The Mount Zoom Challenge – Discuss

[Aiwendil]

As a reminder, here's how the side challenge betting works- you lay down a certain ammount of points. If you win, you get the points back with the odds on them. If you lose, you lose the points with the odds in effect. (If you bet 10 points on 6-1 odds, you'll win or lose 60 points.) I'm actually about to rework the odds, so I'll be back with that soon.

I hate to be too querulous (actually, no I don't, I just pretend to), but wouldn't it make more sense if a loss resulted in the loss only of the original, unadjusted point value? That's the way it works in horse racing. Under the stated system, betting for a long shot is extraordinarily unwise, even if you believe the odds to be significantly better than given. E.g. the average net gain on a 6:1 shot at 10 points would be -50 points!