I thought this might be kind of a fun game to do on here...they play it a lot on IMDB with actors/movies/characters, etc. So here are the rules: 1) Every state starts with 10 points 2) You can only play once per day 3) You have ten points to redistribute every day. You take one point from one state, and you add it to another. You can't use multiple points on the same state in the same day. 4) Once a state gets down to zero, that state's out of the running, and the person after the one that drops it down to zero should remove it from the list. 5) Put in parentheses how you redistribute your five points so others can follow 6) Last state standing is declared coolest state quarter by CT users. So without further adieu: 1. Alabama 10 2. Alaska 11 (+1) 3. Arizona 10 4. Arkansas 9 (-1) 5. California 10 6. Colorado 11 (+1) 7. Connecticut 11 (+1) 8. Delaware 10 9. Florida 10 10. Georgia 10 11. Hawaii 10 12. Idaho 9 (-1) 13. Illinois 10 14. Indiana 9 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 11 (+1) 17. Kentucky 10 18. Louisiana 9 (-1) 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 10 21. Massachusetts 10 22. Michigan 9 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 10 25. Missouri 11 (+1) 26. Montana 9 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 10 29. New Hampshire 10 30. New Jersey 10 31. New Mexico 9 (-1) 32. New York 10 33. North Carolina 10 34. North Dakota 11 (+1) 35. Ohio 10 36. Oklahoma 10 37. Oregon 10 38. Pennsylvania 10 39. Rhode Island 11 (+1) 40. South Carolina 9 (-1) 41. South Dakota 10 42. Tennessee 10 43. Texas 10 44. Utah 11 (+1) 45. Vermont 11 (+1) 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 11 (+1) 48. West Virginia 10 49. Wisconsin 9 (-1) 50. Wyoming 9 (-1)
1. Alabama 10 2. Alaska 11 3. Arizona 10 4. Arkansas 9 5. California 10 6. Colorado 12 (+1) 7. Connecticut 12 (+1) 8. Delaware 10 9. Florida 9 (-1) 10. Georgia 11 (+1) 11. Hawaii 11 (+1) 12. Idaho 9 13. Illinois 10 14. Indiana 8 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 12 (+1) 17. Kentucky 10 18. Louisiana 9 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 9 (-1) 21. Massachusetts 9 (-1) 22. Michigan 8 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 11 (+1) 25. Missouri 12 (+1) 26. Montana 8 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 10 29. New Hampshire 10 30. New Jersey 10 31. New Mexico 9 32. New York 9 (-1) 33. North Carolina 10 34. North Dakota 11 35. Ohio 9 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 11 (+1) 37. Oregon 10 38. Pennsylvania 10 39. Rhode Island 11 40. South Carolina 9 41. South Dakota 11 (+1) 42. Tennessee 10 43. Texas 9 (-1) 44. Utah 12 (+1) 45. Vermont 11 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 11 48. West Virginia 10 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 8 (-1)
1. Alabama 9 (-1) 2. Alaska 12 (+1) 3. Arizona 11 (+1) 4. Arkansas 8 (-1) 5. California 11 (+1) 6. Colorado 13 (+1) 7. Connecticut 12 8. Delaware 10 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 11 11. Hawaii 12 (+1) 12. Idaho 8 (-1) 13. Illinois 10 14. Indiana 9 (+1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 12 17. Kentucky 9 (-1) 18. Louisiana 8 (-1) 19. Maine 9 (-1) 20. Maryland 9 21. Massachusetts 9 22. Michigan 8 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 11 25. Missouri 12 26. Montana 8 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 11 (+1) 29. New Hampshire 10 30. New Jersey 10 31. New Mexico 9 32. New York 9 33. North Carolina 11 (+1) 34. North Dakota 11 35. Ohio 9 36. Oklahoma 11 37. Oregon 9 (-1) 38. Pennsylvania 10 39. Rhode Island 11 40. South Carolina 9 41. South Dakota 12 (+1) 42. Tennessee 11 (+1) 43. Texas 9 44. Utah 11 (-1) 45. Vermont 11 46. Virginia 9 (-1) 47. Washington 11 48. West Virginia 10 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 7 (-1)
1. Alabama 8 (-1) 2. Alaska 13 (+1) 3. Arizona 12 (+1) 4. Arkansas 8 5. California 11 6. Colorado 13 7. Connecticut 12 8. Delaware 9 (-1) 9. Florida 10 (+1) 10. Georgia 11 11. Hawaii 12 12. Idaho 7 (-1) 13. Illinois 10 14. Indiana 9 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 12 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 8 19. Maine 9 20. Maryland 9 21. Massachusetts 9 22. Michigan 8 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 11 25. Missouri 12 26. Montana 9 (+1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 11 29. New Hampshire 9 (-1) 30. New Jersey 11 (+1) 31. New Mexico 8 (-1) 32. New York 8 (-1) 33. North Carolina 12 (+1) 34. North Dakota 10 (-1) 35. Ohio 9 36. Oklahoma 11 37. Oregon 10 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 9 (-1) 39. Rhode Island 11 40. South Carolina 9 41. South Dakota 12 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 8 (-1) 44. Utah 12 (+1) 45. Vermont 11 46. Virginia 10 (+1) 47. Washington 12 (+1) 48. West Virginia 10 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 6 (-1)
1. Alabama 7 (-1) 2. Alaska 14 (+1) 3. Arizona 12 4. Arkansas 8 5. California 11 6. Colorado 13 7. Connecticut 13 (+1) 8. Delaware 10 (+1) 9. Florida 10 10. Georgia 11 11. Hawaii 12 12. Idaho 7 13. Illinois 10 14. Indiana 8 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 12 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 7 (-1) 19. Maine 10 (+1) 20. Maryland 9 21. Massachusetts 10 (+1) 22. Michigan 7 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 12 (+1) 25. Missouri 12 26. Montana 8 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 10 (-1) 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 10 (-1) 31. New Mexico 8 32. New York 8 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 10 35. Ohio 9 36. Oklahoma 11 37. Oregon 11 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 9 39. Rhode Island 11 40. South Carolina 8 (-1) 41. South Dakota 12 42. Tennessee 10 (-1) 43. Texas 8 44. Utah 13 (+1) 45. Vermont 11 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 13 (+1) 48. West Virginia 11 (+1) 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 5 (-1)
1. Alabama 6 (-1) 2. Alaska 15 (+1) 3. Arizona 12 4. Arkansas 8 5. California 11 6. Colorado 13 7. Connecticut 14 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 (-1) 9. Florida 10 10. Georgia 11 11. Hawaii 13 (+1) 12. Idaho 7 13. Illinois 11 (+1) 14. Indiana 7 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 12 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 6 (-1) 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 8 (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 (+1) 22. Michigan 6 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 12 25. Missouri 12 26. Montana 6 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 9 (-1) 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 9 (-1) 31. New Mexico 8 32. New York 8 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 10 35. Ohio 9 36. Oklahoma 11 37. Oregon 12 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 9 39. Rhode Island 11 40. South Carolina 9 (+1) 41. South Dakota 12 42. Tennessee 11 (+1) 43. Texas 8 44. Utah 14 (+1) 45. Vermont 11 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 14 (+1) 48. West Virginia 12 (+1) 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 4 (-1)
Day 2: 1. Alabama 5 (-1) 2. Alaska 16 (+1) 3. Arizona 12 4. Arkansas 7 (-1) 5. California 11 6. Colorado 14 (+1) 7. Connecticut 15 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 10 10. Georgia 11 11. Hawaii 13 12. Idaho 6 (-1) 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 6 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 13 (+1) 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 5 (-1) 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 8 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 5 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 12 25. Missouri 13 (+1) 26. Montana 5 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 9 31. New Mexico 7 (-1) 32. New York 8 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 11 (+1) 35. Ohio 9 36. Oklahoma 11 37. Oregon 12 38. Pennsylvania 8 (-1) 39. Rhode Island 12 (+1) 40. South Carolina 9 41. South Dakota 13 (+1) 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 8 44. Utah 15 (+1) 45. Vermont 12 (+1) 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 14 48. West Virginia 12 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 3 (-1)
1. Alabama 4 (-1) 2. Alaska 16 3. Arizona 12 4. Arkansas 7 5. California 11 6. Colorado 15 (+1) 7. Connecticut 16 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 9 (-1) 10. Georgia 12 (+1) 11. Hawaii 14 (+1) 12. Idaho 6 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 5 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 14 (+1) 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 5 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 7 (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 4 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 13 (+1) 25. Missouri 14 (+1) 26. Montana 5 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 9 31. New Mexico 6 (-1) 32. New York 7 (-1) 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 11 35. Ohio 8 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 (+1) 37. Oregon 12 38. Pennsylvania 8 39. Rhode Island 12 40. South Carolina 8 (-1) 41. South Dakota 14 (+1) 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 8 44. Utah 15 45. Vermont 12 46. Virginia 11 (+1) 47. Washington 14 48. West Virginia 12 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 2 (-1)
Day 3. Should be more interesting once we start eliminating some and are faced with harder choices. Hopefully more people will join in soon. 1. Alabama 3 (-1) 2. Alaska 17 (+1) 3. Arizona 12 4. Arkansas 6 (-1) 5. California 11 6. Colorado 16 (+1) 7. Connecticut 17 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 12 11. Hawaii 14 12. Idaho 6 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 4 (-1) 15. Iowa 10 16. Kansas 15 (+1) 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 5 19. Maine 10 20. Maryland 7 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 3 (-1) 23. Minnesota 10 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 14 26. Montana 4 (-1) 27. Nebraska 10 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 9 31. New Mexico 5 (-1) 32. New York 7 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 12 (+1) 35. Ohio 7 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 12 38. Pennsylvania 8 39. Rhode Island 13 (+1) 40. South Carolina 7 (-1) 41. South Dakota 15 (+1) 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 7 (-1) 44. Utah 16 (+1) 45. Vermont 13 (+1) 46. Virginia 11 47. Washington 15 (+1) 48. West Virginia 12 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 1 (-1)
If I understood this I'd play but I have no idea what you are If I understood this I'd play but I have no idea what you are all are doing - my brain don't work that way and I'm old enough and honest enough to admit it.
1. Alabama 3 2. Alaska 18 (+1) 3. Arizona 13 (+1) 4. Arkansas 6 5. California 11 6. Colorado 17 (+1) 7. Connecticut 16 (-1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 12 11. Hawaii 14 12. Idaho 6 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 4 15. Iowa 9 (-1) 16. Kansas 15 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 4 (-1) 19. Maine 11 (+1) 20. Maryland 6 (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 3 23. Minnesota 11 (+1) 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 14 26. Montana 5 (+1) 27. Nebraska 9 (-1) 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 8 (-1) 31. New Mexico 4 (-1) 32. New York 7 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 13 (+1) 35. Ohio 6 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 13 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 7 (-1) 39. Rhode Island 13 40. South Carolina 7 41. South Dakota 15 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 6 (-1) 44. Utah 16 45. Vermont 13 46. Virginia 11 47. Washington 16 (+1) 48. West Virginia 12 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 2 (+1)
1. Alabama 2 (-1) 2. Alaska 19 (+1) 3. Arizona 13 (+1) 4. Arkansas 5 (-1) 5. California 12 (+1) 6. Colorado 18 (+1) 7. Connecticut 17 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 12 11. Hawaii 15 (+1) 12. Idaho 5 (-1) 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 3 (-1) 15. Iowa 9 (-1) 16. Kansas 16 (+1 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana3 (-1) 19. Maine 11 (+1) 20. Maryland 5(-1) (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan2 (-1) 23. Minnesota 11 (+1) 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 15 (+1) 26. Montana 4 (-1) 27. Nebraska 9 (-1) 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 8 (-1) 31. New Mexico 3 (-1) 32. New York 7 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 13 (+1) 35. Ohio 6 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 13 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 7 (-1) 39. Rhode Island 13 40. South Carolina 7 41. South Dakota 16 (+1) 42. Tennessee 11 43. Texas 6 (-1) 44. Utah 17 (+1) 45. Vermont 13 46. Virginia 11 47. Washington 17 (+1) 48. West Virginia 12 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 1 (-1)
Quick, somebody put the Wyoming rodeo rider out of his misery! The game tends to pick up once the first several have been eliminated.
Awe, what the heck you guys--it's not that hard. All the states started with 10 points each. Every time you play, you have 10 points to redistribute. You redistribute from the last posting that somebody made. Let's say that when you play, the last post had Oregon at 12 points and Wisconsin had 5 points. So Oregon 12 Wisconsin 5 Then let's say that you like the Oregon design, but you dislike the Wisconsin one. So you take one away from Wisconsin and you give it to Oregon, and do this: Oregon 13 (+1) Wisconsin 4 (-1) Then the next person takes your numbers and does theirs. Once a state loses all its points, it's out of the running. When the game is over, and it might take a couple of weeks, there will be one quarter left standing. It might be that we will have to cut it off at the top 5 or something though, because it might be that no consensus is achievable. Give it a try
1. Alabama 1 (-1) 2. Alaska 19 3. Arizona 14 (+1) 4. Arkansas 6 (+1) 5. California 11 (-1) 6. Colorado 19 (+1) 7. Connecticut 18 (+1) 8. Delaware 9 9. Florida 9 (-1) 10. Georgia 13 (+1) 11. Hawaii 15 12. Idaho 5 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 2 (-1) 15. Iowa 8 (-1) 16. Kansas 17 (+1) 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 2 (-1) 19. Maine 11 (+1) 20. Maryland 5(-1) (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan2 (-1) 23. Minnesota 11 (+1) 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 15 (+1) 26. Montana 4 (-1) 27. Nebraska 9 (-1) 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 8 (-1) 31. New Mexico 3 (-1) 32. New York 7 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 13 (+1) 35. Ohio 5 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 14 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 7 (-1) 39. Rhode Island 13 40. South Carolina 7 41. South Dakota 17 (+1) 42. Tennessee 10 (-1) 43. Texas 5 (-1) 44. Utah 16 (-1) 45. Vermont 14 (+1) 46. Virginia 10 (-1) 47. Washington 17 48. West Virginia 13 (+1) 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming 0 (-1) WYOMING ELIMINATED!
1. Alabama 0 (-1) ELIMINATED 2. Alaska 20 (+1) 3. Arizona 15 (+1) 4. Arkansas 6 5. California 11 6. Colorado 19 7. Connecticut 18 8. Delaware 8 (-1) 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 12 (-1) 11. Hawaii 14 (-1) 12. Idaho 5 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 2 15. Iowa 8 16. Kansas 17 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 1 (-1) 19. Maine 11 20. Maryland 5 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 2 23. Minnesota 11 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 15 26. Montana 5 (+1) 27. Nebraska 9 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 8 31. New Mexico 3 32. New York 7 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 14 (+1) 35. Ohio 5 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 14 38. Pennsylvania 7 39. Rhode Island 13 40. South Carolina 7 41. South Dakota 18 (+1) 42. Tennessee 10 43. Texas 5 44. Utah 16 45. Vermont 14 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 17 48. West Virginia 13 49. Wisconsin 9 50. Wyoming ELIMINATED
2. Alaska 21 (+1) 3. Arizona 16 (+1) 4. Arkansas 5 (-1) 5. California 11 6. Colorado 20 (+1) 7. Connecticut 19 (+1) 8. Delaware 8 9. Florida 9 10. Georgia 12 11. Hawaii 15 (+1) 12. Idaho 4 (-1) 13. Illinois 11 14. Indiana 3 (+1) 15. Iowa 8 16. Kansas 17 17. Kentucky 9 18. Louisiana 1 19. Maine 11 20. Maryland 4 (-1) 21. Massachusetts 11 22. Michigan 1 (-1) 23. Minnesota 11 24. Mississippi 13 25. Missouri 15 26. Montana 4 (-1) 27. Nebraska 9 28. Nevada 9 29. New Hampshire 9 30. New Jersey 8 31. New Mexico 2 (-1) 32. New York 6 (-1) 33. North Carolina 12 34. North Dakota 15 (+1) 35. Ohio 4 (-1) 36. Oklahoma 12 37. Oregon 15 (+1) 38. Pennsylvania 7 39. Rhode Island 13 40. South Carolina 6 (-1) 41. South Dakota 19 (+1) 42. Tennessee 10 43. Texas 5 44. Utah 15 (-1) 45. Vermont 14 46. Virginia 10 47. Washington 18 (+1) 48. West Virginia 13 49. Wisconsin 9