Guesstimania 7 - 7 Times The Mania

[jepkid97]

And now, the winner of Guesstimania 7, with a preliminary round score of 50 points (3rd place) and a final round score of 15 points, receiving a trip to the bottom of the Marianas Trench with James Cameron:

gem!!!

Thanks to all of our contestants, and remember to enter Bamaman's Guesstimania Survivor II!

[Caboom]

Before we get to the final results, let's take a look at the...
Bonus Question: What is the average of the responses submitted to this question?

Comments: For a while, this question was working out fairly well. For some reason, most people tended to provide three digit numbers, and my guess of 777 appeared to be fairly accurate. Then, I received econgator's response, and I feared that someone might try to inflate the average by enough that only they could be close. Of course, when I received Bamaman's submission, the average was completely thrown off. While Bamaman couldn't quite bring the average high enough (at least, with his truncated submission after I had to inform him that Excel couldn't handle 27 digit numbers), it did turn out that the average was higher than every other submission.

Underestimates: 17
Overestimates: 1

Correct response: 32,165,965,911,011

1. econgator- 1287653
2. Caboom - 222222
3. tjconn728 - 2014
4. Alyssa - 1500
5. nestegg - 1300
6. Lilac - 1250
7. Bristle - 1225
8. Joy - 1160
9. Binky - 1100
10. d4z - 1000
11. gem - 888
12. esrever - 750
12. Noon - 750
14. Aardvark - 740
15. Cat Hat - 480
16. jjwaymee - 444
17. Vanya - 100
18. Bamaman - 578987384873613

I figured someone might do this, that's why I went for such a high number. I thought someone might answer in the millions, but I guess I should have added another deuce.

And one played can never bring the average high enough, as the average will basically be their answer divided by 18. So him having a 27 digit number wouldn't have changed anything really.

[jjwaymee]

Thank you very much for the game, jepkid97! Congrats to gem, Binky and Cat Hat for wrecking the competition once again.

[gem]

Thanks for the fun game, jepkid97! Congrats to Binky and Cat Hat.

[jepkid97]

And one played can never bring the average high enough, as the average will basically be their answer divided by 18. So him having a 27 digit number wouldn't have changed anything really.

That's embarrassing. So much for checking math before posting!

[econgator]

I figured someone might do this, that's why I went for such a high number. I thought someone might answer in the millions, but I guess I should have added another deuce.

I just kept picking the same number (or some truncated/expanded version thereof) over and over. Didn't work so well -- not that I had any real guesses for most of these anyway.

1. 1,287,653
2. 1,287,653
3. 1,287
4. 3,287,653,000
5. 15,653
6. 1,287
7. 1,287,653

[jepkid97]

Revised Final Standings
With the two-round format of this game, it's hard to properly rank non-cheating contestants, so these are just the preliminary, finalist, and final round non-finalist rankings with the cheaters removed.

Preliminary Round
First, our would-be finalists:
1. econgator - 53
2. jjwaymee - 52
3. Vanya - 63
4. Rackme32 - 67
5. dott888 - 74
6. TheyCallMeMrKid  - 75

The rest:
7. CheeseWhiz - 80
8. Bamaman - 81
9. dnbguy - 82
9. tjconn728 - 82
11. Caboom - 90
12. alietr - 87
13. BobF - 88
14. MarkBarrett - 93
15. Luminosityfan - 101
15. fowlerism - 101
17. nightreign - 104
17. psgola - 104
19. barandall800  - 106

Non-Finalists in Final Round
1. Caboom - 9
2. tjconn728 - 12
3. Bamaman - 15

Final Round
Unfortunately, none of our would-be finalists entered the final round, so we're stuck with a three-contestant final.
1. jjwaymee - 8 (Your semi-official champion!!!)
2. econgator - 14
2. Vanya - 14

[TheyCallMeMrKid]

I coulda been a contenda! I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.