[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'178793\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 08:15 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'178788\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 07:05 PM\']
First off, Chris, I have nothing but respect for you.[/quote]
Appreciate that. The name's Matt.
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'178788\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 07:05 PM\']
I said your logic was slightly flawed, from a probability standpoint, when I was talking about ease of play (hence, the PowerBall scenario).[/quote]
Well, whatever modifier you want to use is irrelevant. You were telling me I was wrong because A) you were talking about something completely different (the fact that the game is pure luck) that I had already mentioned and conceded and B) you truly didn't know yourself how the game actually works.
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'178788\' date=\'Feb 24 2008, 07:05 PM\']Want to go for a million? Don't hit the button the entire show.[/quote]
Yes, but nobody follows that "logic" any more than they would on Millionaire. "Want to go for a million? Answer every question the entire show, whether you know it or not." That's not the way either game is played.
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Sorry, Matt. Got my moderators screwed up. As for the logic thing, I was talking out my ass on another vein. I thought you zigged, so I zagged, etc. I do know how the game works (pick cases, offer, hit the button or not). I was wondering how it was possible to stick with the million dollar case the entire night and not get the million. As for Millionaire, you need to know the correct answer to every question. On DoND, standing there with one's thumb up one's kiester will do the trick. I know the point of Millionaire is to answer 15 questions in a row to get to the million, while the point of DoND is to walk out of there with as much money as possible (not necessarily the million). If nobody follows the logic of never dealing, that's their bed to make. Like you said earlier, several people initally picked the right case. Following the thumb-kiester model of economics, they would have made out. I guess my point is this: winning on Millionaire is an active pursuit (if you quit/lag, you can't get the million) while winning on DoND is passive (if you deal, you can't get the million).
\Sorry again about the Chris thing. I'm doing three things at once.