please dont start talking down on someone (for what reasons whatever) ... but investigate this theory .. dont be like the people at Dokkum hacking away at Bonifatius ;)
EdTrice: please answer my question which i asked before .. what kind of distribution do you assume for the bets of all players 1 one round to be ?
a gaussian distribution ? appearently not a straight distribution ? ;)
even numbers are more likely to be guessed .. when i am making a new bet i simply let my mind pick a number .. which is often even ... and then add one .. so my mind thinks it will be bet less often .. although everyones mind works like this
fencer : the smiley above the box in which you can type a message in the pond games when you make your bet ... it doesnt give the popup for me when i hover over it .. clicking on the ? does give me the normal screen though :)
changnig the starting number can reduce the number of rounds ... when you use a low number (for example 100) of points to start with people will have to be very careful to have enough points left in the end .. and will start to bid much lower .. also with less points its more likely to have more than 1 player to have the minimum bet and so more than 1 player can easily fall in the pound per round
grenv: *nod* i agree with that .. the same like a normal time out on other game types .. the reason why thats not on 'pond' right now is because there are no weekend and vacation days allowed on there
is it possible to bet 0 points on purpose ? (even when you have some points remaining) .. no i wont test it! ;)