Guesstimania 10: Playoff Time

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Re: Guesstimania 10: Playoff Time

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For question 10 (Djokovic), do you want the number of career wins, or 2014 wins?
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For question 9: For example, the 100 meter dash and the 1500-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles... all considered one event, or three events?
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tjconn728 wrote:For question 10 (Djokovic), do you want the number of career wins, or 2014 wins?
Number of career wins.
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Rackme32 wrote:For question 9: For example, the 100 meter dash and the 1500-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles... all considered one event, or three events?
I don't mean number of events like 100m, 110m hurdles. I mean number of events like Basketball, Badminton, Archery, Cycling, Gymnastics, etc.
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Rackme32 wrote:For question 9: For example, the 100 meter dash and the 1500-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles... all considered one event, or three events?
I don't mean number of events like 100m, 110m hurdles. I mean number of events like Basketball, Badminton, Archery, Cycling, Gymnastics, etc.
In Olympic parlance, those are called sports. Events are the actual medal competitions within sports, men's and women's basketball within basketball; singles, doubles, men's, and women's within badminton; 100m, 110m hurdles, etc. within athletics. You may want to change the wording of the question to reflect that.
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Bump. We've got a week left, so make sure to get in your responses quickly!
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Bumping to remind you to get your responses in! I don't even have enough responses to implement the playoff, so make sure to get in your responses quickly!
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Lumosityfan wrote:Bumping to remind you to get your responses in! I don't even have enough responses to implement the playoff, so make sure to get in your responses quickly!
If you'd like to get more people to play your games in the future, maybe try some of the following :

--If you get busy and are delayed in scoring your game, at least post something and let people know what's happening, rather than just ignoring anyone asking when the scoring is going to continue.

--Don't act angry when people ask you to finish scoring your previous game before starting a new one. "Fine, fine, fine! To finish this up, once and for all, I will release the last 4 answers:"

--Maybe do some editing and proofreading on your questions before you post them, to make sure it is clear what is being asked. Players should not have to ask for clarifications on every single question to make sure they know what you're looking for. If you need to, ask on the board if someone would mind looking over the questions for you before they are posted to help catch errors or ambiguities.
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2 more days! Get your entries in before it's too late!
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And we are finished! Thanks to all who participated! Scoring will begin shortly.

Also, due to the small number of participants, I have decided to shrink the playoff size to 6, similar to how the NFL playoffs work: the number one seed and two seed get a bye, while seeds 3-6 will battle it out. Then, the winner of seeds 3-6 will battle the number two seed while the winner of seeds 4-5 will battle the number one seed.
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Question 1: Name the number of players who have been a part of the ATP Top 10 from the year-end rankings of 2009 (including said ranking) to the rankings of September 8, 2014.

The correct answer for this question is: 28

How did our contestants do?

Creed Bratton: 29 (+1)
dougforte: 27 (-1)
dnbguy: 26 (-2)
Rackme32: 33 (+5)
CheezeWhiz: 34 (+6)
psgola: 21 (-7)
dott888: 35 (+7)
TerrHeel: 36 (+8)
Vermonter: 63 (+35)
MarkBarrett: 111 (+83)
Bamaman: 738 (+710)

Standings after Question 1: (Person score)
Creed Bratton 0
dougforte 0
dnbguy 2
Rackme32 3
CheezeWhiz 4
psgola 5
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dott888 5
TerrHeel 7
Vermonter 8
MarkBarrett 9
Bamaman 10
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I'm starting a new Guesstimania game. Send me your answer to the following question by p-mail. Or just post it here.

How long will it take for this game to be scored?
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Bamaman wrote:I'm starting a new Guesstimania game. Send me your answer to the following question by p-mail. Or just post it here.

How long will it take for this game to be scored?
I'm going to try and get this all done by Friday. (Which will mean that the playoff will have to wait until another day. Sorry!)
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Question 2: Name the most amount of gold medals won by a country (whether former or current) (including the United Team) at a single Summer Olympic Games.

The correct answer is: 83!

Results:

Rackme32: PERFECT!
dnbguy: 3 off
dott888: 8 off
MarkBarrett: 12 off
Creed Bratton: 21 off
CheezeWhiz: 24 off
psgola: 27 off
dougforte: 37 off
Vermonter: 41 off
TerrHeel: 53 off
Bamaman: 141 off
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Standings after Question 2:

dnbguy 3
Rackme32 3
Creed Bratton 4
dougforte 7
dott888 7
CheezeWhiz 9
psgola 11
MarkBarrett 12
TerrHeel 16
Vermonter 16
Bamaman 20
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Question 3:

The answer is: 16!

Results:

Rackme32: Perfect
Creed Bratton: Perfect
MarkBarrett: Perfect
psgola: 1 off
CheezeWhiz: 1 off
dougforte: 1 off
Vermonter: 1 off
Bamaman: 1 off
TerrHeel: 2 off
dnbguy: 5 off
dott888: 20 off
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