lovemachine said:

I don't cheat.

gemini13 said:

me neither. And i can't see how doing it with 2 names would help, as it would be blatant that's what you're doing (and you get different questions each time).

No cheating - just sore losing.

what's the difference between third and ninth spot???


something about hummers and head

I got 10 of 10 This is my best test score so far

i'm happy and everything for you supa but didn't you read the top post???
you weren't supposed to knock me out of the top ten!

emm said:

I sucked at the other quizzes so chances are you'll be back in no time

And I had no idea until right now that you got graded on the time! Guess I should read these things huh?

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damn it when you actually have to read the questions it really slows you down



and i still guessed at two wrong

emm said:

Same here.

Back of the net!!!

mdiver said:

emm said:

Sorry emm but I am way behind (I missed 5 games) I NEED this win, but I am open to challengers

Give it your best

Hey, i finally realised how the scoring system works each day.

TheFrog said:

It still kinda confuses me. lol.

CarrieMpls said:

the scores on the right are just used for calculating the points on the left which get added to the total.

but i never thought about how the scores on the right are calculated, and it's just: Basic Score - Number of Seconds Taken.

So...

10 right = basic score of 1,000
9 right = basic score of 900
8 right = basic score of 800
...
and so on.

Then from that basic score, the number of seconds it takes you to answer are deducted.

So, 10 answers right in 46 seconds = 1,000 - 46 = 954.




And if you're unlucky enough to have lots of people beating you by one or two seconds (or even getting the same score in the same time but doing the competition later than you) then the points you get plummet, despite being very close. Hence (I guess) Fauxie's complaint earlier in this thread that he got the same score only two seconds slower than the winner but getting only 8 points.

I think that's right - and I think that it's "the later the better" in the event of a dead heat, but i may be wrong (maybe it's the earlier the better, or in alphabetical order, i can't remember...)

TheFrog said:

a-ha! I get it now. Thanks.

CarrieMpls said:

you are welcome!

i guess getting it right is the most important thing.

TheFrog said:

Good work man

Although the same score/time and score number yet different points awarded bugs the hell outa me. I think later is better in the case of a dead heat.

I think that what you described just denotes your position though. The actual points you get at the end of the day is determined by the number of people you beat or by the number of people who participate. I sat looking at this the last week but got bored before I worked it out.

TheFrog said:

Nope, understanding what you are up against. I think someone today scored 10 but took so long they are behing some nines in the points list.

Shit, sorry, I think I am becoming too y

The speed thing - listen. One round i managed to complete it in 26 seconds.

Did i cheat? Nope.

Am i a quick reader? Yep.

But more importantly - I was lucky with the questions that day. None was more than a single sentence long, and i knew the answers instantly.

Today, for example, I completed it in around 1 minute. The reason it took longer is because I had two questions which actually took more than a few seconds to read, and I had to think about 1 of the answers (it was about the initials standing for an American airport, which needed a bit of common sense reasoning - but that takes time).

It's all about the cards you get dealt.

PREDOMINANT said:

Well, yep. If you get 10 questions right but take over 100 seconds to do it, then you're already in 9 questions right territory, assuming they didn't take as long.

But I do think trying to go too quickly, and risking mis-reading a question might be a mistake, when 100 points are at stake (rather than a few points for a few seconds).

But then it depends how others do.

See - today, because I need to catch Carrie up in the overall tables, I am far more concerned about people who get their points between Carrie and I, than i am about people who beat both Carrie and I. Because the latter will have no effect on the overall score. If you see what i mean.

actually, i'm wrong on that last point, because the number of people participating each day has an effect on the number of points each participant gets, and this can have an effect the number of points each participant gets comparitively, i think.

TheFrog said:

It totally does. The more people who participate, the more points those on top get. But the number in between 2 people makes a huge difference too.








And you'll never catch me, Froggy.

CarrieMpls said:

CarrieMpls said:

I just said that, jees, sometimes I think I am invisible.

PS I will never catch either of you after my 5 day abstinance

It's all about October for me

PREDOMINANT said:

whoops. sorry.


And I think the only reason I'm on top is I may be the only person who hasn't missed a day yet this month. Persistance. Or boredom.

CarrieMpls said:

Now don't be so modest. I was looking at the scoreboard yesterday and you have never won but are in first place, I think that is admirable, and a mark of great consistency

This is bullshit.

There's currently a three-way tie, we should all be FIRST!!!!

gemini13 said:

I fell foul of this last week too I got beaten by 5 points in the end by someone with exactly the same score, I would glady swap place if it would make you happier

That answers the question then Frog, first to achieve the score stays on top.

POSTDOMINANT said: