OT: Mystical Ball

Hey Jude · Post by **Hey Jude** » Apr 22nd, '05, 13:55

Someone just sent me this link www.mysticalball.com and it's driving me crazy, I can't figure out how it works.....ok, I admit I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box when it comes to this stuff, but I know there has to be a logical/mathematical reason as to how it works, I just don't know what it is.....help!

Post by **SkiDork** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:19

link doesn't work for me

Hey Jude · Post by **Hey Jude** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:22

ok, I fixed it now.....there was a rogue comma in the link.....i'm just so out of it today!

MarieM · Post by **MarieM** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:24

I am dying for someone to tell how this works!

Mister Moose · Post by **Mister Moose** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:29

The answers are always the same group:

0, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54. 63, 72, 81

The symbols change every time so you are less likely to recognize the pattern, but the symbols for the above series are always the same, so it doesn't matter what two digit number you pick.

BoozeTan · Post by **BoozeTan** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:30

you beat me to the punch moose..I was just about top say the same thing...I believe this came up once before in here also...

Cityskier · Post by **Cityskier** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:30

If you notice, each time you try the game, the list of symbols changes. Using the formula they give you, for each set of ten numbers you get the same answer.

For example, for all numbers from 10 to 19, adding the digits and subtracting from the original number is always going = 9

for 20 to 29, the answer will always be 18.

for 30 to 39, the answer will always be 27 and so on. Always a multiple of 9.

The symbols change each time you try, but the multiples of 9 (9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, etc. are always the same symbol in each round.

MarieM · Post by **MarieM** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:41

Thanks - had a friend send me something similar, but the choices were a lot more limited, so I figured it out quickly. Didn't want to stay on that site too long here at work. :)

Hey Jude · Post by **Hey Jude** » Apr 22nd, '05, 14:49

I still don't get it.....have to go home and put my blonde wig on........

KingsFourMan · Post by **KingsFourMan** » Apr 22nd, '05, 17:39

Hey Jude wrote:I still don't get it.....have to go home and put my blonde wig on........

There are only 14 possible numbers that you can come up with using this formula. all 14 of those numbers will always have the same symbol on the chart thou the symbols change each time you reset.

i knew an engineering degree would come in handy someday.

Edit - OK, make that 9 possible numbers using that formula. so I smoked a lot of pot studying for that engineering degree.

MarieM · Post by **MarieM** » Apr 22nd, '05, 17:48

Hey Jude wrote:I still don't get it.....have to go home and put my blonde wig on........

"I resemble that remark!"

Skibumtress · Post by **Skibumtress** » Apr 22nd, '05, 19:03

BoozeTan wrote:you beat me to the punch moose..I was just about top say the same thing...I believe this came up once before in here also...

Yup, I posted it a while ago.