Another Crazy Running Contest

Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
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| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		          8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

I'm telling you, the gold is cursed.
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                         14000|
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		          8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

Adding myself back to the table. --a
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

I was one of the late joiners, and when I saw the flood that came after me, I felt really guilty for signing up. I think several of those last second entries won prizes.

The problem isn't really with the time elapsed. The problem is that being the last person to make a guess has a huge advantage. Ever watch The Price Is Right? It's not like the last person gains new information, they just get to look at everybody else's guesses and say "Where do I want to be in this list to have the best shot of winning a prize?" They then either bid the highest bid + $1, or they bid $1. Kills the chances of the people that bid before them.

Solution is simple, but it's too late for it for this contest. Secret ballots. Make people send you a PM with their guess. This way nobody has any advantage over anybody else just because they postponed guessing. At the end, not only do we get to see who was right, but we get to laugh at the crazy guesses. You won't get those crazy guesses, or a wide spread, with all the guesses anchored by previous guesses (I never would have figured the 10k range if not for seeing other guesses in that range).

Added myself to the table.

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                         14000|
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                        13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		          8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

The problem isn't really with the time elapsed. The problem is that being the last person to make a guess has a huge advantage. Ever watch The Price Is Right? It's not like the last person gains new information, they just get to look at everybody else's guesses and say "Where do I want to be in this list to have the best shot of winning a prize?" They then either bid the highest bid + $1, or they bid $1. Kills the chances of the people that bid before them.

Solution is simple, but it's too late for it for this contest. Secret ballots. Make people send you a PM with their guess. This way nobody has any advantage over anybody else just because they postponed guessing. At the end, not only do we get to see who was right, but we get to laugh at the crazy guesses. You won't get those crazy guesses, or a wide spread, with all the guesses anchored by previous guesses (I never would have figured the 10k range if not for seeing other guesses in that range).

Secret ballots would have been fun but I'd rather not have to keep track of them all.

I think where this one is different than Price is Right is that the event we're predicting is completely random. Sure, we could all probably come up with a decent price for a washer/dryer set and in that context, picking last does have definite advantages. Here, I think the only obvious advantage is that if you think I'm going to go really long, you could wait until the last moment and overbid everyone. Of course as the numbers get bigger, your odds of winning will drop considerably so I think that balances it out. And of course, I'm going to cut off entries when the stash gets to a point that the lowest guess can no longer place in the top 5 (currently 1550).

Tonight, Mephy was dropping Military Picks and Ring Mails galore.

Best finds were Lightsabre, Andy's Visage, Heaven's Light, and another Shako. The Harlequin Crest dropped with a Pelta Lunata so that was kind of fun.

Amulets look like this now:
Cathan's Sigil: 1
Nokozan Relic: 1
Tal Rasha's Ajudication: 1
Vidala's Snare: 1

Running and updates will probably be sparse to non-existent over the next 10 days or so. If you're thinking about making a guess, now's the time to do so as the stash is growing at a decent clip.



 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Mephisto missed me so he was very generous in his variety tonight.

Best finds of the night: Thunderstorm Ormus Robes, Eschuta's Temper, 2x Dwarf Star, 206% Reaper's Toll, my 2nd ethereal Spectral Shard in a row from Meph, ethereal Peasant Crown,

Interesting drops: Two rare Hatchet Hands on the same drop; one of them triple durability.

There's still time to join in and guess. At the rate I'm going, I'll probably hit 1550 in another 2 weeks or so but maybe less.

Current Ammy tally:

Metalgrid: 0
Cathan's Sigil: 1
Nokozan Relic: 2
Tal Rasha's Ajudication: 1
Vidala's Snare: 1
Iratha's Collar: 1
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		         8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

Haven't seen this thread until now, glad I didn't miss my chance to guess :) Good luck and keep us updated!
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		         8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| elmer                          5432 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

Throwing my guess in!
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		          8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| elmer                          5432 |
| Carolus Rex                    5222 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

Put myself in for 5222
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| yugular                       10101 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		         8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| elmer                          5432 |
| Carolus Rex                    5222 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------

Quessing is always fun :) 10101 I trust the binary system :crazyeyes:
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Finds of the night: eth Demon's Arch, eth Oculus, 2x Bartuc's, 1st IKSC, Tgod's Vigor, Heaven's Light, a double-green breastplate drop, Warshrike (TC78)

Overall, not a bad haul but surprisingly, no changes to my amulet count at all despite a higher number of total runs than I had run at any other time.
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Is it from a minion? IK armor (if that actually is what you're referring to) can't drop from Mephisto.

[highlight]I[/highlight]mmortal [highlight]K[/highlight]ing's [highlight]S[/highlight]tone [highlight]C[/highlight]rusher

Significant only because it is the most common elite S/U and generally they drop like flies.

Actually, this one tonight was the first one I remember dropping. Apparently, Meph has now dropped me 3 so it's not quite as interesting.

edit: as for the armor, it's been a while since I've seen one drop but I have found several of those over the years too :)



 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Nice contest. Hope for your sanity that I'm wrong.

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| MuddyWaters                   16000 |
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| yugular                       10101 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		         8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| elmer                          5432 |
| Carolus Rex                    5222 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Harly + P Topaz = 74%
Occy + Ist = 80%
Skullder's + P Topaz = 139% at clvl 93
Splendor = 20%
Chancies = 39%
Goldwrap = 30%
War Travs = 50%
Nagels x 2 = 60%
Fortuitous Ammy of Luck = 47%
Gheeds = 39%
11 sc of 7% = 77%
13 sc of 6% = 78%
1 sc of 5% = 5%
1 Horadric Cube = 0%
2x4 empty space

merc adds another 139% if he gets the kill with Skullder's and Insight (could drop another topaz into his armor). It's a bit excessive but she did good in the last Pindlethon :)

All right, I've been playing around with gear to try to speed things up so I've swapped the following:

30% Death's Fathom (unsocketed) for the Occy
Tal's Armor, Ammy, Belt for Skullders, Goldwrap, 47% MF ammy.
Magefists for Chancies to hit the 63% FCR BP

So I think now I'm just under 600% MF but my killing speed is up and my runtimes are probably down by 10-20% (DF is Wow! Why didn't I throw that on earlier??)

I built this sorceress before installing RWM so Spirit Shield is not an option but if I can roll myself a 35% FCR one, I may have to rebuild to hit the 105% BP

So, should I drop an Ist into my DF or a +5/-5 Cold Facet?

As for finds, I think Meph is out of ammys for the moment as I've added only one or two in the last 2-3 hundred drops...I'm also going to predict that guesses will officially close over the weekend (I'm traveling and will have lots of idle hotel time) so anyone else that wants to get in on the guesses better do it soon. Once I do close signups, I'll probably post a Flavie to date as well if folks are interested.



 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

I've almost added a couple times...as Muddy said I hope I'm way off.

Code:
|Forum Name                S/U's Found|
---------------------------------------
| MuddyWaters                   16000 |
| kanonfutter                   15000 |
| Rummski                       14500 |
| Friiser          (no loot)    14011 |
| Udgard                        14000 |
| Rhyme                         13221 |
| CG                            12500 |
| Pyrohemia                     11000 |
| yugular                       10101 |
| Johnnymc                      10000 |
| essojay          (no loot)     9326 |
| Pulli                          9000 |
| Jcakes 		         8765 |
| Alvar                          8500 |
| EmperorMao                     8214 |
| Jamesixgun       (no loot)     8000 |
| potter           (no loot)     7777 |
| Islandstone                    7500 |
| Fabian                         7084 |
| Bobthewarrior                  6667 |
| Gahzban                        6200 |
| Kassul                         6000 |
| Smips                          5600 |
| elmer                          5432 |
| Carolus Rex                    5222 |
| Fast Eddie                     5001 |
| Evasive                        4800 |
| buraz                          4444 |
| Neck Romancer                  3600 |
| SnickerSnack                   3141 |
| Cius             (no loot)     3000 |
| nualum                         2789 |
| bcoe             (no loot)     2500 |
| Poet             (no loot)     2281 |
| Sirpoops         (no loot)     1337 |
| maareek                        1237 |
| Bassen           (no loot)      900 | 
| Zaliqai                         598 |
---------------------------------------
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

The window for guessing has officially closed. I have now collected more than 1550 S/U's in my quest (1559 to be exact).

Now that there are no more guesses allowed, I'll provide updates with Flavie reports.

Interesting finds/notes so far:

I had a run of about 50 runs where Meph dropped the following runes: Sol, Shael, Thul, Fal, Thul, Thul

Every time I see a dual item drop i.e. two breastplates where one is unique and the other is rare, I check the rare for failed unique. That has happened once so far but most of the time it's just a unique and a normal rare.

TC 3's: 4 uniques, 4 Sets
TC 78's: 2 uniques, 2 Sets

Amulets:

Metalgrid: 0
Cathan's Sigil: 1
Iratha's Collar: 2
Nokozan Relic: 2
Tal Rasha's Ajudication: 1
The Cat's Eye: 1
The Manhim-Oak Curio: 1
Vidala's Snare: 3

Ring:Amulet ratio (S/U only) 38:11 It will be interesting if this comes closer to 2:1 eventually.
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

[highlight]I[/highlight]mmortal [highlight]K[/highlight]ing's [highlight]S[/highlight]tone [highlight]C[/highlight]rusher

Just asked because you know, [highlight]I[/highlight]mmortal [highlight]K[/highlight]ing's [highlight]S[/highlight]oul [highlight]C[/highlight]age.

:)



 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Just asked because you know, [highlight]I[/highlight]mmortal [highlight]K[/highlight]ing's [highlight]S[/highlight]oul [highlight]C[/highlight]age.

:)

I figured as much :) No harm, no foul.

Even though most people think of the armor when they see IKSC, I always get in my head the hefty hammer portion of the set since that's what I always see anyway. So, I like to make people stop and think :whistling:



 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

Aww...I missed the opportunity to guess. That kinda stinks. Oh well. Good luck ohomemgrande and even though i cant make an official guess, im going for 11500.
 
Re: Another Crazy Running Contest

...DF is Wow! Why didn't I throw that on earlier??...

Seconded, it makes huge difference

I built this sorceress before installing RWM so Spirit Shield is not an option but if I can roll myself a 35% FCR one, I may have to rebuild to hit the 105% BP

Do it...Really, i've rebuild my sorc for Mephy and with 105% breakpoint is much faster...Not just teleporting speed is better, but higher Ice blast cast rate makes huge difference (at least for me, w/o DF atm)



 
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