Ultimatum Game SBR style

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • JohnGalt2341
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 12-31-09
    • 9138

    #1
    Ultimatum Game SBR style
    Let's say SBR generously offers you 100,000 betpoints with a catch. The catch is... you have to give a portion of the 100K points to another person at SBR. SBR will choose this other person. If the other person rejects your offer neither of you will receive anything. To make things more interesting SBR is going to choose someone that they think(or know) that you are not fond of. You won't find out who SBR chose until the deal is done and the person chosen won't find out who you are until the deal is done. There will be no haggling. You choose 1 amount 1 time only. How much of the 100K in points would you offer this other person? Keep in mind that if they reject your offer neither of you will receive anything. Any questions?
  • sweep
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 10-09-10
    • 16753

    #2
    Saloon
    Comment
    • Vegas39
      BARRELED IN @ SBR!
      • 09-22-11
      • 30686

      #3
      this
      Comment
      • Russian Rocket
        SBR Aristocracy
        • 09-02-12
        • 43910

        #4
        Comment
        • BiTeMe UsAdOj
          SBR Hall of Famer
          • 08-18-11
          • 7537

          #5
          I missed this earlier -- I'm gonna play, for real.

          I'd offer 1 betpoint... I'm NOT kidding.
          Comment
          • thetrinity
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 01-25-11
            • 22430

            #6
            interesting, galt is a deep thinker
            Comment
            • BiTeMe UsAdOj
              SBR Hall of Famer
              • 08-18-11
              • 7537

              #7
              Originally posted by thetrinity
              interesting, galt is a deep thinker
              Yes, though the Ultimate Game's genesis is rooted in economics... I willfully chose to play it in an existential/philosophical manner (making my 1pt offer not only valid, but rational as well).

              Galt is a sneaky fukk and the closest thing we have on SBR to a social scientist (now that tt has left); therefore, I will NOT kowtow to his whimsical machinations and fall prey to the obvious economic considerations he so hoped for.

              All the way up with a red hot poker, Galt!
              Comment
              • JohnGalt2341
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 12-31-09
                • 9138

                #8
                Originally posted by BiTeMe UsAdOj
                Yes, though the Ultimate Game's genesis is rooted in economics... I willfully chose to play it in an existential/philosophical manner (making my 1pt offer not only valid, but rational as well).

                Galt is a sneaky fukk and the closest thing we have on SBR to a social scientist (now that tt has left); therefore, I will NOT kowtow to his whimsical machinations and fall prey to the obvious economic considerations he so hoped for.

                All the way up with a red hot poker, Galt!
                Despite you describing me as "perspicacious" I have no idea what the picture above me is supposed to mean. Although that does look like a young Robby Benson. What movie is that from?
                Comment
                • Russian Rocket
                  SBR Aristocracy
                  • 09-02-12
                  • 43910

                  #9
                  Originally posted by JohnGalt2341
                  Despite you describing me as "perspicacious" I have no idea what the picture above me is supposed to mean. Although that does look like a young Robby Benson. What movie is that from?
                  Comment
                  • JohnGalt2341
                    SBR Hall of Famer
                    • 12-31-09
                    • 9138

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Russian Rocket
                    Thanks.
                    Comment
                    • jjgold
                      SBR Aristocracy
                      • 07-20-05
                      • 388179

                      #11
                      Halt no time for this

                      Common and pick a winner
                      Comment
                      • BiTeMe UsAdOj
                        SBR Hall of Famer
                        • 08-18-11
                        • 7537

                        #12
                        1. Great find, Rocketeer! ^^... I saw that flick years ago on VHS with a very special gal, that in retrospect, I should've stayed with and probably should have married (as the woman I eventually got engaged to split on me a few months before the wedding... and later died). Never understood the peeps that claim "I have no regrets!" about their lives, as I've got my fair share of them. Anyway, that decent-but-not-great Benson movie reminds me of her and always warms my heart. Oh well, as Vonnegut astutely noted: "So it goes."
                        The A.V. Club digs deep into film, TV, music, games, books and more.


                        2. Not a winner, per se, but a winning TIP for you, jj

                        (click for happiness ^^)

                        3.
                        Because my buddy Galt is easily Top 10 % Sagaciousness on SBR, he deserves further elaboration: The variable(s) introduced by Galt into the UG is/are a game-changer: Because 100k on SBR is merely ~$4700 in delectable pizza (see 4uk4life), I can easily forgo any and all of that sum so that one of the few people I truly dislike on SBR get... *wait for it*... ZIPPO (making my 1pt offer rational as it would guarantee it gets turned down while simultaneously sending the unmistakeable message: "I think you're a flaming douche and I just really really want you to know it." IOW, ensuring the assclown gets nada is worth more to me than any % split of 4700.

                        Now, if the variable was changed to someone I really liked, I would actually offer a 49/51 split (I get the 49%) as a friendship gesture while ensuring acceptance (not so much more that the friend would feel weird about taking it). The added benefit, too, would be that GUMMO77 would still have ~$2350 (after Ebay giftcard conversion) for that RealDoll down payment he's been jonesin' for.

                        And finally, obviously if the 100k was actual cash but the SBR variable still existed, I would try my damnedest to figure out the very least I could offer the assclown so that he'd accept; while if the variable was changed to someone I liked, I would offer 50/50 (unless it was steve175, who I do like but I'd still lowball the fukk out of him anyway).
                        Comment
                        • SEAHAWKHARRY
                          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                          • 11-29-07
                          • 26068

                          #13
                          I would give 51%
                          Comment
                          Search
                          Collapse
                          SBR Contests
                          Collapse
                          Top-Rated US Sportsbooks
                          Collapse
                          Working...