loz Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I have been thinking about the scoring of the quizzes and think it may be better to do away with the bonus participation point and just order the standings on average score. If you look at the table as it stands You can see that it is practically impossible for someone joining now to get anywhere near the top of the table as an excessive amount of a person's overall score is the participation bonus rather than the average score for correct answers. So what I was thinking was just dropping the participation bonus. Obviously this means if somebody just participated for one week and got 10 out of 10 they would jump straight to the top of the table however this would even itself out over time assuming they began to enter submissions on a regular basis. I would do something along the lines of what I already doing and only put people in the table if they have submitted scores in the past 3 weeks meaning that if someone entered once, got 10 and then never entered again they would not sit at the top of the table indefinitely. Anyone got any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruh Buh Juh Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) As a new comer, how about an extra 66 bonus points for participation for me? :blink: But I do like that idea, sounds fair to me (Y)...probably won't sound fair to Geezer but no matter... Edited December 13, 2008 by Ruh Buh Juh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Should have posted this in the main post. This is how the table would currently look if I went down the alternative scoring route So it would put G4 at the top but I wouldn't worry about that, he is as reliable as the withdrawal technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Ruh Buh Juh - ignore the fact that your points appear to have changed in the 2nd table - that is because you sent in answers to quiz 10 already. Also I would just remove the total points column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruh Buh Juh Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Ruh Buh Juh - ignore the fact that your points appear to have changed in the 2nd table - that is because you sent in answers to quiz 10 already Ahh I see. Treating the quizzes as a pub quiz.You've gotta get straight in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkw Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 you know what, ive totally missed theses quizes. i normally press page down as soon as i go on a forum and completely missed them. ill start now, im sure ill catch up fairly quickly.... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddoo Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Whats the withdrawal technique ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 Whats the withdrawal technique ? Don't ask me - I have two children meaning I never mastered it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalpitv Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I like the new table. It takes me closer to the top. And I think we can do away with the 'total points' column, it serves no purpose and I've never understood how it's a total?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I am under Geezer in both tables! When do I get to be on top of Geezer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loz Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 When somebody agrees to give you a leg up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 Basing the tabloe on the average score is absolutely the way to go otherwise I'd get too dizzy being on top of the table every week just because I'm sad enough to participate every week. Interesting point made by dkw. Maybe you should think of a way to highlight the quiz to everyone who visits this site because it's likely there will be others who are not aware of its existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mac Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Not sure about someone who's come in and played one game being on top of the League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moi Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Me neither! My first thought was , "If I can't be on top of Geezer, I don't want anyone else on top of him!" But then I saw it was G4, and it's so nice to see him back that I decided it was OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PloKoon13 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Don't ask me - I have two children meaning I never mastered it! How do you nominate quotes for that little quote bar at the bottom of the page again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 How do you nominate quotes for that little quote bar at the bottom of the page again? You mean this here? http://www.theshedend.com/index.php?showtopic=8384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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