Ice Pirates Arms Trade -- RESULTS POSTED on Page 1

He has a bunch of extra cards from the like 3 core sets he bought or something.

I posted a decklist of the cards included in the MtG: Danger Room I have up here. Don't let the value at the top scare you, I built this thing to move and get some love, not to sit on my desk.

here's the link:
http://deckbox.org/sets/315080

A. Ya, I was a heroscapers guy. Didn't know I traded with Superfly, remind me what we traded.
B. My info was added to my post at 10 am Sunday
C. Odd Barnes is vouching for me as a past Secret Satan participant. I never did.
D. I am a lurker and bump thru this site most mornings when I eat my breakfast about the only significant contribution I made here was a thread with Barnes and the FFG guy trading blows. Then I piped in and said I know how this ends. We find out in the third act the FFG dude is Barnes' father.
E. I am solid, don't worry about getting those items. I am happy to be included and looking forward to the swap. Lots of good stuff in here.

It's on my list, Bull, I've got my fingers crossed I can get my hands on it.

Dude, I swear you were in it. I had you paired up with Tony Clifton.

Michael Barnes wrote: He was on Secret Satan and I've done business with him...I can vouch for him.

Alastair MacDirk wrote: C. Odd Barnes is vouching for me as a past Secret Satan participant. I never did.

Michael Barnes wrote: Dude, I swear you were in it. I had you paired up with Tony Clifton.

"Yeah, buy this shit! It's awesome! Best game ever! And it's on sale right here at my shop for half price!"

LLLLMMMMMAAAAOOO

Get those lists in!

Note: My lists are not in.

Gary Sax
Ska_baron
Ancient_of_MuMu
Da Bid Dabid
Egg Shen
Death and Taxis
wadenels
Michael Barnes
Jackwraith
QPCloudy
Bull Nakano
ZMan
VonTush
allismom3
Sagrilarus
SuperflyTNT
metalface13
SGT Dave
jeb
iguanaDitty
Space Ghost
Ochobee
Alistair MacDirk

...with 95 items accounted for (out of 277) I got four trades.

I'm mostly done with mine, just need to tweek them. most of my items have 4+ matches so hopefully that helps. unless no one wants my trash.

Barnes, you saying I Secret Santa'd Tony Clifton is your doofus hipster way of taking a veiled potshot at whether I am a fictitious character. It's a reference that is probably a little obscure and moldy for the average F:AT reader though. You coulda gone with something more in the zeitgeist of the moment, like that I used to date Manti Te'o or somesuch.

I see you are trying to trade books in an ARMS TRADE... if you think you are getting Chicago Express with the unpublished works of Ralph Ellison, think again. Woulda had a better chance if you put in a gift certificate entitling the user to a 90 minute back massage given by the legend, Mike Barnes.

By the way, can you please autograph that copy of Cave Evil before you ship it to me? Thanks in advance.

Well shit. I wish there was more shit i wanted.

We're doing fine--I am surprised there were trades at all! We've only got ~1/3 of the items accounted for! I am waiting for 180 more entries! Stop panicking.

//update

120 items in:
Num trades = 13 of 120 items (10.8%)
Total cost = 68 (avg 5.23)
Num groups = 4
Group sizes = 7 2 2 2

//update update
Num trades = 16 of 128 items (12.5%)
Total cost = 62 (avg 3.88)
Num groups = 3
Group sizes = 6 5 5
Sum squares = 86

I look forward to all four new games.

Jeb, can you increase the steps so there's a lot more activity? I know nuzzing about thismthis, so take it as the ramblings of a madman.

As usual.

I think Barnes, Alistair, and I were the only three who got the joke.

Here's my Wants, for the record:
I'll walk you through it if you are curious about my strong Want List fu.

Check it out:
Num trades = 33 of 196 items (16.8%)
Total cost = 148 (avg 4.48)
Num groups = 6
Group sizes = 9 7 6 6 3 2

Still need wants for ~80 items! Get those lists in! Sagrilarus, Death and Taxis, allismom3, Michael Barnes, ZMan, VonTush

You can revise until 2PM if you have already sent, too.

I have top men working on it now. Won't be long.

S.

Jeb - when all is said and done, can I get a copy of the want list, the trade list, and the results (also the algorithm technical details)?

From what I read on BGG, I think that there might be a better way to do this -- also, if there is, I think it might be publishable in an academic journal. Nothing like getting to do use this type of data for your real job