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[Phaedra]

The distribution of random vs. non-random interaction is interesting, though, no?

In ILB, for example, the main form of direct interaction was random (or at least, it was supposed to appear random ) -- live calls to payphones. Melissa wasn't supposed to know who she was getting, it wasn't supposed to be based on anything we'd done: it was just random live calls. You were as likely to get one if you had never said anything on the forums, in chat, or emailed a character as you were if you had already betrayed the Sleeping Princess.

There was some of what I'll call "merit-based" interaction as well (in that you had to do something to get noticed in order to get it): the Sleeping Princess would pick her favorite question from those emailed to her to answer on the site, but the merit-based interaction was clearly seemed secondary to the random interaction. For one thing, it wasn't as direct.

This time, though -- and I recognize we're still early in the game and have no clue what's coming -- the "merit-based" interaction (based on getting noticed by winning at poker, having a lot of people add you to their buddy list, or finding a card) seems to have been more direct than the "random" interaction (the phone calls).

Which makes me wonder if we're in for some very interesting random live calls.

[riemanns]

Next invite.

[Astald]

Congratulations and good luck! Be sure to inform us of any clues or just anything interesting at all that happens during the course of the game.

[rose]

Great work sandman! Thanks! Maybe if I learn how to play, someday i too can make it to the top players. Or maybe just lose all my chips.

[thunderclap8]

awesome! Be sure to hit the record option on that hand.

[ahecht]

Here is something we need to ask TheDealer:

In the last game, the dealer said

[Shad0]

[Flaag]