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Free Raffle Tickets!
Feb 8 2011, 1:30 pm
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Feb 10 2011, 11:58 pm OlimarandLouie Post #21



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Feb 11 2011, 8:12 pm payne Post #22

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Devourer never got around revising the raffle system. So when less than 5 people are playing it generates money, when more than 5 people are playing it burns minerals (10 per player over 5).
I'm not sure I understand. D:
You mean the pot goes +10 for each player that joins until it reaches 5 participants. From there on, it goes -10 per new participant?!



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Feb 11 2011, 11:16 pm poison_us Post #23

Master has given Dobby a doctorate! Dobby is free!

...Basically. The raffle has a default pot of 50, and it costs 20 to put 10 in. To find at what point the system stops giving minerals, make an equation, and let x = # of participants, like so:
20x = 10x+50
10x = 50
x = 5

To find how many minerals are gained/lost, it's a similar equation:
50-10x = total change in minerals.





Feb 12 2011, 3:06 am payne Post #24

:payne:

Quote from poison_us
...Basically. The raffle has a default pot of 50, and it costs 20 to put 10 in. To find at what point the system stops giving minerals, make an equation, and let x = # of participants, like so:
20x = 10x+50
10x = 50
x = 5

To find how many minerals are gained/lost, it's a similar equation:
50-10x = total change in minerals.
Okay, but someone will still get a huge pot. I don't care about the rest. ^^



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Feb 12 2011, 3:27 am Lanthanide Post #25



I'm in.



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Feb 12 2011, 11:27 am NudeRaider Post #26

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Okay, but someone will still get a huge pot. I don't care about the rest. ^^
The point is if you do it via SEN it'll cost you more and the winner gets less.




Feb 12 2011, 1:12 pm DevliN Post #27

Woah

Think of it this way:
You have 10 people who buy tickets for 20 minerals. 10 minerals go into the pot and 10 disappear. That leaves the pot at 150 minerals. Add 5 more people to that and the pot becomes 200.

If you run the raffle yourself and randomize the winner, the 20 mineral tickets make the pot 200 minerals with 10 people. With 15 people, it will be 300.

See the difference? Yes either way the payout is larger and people will be winning minerals, but it seems like it would be better to give the full amount of winnings rather than have minerals disappear entirely. :D



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Feb 12 2011, 5:44 pm poison_us Post #28

Master has given Dobby a doctorate! Dobby is free!

I don't trust payne to randomize my minralz, and though SEN's Raffle is often borked (I won twice in a row, Swamp has at least 2, maybe 3 in a row), I trust it more :P




Feb 12 2011, 6:10 pm payne Post #29

:payne:

Point is I don't really have a need for minerals anymore, so I really just don't care. :><:
I gave 300 minerals yesterday. :P



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Feb 12 2011, 6:51 pm Fire_Kame Post #30

wth is starcraft

I will be asking.




Feb 13 2011, 9:23 am FlashBeer Post #31



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Feb 13 2011, 9:44 am Devourer Post #32

Hello

In but buyin' my own ticket =D



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Feb 13 2011, 10:13 am Decency Post #33



Gimme.



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Feb 14 2011, 7:21 am rockz Post #34

ᴄʜᴇᴇsᴇ ɪᴛ!

you still doing this? I'll bite.



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Feb 14 2011, 11:09 am OlimarandLouie Post #35



ME WANT MOAR MINERALZ



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Feb 14 2011, 1:13 pm New-Guy Post #36



I'm in



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Feb 14 2011, 6:22 pm Roy Post #37

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

I'll take 20.




Feb 14 2011, 7:40 pm Fire_Kame Post #38

wth is starcraft

I want money.




Feb 14 2011, 8:08 pm payne Post #39

:payne:

Lawl Roy, you nearly has 1k. :massimo:

Anyways, sent y'all muney!
Go get your ticket: http://www.staredit.net/?p=raffle



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Feb 14 2011, 8:52 pm Roy Post #40

An artist's depiction of an Extended Unit Death

I didn't get a notification on the top-left that you sent me minerals. Oh well, it still showed up under Notices.




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