- Mike May
- Jul 30
- 3 min read
Summary:
CX3 is live
Record breaking participation
Results for the first week are in
You probably did not win
All records SMASHED!
We have never had a CX3 event as big as Event 1. I was hoping that we would get at least 20 to 30 people putting a guess in. So when I saw that there were 109 guesses I was floored. And having agreed to add a token for every 10 people who entered, that meant a crazy impressive prize pool.
Upon closer inspection though, I realized that 8 of the 109 guesses belonged to Louie. And then I saw that at least 12 different people put in at least 2 or more guesses for whatever reason. So technically, it was under 90 actual different people making guesses.
But still!
That’s an ass load of engagement.
No one got the number exactly right. So the person who got the closest guess will retrieve one token from the prize pool and everyone will get another shot at the remaining tokens.
Before revealing this week’s winner though, I want to mention that we will be moving future updates for CX3 to our website’s “Celebration X3” group. If you have signed up as a member to LTAPM.com you will probably be added to the group and may get notifications. You may not. Listen, I don’t know.
Our website provider switched from “forums” to “groups” and I didn’t even know how forums worked before they canceled that functionality. Then I had to make a “groups” section, whatever the heck that is. So we now have some sort of Facebook-like thing to post on and you can go there for the most up to date CX3 info.
And without further adieu, the participant whose guess was closest this week is… Asusana!
A token has been added to her token total. And the new week starts now. Your guess for this week needs to be in by Tuesday, August 5th.
Good luck!
Miscellanea that may or may not be helpful as you triangulate your next guess
Asusana's guess:
$26,020
Average guess:
$20,209.77451
A vast majority of the guesses all fell within a similar range, which interestingly enough was the same range that ChatGPT gave me when I fed it a picture of the chips.
Worst guess:
$137
Least helpful response to the “Your name” question on the entry form:
“Michael”
The answer “Michael M” was also particularly unhelpful since we have at least 3 different people who would turn their heads if someone shouted for a Michael M. And in case you were curious who guessed $137, it was “Michael M”.
Last answer to come in this week (with the deadline being listed as “by Tuesday”):
Tod Nead
His guess came in at 8:41 am on Wednesday morning, which I guess by graveyard shift rules could still be considered very late Tuesday night. Since it was not the winning guess we went ahead and accepted it.
Most honest non-winning guess for how many chips were on the floor:
“Too many”
(from Christi)
Number of personalized CX3 thank you letters written so far:
61
Though 5 of them all went to Patrick Tiller who figured out that you are by no means limited to only 1 letter of thanks. LTA is NOT stingy with its gratitude.
And I imagine that’s it.
See you again next week!
