Who will be Contestant A in Nash Pit Episode 2? (Add yourself!)

Question

Nash Pit Episode 2 is in the works! See the rules here.

To put yourself in the running, add an @ handle as an answer to this market. If I wanted to add myself, it would look like: @Quroe

After doing that, comment your @ handle in the comments with nothing else in that comment, much like the market answer format. Anybody may add anybody to the market answers. Only 1 comment made by the person it's nominating, and only 1 market (that can be made by anybody) per person is valid. (Making a comment with the @ handle of somebody else for nomination won't work -- it must be by you and for you. You or others may reply to comments to rally support as you wish. Regular, normal commenting is also okay.)

At the start of the show, a designated coin (or any other D2-dice-like object or program) will be flipped to determine which Contestant will be chosen first, A or B.

The most liked comment that follows the above instructions (with a corresponding market answer following those instructions) will be nominated to be Contestant A if they...

have a Manifold account, AND

are not Manifold staff (ie someone who can print mana at will), AND

are not already an active Contestant, AND

are willing AND able to participate, AND

will ante Ṁ1,000 OR will be sponsored/loaned their ante on the spot, AND

accept their offer to become a Contestant within 24 hours of the offer being extended.

will work with me to determine a date and time The Big Reveal will take place. (See the rules for further information on what The Big Reveal is.)

If they fail to accept the offer within the time frame, then the next valid comment will be selected, cycling through this process until we find a Contestant. I may lock in the top 3 to 10 most liked Nominees before the game show begins at a time of my discretion to prevent like-flipping during failed selection iterations. Plan for the human factor here, but I will try to lock in as late as possible, and I will try to communicate efficiently.

I am waiting for a currently unspecified trigger event to occur before I begin the show and begin choosing Contestants. The current market close date is just a placeholder.

If nobody puts their name here by the as-yet unspecified deadline, or if I run out of nominations, then for the next 24 hours, the first person to reply, "I volunteer as tribute!" to my comment asking for volunteers becomes the Contestant.

I can modify this market description in its self-evident spirit if I think it will make the process smoother.

I can trade in this market.

Market for Contestant B:

(https://manifold.markets/embed/Quroe/who-will-be-contestant-b-in-nash-pi)Nash Pit Dashboard: https://manifold.markets/news/nash-pit-episode-2

Update 2025-11-19 (PST) (✅ Market Creator approved AI summary of creator comment): If the creator meets the condition of being "dead or detained" as outlined in a linked reference, this market and its companion market for Contestant B may be resolved by a moderator to "The show doesn't happen."

Manifold Markets · Answer

Per Manifold Markets prediction market, @realTomBayes, followed by The show doesn't happen. and Other are most likely. See the market for live updates (6 traders, as of Jun 22, 2026).