Guess the number of pages in the 2007 manual.

[Michelle Celio]

Guess the number of pages in the 2007 manual:
Rules:

No decrypting the manual...(duh)
No saying the same answer as someone else the original post gets the prize
If you are over the actual count...you're out
The person closest to the actual amount will win...something
Sorry Dave (dLavery)...you can't guess (we're all pretty sure you already know the answer).
You can guess multiple times (up to 5) and all count towards "winning"

I think it is pretty self explanatory. Any questions feel free to PM me.

Deadline is 8am EST Saturday, January 6, 2007

My guess: 170 or 281 pages. (I'll put my logic later).

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Since there is the time limit rule:
If you play with the font long enough, you can make it any size you want, teehee
Defaults perferably
Can we use previous years manuals as a guessing point?
Are you asking about a specific section of the manual or the whole manual including all sections.
Yes you can use previous manuals and what is not encrypted in this years.

The whole manual.
Are we printing single sided or double sided?

Or just adding the numbers on the last page of each section together?

When you look at the bottom of Adobe "Page 1 of 9" or something, so 9 would be the count for that section.

[Adam Richards]

161

[Conor Ryan]

201 pages (not sheets)

If you play with the font long enough, you can make it any size you want, teehee

[Libby K]

362.

that's right folks, three hundred and sixty two.

My reasoning? typing wildly on the number pad, and picking the last three numbers I entered.

Hoo-rah!

[mtaman02]

Can we use previous years manuals as a guessing point?
Are you asking about a specific section of the manual or the whole manual including all sections.

150 Pages - Reason Different Fonts, Sizes and everything should be Double Spaced =)

I know it don't make sense

[Alex Cormier]

101, 183, 232, 187, 168

[Elgin Clock]

Are we printing single sided or double sided?

Or just adding the numbers on the last page of each section together?

I want to know the rules of something before I start gambling.* :D



*237 before anyone takes that btw.. :p

[WahooWa]

476 pages...It is only fate…:D

[DanDon]

191,229,116,153,203

[Pat McCarthy]

134

[JBotAlan]

172, 185, 192, 200, 202

Why?

I dunno...

Dim i as Long
For i = 1 to 5
MsgBox "The lucky number is " & CLng(Rnd * 250)
Next

Yeah, I should get with the times and learn how to do this in C++, but....I'm lazy.

[SamC]

154

145

201

110

267

[efoote868]

1000, 52, 364, 333, 1848

water game means muchos pages.

[Dan Petrovic]

I'll go with 113.

[Josh Goodman]

215, 158, 175, 180, 186

[hallk]

537, 180, 103, 152, 222

[dlavery]

116. Just because.

[KTorak]

188, 207, 177, 213, and....247

[Hiteak]

174

[artdutra04]

228 ftw! :D

Also: 42, 101, 190, and the ever infamous bid of $1!


* This is the price it would cost to print out one game manual at Staples. Depending on how many pages there are - e.g. bulk discounts, if they are color or not, if I want the manual bound or stapled, and if I can call friends who can use their employee discounts, $1 represents an exact number of pages yet to be determined. :p

[Gabe]

187, not including title sheet

[boy_scout72688]

First off before I enter my guesses.... I thought Dave wasn't suppose to answer this one dang it!!!!! Oh well!

Here is my guesses:
114
117
115
098
215

James

[Greg Needel]

155, 211, 306. 192, 98

[Jonathan Norris]

116. Just because.

Sorry Dave already taken :p

191,229,116,153,203

you gotta be one to play by the rules :cool:


i take 196, 167

[EHaskins]

1000, 52, 364, 333, 1848

water game means muchos pages.

1001 :D

[Jeff Rodriguez]

173, 211, 198, 569

and of course 1 DOLLAR! I mean pages, 1 page.

[GaryVoshol]

5, or 55, or 555.

[Taylor]

160 - there are 16 letters in "five diamond plate"
Too bad 555 was already taken - that was a timely guess ;) <--first emoticon I've used in CD. Probably the last as well.

[dlavery]

Sorry Dave already taken :p

you gotta be one to play by the rules :cool:

i take 196, 167

OK, fine. Be that way. I'll take 118.

-dave

/me rushes off to write two more pages for the manual....

[bear24rw]

My guess is 116

[KelliV]

111
156
189
289 (Who knows how many pages of rules Dave can come up with)
and
228

[DanDon]

My guess is 116

Guys, please read the rules? 116 is already taken...*Thank you, Come again*

[hallk]

So did anyone else notice how much larger this years manual is compared to last year's? Just comparing the robot stuff-section 4-8- this years is nearly twice the size.

[raymaniac]

611
130
500
221
435
(sorry if any of those are already taken)

[Horsegirrl]

1923.... :D

[Michelle Celio]

FRC 2007 - Rack 'n' Roll
Section 0 - 4
Section 1 - 9
Section 2 - 8
Section 3 - 20
Section 4 - 22
Section 5 - 26
Section 6 - 8
Section 7 - 13
Section 8 - 29
Section 9 - 9
Section 10 - 4
KOP Inventory - 22

Giving a result of: 174.

And the winner is...
174
I will contact you via PM or IM shortly to discuss prize details.

Questions, Comments, Concerns or suspect a math error, please PM me and I will reevaluate.

Here's the logic behind my guess:

Unencrypted manual size and pages:
9 = 138 = 15.3
8 = 167 = 20.875
20 = 302 = 15.1
22 = 339 = 15.409

Approx = 16.671 kb/p

Sections left using above ratio:
2.3393917581428828504588806910203
3.4191110311319057045168256253374
4.6187991122308199868034311079119
42.648911283066402735288824905525
44.74836542498950272929038450003
52.366384739967608421810329314378
61.364045348209465538959870433687
69.941815128066702657309099634095

281.44682382580529062443764621196

281...then picked a number from 1-150 (111, to fluctuate for graphics and loss of encryption) giving a final answer of 170)

***So close, I could of given my self a prize!***