curios

Hi -- I wanted you to know about a change in the Suspend Time for a question you made predictions on -- in case you want to make any change to your predictions, etc.

Please see the comment in:
<http://www.hubdub.com/m14491/Will_the_Roll_Call_Vote_for_Hillary_Clinton_End_With_the_New_York_Delegation>

Fair question. I make spelling, punctuation and capitalization changes on many different people's questions, especially in the main question. That's because it displays in different parts of the site. If you capitalize the first letter of the first word of your questions, and of proper names, I will be much less likely to mess with your question. The changes to punctuation are only if I believe it makes the meaning of the question more clear to the reader. But I swear I approach everyone's questions equally.

thanks for your email.
i'll post to you soon mate.

Why is that Chris???? I like your questions and think you should keep plugging away at your questions. Oh my god!!! You should see how many stuff ups I make my friend. I read my questions a few times and still miss something. Keep at it mate.

Abbey :o]

Hopefully, I'll get the ok to start some of the other indices up in the next week....may try one European and one on your side of the world...which one would you like to see first?

this the biggest problem i am English but i have lived here since 64 and became a little aussifiedi went to collage in the UK we spell color over here and in the UK as clour i do use a spell checker and for ever have to use it to revert to your type of English like nite and night

yeah, i know that sometimes, the Brits, Aussies, and Yanks spell their words differently. The example that always crops up for me is 'color'->yanks, and 'colour'->Brits. How do you spell color in Aussieland?

The reason I had to flag your voters vs. delegates market is because the question needed just a bit of editing so most Hubdubbers could more easily understand the question. I did not change the intent of the question, and that is what is really important. Once it gets edited and unsuspended, I plan to place some large wager on it.

Good luck to you mate!

Hi Friend! Thank you for accepting my friendship invite. I have been watching your questions with interest for some time. It's not easy to write questions on hubdub; I gave up on them in February and admire anybody that can get questions past admins and superusers. Dinkem!

I hope you will take a minute to clarify your latest question for me. I want to put a good bet on your British recession question.

I'm afraid that I'm a bit DENSE tonight...(I know: it happens often)...

I can think of two possible meanings to this question: (1) Britain facing an increased recession risk - will the us federal reserve also say that BRITAIN is facing an increased recession risk OR (2) Britain facing an increased recession risk - will the us federal reserve say that the US is facing the same increased recession risk?

In other words: does "say the same" mean "say the same about the US" or "say the same about Britain"? Thanks for the clarification. Either way, it will be an interesting question!

good mate how r u

Curios, how are you doing?

I am not sure what you are trying to say. Let me say this so it might clear things up. I saw that you created markets for the AFL today, I went through each of those markets and determined that in EVERY case you had the team with the worse record favored to win the match. I therefore voided your markets. Just like last week when we had to void all your markets for bad starting odds and have you resubmit. But this week I decided it would be quicker and easier for everyone to just create the markets myself. I used each teams records as you will see posted on each question as a starting point for setting the odds.
I will ask you officially here to stop with the name calling, slurs, and threats.

a lot of bull and you know it you cannot get odds until they are out do the right thing and cancel your questions

I sent you a challenge for each of the markets so you could immediately wager on them, since you didn't have to wait the normal 12 hours for wagering when you create a market. I thought it was done to help you. Based on team records it is possible to get a really good idea of the odds for a game.

I had to void all 9 of your markets for inaccurate starting odds. It was quicker and simplier to just recreate them myself with accurate starting odds, with clear suspend times, with the team name and record. You are more than welcome to create markets for round 21 next week, and you can use my questions as a template for creating yours.
I didn't understand your email or shout, so if you did apologize I accept and offer my apology for not responding sooner.

chris,

really, please forward these emails, regardless what kind of thread they are. I know how to handle them without causing me harm.

you said "my tracer goes to your border" - what exactly does that mean?

kruijs

i had just received this as was leaving you one i would not sent it on to you.
1/ it may contain a virus.
2/ as i said before i don't know it or want too.
3/ as to a tracer download one.
chris

please forward me these emails. there is no need to open them yourself.
I'd really like to see those.
what is that tracer you mention? can I see/get a report from it?
please send me that stuff using this email: hubdub vanderkruijs net (just put the "@" in the first, the "." in the second blank)

i have had 2 now another the day after its funny my tracer goes to your border? if its not you my profound apology

Assuming you're right and the email you got showed my address in the "from" or "reply-to" field, please read this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060918201000AAa071G

I cannot prove that I did not send you that specific mail now it has been deleted, so I just assure you that I really did not send you any email outside of the hubdub mechanisms.

i am sorry but i deleted it when it was healed but it was yours

would you please forward that email your received to me?

my answer is on the suspended question
will the Beijing games be likened to the prewar German games

hey, curios. I've suspended your latest Beijing question. Although I like the topic of the question, I have some problems with it. I appreciate very much the intention of you creating questions - please read my comments I left on the question. Give me a shout if you don't agree or wish further explanation.
thanks ;)

that's easy to answer although i signed in Jan/Feb i never started using it till late april. and being a sport nut and every day trying to predict mbl (which i knew nothing about) and indices ,i saw one on afl so i thought why not do some questions yourself on afl. at that stage i wondered what is the blank for and i put something in there which never came out. and Tisha told me how and i was going to, but you jumped the gun. i would never say copy or try to take over some one else's regulars. and i also think although we all speak English there sometimes is a lack of proper communication word wise just got up .and have to take the old girl to docs its now 7.30 am on Tuesday

I am curious why you never put any of that information in the questions you created. Most of your markets needed voided for being incoherent. I appreciate you providing clear information. Seems you are full of background now that they are markets not created by you. The goal of Hubdub is to create clear markets in which a wide user base can follow. No market created on Hubdub is the property of anyone but Hubdub. I simply attempted to create clear markets in which a wider user base could wager on them.

What I did with the AFL questions was to create clear markets with clear suspend times. I noticed in past your difficulty in creating them, so I made it simple. If you want to use my questions as a template to create future markets feel free too.

"straight question straight answer i have never said you have cheated .but more to the point who said i had"

Curios, I do not understand your last "shout message", nor the one before it.

In an attempt to understand your previous "shout" (#19 below), I asked you two questions.

"clear my afl questions i have made mine all in advance i dont cheat thank you"

I don't understand your shout message.

Perhaps you think that super users can "clear" questions. Is that what you meant?
(Only category editors can settle questions.)

Did someone say that you do cheat?

I attempted to set the suspend times 5 minutes before the game begins. If there is a problem please flag the question and explain the reason for adjustment.

I made an attempt to write the markets so they were more uniformed. I have flagged the markets in question to get times adjusted. Several of the markets you created last week had incorrect suspension times.

ah well that's what happens when go out on a binge

gday curios

ive been MIA for a few days due to a mates drunken misadventure that included cracking the LCD on my lappy

Your original question already has significant H$ wagered on it from other H$ users.

To void that original question now would be unfair to those users.

The Best Practice is such a situation is to send a flag to the Category Editor, requesting a correction, rather than creating a new question.

Creating a new question, creates, by necessity, a duplicate question, which means one or the other will have to be voided. Voiding questions on HD is not the remedy of choice.

I have suspended your newest question, and requested it be voided.

I have flagged your original question, (with existing H$ wagers) to have the day/date corrected.

Hi! -- I saw your question, "will hawthorn win againest geelong on fri night july 26th aussie rules" ...

July 26th is a Saturday, so it looks like either the day or the date of your question is incorrect. Could you "flag" your question, and send the corrected information to the Category Editor?

Best wishes,

NW

Great job on the newest questions. You seem to have gotten the hang of it now.

no he is going to milan

why not chelsea?
the english league is quite successfully at the time (in contrast to the national team, and despite the English weather, :-P)

i have written to hubub about it there is some one altering after i make them out as you suggested regards Chris

that's is unfair that was how i was told to do it by a super user? and i have been very particular on the odds geelong and bulldogs for example i put at 50/50 they are unbeaten and 1rst a second on the league table

Hi there. I suspended several of your questions today for incorrect formatting. When writing questions involving two sports teams it is best to phrase question in either of the following manners:
Will Team "X" beat Team "Y" on given date. Using Yes / No options.
Which team X or team Y will win on given date. Using options: Team X / Team Y.

hey, no, I thought they should not be attached to a body.

But, like you say, could be a bonus point whenever two feet wash up, and even the a body is attached to them.

;)

Hi curios,
thanks for creating these football questions!

Sadly they seem to make some problems:
Try not to use yes/no options when asking which of two teams will win.
Please reflect the favorite team for winning the match in the odds, 50:50 is quite rare I guess.

A raffle? of course its a raffle, though i prefer the term, 'educated guess'
but isnt that what this site is all about? predicting the future?

im not sure i understand, please explain

haha do you like CHELSEA?

but do bet on the lakers bc that allows me to make more money when the celtics win it in four games

hahhaaaa
NOOOO
GO CELTICS