Devonin's Critical Thinking Tourney Two - COMPLETED

**devonin** · 04-20-2008, 02:53 PM

Hello folks, it's time for another Devonin-brand Critical Thinking FFR Tournament. I've learned from some things in the last tourney that could have been done better, and we've seen some things everybody liked that really worked, so I'm hoping this will be a much better tournament than last time.

The format is going to be a little different this time. Instead of puzzles leading to songs with typical score-on-song ranking, the focus of this tournament will be on thinking critically about the best way to achieve a non-specific goal. You won't be told what songs to play or even how to play them. You'll have a goal to aim for (Something like..."The largest number of averages on one song") and it will be up to you to decide the best song to use, and the best way to achieve the stated goal.

Interspersed in the song rounds will be a number of puzzle rounds more similar to the style of question in my last tourney. I imagine I will have 2/1/2/1/2/1 song rounds/puzzle rounds, plus a round 10 grand finale. That means 6 song rounds, 3 puzzle rounds, and a final 10th round.

I'll post a round every two days, over 20 days, trying to push the post time ahead by about 2 hours each time to be fair to people outside my time zone (IE, one round at 4:00pm, the next round would be in 50 hours, at 6:00pm, then another 50 hours at 8:00pm, slowly working the post time around the clock)

Why would I need to worry about the time I posted my rounds? Well, like last time, any player can submit the answer to any round at any time from when it goes up until the end of the tournament, so time isn't a function there, but where time WILL factor in is a series of mental bonus rounds.

Most rounds will be accompanied by a smaller-scale mental challenge, either a small puzzle, or a task to be done via some sort of flash game online. There will be a flat bonus of points for completion at any time by anybody, but there will be a bonus given to the first three people to correctly submit the solution to the mental bonus, thus the desire to move the start time across the time zones.

So, to boil it down, what we're looking at is this:

10 rounds, 6 FFR-based, 3 Puzzle-based, 1 Grand finale. Most, all if I can manage it, rounds accompanied by a mental bonus with points for completion, and a bonus for speed.

Scoring will be in the Rubix/Tass style, the person in first for a given round will recieve 1000 points. Each place below that will score 90% of the points scored by the person ahead of them: 1000, 900, 810, 729, 656 etc.

Mental bonuses will usually be a flat 500 points, with a bonus probably 250/150/100 for the first three people to submit correct solutions.

Since the song rounds are designed to involve a reasonable amount of strategy, people who don't wish to give away how they are tackling the problem of the round are absolutely able to submit their entries via private message rather than posting them in the thread.

I'm going to post the first round of the tournament in three days on Wednesday, April 23rd at 4:00pm EST

Since anyone can submit rounds at any time, there is no need for a formal signup, but anybody who posts here that they want in will recieve a private message notification at the start of round 1 and 2.

Hopefully this works out to be an awesome and fun tournament that makes you really think.

Signups - The following people will recieve PM notification about the start of round 1 and 2
smartdude1212
dandandamdandan1111
pmonibuv1
SoultakerNFH
sullyman2007
|xDestinyx|
blackjack2300
sk8it
funmonkey54
Tasselfoot
rzr
susurrus
jonathanasdf
MrRubix
Jerry DB
rsr2
PlayTrumpet
sumzup
Mysticthehedgehog
emerald000
Zythus
Netjet!
darkness3608
kilik0dagawa
fractal_monkey
Tophius
Commandersa1
Infinity.
dooey100

Prizes - Current Prize Pot: 110,000 credits
Prizes will, like last time, try to cascade as far down the rankings as possible. I'll post a tentative payout here as I get a feel for how many people are going to be taking part. Donations are welcome.

Donators to the Prize pot:
Devonin - 100,000
Jerry DB - 10,000

04-20-2008, 02:53 PM	#1
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Devonin's Critical Thinking Tourney Two - COMPLETED Hello folks, it's time for another Devonin-brand Critical Thinking FFR Tournament. I've learned from some things in the last tourney that could have been done better, and we've seen some things everybody liked that really worked, so I'm hoping this will be a much better tournament than last time. The format is going to be a little different this time. Instead of puzzles leading to songs with typical score-on-song ranking, the focus of this tournament will be on thinking critically about the best way to achieve a non-specific goal. You won't be told what songs to play or even how to play them. You'll have a goal to aim for (Something like..."The largest number of averages on one song") and it will be up to you to decide the best song to use, and the best way to achieve the stated goal. Interspersed in the song rounds will be a number of puzzle rounds more similar to the style of question in my last tourney. I imagine I will have 2/1/2/1/2/1 song rounds/puzzle rounds, plus a round 10 grand finale. That means 6 song rounds, 3 puzzle rounds, and a final 10th round. I'll post a round every two days, over 20 days, trying to push the post time ahead by about 2 hours each time to be fair to people outside my time zone (IE, one round at 4:00pm, the next round would be in 50 hours, at 6:00pm, then another 50 hours at 8:00pm, slowly working the post time around the clock) Why would I need to worry about the time I posted my rounds? Well, like last time, any player can submit the answer to any round at any time from when it goes up until the end of the tournament, so time isn't a function there, but where time WILL factor in is a series of mental bonus rounds. Most rounds will be accompanied by a smaller-scale mental challenge, either a small puzzle, or a task to be done via some sort of flash game online. There will be a flat bonus of points for completion at any time by anybody, but there will be a bonus given to the first three people to correctly submit the solution to the mental bonus, thus the desire to move the start time across the time zones. So, to boil it down, what we're looking at is this: 10 rounds, 6 FFR-based, 3 Puzzle-based, 1 Grand finale. Most, all if I can manage it, rounds accompanied by a mental bonus with points for completion, and a bonus for speed. Scoring will be in the Rubix/Tass style, the person in first for a given round will recieve 1000 points. Each place below that will score 90% of the points scored by the person ahead of them: 1000, 900, 810, 729, 656 etc. Mental bonuses will usually be a flat 500 points, with a bonus probably 250/150/100 for the first three people to submit correct solutions. Since the song rounds are designed to involve a reasonable amount of strategy, people who don't wish to give away how they are tackling the problem of the round are absolutely able to submit their entries via private message rather than posting them in the thread. I'm going to post the first round of the tournament in three days on Wednesday, April 23rd at 4:00pm EST Since anyone can submit rounds at any time, there is no need for a formal signup, but anybody who posts here that they want in will recieve a private message notification at the start of round 1 and 2. Hopefully this works out to be an awesome and fun tournament that makes you really think. Signups - The following people will recieve PM notification about the start of round 1 and 2 smartdude1212 dandandamdandan1111 pmonibuv1 SoultakerNFH sullyman2007 \|xDestinyx\| blackjack2300 sk8it funmonkey54 Tasselfoot rzr susurrus jonathanasdf MrRubix Jerry DB rsr2 PlayTrumpet sumzup Mysticthehedgehog emerald000 Zythus Netjet! darkness3608 kilik0dagawa fractal_monkey Tophius Commandersa1 Infinity. dooey100 Prizes - Current Prize Pot: 110,000 credits Prizes will, like last time, try to cascade as far down the rankings as possible. I'll post a tentative payout here as I get a feel for how many people are going to be taking part. Donations are welcome. Donators to the Prize pot: Devonin - 100,000 Jerry DB - 10,000 Last edited by devonin; 05-6-2008 at 03:03 AM..

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