I wonder how many marbles are in this jar?
Bad_goth guessed 2,100, which was way too high. Here’s a hint: More than 1,743, less than 1,932. We currently have 42 people playing!
Entries are now closed. Should I only allow people who are actively commenting to be eligible for a guess? A lot of entries from hours ago are still active, and we could end up with a whole string of guesses that are outside the range. Your thoughts?
New entries are 1,743 to 1,860.
1776
Your choice whether to allow people who are actively commenting. lol, I don’t know.
I am still going with 1800.
You could limit it by range — leave everyone in the pool, but keep pulling out entries until you get to the first one that’s in range.
I’ll update on the ‘thon front page, see if I can’t get you a few more takers…
1,807?
I’ll stick with 1,869 for the time being…
i’ll say 1,801
My guess is 1,911.
1809
1,816
1856
1,235
1820
Hi all. I think Bill’s idea is the one to use. Keep everyone in the pool, but keep randomly drawing people until I have an entrant in the correct range.
Can’t remember my last guess, all those hours ago.
Hmmmm, I’ll say 1823
1789
And I vote for only counting recent votes. Otherwise you’d have to go alllll the way back to the beginning and keep a tally and wow would that be tedious. Your call though.
P.S. Congrats on making it this far and good luck on finishing the Thon
1851!
1772
Luckily I started a spreadsheet after the second round of guesses so I could easily drop people off as they made new guesses. I’ve definitely learned a ton about doing this type of contest.
And Bill, thanks for featuring the contest on the Blogathon home page. Very cool!
I just stumbled across this… I suppose I’ll toss 1838 into the mix just to cut the possibilities in half if I get picked.
1832
i’m going to go with 1792
1792?
1775
1812
Like the overture
1813
What does that have to do with the William Tell Overture?
my guess is 1860
Wow! 27 entries on this post alone! OK, from now on, the entries are only on the active post. Past entries no longer count. Good luck to everyone!
Yowsie!! Let’s try 1858….