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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby Symmetry on Wed May 22, 2019 10:51 pm

Dukasaur wrote:You jokers deserve each other.


Honestly, Duk, you have a very weirdly distorted sense of history. I get that you believe it, but accept that the critics of your behaviour have the heft of historical truth sometimes when they offer comment.

Up to you really at this point, but people will point out when you get stuff wrong and you should accept that.
the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein
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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby Keefie on Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:01 am

The downside to this scoring system is that it encourages minimal participation. Once you have a decent score on the board, you have no incentive to continue. In fact playing more games could be to your detriment.
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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby Dukasaur on Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:24 am

Keefie wrote:The downside to this scoring system is that it encourages minimal participation. Once you have a decent score on the board, you have no incentive to continue. In fact playing more games could be to your detriment.

That's absolutely true.

On the other hand, we often get accused of having Challenges that are spamfests, where people who can play a thousand games (no matter how badly) will come out on top, while people who have a job have no chance.

That's why I insist that the scoring formula must be different every month. We keep switching it up for different tastes, 1000-game maniacs and 1-game ponderers and everything in between.
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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby hotfire on Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:13 am

so are 2 and 3 and 5 and 6 tied?
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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby Dukasaur on Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:50 am

hotfire wrote:so are 2 and 3 and 5 and 6 tied?


Tie broken.

And I beat josko, which is really the only meaningful goal on this site nowadays. :D
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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby GaryDenton on Fri Jun 14, 2019 1:40 am

Love the write-up, love the variety of games, love the scoring system.

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Re: May Challenge -- April Showers Bring May Flowers

Postby groovysmurf on Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:33 pm

All medals/awards have been issued. Thanks to all who participated and to Dukasaur for a wonderful idea!
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