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 Run around the Pond

Discuss about this new multiplayer game or comment current runs. (includes all versions of the game)

Game link..... Ponds
Ratings link..... Regular Pond Ratings -and- Dark Pond Ratings -and- Run in the Rain Ratings
Winners link..... All Winners - (Regular Ponds Only) - (Dark Ponds Only) - (Run in the Rain Only)


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9. mai 2005, 05:33:10
Bernice 
Teema: Re:
Pedro Martínez: Thanks Pedro....I knew my recent luck had to change shortly :)

I now have the grand total of 2 wins ROFLMBO :)

9. mai 2005, 05:31:05
Pedro Martínez 
Pedro Martínez toimetatud (9. mai 2005, 05:31:58)
Andre thought Molly would bet more than what you had left and wanted to secure the first place by betting one point more than what Molly had left. It was not a pointless and nonsensical bet from him, he was just unlucky...in these situations you never know...I have already said somewhere that I find these decisions (3 people left in a pond with very high amounts of remaining points) the hardest ones at all in ponds....

9. mai 2005, 05:24:13
Bernice 
http://brainking.com/en/Pond?g=337

why would AndreFaria bet so many points thereby giving me the game?
Not that Im complaining but it does seem strange:(

7. mai 2005, 14:32:58
ClayNashvilleTN 
Teema: Re:
BIG BAD WOLF:I think I have been trying to play too close to the edge too early in the game, trying to save 10 points, when a lot of people are still staying close to the edge. After all of them fall in, if your playing close, the greater the chance you aren't going to be around for the finish.

Watch Foxy Lady. She bids high constantly and winds up in the final 5 a lot of the time. Staying in the middle or favoring the bottom 1/3 is what I have recently been trying to do.

I haven't finished enough games yet to know for sure if this is good strategy.

7. mai 2005, 03:59:46
coan.net 
Yea, when you start to pay attention to what the higher ranked players are doing - almost every time it looks like they start out "bad".

For example, this pond: http://brainking.com/en/Pond?g=451

4 players rated over 2500 - highest after 2 rounds, 13th place. Then 15th, 15th, and 19th.

They must be doing something right!

6. mai 2005, 23:01:36
ClayNashvilleTN 
10 wins?????????? Dang I'm still working on 10 games. Some of you guys have just about mastered this game! "BRAVO"

6. mai 2005, 22:52:54
Pedro Martínez 
Nope, he said he wouldn't have been able to make his moves every day. I changed it to a 2-days-per-move pond a couple of minutes ago, so hopefully he'll sign up.

6. mai 2005, 22:50:19
Vikings 
why? was he the one that thought people were cheating?

6. mai 2005, 22:45:22
Pedro Martínez 
Teema: Re:
Vikings: we need 8 more people...Flake is probably not going to participate in the pond

6. mai 2005, 22:43:45
Vikings 
now if only 7 more people would learn that, we could start the 10 wins pond

It is fun to watch certain players change their strategy

6. mai 2005, 22:42:33
coan.net 
Teema: Pond #500

6. mai 2005, 22:36:35
coan.net 
That is the thing I noticed about one of the top players - I started to watch all their moves, to see how I could improve my game. For the first 5 moves or so, their bid were always higher then mine - nothing that would get them the bonus, but enough to start putting them further down the list.

Then all of a sudden, Boom - there they were at the end challenging for the win.

So yes, taking big chances may increase your chance to win - but I've noticed being nice and stedy - no real big chances will leave you with much beter chances of wins at the end. (in which my rate of wins has been increasing some I believe - took me forever to get to ten, and now all of a sudden I'm getting close to 20)

6. mai 2005, 22:04:53
Vikings 
I don't like being at the top of the board until there are only about 5-6 people left, I much prefer being somewhere in the middle until then.
and the bidding has been changing since befor the introductions of ratings, thats the dynamics of this game that you constently have to re-think your moves

6. mai 2005, 21:55:30
pauloaguia 
Teema: Re: Re:
grenv: If he hangs up for at least 10 rounds, he's still a better player than those who have fallen behind him. In a 16 player pond, that would mean he got over half his opponents in the water before going for the swim himself.
Shouldn't he be rewarded for that?

6. mai 2005, 17:02:36
grenv 
Teema: Re: Re:
The problem with applying a tournament ratings system is the following:

In a tournament you are always trying to win each game, and that will increase the chance of winning the tournament.

In a pond you can decrease the likelyhood of winning while increasing the likelyhood of finishing top 5.

Since the position at each round is proportional to the likelyhood of winning, I recommend that position at each round be taken into consideration. That way being bottom for 10 rounds is not rewarded (unless you catch up at some point).

6. mai 2005, 16:24:37
tonyh 
Teema: Sequence
When you have more than one Pond awaiting your move, they are in Pond No sequence, lowest pond numbers first.
Please could they be sequenced according to amount of time remaining, with least times first?

6. mai 2005, 16:22:38
tonyh 
Teema: Re:
grenv: It is interesting that, since the introduction of grading, guys are making higher bids, particularly art the start of each game. And that is good, because it reduces the 'lottery' element later on.

5. mai 2005, 20:58:22
grenv 
It's still a flaw since you're not punished for making ridiculous bids. That's why some sort of logarithmic scale would be better in my opinion.

5. mai 2005, 20:22:10
Thad 
Teema: Re: possible flaw in ratings?
Nothingness: It's not that simple. If you think it is, try to finish second in three straight ponds. ;-)

5. mai 2005, 20:17:27
Nothingness 
Teema: possible flaw in ratings?
Nothingness toimetatud (5. mai 2005, 20:18:12)
i was thinking if a person who constantly bets high just to stay in the pond longer, could they feesably get a very high rating just b/c they stick around longer when in fact they should be punished for making unwinable bets. For example there are poeple who bet 1000+ on the first bet. This probably the dumbest bet poossible b/c even with bonus you will be losing by more than 500. They can do this for most of the tourney and be 2nd to last man standing every time but you will NEVER win! So im not really sure how ratings work in this situation.

5. mai 2005, 16:07:31
Nothingness 
Teema: that situation...
you can fix it so that maxx dont win it.. if for example pedro can cause maxx to lose. by bidding low say 14 adn then vikings can only bet 15 adn lose only 15 points. thus maxx will beta normal amount and will now be behind with only 2 poeple left.

4. mai 2005, 18:22:20
Andre Faria 
Teema: Re:
grenv: Thanks. My fault... :(

4. mai 2005, 17:24:54
grenv 
For some reason only some people saw that maxchriss had 0 points left. I guess scrolling down is a little difficult for some?

4. mai 2005, 17:15:35
Andre Faria 
What happened in this pond?

http://brainking.com/pt/Pond?g=159

4. mai 2005, 10:21:07
Maxxina 
tony : i dont get it ???

4. mai 2005, 10:18:18
tonyh 
Teema: Re:
Maxxina: Easy!!! Both of you bid 5661!!

4. mai 2005, 03:20:12
coan.net 
Teema: Re:
Vikings: Well in that case, if I was Pedro i would take 3rd place. If I was Vikings, I would get ready to end up in 2nd place. If I was Maxxina, I would already be counting my BKR points gained by yet another win.

..... since you asked. :-)

4. mai 2005, 03:06:52
Pedro Martínez 
Teema: Re:
Pedro Martínez toimetatud (4. mai 2005, 03:07:08)
Vikings: Looks easy to me...

4. mai 2005, 02:12:31
Vikings 
BKR Points left Last move
1 Maxxina 2671 9680 3999
2 Vikings 2447 9119 3718
3 Pedro Martínez 2499 8886 3645

as long as we are getting group help, what do we do here

3. mai 2005, 23:17:40
Vikings 
he he he,

3. mai 2005, 23:17:09
Vikings 
just make sure you acknowledge what you are going to do on this board so I can help you

3. mai 2005, 21:24:08
ScarletRose 
Teema: I'm still
Thinking..

this may take some time.. got the blonde thinking cap on.. *giggle*

3. mai 2005, 21:20:54
Thad 
Teema: Re: ratings?
TIGER0005: Four to get a provisional rating, and 25 to get a regular rating, but the entire pond run has to complete before your score is computed.

3. mai 2005, 20:53:37
TIGER0005 
Teema: ratings?
how many ponds do you have to play in to get a rating ?

3. mai 2005, 19:49:44
CathyAK 
Teema: Re:
CathyAK toimetatud (3. mai 2005, 19:51:01)
Maxxina:

I know what I would do, but it wouldn't help much if Vikings saw it.

Let's just say you want to bid at least 5663, but you probably want to go for the bonus.

(As if I'm one to be giving advice to the #1 player )

3. mai 2005, 17:16:24
coan.net 
Teema: Re:
Maxxina: Well I never said it was going to be simple. O'wait - I did. TWICE!

3. mai 2005, 17:06:46
Maxxina 
BBW : easy to say :]]]

3. mai 2005, 17:04:21
coan.net 
Simple - Bid either between 1-478 point more then Vikings bid

or

bid 524 points less then Vikings. (While still bidding above tonyh)

Simple!

3. mai 2005, 17:02:54
ScarletRose 
Teema: Re:
Maxxina: hehe.. oh wow.. I was thinking you had 5662 sorry.. let me think here

3. mai 2005, 17:01:17
Maxxina 
5050 - really? I like yourself . Thats suicide

3. mai 2005, 16:58:38
ScarletRose 
Teema: Re:
Maxxina: Bid 5050

3. mai 2005, 16:40:56
Maxxina 
1 Vikings 6827
2 Maxxina 6804
3 tonyh 5662

any idea what to do ? :]

3. mai 2005, 08:30:00
Hrqls 
Teema: Re: Re:
ClayNashvilleTn: fill in some numbers and watch the results ;)

(it should be '42' :))

3. mai 2005, 07:18:52
tonyh 
Teema: Re: Re:
Pedro Martínez: I see what you mean (Pbarb collected two 500 point bonuses in the 1st 2 rounds) - but why?
The system credits me with a bonus as soon as I get it.
How may the rest of us bet against someone with hidden bonuses?

2. mai 2005, 21:48:26
Pedro Martínez 
Teema: Re: Re:
tonyh: I see 6612 but the system doesn't include any of the bonuses (8) Barb has collected throughout the pond in the number we see WHEN this person receives the bonus in the particular round we're looking at...

2. mai 2005, 21:39:00
tonyh 
Teema: Re:
Pedro Martínez: Do you really see 8612 points????

2. mai 2005, 21:36:22
Fencer 
I'll have a look at it.

2. mai 2005, 21:36:19
Pedro Martínez 
Pbarb had 8612 points and bet 6612, I see nothing whacky about it....save for the problem I posted in the BugTracker

2. mai 2005, 21:33:07
Thad 
Teema: 'Next' game
When I click on the red number next to the 'Main page' link it takes me to the oldest pond, but I have my games sorted by the time to deadline. Shouldn't the numbered link take me to the game with the least remaining time (I.e. the one at the top of my list according to how I have it sorted)?

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