Forum: Community Center

Subject: Community Center Forum Carnival Booth

Wolfenshire opened this issue on May 28, 2024 · 128 posts

Wolfenshire posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 10:33 AM Site Admin

Step right up and play the game, be a winner!

Theme: Count the Marbles

Welcome to Marble Mayhem. This is a multi-tier game that can be played in part, or in whole.

First person to guess Tier 1, wins small prize

First person to guess Tier 1 and Tier 2, wins medium prize

First person to guess Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 wins big prize


One post per day.

Submissions Open: Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Submissions Closed: July 1, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
Winners Announced: Monday, July 8, 2024

Managers: Forum Moderator

Summer Carnival Prize Listing (One prize per booth, except marble game)

(One Prize Per Person)

1st Place, Grand Prize: Poser 13 or $200 Gift Certificate: 1 person, chosen by staff from all the challenges

2nd Place: 5,000 Render Rewards Points: 2 winners

3rd Place: 1,000 Render Rewards Points: 2 winners

4th Place: 500 Render Rewards Points: 2 winners

5th Place: Rpub Prize Packs Poser & Daz: 5 prize pack with 5 products each to 3 people


Rules: See TOS


Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader


Giana posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 11:36 AM

number of marbles in Tier 1 is 128


how many times can one person guess? it doesn't say...

Wolfenshire posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 11:44 AM Site Admin

One guess per day.

Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader


Giana posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 11:44 AM

i mean i see one guess a day, but is that one guess per Tier per day, or one guess period?

Wolfenshire posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 12:10 PM Site Admin

One guess period, but I suppose the loop-hole to that is to put all three tiers in one post. So, maybe I should say, one post per day. I'm just trying to keep from flood spamming the forum with ten thousand guesses. But, it's not like I'm being super strict like in the contest modules. As long as everyone is having fun, all is good.

Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader


Trace Elements Art posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 1:00 PM

Tier one:  92.

Tier two: 68.

Tier three:  150.

MrYhww58w2v posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 1:56 PM

Tier one:  95

Tier two: 52

Tier three:  174

cblueyes posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 5:17 PM

Tier one: 120

Tier two: 80

Tier three: 150

TerraMoore posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 7:15 PM

Tier one: 78

Tier two: 57

Tier three: 128

APlusDesign posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 8:59 PM

Tier 1: 65
Tier 2: 120
Tier 3: 108

Silly question, but for tier three are we guessing the total number of rocks + marbles in the bowl or do we have to guess number of marbles in the bowl and the number of rocks?

Wolfenshire posted Tue, 28 May 2024 at 9:53 PM Site Admin

@aplusdesign Originally, my idea was to guess separately, but everyone is combining the numbers, so, okay, that's fine, I adjusted the rules on the fly to just let them combine the numbers. I don't want to be so strict it saps the fun away. You should thank Redphantom for getting me to throw away the first draft of the rules I made. I have to admit, they were insane.


Oh, and visit the other forums. There are lots of other challenges to do also. Something for everyone.

Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader


antony1 posted Wed, 29 May 2024 at 7:12 AM

tier 1: 78

tier 2: 82

tier 3: 99

Giana posted Wed, 29 May 2024 at 8:14 AM

tier one is 58

APlusDesign posted Wed, 29 May 2024 at 9:29 AM

Wolfenshire posted at 9:53 PM Tue, 28 May 2024 - #4485391

@aplusdesign Originally, my idea was to guess separately, but everyone is combining the numbers, so, okay, that's fine, I adjusted the rules on the fly to just let them combine the numbers. I don't want to be so strict it saps the fun away. You should thank Redphantom for getting me to throw away the first draft of the rules I made. I have to admit, they were insane.


Oh, and visit the other forums. There are lots of other challenges to do also. Something for everyone.

Will do for sure! And thanks for the clarification :D

APlusDesign posted Wed, 29 May 2024 at 9:30 AM

Tier 1: 82
Tier 2: 146
Tier 3: 195

TerraMoore posted Wed, 29 May 2024 at 7:21 PM

Tier 1: 84

Tier 2: 63

Tier 3: 131

antony1 posted Thu, 30 May 2024 at 5:03 AM

tier 1: 49

tier 2: 91

tier 3: 139

APlusDesign posted Thu, 30 May 2024 at 10:11 AM

Tier 1: 95
Tier 2: 152
Tier 3: 256

TerraMoore posted Thu, 30 May 2024 at 9:14 PM

Tier 1: 81

Tier 2: 59

Tier 3: 135

antony1 posted Fri, 31 May 2024 at 4:01 AM

tier 1: 50

tier 2: 92

tier 3: 140

APlusDesign posted Fri, 31 May 2024 at 9:11 AM

Tier 1: 55
Tier 2: 114
Tier 3: 100

TerraMoore posted Fri, 31 May 2024 at 6:38 PM

Tier 1: 90

Tier 2: 71

Tier 3: 146

antony1 posted Sat, 01 June 2024 at 2:59 AM

tier 1: 51

tier 2:: 93

tier 3: 141

Giana posted Sat, 01 June 2024 at 12:12 PM

Tier one is 126

TerraMoore posted Sat, 01 June 2024 at 3:59 PM

Tier 1: 88

Tier 2: 67

Tier 3: 143

antony1 posted Sun, 02 June 2024 at 2:20 AM

tier 1: 52

tier 2: 94

tier 3 142

APlusDesign posted Sun, 02 June 2024 at 10:10 AM

Tier 1: 82
Tier 2: 147
Tier 3: 237

TerraMoore posted Sun, 02 June 2024 at 1:58 PM

Tier 1: 92

Tier 2: 70

Tier 3: 145

antony1 posted Mon, 03 June 2024 at 4:22 AM

tier 1: 53

tier 2: 95

tier 3: 143

3dcheapskate posted Mon, 03 June 2024 at 4:38 AM

I think the jar of marbles (first tier) contains 135 marbles

Do I get extra kudos for including my working out ? If so, here goes:
Assume the marbles are (a) all of an equal size, and (b) they adopt an HCP (Hexagonal Close Packed) crystal lattice structure within the jar.
At its widest the jar seems, from visual inspection, to be able to hold a horizontal layer containing a maximum of four marbles in a straight line giving. So assuming a planar hexagonal array with a 2-3-4-3-2 configuration*, this would give 14 marbles per layer.
From visual inspection it would appear that the jar can contain five of these layers plus smaller intermediate layers between each pair of layers, and since the jar is tapered at the top and bottom there will be smaller layers above the uppermost layer and below the lowermost layer - thus six intermediate layers.
The intermediate layers would adopt a 2-3-4-3** configuration for 12 marbles per layer.
This gives a total of 5×14+6×12=142 marbles (or the smaller alternative* of 125 marbles)
Another visual inspection indicates that the marbles do not appear to have been placed in an HCP lattice, so we can ignore all this and just make a random guess

*Alternatively a 1-4-3-4-1 configuration for the main layers would only give only 13 marbles per layer, and would allow a 2-3-2-3 configuration for intermediate layers of 10 marbles each, which gives a total of 5×13+6×10=125 marbles

**The intermediate layers can extend beyond the main layers as long they do not extend beyond the constraining inner wall of the glass jar.


The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.

*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).


TerraMoore posted Mon, 03 June 2024 at 7:48 AM

Tier 1: 95

Tier 2: 73

Tier 3: 147

APlusDesign posted Mon, 03 June 2024 at 8:56 AM

Tier 1: 145
Tier 2: 250
Tier 3: 354

@3dcheapskate OMG you've got an entire system. I'm not that fancy I just counted what I saw and then elaborated a bit! :D

antony1 posted Tue, 04 June 2024 at 3:31 AM

tier 1: 54

tier 2: 96

tier 3: 144

3dcheapskate posted Tue, 04 June 2024 at 5:39 AM

APlusDesign posted at 8:56 AM Mon, 3 June 2024 - #4485614

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@3dcheapskate OMG you've got an entire system. I'm not that fancy I just counted what I saw and then elaborated a bit! :D

:o)



Edit: darn it, only one post a day and I didn't include today's guess... :oD

The 3Dcheapskate* occasionally posts sensible stuff. Usually by accident.
And it usually uses Poser 11, with units set to inches. Except when it's using Poser 6 or PP2014, or when its units are set to PNU.

*also available in ShareCG, DAZ, and HiveWire3D flavours (the DeviantArt and CGBytes flavour have been discontinued).


TerraMoore posted Tue, 04 June 2024 at 7:48 AM

Tier 1: 93

Tier 2: 72

Tier 3: 144

June6376 posted Tue, 04 June 2024 at 11:44 PM

Tier 1: 110

Tier 2: 50

Tier 3: 125

antony1 posted Wed, 05 June 2024 at 2:09 AM

tier 1: 55

tier 2: 97

tier 3: 145

TerraMoore posted Wed, 05 June 2024 at 7:56 AM

Tier 1: 83

Tier 2: 62

Tier 3: 141

APlusDesign posted Wed, 05 June 2024 at 9:14 AM

Tier 1: 132
Tier 2: 267
Tier 3: 289

@3dcheapskate Don't worry, there is always tomorrow! :)

June6376 posted Wed, 05 June 2024 at 11:34 PM

Tier 1: 121

Tier 2: 51

Tier 3: 154

antony1 posted Thu, 06 June 2024 at 2:42 AM

tier 1: 56

tier 2: 98

tier 3: 146

TerraMoore posted Thu, 06 June 2024 at 7:49 AM

Tier 1: 85

Tier 2: 61

Tier 3: 139


APlusDesign posted Thu, 06 June 2024 at 9:18 AM

Tier 1: 202
Tier 2: 316
Tier 3: 402

June6376 posted Thu, 06 June 2024 at 5:04 PM

Tier 1: 130

Tier 2: 54

Tier 3: 145

Giana posted Thu, 06 June 2024 at 5:14 PM

Tier 1 is 131

antony1 posted Fri, 07 June 2024 at 2:48 AM

tier 1: 57

tier 2: 99

tier 3: 147

APlusDesign posted Fri, 07 June 2024 at 7:39 AM

Tier 1: 108
Tier 2: 194
Tier 3: 236

TerraMoore posted Fri, 07 June 2024 at 12:24 PM

Tier 1: 87

Tier 2: 65

Tier 3: 138

June6376 posted Fri, 07 June 2024 at 10:10 PM

Tier 1: 124

Tier 2: 56

Tier 3: 148

antony1 posted Sat, 08 June 2024 at 12:32 AM

tier 1: 58

tier 2: 100

tier 3: 148

TerraMoore posted Sat, 08 June 2024 at 10:09 AM

Tier 1: 82

Tier 2: 64

Tier 3: 133

June6376 posted Sat, 08 June 2024 at 8:03 PM

Tier 1: 133

Tier 2: 68

Tier 3: 149

antony1 posted Sun, 09 June 2024 at 3:57 AM

tier 1: 59

tier 2: 101

tier 3: 149

TerraMoore posted Sun, 09 June 2024 at 1:22 PM

Tier 1: 86

Tier 2: 66

Tier 3: 137

APlusDesign posted Sun, 09 June 2024 at 9:29 PM

Tier 1: 193
Tier 2: 217
Tier 3: 289

RedPhantom posted Sun, 09 June 2024 at 10:50 PM Online Now! Site Admin

Tier 1: 578349573905365
Tier 2: 928562875612876
Tier 3: 09879834287641784627562895716295716238746

Do I need to add the commas?

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antony1 posted Mon, 10 June 2024 at 1:39 AM

tier 1: 60

tier 2:102

tier 3: 150

TerraMoore posted Mon, 10 June 2024 at 7:51 AM

Tier 1: 89

Tier 2: 68

Tier 3: 132

APlusDesign posted Mon, 10 June 2024 at 10:26 AM

Tier 1: 152
Tier 2: 174
Tier 3: 193

antony1 posted Tue, 11 June 2024 at 4:15 AM

tier 1: 61

ter 2: 103

tier 3: 151

TerraMoore posted Tue, 11 June 2024 at 7:55 AM

Tier 1: 91

Tier 2: 69

Tier 3: 134

antony1 posted Wed, 12 June 2024 at 1:51 AM

tier 1: 62

tier 2: 104

tier 3: 152

TerraMoore posted Wed, 12 June 2024 at 7:10 AM

Tier 1: 94

Tier 2: 60

Tier 3: 130

APlusDesign posted Wed, 12 June 2024 at 8:36 AM

Tier 1: 94
Tier 2: 139
Tier 3: 182

ashleyb posted Wed, 12 June 2024 at 2:52 PM

Tier 1: 91

Tier 2: 64

Tier 3: 131







antony1 posted Thu, 13 June 2024 at 3:04 AM

tier 1: 63

tier 2:105

tier 3: 153

APlusDesign posted Thu, 13 June 2024 at 12:17 PM

Tier 1: 92
Tier 2: 156
Tier 3: 207

TerraMoore posted Thu, 13 June 2024 at 6:09 PM

Tier 1: 80

Tier 2: 74

Tier 3: 136

antony1 posted Fri, 14 June 2024 at 3:44 AM

tier 1: 64

tier 2: 106

tier 3: 154

TerraMoore posted Fri, 14 June 2024 at 7:18 AM

Tier 1: 96

Tier 2: 75

Tier 3: 140

APlusDesign posted Fri, 14 June 2024 at 9:01 AM

Tier 1: 149
Tier 2: 175
Tier 3: 206

Jade-dragen posted Fri, 14 June 2024 at 12:02 PM

Tier 1:  94

Tier 2:  122

Tier 3:  148

antony1 posted Sat, 15 June 2024 at 1:09 AM

tier 1: 66

tier 2: 107

tier 3: 155

TerraMoore posted Sat, 15 June 2024 at 10:32 AM

Tier 1: 97 

Tier 2: 76

Tier 3: 148

Jade-dragen posted Sat, 15 June 2024 at 8:01 PM

Tier 1:  74

Tier 2:  127

Tier 3:  182

APlusDesign posted Sat, 15 June 2024 at 9:31 PM

Tier 1: 78
Tier 2: 92
Tier 3: 157

antony1 posted Sun, 16 June 2024 at 1:53 AM

tier 1: 67

tier 2:108

tier 3: 156

TerraMoore posted Sun, 16 June 2024 at 9:21 AM

Tier 1: 98

Tier 2: 77

Tier 3: 149

antony1 posted Mon, 17 June 2024 at 6:26 AM

tier 1: 68

tier 2: 109

tier 3: 157

TerraMoore posted Mon, 17 June 2024 at 7:13 AM

Tier 1: 99

Tier 2: 78

Tier 3: 150

APlusDesign posted Mon, 17 June 2024 at 9:07 AM

Tier 1: 81

Tier 2: 107 

Tier 3: 169

antony1 posted Tue, 18 June 2024 at 3:51 AM

tier 1: 69

tier 2: 110

tier 3: 158

TerraMoore posted Tue, 18 June 2024 at 7:05 AM

Tier 1: 79

Tier 2: 58

Tier 3: 129

APlusDesign posted Tue, 18 June 2024 at 9:05 PM

Tier 1: 96
Tier 2: 139
Tier 3: 190

antony1 posted Wed, 19 June 2024 at 5:16 AM

tier 1: 70

tier 2: 111

tier 3: 159

TerraMoore posted Wed, 19 June 2024 at 7:08 AM

Tier 1: 78

Tier 2: 57

Tier 3: 128

APlusDesign posted Wed, 19 June 2024 at 10:12 AM

Tier 1: 102
Tier 2: 195
Tier 3: 283

antony1 posted Thu, 20 June 2024 at 2:05 AM

tier 1: 71

tier 2: 112

tier 3: 160

TerraMoore posted Thu, 20 June 2024 at 7:08 AM

Tier 1: 77

Tier 2: 56

Tier 3: 127

APlusDesign posted Thu, 20 June 2024 at 9:18 AM

Tier 1: 83
Tier 2: 143
Tier 3: 273

PandaB5 posted Fri, 21 June 2024 at 1:03 AM

Tier 1: 112

Tier 2: 97

Tier 3: 142 made up of 68 marbles and 74 rocks



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antony1 posted Fri, 21 June 2024 at 2:32 AM

tier 1: 72

tier 2: 113

tier 3: 161

TerraMoore posted Fri, 21 June 2024 at 7:17 AM

Tier 1: 76

Tier 2: 55

Tier 3: 126

APlusDesign posted Fri, 21 June 2024 at 10:19 AM

Tier 1: 72
Tier 2: 91
Tier 3: 152

antony1 posted Sat, 22 June 2024 at 2:41 AM

tier 1: 73

tier 2:114

tirt 3: 162

TerraMoore posted Sat, 22 June 2024 at 10:47 AM

Tier 1: 100

Tier 2: 79

Tier 3: 151

APlusDesign posted Sat, 22 June 2024 at 3:35 PM

Tier 1: 64
Tier 2: 88
Tier 3: 173

antony1 posted Sun, 23 June 2024 at 3:10 AM

tier 1: 75

tier 2: 115

tier 3: 163

TerraMoore posted Sun, 23 June 2024 at 10:00 AM

Tier 1: 101

Tier 2: 80

Tier 3: 152

APlusDesign posted Sun, 23 June 2024 at 11:03 AM

Tier 1: 81
Tier 2: 95
Tier 3: 137

antony1 posted Mon, 24 June 2024 at 4:18 AM

tier 1: 103

tier 2: 116

tier 3: 164

TerraMoore posted Mon, 24 June 2024 at 7:04 AM

Tier 1: 102

Tier 2: 81

Tier 3: 153

APlusDesign posted Mon, 24 June 2024 at 8:59 AM

Tier 1: 56
Tier 2: 110
Tier 3: 138

antony1 posted Tue, 25 June 2024 at 3:12 AM

tier 1: 104

tier 2: 117

tierr 3: 165

TerraMoore posted Tue, 25 June 2024 at 7:08 AM

Tier 1: 103

Tier 2: 82

Tier 3: 154

APlusDesign posted Tue, 25 June 2024 at 10:26 AM

Tier 1: 79
Tier 2: 146
Tier 3: 163

antony1 posted Wed, 26 June 2024 at 2:55 AM

tier 1: 105

tier 2: 118

tier 3: 166

TerraMoore posted Wed, 26 June 2024 at 7:11 AM

Tier 1: 104

Tier 2: 83

Tier 3: 155

APlusDesign posted Wed, 26 June 2024 at 9:38 AM

Tier 1: 75
Tier 2: 102
Tier 3: 153

antony1 posted Thu, 27 June 2024 at 5:13 AM

tier 1: 106

tier 2: 119

tier 3: 167

TerraMoore posted Thu, 27 June 2024 at 7:12 AM

Tier 1: 105

Tier 2: 84

Tier 3: 156

APlusDesign posted Thu, 27 June 2024 at 10:11 AM

Tier 1: 71
Tier 2: 89
Tier 3: 131

antony1 posted Fri, 28 June 2024 at 2:54 AM

tier 1: 107

tier 2: 120

tier 3: 168

TerraMoore posted Fri, 28 June 2024 at 7:21 AM

Tier 1: 75

Tier 2: 54
Tier 3: 125

APlusDesign posted Fri, 28 June 2024 at 9:12 AM

Tier 1: 71
Tier 2: 159
Tier 3: 209

antony1 posted Sat, 29 June 2024 at 3:50 AM

tier 1: 109

tier 2: 121

tier 3: 169

FirstBastion posted Sat, 29 June 2024 at 7:45 AM

Tier 1: 163

Tier 2: 163

Tier 3: 263

TerraMoore posted Sat, 29 June 2024 at 10:18 AM

Tier 1: 74

Tier 2: 53

Tier 3: 124

APlusDesign posted Sat, 29 June 2024 at 2:48 PM

Tier 1: 84
Tier 2: 158
Tier 3: 228

FirstBastion posted Sat, 29 June 2024 at 8:04 PM

Tier 1: 164

Tier 2: 189

Tier 3: 287

antony1 posted Sun, 30 June 2024 at 2:05 AM

tier 1: 111

tier 2: 122

tier 3: 170

TerraMoore posted Sun, 30 June 2024 at 9:58 AM

Tier 1: 73

Tier 2: 52

Tier 3: 123

APlusDesign posted Sun, 30 June 2024 at 12:35 PM

Tier 1: 96
Tier 2: 149
Tier 3: 263

antony1 posted Mon, 01 July 2024 at 1:24 AM

tier 1: 113

tier 2: 123

tier 3: 171

FirstBastion posted Mon, 01 July 2024 at 6:32 AM

Tier 1: 164

Tier 2: 163

Tier 3: 327

TerraMoore posted Mon, 01 July 2024 at 9:54 AM

Tier 1: 106

Tier 2: 85

Tier 3: 156

APlusDesign posted Mon, 01 July 2024 at 11:17 AM

Tier 1: 129
Tier 2: 174
Tier 3: 276

Wolfenshire posted Mon, 01 July 2024 at 5:53 PM Site Admin

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Entries as of this post: 118


Carnival is over. Thanks for playing.


Final Answer: Tier 1 = 160 marbles, Tier 2 = 156 rocks, Tier 3 = 120 marbles, 142 rocks (262 combined)

Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader