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igodelaputa wrote:
people are losing points aswell... maybe there's a maximum of points in the system...
the rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer ?
Wait, some folks are losing points now? Where is that noted? @daba ... you might need to update your initial post regarding this.
PS igodelaputa .. that is an interesting idea .. only a certain number of points. Just. Too. Many. Variables.
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February 10, 2009 3:49 am
i'm not sure it's true, but i'll add it and pms igodelaputa.
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February 10, 2009 3:54 am
sheesh, hope you cant loose points...
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February 10, 2009 3:57 am
It would be nice if the amount of time finishing the mission helped with points...as long as it happened within 1-3 hours of posting. Persons using posted solutions elsewhere would obviously have a time advantage.
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February 10, 2009 3:57 am
kalel wrote:
sheesh, hope you cant loose points...
you can for sure, don't have any screenshots of it... but seen it with my own eyes
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February 10, 2009 4:01 am
@igodelaputa did this happen to you or have you seen it posted somewhere. It seems very unlikely that it happened to you because you are so high up in the leaderboard.
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February 10, 2009 4:06 am
daba wrote:
@igodelaputa did this happen to you or have you seen it posted somewhere. It seems very unlikely that it happened to you because you are so high up in the leaderboard.
ive seen it happen first hand to someone I pm with... did not happen in one round but he went in a couple of steps from 300+ to 50-
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February 10, 2009 4:07 am
for me the points seem to add over the time I wait.
I'm not sure if anybody has already said this... but could this possibly have to do with that quote at the end of the puzzles?
just throwin' some ideas out there
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February 10, 2009 4:11 am
Secretagentmansecretagent wrote:
for me the points seem to add over the time I wait.
I'm not sure if anybody has already said this... but could this possibly have to do with that quote at the end of the puzzles?
just throwin' some ideas out there
could well be.
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February 10, 2009 4:14 am
daba wrote:
Secretagentmansecretagent wrote:for me the points seem to add over the time I wait.
I'm not sure if anybody has already said this... but could this possibly have to do with that quote at the end of the puzzles?
just throwin' some ideas out therecould well be.
Perhaps the less you do, the more you get.
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February 10, 2009 4:23 am
yeah pretend you're dead an win 8)
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February 10, 2009 4:25 am
@reesmaxwell, it seems that user "chrischasecook94" lost over 130 points (gained them again later) just search for the name.
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February 10, 2009 4:26 am
I really don't do pm's, have no real cause to. I did notice that I am well past number 15,000 on the list, though. The page went blank after that number, so I have no idea where I stand, or what that means. Maybe that old saying "the first shall be last and the last shall be first" could apply here? I kinda like that idea.
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February 10, 2009 4:33 am
Look at all the @macheist tweets now on the front page ... they're almost all talking about points. This is going to get crazy until the Directorates come in and talk points.
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February 10, 2009 4:35 am
reesmaxwell wrote:
Look at all the @macheist tweets now on the front page ... they're almost all talking about points. This is going to get crazy until the Directorates come in and talk points.
if they let this going on for one more hour, twitter will collapse and the world economy will come to an definite stop.
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February 10, 2009 4:36 am
Warbrain wrote:
I think that maybe we should stop worrying about the points and just enjoy the community...
one way to stop us "worrying" about the points is to tell us what they're for.
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February 10, 2009 4:39 am
igodelaputa wrote:
if they let this going on for one more hour, twitter will collapse and the world economy will come to an definite stop.
Haha, I wouldn't be surprised the way twitter is when it gets a lot of traffic
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February 10, 2009 4:43 am
noticed johnred was replying on the forum, maybe he's here to activate the next heist, or tell us about the points 8)
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February 10, 2009 4:43 am
February 10, 2009 4:45 am
Warbrain wrote:
igodelaputa wrote:noticed johnred was replying on the forum, maybe he's here to activate the next heist, or tell us about the points 8)
He pops in and posts or just checks things out. Don't anticipate much if he's on.
damn
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February 10, 2009 4:47 am
It has now been one hour and one minute since I last received any points. I'm gonna have to call 'bunk' on the point system updating every hour. At least, for me anyway. Then again, maybe I haven't done anything new that was point-worthy in the last hour. Just pm'd and replied to posts.
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February 10, 2009 5:01 am
igodelaputa wrote:
noticed johnred was replying on the forum, maybe he's here to activate the next heist, or tell us about the points 8)
I just did a search for johnred's posts, and the only two posts he's made in the past 24 hours have "theorized" that points can possibly go down if the system thinks you're spamming. I think that's the only official confirmation we've had about anything points-related so far. I think some of those guesses mentioned above are probably accurate though. Just try not to game it too much, lest you get flagged as a spammer.
My 2¢.
February 10, 2009 5:08 am
It would be difficult to devise an automated way of looking for a 'spammer' who was only posting for points. Well, besides the 'bump' type of posts. I can't figure out how a system could check the content of the post. Yet, reading what I did from itphonehome, I'm hesitant to post now. (Not hesitant to complete stop, mind you, just hesitant.) 
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February 10, 2009 5:10 am
I think it's clear that the points are related to how much time you spend thinking about MacHeist while not at your computer. The harder you concentrate on your points at home, the more of your brain power the MacHeist receivers pick up over the airwaves translating into points.
I think it's pretty obvious...
February 10, 2009 5:18 am
Trying to find out if it's related to post count, but frankly I think they're randomly adding and subtracting points whenever activities occur on random accounts at random intervals... for now at least
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February 10, 2009 5:22 am
dvq_mac34 wrote:
What is the point of points. (Pardon the pun)
nobody knows
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February 10, 2009 5:27 am
February 10, 2009 5:37 am
I added an avatar and didn't get any points… I really hate their resizing 
<-- that was a nice looking avatar before it was resized.
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February 10, 2009 5:42 am
Having read through a bunch of these posts and threads about points and all that has accompanied it, I think this is simply an ingenious stroke of social engineering. They've introduced an element that has no apparent method of tracking or causal relationship to any action of any sort, yet it has evidently caused many of the participants to drool in anticipation or flounder about attempting to collect as many imaginary "points" as possible in the slimmest of hopes that being "first" might mean something at some juncture. I can't say I've not been sucked in, it's just been interesting to sit back, reflect a little and watch the hilarity at the seriousness and earnest efforts that have ensued thus far.
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February 10, 2009 5:48 am
I agree with mwhogan ... points don't really mean much unless there is a cutoff for something. If its points you want, them y'all PM me ... 
and I'll PM you back
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February 10, 2009 5:58 am
@Handyman .. make sure your image is 116 x 116 before you upload it. Whatever program you got that'll work (doesn't have to be PhotoShop, but that's what I use) .. shrink it to the correct size and you'll have control over how it looks. Anything they get that is not that proportion gets smooshed and stretched.
So, my points didn't go up during the last hour, and now at the end of this next hour they jumped up.
@mwhogan, I think you're onto it. I think the Directorate loves Whose Line Is It Anyway: "The show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter!"
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February 10, 2009 6:02 am
i'm not gonna lie...i love the fact that it's so mysterious. even if the points are meaningless, we all have to agree that the thought of being #1 is in all of our heads...regardless of whether points are given at random or there is a system at play. if I should be so lucky to "randomly" be given a large number of points...how thrilled and special I will feel!!
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February 10, 2009 6:21 am
stuck at 240pt for a day now, changed avatar etc. and didn't see anything happen. Trying the forum posts but rather skeptic 
wish me luck
If giving up the point of being grown i'd rather make belive
February 10, 2009 6:26 am
@mwhogan: it's social engineering for sure
- i've good reasons to believe they will split the macheist into 4 social groups
- those groups may be compiled via the data gatherd in the apitude test
- by forming these social groups no one will be left behind because his/her group will always take them forward
- by leaving nobody behind more people reach the finish and thus more people are atracted to buy the bundle
- not giving any clues and adding features without explanation feeds the social behavior
- making a "top user list"/"leaderboard" only feeds the social behavior more
some clever mind designed this social strategy.
I think we are in for a shitload of fun in the next months coming.
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February 10, 2009 6:29 am
igodelaputa wrote:
@mwhogan: it's social engineering for sure
- i've good reasons to believe they will split the macheist into 4 social groups
- those groups may be compiled via the data gatherd in the apitude test
- by forming these social groups no one will be left behind because his/her group will always take them forward
- by leaving nobody behind more people reach the finish and thus more people are atracted to buy the bundle
- not giving any clues and adding features without explanation feeds the social behavior
- making a "top user list"/"leaderboard" only feeds the social behavior moresome clever mind designed this social strategy.
I think we are in for a shitload of fun in the next months coming.
Or maybe the the point-granting code is broken and spewing points pellmell. I am curious as to how the aptitude test will be used. People can be broken down into far more groups than just four, since each question had four answers.
Hey, that test really has me wondering...
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February 10, 2009 6:35 am
my points haven't risen at all for the last 12hrs. i'm just going to wait. will log out and come back in about 19 hours.
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February 10, 2009 6:39 am
don't know if they use the apitude test, maybe we just get more points via the apitude test...
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February 10, 2009 6:40 am
hey i broke the top 100, now if I knew what I did...
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February 10, 2009 7:00 am
Maybe the final saying from the nano mission has something to do with it???
"Who forces time is pushed back by time;
who yields to time finds time on his side.
-The Talmud"
February 10, 2009 7:03 am
igodelaputa wrote:
don't know if they use the apitude test, maybe we just get more points via the apitude test...
I think you've got the most points because of the great avatar
February 10, 2009 7:04 am