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I still think that system only complicates things unnecessarily, though. I even think it keeps people from trying to solve the hard riddles - there's still an easier alternative after all, so why agonize over the first one? It's just my opinion, if your system gets used - alright! But I personally would pefer the simple structure of one riddle at a time |
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2011-02-05, 12:08 | Link #202 | |
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@AuroraFlash, riddles are posted in the other thread in this section.
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As for the part about confusion. To even have two riddles at the same time would take a month! (or two weeks going by the latest discussion) We could just have a riddle submission thread for each; which would also hold the hints in the first post and get closed/unstickied when the riddle is solved. Or we could require people to post the riddle identifier, ie. "riddle A, my answer is blah blah". For every post that doesn't meet the requirement a moderator just checks the little box at the top, and hits delete after marking a few. Similarly for any other answers that do not meet the rules, ie. post with out a url, or posts with simply a hole bunch of urls (30+) and no explanation, and other similar cases. Though I have faith this won't be necessary except very very rare and special cases; the standards here are not that low.
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2011-02-05, 12:56 | Link #203 |
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One solution that might satisfy both felix and zebra:
1. Keep the answers to riddles that haven't been solved within a time limit until the end of the competition. 2. Don't award points for any answer to a riddle that's given past its time limit. 3. Have all answers identify the corresponding riddles, e.g. Answer to Riddle #3, etc. That way, some people can still try to solve those riddles if they wanted to while other people can just concentrate on the current riddle without worrying about having to solve past riddles. |
2011-02-05, 13:10 | Link #204 |
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@monster, I'm okey with it, but zebra might be even more against it, since unlike mine you don't even get points but all the messages and so called "chaos" he describes is still there. I think we both got the same idea here really, the only difference being in mine points need to be awarded, so there's some extra math to the explanation.
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2011-02-05, 13:19 | Link #205 |
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Well, #3 in my solution should quickly identify which riddle is being discussed in a post. And because of #2, most people would just focus on the latest, current riddle since there's no point in answering past riddles (other than just to solve them).
So, for most people, they would check the other thread for the latest riddle, then they would go to this thread and just skip over posts that aren't related to that riddle. I don't think that would be too confusing (as long as people mark their posts appropriately). |
2011-02-05, 17:09 | Link #207 |
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@monster, in the system I described previously replace that -30% when interval expires with -100% and you get your system.
I mentioned alternatives to handling multiple riddles at the same time in the post just above your initial one. @MACVazquez if the administration is not going to check for answers of the so called "expired" riddles it defeats the entire point. I mean what's the point of me trying to find the answer if nobody is there to tell me if I got it or not.
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2011-02-05, 22:01 | Link #208 |
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I was actually thinking about individual riddle threads as well. But AnimeSuki seems to prefer a few larger threads (preferably one large thread) rather than a lot of smaller threads. And 20 threads are a lot of threads, especially if NightWish wants to continue for another 20 (assuming enough riddles are submitted) and so on.
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2011-02-06, 06:12 | Link #209 | |
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I think individual threads would probably work better because at least the havoc will be contained a bit and people won't have to trawl through pages to find the next riddle. If 20+ threads is a problem then you could always lock then delete threads that are complete and edit the results into the first post of an overall thread so everyone knows the riddle, answer, and winner of the particular one. Of course, having it all in one thread is fine too but I think people are going to have more problems finding the post with the riddle (not everyone is going to post only the answer, I'm sure they'll be discussion mixed in too). To be honest, I'm gonna suck at this no matter how it's done.
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2011-02-06, 06:17 | Link #210 |
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@JuGG, riddles are posted in the riddle thread.
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2011-02-07, 05:52 | Link #213 |
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If riddles are so easily forgotten, just repost every riddle on the stack that is unsolved, with rewards remaining, deadlines, whatever. So new people discovering this will also be able to join in on the latest page withought digging through 30+ pages of... carp just to see all the riddles.
And people won't forget. Also, I wonder how long till NightWish will have enough ta start...
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2011-02-07, 06:14 | Link #214 |
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@BakaHaze, riddles are posted in the riddle thread.
Also, you can help. Just go submit a riddle to NightWish.
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