MIDDLE POST of the year game, 2012 edition.

The person who will have a middle post in this threat in 2012 wins if there will be 2n posts than n-th post wins. Double posts are not allowed if a person will have 2 posts in a row his posts count for the total number but he cant be a winner even if he have the middle post. The winner in this case is the person with closest to the middle post. The order of possible if legal winning posts is n,n+1,n-1,n+2,n-2 and so on when total number of posts is 2n or 2n-1.

The game favors members since they can remove their posts and eventually eliminate non member by the no double post rule. So I Think we can have two categories 1) full game for members with ability to delete posts and 2) for regular users that cant delete posts. There is no definite winner even after 2013 starts since than members can delete posts at any moment + there are possible time shifts offered by littlegolem. The best strategy for members is to post as much as they can so they will have a lot of possible moves after the year ends. Regular users should restrict their moves and try not to make posts separated only by posts made by members so their cant be easily eliminated from the competition.

Any thoughts about the game? Maybe some modifications to reduce the "as many posts as possible" strategy? Like for example give negative point for every post and positive points for the closest to the middle post like 2n points for n-th post 2n-1 for (n+1)-th post 2n-2 for (n-1)-th post and so on. I don't think there is a need to complicate the game just to avoid the spaming strategy. Just as there is no need in my opinion to have the "Ed Collins" rule in kpato's game.

You could try different variations for one week each, then choose the variant that works best and apply to the year 2012.

You are right, lets try the game on a short period first. So the middle post from the beginning to next Sunday 15th of January wins. Then we will try a different variant if the game will be indeed to spammy. Eventually I will delete this topic and start a proper game with suitable rules. You are in the lead now so congrats ;)

So this will feature the whole year and we start a january edition right now.