New game workshopping and brainstorming

Cheers guys, think we have a goer then!

Based on what Deja said I think I'll flip the scores around so high scores are better. The detail may be messy but it'll be easy to understand once it's running, I think!

Right, I've a month to come up with the questions, easy!

I'm sure no-one really cares but... I think I'll score it as 10 - 10*abs(score-av.score)/SD
That way a perfect answer scores 10, better answers get higher scores and really bad answers get negative scores (sod the christmas spirit, mwah-ha-ha!)

Redone examples (with proper averages this time aaron!)

Example one - average answer 1 million
Player | Guess | Score
A | 1,060,000 | 8.3
B | 1,000,000 | 10.0
C | 310,000 | -10.1
D | 1,160,000 | 5.3
E | 1,490,000 | -4.3
F | 1,160,000 | 5.3
G | 960,000 | 8.8
H | 1,350,000 | -0.2
I | 820,000 | 4.8
J | 980,000 | 9.4
K | 1,060,000 | 8.3
L | 840,000 | 5.3
M | 600,000 | -1.7
N | 420,000 | -6.9
O | 1,090,000 | 7.4
P | 970,000 | 9.1
Q | 1,130,000 | 6.2
R | 770,000 | 3.3
S | 1,840,000 | -14.5
T | 990,000 | 9.7

Example two - average answer 10
Player | Guess | Score
A | 15 | 0.2
B | 2 | -5.7
C | 12 | 6.1
D | 6 | 2.2
E | 6 | 2.2
F | 10 | 10.0
G | 8 | 6.1
H | 11 | 8.0
I | 21 | -11.5
J | 8 | 6.1
K | 12 | 6.1
L | 12 | 6.1
M | 9 | 8.0
N | 17 | -3.7
O | 16 | -1.7
P | 4 | -1.7
Q | 12 | 6.1
R | 3 | -3.7
S | 13 | 4.1
T | 3 | -3.7

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

...That way a perfect answer scores 10, better answers get higher scores and really bad answers get negative scores (sod the christmas spirit, mwah-ha-ha!)

Grinch baaannnnned!*






*but not really

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=115137057#post115137057

Deja Boo wrote: »

Does anyone know of a sheepulator that is Chromebook compatible?
...and without access to Excel (only Google Sheets).

I'll look into this.




Edit:
Starting point.

Has a tournament for best Christmas film been done before, if so did Die Hard win if not someone should do to coincide with best Christmas song

If neither nerco or omackrael bite, i'll do it

Had an idea for a new kind of Walrus game. It would be a weekly competition with the category changing each week. Users post their own song in the thread (with an optional few sentences to why they choose it). The song with the most thanks at the end of the week wins. The winner chooses the song category for the next week.

Weekly Walrus I call it, inspired I know. What do you think, any suggestions? Perhaps thanks not the best way to judge the winner but I can't think of a better one.

tusk wrote: »

LOVE IT.

could just do it the way the other persistent games go. i.e, you start and your winner goes next with their category and so on

Yes that was the plan

ShaneU wrote: »

Had an idea for a new kind of Walrus game. It would be a weekly competition with the category changing each week. Users post their own song in the thread (with an optional few sentences to why they choose it). The song with the most thanks at the end of the week wins. The winner chooses the song category for the next week.

Weekly Walrus I call it, inspired I know. What do you think, any suggestions? Perhaps thanks not the best way to judge the winner but I can't think of a better one.

I think it sounds good.

Use thanks! Thats what its there for, I used it in the ms paint tournament and it works fine.. you can thank more than one if you can't choose between them and in the even of a draw the cat chooser decides the winner.

Sounds like a good idea Shane

One thing I'd consider is still having entries by PM, with a very tight deadline (maybe 24hrs)

The reason I say it is that I think it's better if all the songs land at once. Otherwise, say Person A puts a song up, people listen and like it, then two days later person B sticks one up, they're at a disadvantage I think...?

Also, then it's anonymous, which is fairer on Trig


(only joking Trig, but you were the last post!)