Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
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Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Following in the vision of Thread Necromancy Slowmode, and the example taken from You Must Decide Whether to Say Duck, I give you: The Thread That (probably) Will Die Regularly!
Instead of the Thread Necromancy Game, where time is gained linearly, I present a simple solution: gain time quadratically.
The score gained from a post is the time (in minutes) from the last post, squared. If you wait a little longer, you'll get a ton more points.
And remember: if you post once, you'll have to wait for someone else to take a (possibly large) reward before you. Have fun!
Now, quietly forget about this…
Instead of the Thread Necromancy Game, where time is gained linearly, I present a simple solution: gain time quadratically.
The score gained from a post is the time (in minutes) from the last post, squared. If you wait a little longer, you'll get a ton more points.
And remember: if you post once, you'll have to wait for someone else to take a (possibly large) reward before you. Have fun!
Now, quietly forget about this…
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Are double posts allowed?
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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I think I'm winning now...
(note to self: make scoreboard later)
are double posts just ignored?
(note to self: make scoreboard later)
are double posts just ignored?
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Yes, just like everywhere else that they aren't allowed.
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
320356+196249=516605
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
If I post now, I will be in the lead and lose lots of potential points!
Like this!
And thanks chridd!
Like this!
And thanks chridd!
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Pointy things!
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I get pointy things
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
I can haz pointz?
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Yes u can!
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Hmm... 60 hours?? That means I get an 8-digit number of points, right?
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Four hundred thousand something is good enough from a beginner, don't you think?
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Probably.
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Lots of hours.
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
More points!
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Points for me!
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Pointz
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Points for me!
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
And me!
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Getting there...
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A few more points
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1st place! 

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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
4th place!
(still)
(still)
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Zoom!
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
Am I still in fourth place?
Nope, I'm in second! Yay!
Nope, I'm in second! Yay!
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"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
"Therefore it is in the interests not only of public safety but also public sanity if the buttered toast on cats idea is scrapped, to be replaced by a monorail powered by cats smeared with chicken tikka masala floating above a rail made from white shag pile carpet."
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Well, if nobody else wants those points, I'll happily take them!
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If I'm comparing correctly, this post will put me in 4th place.
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Wooo, first place!
Apparently you slightly underestimated something.
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
I'm now just 443214 points away from second place! I'm first, of course.
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I am honoured to be the first one to pass the frontier into the nine digit club.
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Re: Thread Necromancy: Mexican Standoff Edition!
A myriad minutes have passed since the last poster made their post, and a myriad myriad points have been gained.
Edit: Damn it, an hour off.
Edit: Damn it, an hour off.
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This is more than doubling my score.
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