Awhuxlb.167 net.misc utzoo!decvax!duke!chico!harpo!whuxlb!nrf Fri Feb 19 00:25:02 1982 Re: This is not a chain letter this is really a matter of game theory - an individual thinking clearly would realize that they could make their own list of friends/relatives and insert it into the pyramid at any point. by rotating the position of the various relatives, it is possible to evenly distribute the gains (for a given tree depth).