Sundae: nope. Only Knights and above can join ponds.

SPRINT in the Rain! #2

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!! 10 hour Rain Pond

Pedro Martínez:True Pedro

SPRINT in the Rain! #2

Run? This is a SPRINT !!!! 10 hour Rain Pond

Thanks. My old brain works once in awhile

Can anyone explain how PONDS WORKS please,I beleive only the lowest number is eliminated,but what is the hishest number you can select.Are there any other things i should know other than stick to snakes n ladders..............R37

Rambo37: you are correct, only the lowest is eleminated each round, the trick is to bid just higher than that. You can also get a bonus of 500 points for having the highest bid but you really don't want to bid more than 500 points higher than the lowest bid because you don't gain anything. you also have to remember that your 20,000 points has to last you the entire game. Bids usually increase each round for example a bid of 45 may fall in the 1st round, 86 the 2nd, 135 the 3rd, 278 the 4th and so on(these were only examples) what I suggest is that you look at the ratings page http://brainking.com/en/Ratings?tp=1000 and pick out higher rated players that have played quite a few ponds and then join a pond that has moves at 1 day and study how they they bid. To get you to last at least 5 rounds you could bid 74,130, 150, 330,and 700. These wouldn't probably put you near 1st place but they are safe bids so you can study them. This is a game that takes a little time to get used to, be patient and good luck.

here is where you can read the oficial rules http://brainking.com/en/FAQ?ht=21

Rambo37: Plus take a look at this board from the start. Many tips here & there have been posted here which might help you get started.

BIG BAD WOLF: my god LOLOL....I sure wouldnt want to read this board from the start to learn how to play or get tips....best way is as Vikings says...just try and learn from watching others or just give it a go....it is easy to learn really.
But dont follow me....Im hopeless hahahaha

Ponds Plus Fellowship open call for new members! We have many great fellowship only ponds and other fellowship games as well.

We dont allow suspected cheats into this fellowship, so you can play your ponds without fear of being cheated by colluders! Also a great forum to learn how to play better and other great tips and ideas!

http://brainking.com/en/ShowFellowship?fid=248

It is great that we can have fellowship only pond runs now. The problem is finding enough people to sign up! Even in my ponds plus fellowship with 70 or so members it hard to get even 16 people for any one run! Some people only will play longer runs, somepeople only play fast ones etc.

Could we please be able to create smaller runs with say 8 o 10 or 12 people? And have the starting points reduced as well to correspond with fewer players?

One more request....

Could you make it so that pond runs can start immediatly when it is full, just like regular tournaments?

Things are looking very interesting on who will win the T shirt of there choice,in the first pond prize tournament after the 33rd round.

Thanks to everyone that has participated in making it a very exciting race.

Mike :o)

Fencer,

1) Could you make the headings at the top of the colums clickable so we can sort the player list by name, points bet in the last round, etc.? At times, I would really like to see the last round sorted by how much was bet by each player.

2) I assume the average you list is the mean (all the bets added up and divided by the number of remaining players). When one (or more) players make a bet that is way off from the others, then this statistic is less meaningful. A better 'average' would be the median. Median is the bet in the middle (or the mean of the pair in the middle if there are an even number of items). Could you add the median to the items that are reported?

I personally refigure the average eliminating the highest and lowest bid when they go out of wack with the rest. I think that is probably a little better than the median. Median will probably often give similar results, but not a lot of the time.

rod03801: Median will probably often give similar results, but not a lot of the time.

Isn't a lot of the time what often means?

Thad: Well, it was a case where in my mind I was rewording what I was typing, and was careless and didn't go to the beginning of the sentence and adjust it.
Median still wouldn't be as accurate, just my opinion.

Fencer I would like to be able to create a pond with BKR controls please?

rod03801: Accurate isn't the right word there. Unless one is calculated incorrectly, they're both accurate, but let's not quibble... ;-)

Sounds like a good oppourtunity for a wager! I'd think that betting the median of the previous round would be better in general than betting the mean with the highs & lows eliminated. But, generally, I think one can stay below either average in the early rounds and build up a lead strong enough that the 'average' bidder would get into trouble sooner or later anyway, especially in larger ponds.

Of course I'm only rated 1642, so what do I know. ;-)

Thad: I've never looked at the average, but what do I know,lol

in the daily series just created there is also "A pond a day keeps the boredom away #365", which means I have now been creating them for a whole year! yi haaaaw!

number 373 starts April 1st, that's why the name is slightly modified...

rabbitoid:
Thanks for all the
#373

i have also signed for each and every one I think...im sure ive been in them all...if not very close to it.....congrats rabbitoid

14 signed 4 or 6 to go i will start it as fast as it fills up,you have to get in to win.

#86 has just been created enjoy and have fun!
Your friend Mike:o)
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