Astro Galaxy - a realistic space exploration game

I am willing to bet that I can amass the largest corporation of active players by New Years. Surpassing the SSS and everyone else.
Anyone willing to bet against me? :)

what kinda odds ya givin'?

I'm willing to bet 50qps that I can.  :12:

what are the odds?  how much do I bet to win your 50?

It's simple. You bet 50 QPs as well and if SPQNR DOES have the most players by the New Years you pay me 50 QPs. If we don't then I pay you 50 QPs.

While I am not going to take you up on this I do gotta ask for those that do's sake, are you going to book people that go inactive?  If not people could join, quit and your numbers would never go down.  Also people could potentially create alt's just for the purpose to have them join the corp to add in the number. Not saying you would do that. Just saying it could happen.

Does that answer your question JJL?

But how can we be sure those players are active?  Not everyone has them all on their friends this. We have only your word on some of them. lol. Sorry I'm just giving you a hard time.  I can be a pain in the butt sometimes.  I think perhaps I am too bored at the moment.

Haha if you guys don't trust my word you can feel free to send someone over to the New Roman Senate to see what it's like here and keep track of our members' activity ;)

I trust your work to an extent. I just tend to see all possibilities of what can happen.  When it comes to people there is few I fully trust. I don't even full trust my own mother. lol. Also anyone who takes you up on this bet could end up doing the same very things I suggested there.  This wasn't ment to be just aimed at you. Just people in general. lol

I am going to pass on this wager.

Even odds on this doesn't really interest me.

If you would say (for instance) 10-1 (I bet 5 to your 50), I might think about it, but with even odds...

10/1 Emperor? The Consul is probably the greatest recruiter in the galaxy, but that's giving him TOO much credit :P

Why would I bet 50 QPs if I could only win 5?  :confused:

and why would I waste money on an even bet.

put your money where your mouth is.

give me some odds that might make me interested in something that is all but guaranteed.

@Raptor - what odds are you giving?

Haha, I don't think these guys gamble a lot, sargas.

What sargas is saying is that it's a longshot for SPQNR to NOT have the most active members by that time. He's not betting even money on an inside straight draw!  :12:

What if I just made it 5/5?
I just can't see the reason someone would gamble money if they couldn't win the same amount from someone else...
Though I might be able to pull this off if everything works out the way I imagine it

I play poker. I don't gamble  :12:

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3,721:1 it is :p

5/5 is still an even bet (5/5, 50/50, 500/500, it's all 1 to 1) it needs to be a bet with more incentive than a mere 50/50. If you say you can do it, than give me odds. But I am not going to bet on a 'coin-toss'...

Ok. I'm offering 6.5/1 then. You pay me 2 QP if on Midnight, Jan 1, 2015 (UTC), SPQNR is the biggest corp memberwise. If it's not, I pay you 15. Deal?

Only a sucker would take this bet.

Can I send the money now.  :)) let not wait to January.

2 for 15 is good for this wager, Raptor. It will give me a nice early birthday present.

Time will tell. Sooner or later, time will tell. ;)

Then it's 7.5 to 1.

Good luck to both of you. :)

It's 7.50 when written as decimal odds. In UK betting terms that's 6.5/1 (or 13/2 to be precise). The part before the / indicates your profit, not the total payout. :)

I see. It's different in my place. :)

I guess we have to keep everyone active until January now, right Raptor? XD
SPQNR is now the largest corporation in the galaxy :)

Size matters not lol

Not there yet Consul. I hear SSS are about to recruit a couple of players called Dadds and Kristen ;)

We all know that will never happen.  Hell raph just put a bounty out on Kristen lol

Yep. Bring them in, tell them to set up stations in our bases, kick them out, and then destroy their bases.. Hmmm..  :idea:

Yeah, I gotta to keep my informants entertained. LOL My Lasers MK M have also not yet tasted a PVP battle. XD

Those sound really nice.  At the moment I am working on getting my ships that use lasers up to MK CC on the lasers. The cost of them are quite high as it is. I can only imagine how expensive those suckers were. lol

Mk M lasers :D   Who needs Alien Death Rays? :D

If those aliens only had Raph Death-Rays instead, maybe they wouldn't all be crashing all the time.

I don't think their crashing cause of weapons.  I think it is more drunk flying. lol

i will take that bet boss

You wanna take the bet nero? :)
How about 25/25? Or would you rather take Raptor's bet?  :))

Cost of a Laser Cannon MK M(1,000) according to my spreadsheet: Silicon - 168,000  Silver - 132,000  Xenon - 21,000/ Total Solar Cost - 73,326,000

That is... insanity lol. Two of those suckers are probably worth more than my entire collection of ships and modules.

Interesting bet, though I'm surprised anyone took it, I mean you would have had to pay me to take it lol. Enjoy collecting your "winnings".

The odds were right for both of us, and it's only the value of a decent 4th ring escape pod anyway.

I'm not going to waituntil midnight. I will concede the bet with Raptor now. I trust SPQNR is honorable enough that I do not have to poll your members (roll call). 2 QP will be sent as soon as I have an address.

I can't find you to pay my loss. These are the only raptor's I can find:

[SOL] RaptorX72 (#1074)      

[SOL] xtremraptor (#1464)

Sorry, I've gone by my Roman name of Marcus Cruoningus (#4102) for a while now :)

As for our membership base, two out of the 26 have been inactive for more than a week. We have a policy of removing members who've been inactive for 500+ hours, so the list is up-to-date.

got it, your QP is on the way.

we have much the same policy regarding inactivity. 500 hours without going on leave permission and 1000 hours with permission.

Received in good order, thanks again  :)

I should really learn to keep my mouth shut...lol