Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament (COMPLETED)

[-Yukari-]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

Pretty cool

I figure if I had been active in the community when I first joined, I could have secured a pretty high spot in this tournament; not a freaking genius at critical thinking, but I'm pretty good, and my scores are better ^_^

You won 'em all :O

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

yup. i think the 2nd of the 3 would make for the best model in a future tournament. weighted values on AAAs as a nerf to FFR skill. as this tournament really should have more weight on the mental aspect than the FFR side.

although, perhaps in a future tournament, the non-mental side could branch out into other games. like rubix's. that would be good too, to give more variety and make it less-FFR-dependent.

[devonin]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

That's a consideration. I'd certainly planned to run tourneys in the future that had nothing to do with playing FFR at all, whether they be purely puzzle/mental based, or branch into playing various online games.

The scoring setup was one of the things I did poorly this time around, though that is mitigated somewhat by the fact that I assigned the point values figuring on 30some people participating every round.

It basically is the case that Rubix had the best scoring system for this kind of game. Set a score for first, deduct X% from each ensuing correct response. It keeps things balanced, and allows for weighting of different rounds in different ways much more easily.

Edit: I'm mostly just glad that even with all the glaring flaws, people are still enjoying this.

[-Yukari-]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

I specifically love the genius of solving an entire puzzle, manipulating the solution to come up with a number, and the number is the ID of the song, which means the round has essentially barely begun at that point. Never gets old getting your PM back confirming a correct result ^_^

[dabigpig]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

I agree with tass. I like the second scoring system best, although im a little biased because of my amazingly bad FFR skills. but that would seem most fair to both ends of the spectrum...and maybe dore will lay an egg somehow and forget to submit so i can come in third

[devonin]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

Everyone who can't catch Tass should be rooting for Tass to win, so the largest number of credits gets split among everyone else *grin*

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

nobody can catch Tass. Tass is the gingerbread man.

[jonathanasdf]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

hehe. If you can't beat them, join them.

Anyhow, I wished I found this earlier. I joined after the 6th puzzle, effectively losing 24 points... :S I could have had a much higher score.

anyways, goodjob Tass. Level 19 in kongregate too..

Woot Pants 2 is ouT!

[dabigpig]

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Sorry jonathan, had to do it.

[jonathanasdf]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

haha don't worry. Its not even an AAA. I can beat that... I hope.

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

actually 27 in kongregate, currently... just haven't updated.

[jonathanasdf]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

hmm... many referrals or many impossible badges? I've gotten most badges cept 4 impossible and 4 hard.

buddy me? user is jonathanasdf.

[Sullyman2007]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

Sucks that I couldn't participate in this tournament, it looked like fun. Even though I said I would in the very first post of this thread. FAIL

[Tasselfoot]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

you only have 111 badges... i've got 148. there are 169 total. plus some solid referrals plus a lot of game ratings. i'm missing 12 hards and 9 impossibles.

friend'd.

if i ever run a tournament again, i'll do it through kongregate. will make score tracking simple. won't prevent cheating, but it'll cut down on it.

[jonathanasdf]

Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament

got friend.

meh didn't bother to get some of the newer ones, nor papa's pizza.

Cheating will always be there... whether its kongregate or not. bUt, I don't cheat =P