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hubdubbob replied on June 01, 2008 15:31 to the discussion "Question stealing: a sin or a virtue?" in Hubdub:

If I take the original question someone else has posted, and use it (but it still resembles the original question in some degree), I try to remember to acknowledge the original poster in my question's background info or comments, etc.

Bayoubear replied on June 01, 2008 11:44 to the discussion "Question stealing: a sin or a virtue?" in Hubdub:

Darn...and I just now realize that you DID 'steal' my Idol question...just kidding, you've done a great job of maintaining it throughout the season...and I remember you 'offering' to let anyone who wanted to write it themselves. The problem with repeating questions is that everyone tends to sit back politely, as we should to some degree, to allow them the opportunity to post their market. But sometimes real life interferes.

Just keep calm about it and don't have a snit-fit...we're a growing community and we can all help each other.

shadowfax replied on April 28, 2008 19:26 to the discussion "Question stealing: a sin or a virtue?" in Hubdub:

Great topic for discussion, thnx.

I asked before taking on a question and was encouraged by the creator and others to make it happen.felt it was basic courtesy.
Imitation is a sincere form of flattery.
grand ideas above, Destry.
Would be nice to have a template for Earthquake type questions, so that a bunch could be created at once.

TheDoctor replied on April 13, 2008 08:53 to the problem "Terrorism" in Hubdub:

Well since we seem to be in agreement, the market will stay open until "the end of the 2008 election?" or god forbid a terrorist attack.

Regards,

Ryan
Hubdub US Politics Content Editor

shadowfax replied on April 13, 2008 06:18 to the problem "Terrorism" in Hubdub:

very nice resolve and discourse solution here.
mork, I truly hope you know I did not in any way think you were gaming the question with the starting odds.
If the question was going to settle by the incident in N.Y., that would make it unreasonable to have the odds set as such.
Relieved that it looks like all will workout, and hopefully will settle as "no".
thanks for posting on my shouts in hubdubland to draw my attention back to my comments posted on this fine market you created.

jenniandboys replied on April 11, 2008 18:54 to the discussion "Earthquakes and All Things Trembling" in Hubdub:

Fine by me. I certainly didn't want to get rid of the earthquake questions, just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page and understood there was some ambiguity in the settlement.

I do think we should plan on not doing the 1+ earthquake questions though as the numbers can change quite drastically over just the course of a couple of hours (even after teh 48 hour window)

tisha replied on April 11, 2008 13:12 to the discussion "Earthquakes and All Things Trembling" in Hubdub:

Ok. All earthquake questions will be settled not less than 48 hours after the date in question.

shadowfax replied on April 11, 2008 12:36 to the discussion "Earthquakes and All Things Trembling" in Hubdub:

I agrre with the above. how about it is checked 48 hours after the date we are wagering on.

TheDoctor replied on April 09, 2008 16:14 to the discussion "Should this market be settled? (Politics)" in Hubdub:

No more response have come in as of yet. Therefore I'm settling the market.

Regards,

Ryan
Hubdub US Politics Content Editor

Destry replied on April 09, 2008 00:09 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

Well it brings me great joy that I AM NO LONGER ON STRIKE. I didn't go on strike without great thought and consideration. I wouldn't recommend it to other users. I feel that everyone involved as learned from this incident and hopefully conclusions can be reached before such action is needed. I look forward to an open dialouge with admins on future issues. To the other users who thought this action was taken to bully or blackmail, I can assure you it wasn't.

quorny replied on April 09, 2008 00:06 to the problem "I am on STRIKE" in Hubdub:

Is the strike over--was his account deactivated?

InfernalMachine replied on April 08, 2008 23:30 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

It's interesting that there's no user at Hubdub called newscollecter or newscollector, and that they haven't disclosed their Hubdub name here. So they are able to accuse other players of cheating (with zero evidence), go on about making investigations (while preventing any investigation of who they are and their own question creation, prediction, and commenting history), and make a specious case for tolerating Satyaki (oh well, too little too late), all effectively anonymously.

Please disregard all comments made by this person unless they identify who they actually are (this goes doubly for the HD staff!).

Nigel Eccles replied on April 08, 2008 23:27 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

Result of vote here: http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/top...

Jerry's Just Trolling replied on April 08, 2008 16:46 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

I am now hubdub user "cognos".

TheDoctor replied on April 08, 2008 14:23 to the discussion "Should this market be settled? (Politics)" in Hubdub:

Thanks for all the responses I'm going to settle the market as a no. Remember a resettle is always possible if those rumors from Michigan come true.

Not only did I forget to link this discussion to the market, I also forgot to suspend the market. I blame the strike :-) Anyway though I'll suspend the market now, link to this discussion and if by the end of tonight nothing new has come about I'm settling.

Regards,

Ryan
Hubdub US Politics Content Editor

Jerry's Just Trolling replied on April 08, 2008 14:06 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

Thanks again.
However, I won't get any fun from the markets if my funds are tainted.
From what I've learned on this thread and others, simply resetting a users funds is somewhat problematic in that (for especially hubrich users), the market fluctuations would be severe.

btw: I'll have a lot of fun starting over.

kind of like most 'old men' dreams...

"if only I could be a teenager again and know what I know now"

I'm looking forward to testing the site (in beta) as a new user, but a new user with some experience. I expect to have a blast.

at you later folks!

kruijs replied on April 08, 2008 14:00 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

not wanting to take position solely for jerry here. your excuses are noble too, rohan :)

can we get back to work now?

kruijs replied on April 08, 2008 13:57 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

Hi, jerry
I followed your controversial with rohan for a while. in my opinion, all of the early adopters have had advantages from biased market percentages. hubdub has corrected many of these behavioral inconsistencies in the past weeks.
I don't know if you yourself took advantage of these knowingly but i think others may have done so.
in this way it should be so that after the beta stage of the site all users should be reset in my opinion without the need to create new accounts.
i think your reaction to rohan is fair, not to say nobel. you take responsibility for what you said before.
I hope to see you again soon.

rohan replied on April 08, 2008 13:52 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

Ok. My turn. The cheating label was wrong: I was pissed that you called me a cheater. Sorry. And you don't have to start a new account.

Jerry's Just Trolling replied on April 08, 2008 13:46 to the discussion "Proposed new procedure for dealing with gaming" in Hubdub:

Thank you for last post.
I've reviewed the comments.

I DO remember experiencing something akin to pics4d's where there were markets that had been active for a time, and then, all of a sudden their percentages seemed like someone must have dumped a busload of $H into them. So, I wagered on those markets. I thought, at that time that I happened to get in at a good price. Now I see that while I thought I had gotten in at a very opportune time, I just happened to run into a bug. hmmm.

Well, what to do now?

First of all, I owe a bagful of apologies to Rohan.
I also owe Rohan a truckload of thanks for digging this up.

What I abhore and deny is the 'cheating label'.

So,

jersjusttrolling is entering full and complete retirement.
I'll let the admins know that I won't be playing or commenting or anything with that account any longer. I'll make appropriate comments within my profile. I will be turning off all email alerts for that account as well.

And then, I start up with another username. Yes, I'm admitting now so no one accuses me of operating under multiple ids.

I'll let you know my new username once I'm ready.