Oh come one now, no need to get all bitter dude. Ok, I do play to win for the most part. But its not the only thing. Maybe its a difference of philosophy between people. Some people play for fun, some play to win. Sure everyone would like to win, but its not the end of the world if they don't. Some people just do not take it as seriously as you do. And again, I did not want to just resign. That wasn't the point of my move there.
And I don't think I ruined it for anyone (you included). You have to accept that this is a multi-player game and people's actions are unpredictable. Some people bet 5,000 points in the first round... why?? I have no idea, but it "ruins" for people trying to get the bonus by betting 502 points. There are tons of examples where people bet illogically and that is just something that comes with this game. Its unpredictable. Don't get you panties all in a bunch about it, just go play another pond, there are plenty to play!
And your suspicion of a conspiracy are so far fetched its stupid. If we wanted to conspire I wouldn't have posted a message saying I was going to bet 1! Come on now, how lame is that for a conspiracy?? Wouldn't I have just emailed one or both of them in secret?? I can think of so many other was to cheat besides posting a message for EVERYONE to see.
I did what I did because you asked someone to bet 1 or 2! You said it in your post! All I did was think about the repercussions of that and took it to the next step. I wondered if anyone would even believe it if I said I was going to do it.... and thought it would make for an interesting experiment. No cheating or conspiracy here. Maybe you're watching too many x-files...