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WWE Tough Enough 3
RNG Predictions

Compiled by Philip N. Zeman, Editor-in-Chief
10.23.2002

Welcome to ASM's "WWE Tough Enough 3" RNG Predictions! You might be asking yourself, "'RNG'? What's 'RNG'?" Well, we here at ASM believe in numbers, in technology -- things that can be explained by science. We don't, however, believe in spending weeks watching reality shows. Therefore, to use science to predict winners of a show we won't watch -- and therefore, not base our predictions on unreliable things such as feelings and emotions -- we utilize an RNG, a random number generator to predict the winner.

I hear some of you scoffing. Do not mock numbers and technology; without either, there would be no Internet, no World Wide Web, and, therefore, no ASM. See what technology can bring you?

To pick the winners, first, we needed to get a list of contestants. These were taken from http://wwetoughenough.com. So as not to introduce any bias or weighting, these names were written down as presented on the website. Then, our random number generator chose the first person to be cut. That name was removed from the list, and the generator chose the second name, etc. When the list was narrowed down to the final four names, we changed the action of the program. The next two names to be listed were the winners of WWE TE3, not the next two people to be cut. After all, that's how they've done it on the previous two seasons.

Here's how this will work. Every time an episode airs and there have been cuts, we will compare the program to our predicted cuts. Then, a new set of RNG picks will be generated and posted, but rather than replacing the previous set, it will be added to our table. That way, we can see if our RNG system gets "smarter" as time goes on. Also, if there was more than one cut per episode, only one new RNG set will be compiled; the current table is written as though there will be only one cut per episode.

Why would we keep any incorrect picks in the table? Why not destroy the evidence? Well, we want as much statistical data as possible, In addition, we here at ASM have nothing to hide.

We also have nothing to gain, which is good, since we don't expect a high percentage of correct picks....

TE3: Cut #1 Cut #2 Cut #3 Cut #4 Cut #5 Cut #6 Cut #7 Cut #8 Cut #9 Winner #1 Winner #2 Actual: Jill Lisa Chad Rebekah Nick TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Date Cut: 10.24.2002 10.31.2002 11.7.2002 11.14.2002 11.21.2002 TBD TBD TBD TBD N/A N/A RNG Cut #1: Nick RNG Cut #2: Jill Rebekah RNG Cut #3: Lisa Scott Jamie RNG Cut #4: John Jamie Kelly Eric RNG Cut #5: Jonah Chad Jonah Jonah Justin RNG Cut #6: Eric Jonah Rebekah John Matt John RNG Cut #7: Matt Matt Nick Scott John Kelly TBD RNG Cut #8: Justin John Justin Matt Nick Jamie TBD TBD RNG Cut #9: Kelly Eric John Jamie Jonah Matt TBD TBD TBD RNG Winner #1: Rebekah Nick Chad Kelly Jamie Jonah TBD TBD TBD TBD RNG Winner #2: Jamie Kelly Eric Nick Scott Justin TBD TBD TBD TBD Date Generated: 10.23.2002 10.25.2002 11.1.2002 11.8.2002 11.15.2002 11.22.2002 TBD TBD TBD TBD

STATISTICS Total Number of Picks: 52 Total Number of Potential Picks: God, who knows? Number of Correct Picks: 0 Number of Incorrect Picks: All of them Percentage of Correct Picks: 0% Percentage of Incorrect Picks: 100%

Note: Percentages are calculated using the Number of Correct/Incorrect Picks and dividing by Total Number of Potential Picks.

Analysis:
11.22.2002: Yeah. We know....
11.15.2002: What can we say? We suck.
11.8.2002: Wow. We seem to be mired in sucktitude.
11.1.2002: Well, two weeks down, two quitters, and no right picks by the ASM RNG System. Of course, they weren't cut, they quit, so maybe... nah. Let's just chalk it up to sunspots. Yeah, sunspots.