Petals Around the Rose: Fraternity Register

I puzzled and puzzled till my puzzler was sore. I tried to cheat unsuccessfully and puzzled some more. After repeating the problem approximately 100 times, I finally came up with a solution. It was killing me because I pride myself on my brain teaser abilities.

A wonderful puzzle!

It took me about 20 minutes to figure it out.

Took me about an hour, which includes writing a PERL script to run through algorithms. That was my error, I keyed in on "simple math" not on the name of the game. Looking forward to teaching others.

I got it rather quickly, now I have forwarded it to my highly educated daughter, hoping it will take her awhile.

I was quite perplexed at first . I tried a few times then backed away from it.

Came back determined to define the problem correctly. A fortuitous configuration gave the whole thing away rather quickly then.

Glad that is over with!

I figured it out in about 15 minutes total. It was the story of Bill Gates, more than the die rolls, that tipped me off. Once I read through that it only took me about two rolls to work out the specifics.

I don't get why this is so difficult?! my first guess was correct, as was every subsequent guess.
i must be thick

I have to brag, I had it by the third roll.

It's easier to think of it as a mystery to be solved than a math problem.

I figured this out in one shot but I have no clue about how to register as a member ... so I'm just leaving a note.

Here were my rolls and guesses:

4 1 3 6 5 guess 10 answer 6

Thought about the name. Guessed an algorithm.

6 3 1 1 6 guess 2 answer 2
3 4 2 1 5 guess 6 answer 6

Must be it.

Looked at the bill gates story and the first example and any others I bothered to check agreed with my guess.

"Outside the box ?" Shrug.

Bill Gates is grossly over-rated.

--gh