Did we ever decipher the mysterious message from the last post mongering?
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I have used âWootybotâ in mass numbers for over multiple of last Mongerings and I have not been picked 3 out of the last 4. With those numbers, I think it shows that using âWootybotâ doesnt massively benefit 1 poster specifically but does give others the chance to win. âWootybotâ does jump the numbers but to me the numbers only help the group as a whole.
I also would be curious if it would have a significant affect on the numbers if we eliminate the use of it. Would people post just as much without it and we still have a lot of winners?
If âWootybotâ is forbidden, I wont use it. I personally dont mind either way.
I do think the cutting the pick of winners (ie 1 winner every 2000 post) is the easiest way to decrease the amount of winners.
Cheers! Happy Saturday!
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Do you think @davejlives would even remember what it was supposed to be even if we did figure it out?
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Honestly Iâm just excited we were talking about how you won and boom willed it into reality.
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Depending on when utilized, âWootybotâ would increase odds for a poster as it would eliminate other potential entries from the same block group. For example, if 1 poster were to post 500 times with wootbot and no other posters posted in that same block, then by default the 1 poster would win for that block group. The likelihood of that happening is, of course, slim, but as some posters have mentioned, they get stuck with the 10 post limit and cannot post until someone else does.
The simple answer to this would be to allow calling up wootbot only if you get the post limit message (since no one else is posting at that time) effectively meaning wootbot shouldnât take up more than 10% of each block group regardless of time of day. However, that would require some additional math and verification on @davejlives part which Iâm sure he doesnât even want to assign to the interns to do.
Perhaps, it would be best that if wootbot is picked from a block group, then the poster who called upon wootbot is eliminated from winning in that block group and another poster is picked. If wootbot is picked again, repeat process. Then posters would need to be more judicious in calling up wootbot and weigh the risks of potentially being eliminated from the block group should their wootbot post be picked.
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Maybe, have 2 groups of people posting:
1- Those named âDaveâ that own a 6â tall metal rooster
2- Everyone else.
Get boxes of Desk Crap to everyone in group 1, then Excel-selected people in group 2.
Seems easy!
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radical
Is a block group a thing, or just something youâre using as an example. Just want to make sure we donât think thereâs a winner drawn from 1 - 1000, and a different winner from 1001 - 2000, etc.
Iâm such a bad mongerer that I didnât even know there was a 10 post limit before youâd get locked out. I wonder if an easier answer would be to disable that feature from the mongering threads?
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Dave does draw in 1000 post blocks
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Historically, Dave picks 1 winner for every 1000 posts made. If you look at the winning post numbers, youâll notice that there is 1 winner for each 1000 post range. So, based on this, Iâm presuming he uses excel for each 1000 post range (1-1000, 1001-2000, etcâŚ) to pick a post number with possibly the RANDBETWEEN function. I asked him if thatâs the function he uses in a previous mongering but he has yet to confirm or deny.
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I was reviewing the posts.
You were posting 3-4 gifs to each of mine, and padowan was getting about the same with wootybots.
I thought that I was posting at a good rate!
Guess itâs time to upgrade from my iPhone X.
Maybe 5G model would be faster?
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I post faster with my desktop than I do my phone (even with 5G or on wi-fi) and it lets me do other things simultaneously like pet my dogs when theyâre needy.
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Well since my internet consists of my phoneâs hotspot, and Iâm happy steaming/casting to tv, and donât want to pay for additional internet provider, Iâll make do.
Added the period at the end of the sentence for Frosty.
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Do you think @davejlives can figure out by 2000s rather than 1000s?
Now Iâm kuriousâif someone does get picked twice, does s/he win two boxes?
As for the WootyBot issue, why not just add to the âno macrosâ part with âno WootyBot unless necessary due to posting limitsâ and see if most folks respect the request?
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He could just by changing the parameters on the RANDBETWEEN function (if thatâs what heâs using) but it doesnât address the concern he made earlier as follows:
So, limiting the use of wootbot would be a counter to inflating post numbers but then that prevents posters from bypassing the 10 post limit message (which Iâve gotten before too). A practical (but not necessarily the only) resolution would be what I proposed earlier about if wootbot is chosen from the block group that the poster who called up wootbot be disqualified as a winner from that block group.
Expanding the block group from 1000 to 2000 does nothing to address the wootbot issue which @davejlives himself said is âa bit of a cheatâ. Instead, I think itâll only exacerbate the situation by encouraging more posters to use wootbot in order to meet the increased 2000 post threshold.
A possible disqualification for using wootbot would potentially discourage posters from using wootbot and likely would reduce the inflation of posts. It would still allow users to call up wootbot but thereâs a risk to it. This method would require little additional effort on @davejlives other than notating who was disqualified so they are not picked in that block group again.
In the end though, itâs all up to @davejlives. However, Iâd hate to see mongering be cancelled or be done less often because there are too many winners due to post inflation or it becomes too complicated to manage for the cat.
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I also had serious issues while posting. The âNeedy Dog Syndromeâ seems to increase the faster I try to post.
Pretty soon, Iâm balancing my laptop on top of Shelby while Blazer is stretched out on the arm of the chair.
There seems to be no real cure for NDS, so I deal with it. 
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I never noticed that. I knew the very first one that I didnât participate in was like that, but that was done more or less in real time from what I can deduce.
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Actually post range would probably be 2- 1001, 1002 -2001, etc to account for either @davejlives or system being the 1st post for each thread. This would also allow for 20001 to be included at the end of each thread.
BTW, Iâm fairly certain I never summoned wootbot during any of my posts this mongering.
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