TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
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Re: TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
And now for our Bizarro World scoring using standard scoring rules:
32. ZachTheRiah 61
31. spell4yr 56
30. jkbrat 53
28. Lumosityfan 50
28. oduguy22 50
27. Magna 49
26. lindap 48
25. clprez 47
23. Blue Lion 45
23. 9021amyers 45
20. flutist319 44
20. econgator 44
20. geolawyerman 44
18. immaf 43
18. Tybalteon 43
14. badgerfellow 42
14.Aunt_Ija 42
14. ElendilPickle 42
14. MarkBarrett 42
12. merica 41
12.quarterrican 41
11. macrae1234 39
10. totebags 38
9. xxaaaxx 37
7.artshep 36
7. Bamaman 36
5. dhkendall 35
5. AleBelly 35
4. pauerpoint 32
3. gamawire 31
2. Peachbox 30
1. Vintsanity 25
32. ZachTheRiah 61
31. spell4yr 56
30. jkbrat 53
28. Lumosityfan 50
28. oduguy22 50
27. Magna 49
26. lindap 48
25. clprez 47
23. Blue Lion 45
23. 9021amyers 45
20. flutist319 44
20. econgator 44
20. geolawyerman 44
18. immaf 43
18. Tybalteon 43
14. badgerfellow 42
14.Aunt_Ija 42
14. ElendilPickle 42
14. MarkBarrett 42
12. merica 41
12.quarterrican 41
11. macrae1234 39
10. totebags 38
9. xxaaaxx 37
7.artshep 36
7. Bamaman 36
5. dhkendall 35
5. AleBelly 35
4. pauerpoint 32
3. gamawire 31
2. Peachbox 30
1. Vintsanity 25
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Re: TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
Thank you, woof! This was a really, really fun game!! Let's do it again!
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gg guys
I wish I could attribute my first TD victory to anything other than extremely good luck. I don't know how I managed to avoid SHEEPing even once. I could have just as easily SHEEPed over half the questions.
I wish I could attribute my first TD victory to anything other than extremely good luck. I don't know how I managed to avoid SHEEPing even once. I could have just as easily SHEEPed over half the questions.
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Re: TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
Congrats! That was an interesting TD format. Hope to find another one like that on here again!Vintsanity wrote:gg guys
I wish I could attribute my first TD victory to anything other than extremely good luck. I don't know how I managed to avoid SHEEPing even once. I could have just as easily SHEEPed over half the questions.
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Re: TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
Ooh, I like the standard scoring better!Woof wrote:And now for our Bizarro World scoring using standard scoring rules:
3. gamawire 31
2. Peachbox 30
1. Vintsanity 25
Either way - thanks for the fun game, Woof, and congrats to Vintsanity for a stellar performance.
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Thanks for a great game - a very enjoyable format that screws with one's mind even more than a regular TD.
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Re: TD 3...2...1: Countdown (to MDMA?)
I should also be included as bowing out after round 9. I'm just saying.
Teems with quiet fun.
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Thanks, that was different and fun!
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Thanks Woof!
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Oops! Right you are, immaf. Now corrected, which makes you good for 10th place in the scoring system. Sorry 'bout the omission.immaf wrote:I should also be included as bowing out after round 9. I'm just saying.
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Very enjoyable game, Woof! In spite of my early departure, I loved your clever variation on the rules of Think Different.
Congrats, too, to the podium finishers. Well done! (Full disclosure: Aunt_Ija is my wonderful wife)
Congrats, too, to the podium finishers. Well done! (Full disclosure: Aunt_Ija is my wonderful wife)
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Thanks, Woof. I liked the twist and will take the "almost 2nd place" since I was eliminated early. Ooh if I could have just had another singleton!
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Yeah, you were one of the more interesting cases: you were eliminated early on, but were among the leaders right up until the end.Peachbox wrote:Thanks, Woof. I liked the twist and will take the "almost 2nd place" since I was eliminated early. Ooh if I could have just had another singleton!
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TD 321 postmortem
Being a stats geek, I ran a few numbers on this new scoring system of mine. FWIW, here are my findings in case anyone else might be interested in such arcana:
As can be seen, the number of people with one SHEEP response stayed remarkably constant from round to round until very late in the game (8+/- 2). This tells me that we had a "steady state" equilibrium, with about the same number of players being eliminated via a second SHEEP as those who got their first SHEEP. The second noteworthy trend was the near constant number of people eliminated per round (3 +/- 1) until the last two rounds. This worked out very neatly for me since we had 32 entrants and 10 rounds. Clearly, one wouldn't want to have any more rounds in this format unless one could get a substantial increase in the number of entrants. Taken together, these two trends indicate an overall movement of 3 people per round through each of the states. The two grand exceptions are Rounds 1 and 9, for different reasons. I am unsure of whether this number is sensitive to the number of entrants or not.
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Round No SHEEP 1 SHEEP Eliminated
1 24 6 2
2 19 7 6
3 13 10 9
4 10 9 13
5 10 7 15
6 7 8 17
7 4 8 20
8 2 7 23
9 1 2 29
10 1 0 31