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Author: | Sivert3 [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:28 am ] |
Post subject: | Dragnix Posting Contest |
Dragnix Posting Contest To create some activity to an otherwise dead forum I've decided to run a contest. The basic idea is simple, you get a point for having posted over the course of the day. You will not normally get more than one point per day, and the contest ends after a month. Rules 1. Participation Anyone who makes a post during the period of the contest is automatically in the contest. Members of the forum that does not want to participate can choose ignore all the buzz, and decline the offer to receive a prize if they win anything. 2. Duration of the contest The contest starts at 2013-09-05 0:00 UTC and ends at 2013-10-04 23:59 UTC (this is 30 days). Posts made outside of this time period does not count in the scoring. 3. Scoring The main scoring is one point per day of posting for a particular user. This scoring is called the daily points. Extra points are rewarded for creating popular topics. 3.1. Daily Points This is the main scoring and the maximum achievable score is one point per day in the contest. It is calculated by choosing an hour boundary for days in the contest that will most benefit the user in question. More precisely the score is calculated in the following way:
3.2. Extra Points An extra point is awarded to the creator of a popular thread. A thread is popular when it has replies from at least 4 different users and has at least 10 replies. Only threads and post that are eligible are counted. 4. Non-Eligible Posts Posts that fall under the following categories are excluded from the scoring.
5. Prize Pool After the end of the contest the participant with the highest score gets to choose a prize from the prize pool first. Then the participant with the second highest score gets to choose a prize from the prize pool. This continues until there are either no prizes left or all participants have had their chance to pick a prize. Prize pool submissions and claims are found here |
Author: | Corva [ Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:35 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
Would this post count as a contentless post, or as a legitimate question? |
Author: | Sivert3 [ Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:05 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
DragonRider wrote: Would this post count as a contentless post, or as a legitimate question? That's an excellent question. Given that I'll probably be the one to do the scoring, the scoring will be rather generous. Which means in your case that it'll count. The rule is there to avoid creating an incentive to flood the board with "me too!" style posts. |
Author: | Sivert3 [ Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:12 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest | ||
The scoring halfway through the contest is as follows:
Ugh, the rules don't define the ordering should two contestant have the same score. If we go by post count in the contest period, I will be ranked before DragonRider having 29 posts over 20. Anyway, I recommend you to look over the scoring card yourself and verify that I've counted correctly according to the rules.
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Author: | BeneathTheStarlight36 [ Thu Sep 19, 2013 1:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
i can't open the file. my computer doesn't know what to do with .ods files. i tried OpenOffice, but that doesn't seem to work with it. |
Author: | Sivert3 [ Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
It's an OpenDocument spreadsheet. Made with OpenOffice. So you should be able to open it with OpenOffice. Have you tried to open it with OpenOffice calc? |
Author: | BeneathTheStarlight36 [ Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:04 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
that's strange. every time i tried to open it, the program would start up but the file itself wouldn't actually open. i'll try it again later. |
Author: | Sivert3 [ Mon Oct 07, 2013 5:36 pm ] | |||
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest | |||
@BeneathTheStarlight36: It might be because of the file being inside a compressed zip file. Have you tried to uncompress the file (i.e. drag it out of the zip folder) before opening it? The contest is over Thanks to everyone that has participated in this contest. And to the gracious donations to the prize pool. The final score is thus Code: DragonRider.............29 Congratulation to DragonRider who has given the greatest contribution to the community by being the most consistent and relevant poster here. asdf deserves an honorable mention, having a higher daily score, but falling short due to 2 extra points awarded to DragonRider. The prizes will be handed out in the Prize Pool threadasdf....................28 Sivert3.................21 BeneathTheStarlight36...15 Forgotten Dragon's Ire..10 Kojack...................4 alondor..................1 The extra points that have been given out is the following:
*The "Dragnix Posting Contest - Prize Pool" thread has been exempted, as running a contest shall not give an unfair advantage I encourage everyone to scrutinize the score card, as there is a possibility that I've made a mistake in my calculations. The scoring card is an OpenDocument Spreadsheet attached to this post in a zip file. Some useless stats Over the coarse of the contest a 162 post was posted. The most popular time of the day to post was 20:00 UTC (8 pm), and the most popular day to post on was Thursday oddly enough. And finally a diagram of who's been the most eager poster
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Author: | Corva [ Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:21 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Dragnix Posting Contest |
Yay! Now, when I get my laptop on Thursday, time to install Steam... |
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