Guess gfox's b/p Retirement Contest

[gfoxcook]

As some of you may or may not remember, back in June when I hit level 19 I made a post in level up! that contained the following passage:

At 6/19/05 05:48 AM, gfoxcook wrote: In other news: I may be retiring from b/ping this year. On gfoxcook, at least. I'll probably start moving gfoxclock at that point (he's been at 36 blams/36 protects for nearly a year). I have some specific goals in mind before I stop, and a great place to stop (no, it's not 66,666... I don't think I'll be aiming for that, besides... I've heard ramagi say she might stop there, so I'm not going to crowd her at the same mark... maybe someday I'll restart and get there, but the place I'm planning on stopping is well before 66,666).

If anyone can guess the EXACT blam and save marks I plan on retiring this account at in here, you'll win an official gfoxcook prize to put in your sig, BTW. This should be an interesting contest. #;-}>

Well, the following represents the response I got to that little portion of my post:

At 6/19/05 05:55 AM, philonous wrote: I'm guessing you'll be going for 34,567 in blams and 23,456 in protects. Am I anywhere close?

At 6/19/05 12:00 PM, ramagi wrote: Well since you didn't stop at 33,333 blams, all bets are off. Heck My hopes for A 2 to on ratio at 66,666 has been completly foiled by me and all the crap I have been blamming, I had the blam engines in over drive yesterday. Plus I been spending what free time I ave voting and modding at the same time again. So once MPA passes you in a week or so I will have yet another number two. I lost track of all the various peopel that have been in that spot over the last 2 and a half years. Other than my 9 month stay at it. I am going to place my bet on 66,666, for the exact numbers I am going to take a stab in the dark Blams 36506 Saves 30160. I think you understand why I choose the first number

At 6/19/05 01:39 PM, -Myst- wrote: I say 100k! No, just kidding, I go for ... hum ... 27,000 for the saves (since you're saddly that old :P) and 40,000 for blams, just because it's a cool number. Or 45,000 balms and 30,000 protects to make it a total 75,000 points with EGSC with only protections.

At 6/19/05 01:54 PM, MPA wrote: 63,336 total.

At 6/19/05 10:29 PM, iscruLz wrote: hmm well it either the same number or consecutive. blams 36,544 saves 23,456 total 60,000. but I thinking you want you #1 protector spot back to much to chose from. then go for 30,000 saves but that would take you over 66,666 pionts so that wont work.

And thus, all the posts about that subject happened on the day I hit level 19 (6/19, fittingly enough) and nothing's been said about it by me OR anyone else since that day...

This topic is here to change that! And the second post I make in it (in just another moment) will be a summary of what people have guessed so far (from the above five posts that were made in reply to my challenge).

Rules:

1) I strongly encourage any of you five to come back and alter/add to (MPA only provided a total, I asked for blam/save amounts separately, ya silly! #;-}>) their "marks I think gfox will retire on" if you wish to do so (feel free!). Since you five were the only people who saw/responded to my challenge back in June, you get the option to replace your former guesses with new ones. And some of you kinda NEED to (More on that in the next post)...

2) But after that (and for everyone else), JUST ONE GUESS, please. I'm going with the guess you finally decide to go with in your FIRST POST featuring a guess. IOW, if you say several guesses in THE SAME post but tell me which one you've settled upon by the end of that post, that's FINE! ... But if you come back later and want to change it... nope. Only the original five can do that, and even for them it's a one time deal only!

3) Now, keep in mind that I'm not going to say whether you're wrong or right in response to each post or anything (nor will I say confirm or deny any of the guesses in those first five posts), because that would provide an unfair advantage to people who arrive late to this topic. No, I want to get a GOOD range of guesses from lots of people (10-20 seems quite possible) before I reveal the answer. And there's no rush, so if more than that want to try and guess, go for it!

4) Also, there's no limit to how many people can guess any one blam or save amount. This isn't some bet where once a mark is taken, no one else can take it as well! So feel free to share guesses if you like. But as a whole, the chances of SOMEONE being right are going to go up and up and up if you spread your guesses around quite a bit using the hints I provided back in June. So please don't all go with the same guesses en masse, okay?

Now... time for the second post to restart this little "guess gfox's b/p retirement goals" challenge, as I'll call it herein, and hopefully issue it to a lot more people than originally got involved in level up! back on page 1167:

[gfoxcook]

"GUESS GFOX'S B/P RETIREMENT GOALS" CHALLENGE RESTART!

WEB CHART: http://home.houston.../gfoxcook/guess.html

update I ... BBS CHART:

[ Guess # / Guessed Blams / Guessed Saves / Resulting Total / Contestant ]
#01 ... 34,567 blams + 23,456 saves = 58,023 b/p / philonous *
#02 ... 36,506 blams + 30,160 saves = 66,666 b/p / ramagi **
#3A ... 40,000 blams + 27,000 saves = 67,000 b/p / -Myst- ***
#3B ... 45,000 blams + 30,000 saves = 75,000 b/p / " **
#04 ... __,___ blams + __,___ saves = 63,336 b/p / MPA ****
#05 ... 36,544 blams + 23,456 saves = 60,000 b/p / iscruLz

* - I've already passed that blamcount, so I'm afraid philonous' guess is already debunked. Please to guess again, philonous!

** - In my original post about this in June, I not only said I wouldn't be going PAST 66,666 before I start this retirement from b/p... but that I wasn't going to get TO it, even. That I wasn't going to choose 66,666 since I thought ramagi might (well, she didn't, but that doesn't change anything), and that I don't have the time or energy to even try getting near it. Well, I didn't say that at the time (I hadn't started my job yet, for one thing!), but it's true now. Anyway, 66,666 is not the answer as I said already, so I suggest ramagi use her option to guess again as well.

*** - Mystboy didn't say which of his guesses was his "real" guess. Also, both his totals are over 66,666, so... that's even MORE off target, clearly. Please to make a new guess, Mystboy.

**** - MPA simply forgot/didn't bother to provide a blam total and a save total. The winner of this contest will be the person who pegs BOTH of those statmarks correctly (or the closest to it, I suppose, if no one succeeds... but I dunno if close is gonna be good enough. Depends on how many people enter the contest, I guess!). In any event, even if MPA's b/p total guess was correct, he didn't specify blam and save guesses, so he wouldn't qualify to win. Please guess again, MrPoppyLots.

iscruLz is the only person to have a fully "okay" guess right now. Of course, he can still choose to change his guesses if he wants to, as he is one of the original 5. I hope to hear from all five of you, but if I don't... well, that's unfortunate. ;_;

And... That's all! To recap the hints for those who weren't paying attention, though:

@ The resulting total of your blam and save guesses must be higher than 57,842 (my current total).

@ The resulting total of your blam and save guesses must be much lower than 66,666, trust me.

@ Make sure I know what numbers are your real guess if you mention more than one blam # and one save # in your post while you're trying to decide/figure out what to guess, otherwise you might confuse me and I'll be in a Mystboy situation again and randomly choose between your guesses if you never clarify which one you want to go with (one set of guesses per contestant, if it wasn't obvious).

@ As the five original contestants mostly knew to do... think of the quirks gfoxcook possesses. An extraordinary desire to see 36s, 42s, 69s, and 00s in his NG statistics... and a love of specific ratios between his blams and saves and so forth, as well (ratio can be KEY at times, in fact). If he's going to retire on two numbers... a blam and a save number... which are higher (but not insanely so) than his current totals right now (34,669 blams and 23,169 saves), then he's going to make damned sure he picks numbers he likes looking at in his profile when he's checking his Voting Power for a loooooong long time.

Choose wisely with your one remaining guess-pairs, current and future contestants!

[XwaynecoltX]

OH MA GOD 2db to post hahahha WazZZaaammm

No really its about time we had something knew around here...

~X~

[gfoxcook]

At 7/17/05 03:15 AM, XwaynecoltX wrote: OH MA GOD 2db to post hahahha WazZZaaammm

2db? O_o

No really its about time we had something knew around here...

It's been kinda quiet with the fun threads on Wi/Ht? since around March, yes... So many lists gone... so many fun topics dried up or locked or just plain dead. And level up!'s great and all, but it's one big-mishmash and things get lost in there... and people (like myself) can't hope to catch up completely...

Also, I only got 5 takers on this contest back when it first occurred to me to find out if anyone could guess my retirement goals back IN level up... because the pages flip by so fast, many people probably never even saw my post, or read through it to get to the contest part.... so to hell with the same old same old! I decided I'd make a topic and a webpage about the contest.

It'll be fun for me and hopefully for the people doing the guessing as well... and I'll whip up some lame sigpic award / text to put in your sig / whatever! if any one person (or multiple people) guesses the numbers correctly (and maybe even if no one gets it perfect but one or some are quite close).

So come on, people.... let's start adding new guesses, eh?! X, why didn't you offer your guesses? Still thinking about what blams and saves I'm gonna be stopping at? #;-}>

Anyone game?

At 7/17/05 03:20 AM, -LazyDrunk- wrote: Nifty.

Hooray! We've got a taker!

It's amazing how long you've been at the top of the User's list for B/P. It'll be different not seeing your count go up slowly but steadily anymore once you're retired. Great job :)

You honour me with your kind words, sir. I was never #1, but I've held the silver and bronze ranks for... well, more than a year now. Around 15 months. And I'm glad SOMEone will miss seeing me going up and up and up when I stop. (sniff)

My guess:
35,791 blams
24,680 saves

for a total of 60,471

Yes! Down to business. :::adds your numbers to the text file and the html file:::

I'll be waiting until hopefully some of the original 5 guessers swing by today (I can hope) and correct/revise their guesses with that opportunity I gave 'em... and maybe some more new guessers will drop by, as well.

With teh guesses of LazyDrunk, we are up to SIX users in the contest, all told. Let's keep it going, folks! I might post another update when I'm doing the MASSIVELY COOL pentalist update later tonight (it's gonna be a great one).... especially if enough is going on in here all Sunday long, so...

Get Guessing!

[JerkClock]

35,000 Blams
25,000 Saves
60,000 B/P

[carmelhadinosaur]

Current:
34,673 blams
23,175 saves
===========
57,848 b/p

My guesses:
35,201 blams
23,551 saves
===========
58,752 b/p

[XwaynecoltX]

Sorry GFOX i was doing wanna them P-Bot topic posts heheh, it was meant to be "2nd"

Anyways here are my pics...

40,000 Blams
25,000 Saves

As a stat whore myself i wouldnt want to end in an odd number so im thinking balanced out would be better...

~X~

[PureLionHeart]

Now this I have to get in on! Gfox, if you'll give me some time to accuratly make a guess, I'll be back, bud.

[PureLionHeart]

36,500 Blams!
25,500 Saves!
62,000 Total B/P!

[Xiivi]

Hmm, well, you'll need to get to it within the year, so it probably won't be anywhere close to 66,666 as you said. Your current stats both look pretty close to these lovely gfoxcookish numbers:

36,363; 36,369 for blams
24,242 for saves

I'm not too sure about blams, but I'll take a stab in the dark and say you want:
_36,360
+24,240
60,600

There's my guess. :)

[Mazza]

35,467 Blams.
24,532 Saves.
59,999 Total B/P.

[X8X]

36,000 Blams
24,000 Protect

50,000 Total

[Frostbreath]

38,888 Blams
27,888 Saves.
66,666 Total

[DonDoli]

The only thing I can think of is 60k, but seeing your hints I know it will be something much more unique. So I'll just throw in some numbers and hope I'll get close =)

36741 blams.
24423 saves.

61164 total.

[Frostbreath]

At 7/17/05 07:20 AM, Brewtality wrote: He already said 66,666 was not the answer, so you might want to re-think that one.

Maybe he's lying O_o

Bah, i'll just make a new one.

36457 Blams
28975 Saves
65432 Total

[jonthomson]

36036-23964

[ramagi]

At 7/17/05 03:11 AM, gfoxcook wrote: #02 ... 36,506 blams + 30,160 saves = 66,666 b/p / ramagi **

Well I hope you relize why I guess two of those number, I did it for the numbers than to be accurate. Since you are clearly planning at stopping somewhere between 58K and 66,666.
Yea I knew what I was doing some time back B/P wise. I made it look like I was stopping at 66,666 for a day, I had already decided on something else.

I guess If I want a chacne to be more accurate I'll have to chagne my numbers.
I know why MPA chose the number he did.

You know I'm going to look at some things, see what I can come up with.

[Tommy]

36,000
24,000

[MystWilliams]

My Guess:

Blams = 35,000
Saves = 28,630
_________________
Total = 63,630

I want to say 63,000 also, but I will stick with my first guess there.

[ramagi]

At 7/17/05 06:37 AM, Replay wrote: 36,000 Blams
24,000 Protect

50,000 Total

You mean for a 60,000 total.

At 7/17/05 06:40 AM, Frostbreath wrote: 38,888 Blams
27,888 Saves.
66,666 Total

You realize that addes up to 66776 right?
Also gfoxcook said he was not going for that number or any higher.
You might want to change that.

I'm still crunching a few numbers currently, I do see soem good guess though IMO

[X8X]

At 7/17/05 10:28 AM, ramagi wrote:

At 7/17/05 06:37 AM, Replay wrote: 36,000 Blams
24,000 Protect

50,000 Total

You mean for a 60,000 total.

Oh yeah. (Shame)
I forgot my calculator.

[gfoxcook]

"GUESS GFOX'S B/P RETIREMENT GOALS" CHALLENGE CONTINUES!

WEB CHART: http://home.houston.../gfoxcook/guess.html

update II ... BBS CHART (this is becoming harder to update than the web version, so it may be the last time I do it until the final update or something, BTW):

[ Guess # / Guessed Blams / Guessed Saves / Resulting Total / Contestant ]
#01 ... 34,567 blams + 23,456 saves = 58,023 b/p / philonous
#02 ... 36,506 blams + 30,160 saves = 66,666 b/p / ramagi
#3A ... 40,000 blams + 27,000 saves = 67,000 b/p / -Myst-
#3B ... 45,000 blams + 30,000 saves = 75,000 b/p / "
#04 ... __,___ blams + __,___ saves = 63,336 b/p / MPA
#05 ... 36,544 blams + 23,456 saves = 60,000 b/p / iscruLz
#06 ... 35,791 blams + 24,680 saves = 60,471 b/p / -LazyDrunk-
#07 ... 35,000 blams + 25,000 saves = 60,000 b/p / JerkClock
#08 ... 35,201 blams + 23,551 saves = 58,752 b/p / carmelhadinosaur
#09 ... 35,353 blams + 24,242 saves = 59,595 b/p / -Gooch-
#10 ... 40,000 blams + 25,000 saves = 65,000 b/p / XwaynecoltX
#11 ... 36,500 blams + 25,500 saves = 62,000 b/p / Pure_LionHeart
#12 ... 36,360 blams + 24,240 saves = 60,600 b/p / Xiivi
#13 ... 35,467 blams + 24,532 saves = 59,999 b/p / -Mazza-
#14 ... 36,900 blams + 24,600 saves = 61,500 b/p / Brewtality
#15 ... 36,000 blams + 24,000 saves = 60,000 b/p / Replay
#16 ... 36,457 blams + 28,975 saves = 65,432 b/p / Frostbreath
#17 ... 36,741 blams + 24,423 saves = 61,164 b/p / DonDoli
#18 ... 36,036 blams + 23,964 saves = 60,000 b/p / jonthomson
#19 ... 36,000 blams + 24,000 saves = 60,000 b/p / Tom_s00
#20 ... 35,000 blams + 28,630 saves = 63,630 b/p / Myst_Williams
#21 ... 36,963 blams + 24,842 saves = 61,805 b/p / BonusStage

(NOTE: on the web version, a red line means the person's guesses can no longer be correct, they have met or exceeded the 66,666 and are incorrect, separate blam/save guesses were not provided, or more than one guess was made and I don't know which one is the "real" guess... this is why 4 of the 5 original guessers have red lines right now and no one else does.

ALSO: Green/blue lines mean the guesses are fine. Neither colour means anything, they're just alternating to provide some variety visually and allow you to distinguish each guesser's line from the above and below lines.)

[gfoxcook]

Update posted on both the BBS and web, so.... time to reply (a bit) before I go get some groceries and run some errands with my girlfriend:

Wow, what a response! We've already gotten more than 20 guesses (though not all are valid guesses currently... hopefully some, if not most or all, of the 4 of 5 original guessers with red lines will be correcting theirs soon enough, though)... that's way more than I expected to find at this point... only 12 hours later on a Sunday afternoon.

At 7/17/05 06:19 AM, Brewtality wrote: I've been racking my brain for the last hour trying to figure out if you have some sort of equation behind this or wether you just have a group of numbers that you think suit you best. Im suprised how long i've spent on this and I think I blew a circuit through it all, but here is what i've finally come down to.

Now I need some asprin.

At 7/17/05 06:55 AM, DonDoli wrote: The only thing I can think of is 60k, but seeing your hints I know it will be something much more unique. So I'll just throw in some numbers and hope I'll get close =)

LOL! Guys... it IS possible to overthink this. #;-}>

That's the last hint I'll be giving, I think. It applies mostly to the two of you, though perhaps some others as well.

At 7/17/05 07:26 AM, Frostbreath wrote:

At 7/17/05 07:20 AM, Brewtality wrote: He already said 66,666 was not the answer, so you might want to re-think that one.

Maybe he's lying O_o

Bah, i'll just make a new one.

I wasn't lying, it's not 66,666, and it's not 66,776 (which you actually guessed, as ramagi pointed out), either. It's between my current total AND 66,666... and it's not very close to 66,666, either. But I've said all this before. You apparently just didn't believe me. Heh. #;-}>

Your new guess is the one I went with, as the first one would have gotten you a red (invalid) line on the web update. Thanks for correcting yourself nice and quick!

At 7/17/05 09:12 AM, ramagi wrote:

At 7/17/05 03:11 AM, gfoxcook wrote: #02 ... 36,506 blams + 30,160 saves = 66,666 b/p / ramagi **

Well I hope you relize why I guess two of those number, I did it for the numbers than to be accurate. Since you are clearly planning at stopping somewhere between 58K and 66,666.

Oh, I know what you were doing. 36506 = EGS(C)#06... which = me! #;-}> Trust me, that's a very nice number... but the 36509 thing was Dogma's idea. If I retired on 36506 (even if only on blams, not a total), that'd kinda be copying Dogma, and I wouldn't do that.

Yea I knew what I was doing some time back B/P wise. I made it look like I was stopping at 66,666 for a day, I had already decided on something else.

Yeah... well, I just hope whatever you decide on makes you happy, as what I've decided on makes me... but I was kinda hoping you'd choose 66,666, as it's a really cool number. Now, I know that if MPA had said what I just said, you'd be thinking "he just wants me to stop at 66,666 so he can pass me sooner"... but seeing as how you know I'm retiring long before I get even CLOSE to 66,666, you know you don't have to worry about me anymore. #;-}>

I guess If I want a chacne to be more accurate I'll have to chagne my numbers.
I know why MPA chose the number he did.

63336, you mean? Well, it's pretty obvious why MPA liked that total. It's got 3s and 6s up the wazoo. #;-}> But he failed to provide separate b and p totals, and I'm hoping he sees this thread at some point soon. (sniff)

You know I'm going to look at some things, see what I can come up with.

Sure thing. I look forward to seeing a new guess.

At 7/17/05 10:28 AM, ramagi wrote: I'm still crunching a few numbers currently, I do see soem good guess though IMO

Indeed, there have been quite a lot of good guesses! You are correct in that, it's not just your opinion.. I happen to share it. #;-}>

At 7/17/05 11:15 AM, BonusStage wrote: The numbers themselves are you enough but the total isn't
I went over 3 things that were already guessed too :(

Went over 3 things that were already guessed?

What do you mean? You had 3 guesses you wanted to use but they were already guessed?

Dude... I already said in the posts that started this topic that MORE THAN ONE PERSON can guess the same numbers!

If more than one person guesses correctly, they will both (or all, if it's more than two) get the prize + TEH WIN!

So if you only guessed the numbers you did because your first three choices were already "taken," you'd better say something quick as that's quite silly and you should pick your first guess, or the one you felt strongest about...

and not settle for a fourth-place choice in your mind just because you were confused about the rules. Please to READ the first two posts in this thread, damnit. #;-}>

Anyway... I strongly suggest you all check out the new web chart, folks. It's highly superior to the BBS version now, as I already kinda said in the update post. And... um... if you haven't guessed yet:

PLEASE GUESS! #;-}>

And if you're one of the red lined people:

Please correct your guesses (that means a new blam number from phil, new less-than-66666 numbers from ramagi, ONE single guess and under-66666-please from Mystboy, and of course... an actual blam and save guess from MPA to total 63336 (if he wants to keep that total)). THANKS! :::drives through rain to grocery store:::

[Frostbreath]

At 7/17/05 03:25 PM, gfoxcook wrote: I wasn't lying, it's not 66,666, and it's not 66,776 (which you actually guessed, as ramagi pointed out), either. It's between my current total AND 66,666... and it's not very close to 66,666, either. But I've said all this before. You apparently just didn't believe me. Heh. #;-}>

You can never be sure.....

Your new guess is the one I went with, as the first one would have gotten you a red (invalid) line on the web update. Thanks for correcting yourself nice and quick!

No problem! There's no point in being in a contest if you just get disqualified, is it?

Anyho, i've noticed that i have the highest so far, which makes me hope even more for that one, beacuse i don't really want you to retire. Also, it could be a nice countdown.

''8 guesses left''
''7 guesses left''

And so on and so forth.

[Luxury-Yacht]

I'm going to guess 78,880 b/p.

[gfoxcook]

At 7/17/05 03:35 PM, Frostbreath wrote: You can never be sure.....

If I was lying, it would defeat the entire purpose of holding a contest for people to guess the numbers, though.

And If my goal was just to make a contest that no one could win, then I wouldn't be making it about something that I value as much as the numbers I'm picking to retire gfoxcook's blamcount and savecount on, don't you think? Anyone who knows me even SLIGHTLY well knows I loves b/ping on NG... and knows I love numbers, especially certain FAVOURITE numbers of mine.

So, I wouldn't be lying about it not being 66,666, trust me. If this was a contest about guessing how many jelly beans are in a pot here at my apartment, and I said it's been 10,000 and 15,000 (but in reality it was 20,000), that'd be one thing. I don't give a damn about jelly beans in a pot.

But this is serious, damnit! #;-}>

No problem! There's no point in being in a contest if you just get disqualified, is it?

True enough. Which is why I hope some of the red-liners come by... so far, none but ramagi have... MPA, Mystboy, and philonous... where are ya? ;_;

Anyho, i've noticed that i have the highest so far, which makes me hope even more for that one, beacuse i don't really want you to retire. Also, it could be a nice countdown.

''8 guesses left''
''7 guesses left''

And so on and so forth.

Oh, I won't be leaving everyone in suspense that long. I'll be wrapping this contest up by next Sunday at the latest. Hopefully a lot sooner. Basically, my plan is to keep it open for more guesses until an entire day (or so) goes by without any new guesses coming in. At that point, I'll consider the guessing closed... and will then reveal the truth. That could happen as early as say... Wednesday, but no later than next weekend. I don't want this contest to stretch on forever. #;-}>

At 7/17/05 05:37 PM, Brewtality wrote: Grr, hints after i've already made my guess make me angry >: ( . Oh well, I dont think what I guessed was too terribly complicated so it shouldnt be a problem.

It's more common sense than a real hint, though. #;-}>

And it's not about whether the numbers people are guessing are simple numbers or complicated numbers... it's about whether the METHODS people are using to ARRIVE at those numbers are simple or complicated.

Because when people start to complain of headaches and needing aspirin after thinking up a blam and save guess for this contest... I think they're worrying too much about the possibilities. I know it's easier to say than to do, but just guess. It's just supposed to be a fun contest, after all. #;-}>

At 7/17/05 06:13 PM, Rancorman wrote: I'm going to guess 78,880 b/p.

Oh, Rancorman...

First of all, you've got to guess a blam number and a save number. Not a total (the total will follow on its own, obviously).

Secondly, the blam + save total must be less than 66,666. I'm afraid 78,880 isn't.

Since your guess is doubly invalid, I'm not going to bother adding it to the list of guesses yet. If you seriously do want to participate in the contest, please read the first two pages of the topic and come up with two numbers... one for blams... one for saves... and both must add up to less than 66,666. It's pretty simple, man. #;-}>

...

Anyway, back from the grocery store (obviously), and I'm going to get working on the pentalist update soon, for those of you waiting on that. It won't be posted after midnight like the last two weeks' updates were. HOORAY!

[Luxury-Yacht]

At 7/17/05 06:43 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Owned, bitch.

Damn. I feel like an idiot. Lesson learned.

[gfoxcook]

At 7/17/05 06:49 PM, Rancorman wrote:

At 7/17/05 06:43 PM, gfoxcook wrote: Owned, bitch.

Damn. I feel like an idiot. Lesson learned.

Dude, WTF. I wasn't trying to "own" you. I was telling you how to enter the contest properly. If you don't want to, that's fine too. But I'd rather you did. The more the merrier.

So if I hurt your feelings by correcting the way you tried to guess my retirement b/p stats, I apologise. But I made that reply to you in a matter-of-fact way, there wasn't supposed to be anything mean or spiteful or "own-y" in my language. O_O

In short: don't feel like an idiot, damnit! Just guess a blam amount and a save amount and join the contest, ya big silly!

[ramagi]

Ok I goign to take a stabe in the dark here.

35500 Blams
24500 Saves
60000 Total

There is a hidden number here, that I'm not pointing out.

[ScottTowels]

Here's my guess.

38 889 blams
25 555 saves
64 444 blam/protect pts

I also think that your "retirement" will be temporary. You might decide to restart b/p ing several months later. :)

Possibly with another account. :O