[7x10 SPOILERS] Earn absolutely no money from your computer!
Gunnar Harboe
alt.buffy.europe)
Bet on upcoming S7 Buffy plot twists !
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Rather than doing a boring poll or another quiz, I thought I'd try my
hand as a bookmaker. So, find out how clever you are! Bet on what's
going to happen on 'Buffy'.
Rules:
Each player starts out with 1000 Sunnydollars. These can then be bet on
any of the wagers offered, by posting a response on alt.buffy.europe.
Each player must be able to cover each bet (if you already have bet all
your money, you'll have to wait until some of your wagers are decided
before you can put money on another bet). Keep track of your own money,
I can't be bothered to. Betting is suspended from Sunday before each new
episode until further notice, and bets can be closed at any time. I
decide the outcome of each bet (which may include cancelling the bet,
giving each players their stakes back, if the outcome is inconclusive).
Odds X:Y means bet Y Sunnydollars, win X if you're right.
On with the bets!
1. Giles is dead.
YES 3:1
NO 3:2
2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil.
YES 3:2
NO 3:1
3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil.
YES 3:1
NO 3:2
4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related.
YES 4:1
NO 4:3
5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil.
YES 3:2
NO 3:1
6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
agenda.
YES 3:2
NO 3:1
7. Andrew is going to get killed this season.
YES 3:2
NO 3:1
8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
YES 4:3
NO 4:1
OK, that's it for now. Go ahead and bet!
Gunnar Harboe
wrote:
I'm going to have a go to demonstrate...
>On with the bets!
>
>1. Giles is dead.
>YES 3:1
>NO 3:2
YES, 100 SD
>2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
NO, 100 SD
>3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil.
>YES 3:1
>NO 3:2
NO, 50 SD
>4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related.
>YES 4:1
>NO 4:3
NO, 10 SD
>5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
YES, 10 SD
>6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
>agenda.
(To clarify: not including The First Evil)
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
NO, 80 SD
>7. Andrew is going to get killed this season.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
YES, 40 SD
>8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
>YES 4:3
>NO 4:1
YES, 10 SD
(Lousy odds)
Total bets: 400 SD
Cash left: 600 SD
Niall Harrison
> Bet on upcoming S7 Buffy plot twists !
Cool idea. However, someone's going to have to explain to me how odds
work. I've never managed to learn.
Niall
--
A little charm and a lot of style.
Gunnar Harboe
wrote:
>Previously, on alt.buffy.europe - Gunnar Harboe <gh...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bet on upcoming S7 Buffy plot twists !
>
>Cool idea. However, someone's going to have to explain to me how odds
>work. I've never managed to learn.
I've never bet at a bookie, so I just did what sounded like the right
thing to me:
If the odds are 3:2, for instance, and you bet £2 and win, you get £3.
So you've made a profit of £1. If you lose, you've lost £2. If you bet
£5 and win, you get £5 * 3/2 = £7.50 and so on.
Alternatively, consider that odds 3:2 means I think there's a 2/3 chance
(66.67 %) that this is what's going to happen, and 1/3 that it's the
other option. You should bet on the option you think is underrated (has
a higher probability of coming true than I've assigned to it).
Shuggie
wrote:
>(This message is crossposted to uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer and
Cool idea!
>On with the bets!
>
>1. Giles is dead.
>YES 3:1
>NO 3:2
>
100sd on YES
>2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
>
75sd on NO
>3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil.
>YES 3:1
>NO 3:2
>
75sd on NO
>4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related.
>YES 4:1
>NO 4:3
>
5sd on NO
>5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
>
25sd on NO
>6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
>agenda.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
>
50sd on YES
>7. Andrew is going to get killed this season.
>YES 3:2
>NO 3:1
>
20sd on YES
>8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
>YES 4:3
>NO 4:1
>
50sd on Yes
Total Bet: 400sd
Money Left: 600sd
--
Shug
Minuteman: What's it like summoning demons?
Deadly Girl: They do your will, and that makes you feel good about
yourself.
Tafka
alt.buffy.europe said:
>On 30 Dec 2002 22:37:06 GMT, Niall Harrison <s...@tirian.magd.ox.ac.uk>
>wrote:
>>Previously, on alt.buffy.europe - Gunnar Harboe <gh...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Bet on upcoming S7 Buffy plot twists !
>>
>>Cool idea. However, someone's going to have to explain to me how odds
>>work. I've never managed to learn.
>
>I've never bet at a bookie, so I just did what sounded like the right
>thing to me:
>
>If the odds are 3:2, for instance, and you bet £2 and win, you get £3.
>So you've made a profit of £1. If you lose, you've lost £2. If you bet
>£5 and win, you get £5 * 3/2 = £7.50 and so on.
The way I know it, is that 3:2 would mean that (broken down to 1) for
each £1 you stake, you will get £1.5 back (PLUS your stake).
A £2 stake would mean you get £6 *AND* your original £2, making £8
paid back to you by Mr Bookie.
-Tafka-
Now you can look to the Sun, and spot the moon
Gunnar Harboe
Oh bugger.
Well, I'll be using decimal odds from now on. That makes much more
sense.
Kathryn
correct me!
My Bets!
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> On with the bets!
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> 1. Giles is dead.
> YES 3:1
> NO 3:2
50 on No
> 2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
50 on No
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> 3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil.
> YES 3:1
> NO 3:2
50 on yes
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> 4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related.
> YES 4:1
> NO 4:3
100 on No
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> 5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
50 on No
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> 6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
> agenda.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
25 on Yes
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> 7. Andrew is going to get killed this season.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
25 on No
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> 8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
> YES 4:3
> NO 4:1
100 on No
Sierk
"Gunnar Harboe" <gh...@cam.ac.uk> wrote ...
This sounds like fun!
> On with the bets!
>
> 1. Giles is dead.
> YES 3:1
> NO 3:2
I think the writers are just playing with us. The odds aren't good, however,
so I no bet here.
> 2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
I think YES, but there's the odds thing again, so I'll skip this one as
well..
> 3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil.
> YES 3:1
> NO 3:2
And again...
> 4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related.
> YES 4:1
> NO 4:3
They probably aren't, but I'll put 40 on YES for the fun of it.
> 5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
I don't think so: 100 on NO
> 6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
> agenda.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
Really no idea. I skip again
> 7. Andrew is going to get killed this season.
> YES 3:2
> NO 3:1
40 on NO.
> 8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
> YES 4:3
> NO 4:1
120 on NO.
Long term investments these last two (I hope).
As a rule I suck at gambling, so if you're smart, just bet the opposite of
what I bet :-)
Bet: 300
Left: 700
Sierk
O T
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1. Giles is dead.
YES 3:1
NO 3:2
100sd -No, they better not!
2. Dawn's vision of Joyce was The First Evil. YES 3:2
NO 3:1
50sd - Yes, season finale?
3. Buffy's visions of Joyce are The First Evil. YES 3:1
NO 3:2
Skip
4. The apocalypses on 'Buffy' and 'Angel' are related. YES 4:1
NO 4:3
50sd No.
5. Principal Wood is under the influence of The First Evil. YES
3:2
NO 3:1
100sd Yes.
6. Principal Wood represents some organisation/power with their own
agenda.
YES 3:2
NO 3:1
Skip
7. Andrew is going to get killed this season. YES 3:2
NO 3:1
50sd, Yes, I hope so.
8. Xander and Anya will get back together.
YES 4:3
NO 4:1
50sd, No, why would they?
Bet 400
Left 600
< $15 a carton
Saskia
> 1000SD
You cut the spoiler space. It's not there for fun, it's there to prevent
people from reading about event they haven't seen yet!
If you can cancel your posts (yes, the other one two), than please do so
and NEVER EVER delete spoiler space again.
--
Saskia
"That's so cute. Planning life as a loser? Most people just turn out way,
but you're really taking charge."
Shuggie
>O T wrote:
>
>> 1000SD
>
>You cut the spoiler space. It's not there for fun, it's there to prevent
>people from reading about event they haven't seen yet!
>
>If you can cancel your posts (yes, the other one two), than please do so
>and NEVER EVER delete spoiler space again.
Gunnar,
How about we institute fines for spoilery behaviour?
Just a thought.
--
Shug
Oh - as usual - Dear!
Saskia
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:34:13 +0100, Saskia <saskia...@nksf.nl> wrote:
>>people from reading about event they haven't seen yet!
events
>>If you can cancel your posts (yes, the other one two), than please do so
>>and NEVER EVER delete spoiler space again.
other one too, then.
Gee, can you tell I hadn't had any coffee when I wrote that?
> Gunnar,
>
> How about we institute fines for spoilery behaviour?
Heh yeah, good idea. How about a good old public spanking?
--
Saskia
"No... no! No way! I wish us into Bizarro Land, and you guys are still
together?! I cannot win!"
Gunnar Harboe
I was leaning towards capital punishment myself, but maybe you're right.
[...]
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I'm trying to think of a pun on capital punisment -> capital -> money
-> fine, but I can't think of any. Let's just take it as read that I
wrote something witty, OK?
O T, for the crime of posting spoilers without appropriate spoiler
space, the court will seize half the money you have placed on
outstanding bets, a sum of 200 SD. Consider your stake on each bet
halved.
(That should teach him!)
O T
people from reading about event they haven't seen yet!
None of those things have happened yet so they aren't spoilers.
Gunnar Harboe
>You cut the spoiler space. It's not there for fun, it's there to prevent
>people from reading about event they haven't seen yet!
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>
>None of those things have happened yet so they aren't spoilers.
You don't understand. The questions give away information about S7.
That's spoilers for people who haven't seen S7, which includes just
about anyone in the UK who don't download the episodes.
We have a spoiler policy which says such information must be kept under
spoiler space, so that these people can read the group without getting
spoiled.