Famous mistakes
Torn stories about famous mistakes, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- The bookie vault and the trouble with sure bets
madbs [3219999] proposed parking cash in low-return sports bets. They later said a close call had persuaded them that the idea was dumb.
Feb 2024 · Famous mistakes
- Krastinov [1542326] Asked for Easter Eggs on 02 April
Replies said the Easter event would not start before 05 April. On 05 April, one player reported finding eggs.
Apr 2018 · Famous mistakes
- Ember_ash reported losing 500 stored energy before a war
Ember_ash reported losing stored energy and a Xanax before a war. Replies called it an overdose and disputed the claim that it was a first.
Nov 2024 · Famous mistakes
- The Cayman calculation that produced a sextillion-scale fortune
irivi [2135216] projected that $1B could become $321,547,573,061,072,361,461,700 after 40 years. Chedburn [1] posted a smaller result, and irivi identified the error.
Oct 2018 · Famous mistakes
- A Player Asked for a Self-Fed Account Back
In January 2018, a player asked for the return of an account they said they had voluntarily fed-jail in 2013. A copied warning and a weary forum reception followed.
Jan 2018 · Famous mistakes
- Calc leadership lands with Xaviour and Ghosty is reported fedded, February 2017
In February 2017 Champion posted that Ghosty had self-fedded after leadership of Calc ended up with Xaviour. The thread drew staff, officers and a suggestion to change how leadership is transferred.
2017–2021 · Famous mistakes