the actual number of posts in the forum without going over will win the contest.
    *snip*
    3,400 - Sapphiron
    3,401 - BraveSirRobin
    Buddy... Buddy, no... You made a bad oops D=
    You're only able to win if there are 3,400 and a half posts.
    See, what you should've gone for is 3,399 posts, thereby making you win if there are between 3,201 and 3,399 posts. Now, if there are posts between 3,201 - 3,400 Sapphiron wins. Unless I'm misunderstanding things?
    (And this is why my post guess is 10,000. It's stupid, but if there are more than 3,601 posts then I win by default!)
    Buddy, nooooo.
    Umm... Is that how it reads? "The guess closest to the actual number without going over." I intended it to mean the guess closest to the actual number with the guess not going over the actual number, meaning your guess needs to be less than the actual number. I used similar wording to last year's contest but tried to make it more clear since I also thought it was a little confusing -- suppose I should've worded it differently.

    Did anyone else read it the way Elbbsas did?
    Okay, this is weird. Even with the clarification my head isn't comprehending. So, I read it as [Actual < Guess], and it's actually [Guess < Actual]?
    Man, my brain's a dummy. This is why I don't touch maths and numbers even with a ten foot pole, I'm so awful at numbers. XD

    Edit: On the bright side: My condolences, Sapphiron, and Robin you're a sneaky buttery biscuit base, how dare you. =P
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    « Last Edit: August 22, 2018, 06:56:14 PM by Elbbsas »
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  • Disclaimer:  it was more maniacal than intended.  I thought that I was just screwing over half of Sapph's guess (ie I wanted to make sure that I had the range 3401-3500 as the "I win" guess range once it reopened, so I went there rather than 3500, which I (incorrectly) though would give me the range 3450-3550.
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  • Ah, crap. Sorry, guys. :(

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  • Ah, crap. Sorry, guys. :(
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    Now tell me.  What do you see?
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  • Would just saying "The Price Is Right rules" make more sense rather than explaining what that is?

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  • And it is that time. With 3,183 posts in the Summersend Festival forum, our winner with a guess of 3,100 posts is @Red Mones! Congrats, and you've won 10 Tokens!

    It was close, though. If only 17 more posts were made, Hydra would've won. Should've pumped out a few more posts in the Spam Wars. :P
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  • Holy crap, thanks! Sorry, Hydra. :P
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