Congrats to Bungleau...

[ZFR]

Originally posted by Bungleau: Hmmm... I've got another thought. Take a look up top in a few...

nah... I don't think sorting it by average is a good idea, Bungleau. This way the opposite thing will happen: people who came in played only once and came on top will look completely brilljiant. The point of the tournament is to score best continuously in many quizzes, not just come on top once.

So how about this: keep posting it the way you did before, only next to each score add number of games played (and average maybe).
This way those who played only once will not look at idjits, and at the same time it will encourage people who want to appear at the top to play continuously.

[Bungleau]

Okay... you just inspired me to get creative.

We'll have a new score... a combination of your total score ranking and your average score ranking. That way, hard work (like answering trivia [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) is rewarded, and no one has to feel like an idjit.

Stay tuned...

[Eagle eye]

I'll join the idjits at the bottom.. I might sign up once exams are over with, but I'm not good at getting into routine.

[Bungleau]

All right... tweaked yet again. How do you like it now?

[ZFR]

Can you give exact formula of how you calculate rank?

To be honest I still don't like it. I very much prefer the way it was done before. Since the tournament only calculates points to determine the winner, that's what you should do too. Put avg next to it, just like the tournament does.
You can calculate and add other factors or things like number of games played, but the only determinant of rank should be total score. Because that's how it is done in the tournament.

The way it is now, if you do very well in the first 2 days and you can easily miss out the next 5 and still be in the top.

er... sorry for being picky. And thanks for hosting this.

[ 11-10-2006, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

[Bungleau]

The formula for rank is simple.

Sort everyone by score. High score gets 1 point, second place two, and so on.

Then sort everyone by average score. High average gets one point, second place two... you get the picture.

Add the points, then sort everyone by total points. IOW, the average of their total and average score rankings. Low score is first, second lowest is second, and so on.

I've been thinking that this probably needs some tweaking, and total score needs to be a weighted average somehow. That would eliminate those who try to shoot for one high score, and then stop.