Ok, I got to be the one to deflower this group. It was nothing special. James...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 9, 2009 4:49 am
Well, it looks like Neil Brewer has gotten off to a great start in the Primal Rings contest. Is there no one who can challenge him? Only time will tell. The...
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Dima
dimkadimon
Aug 10, 2009 7:20 am
Yes the competition is heating up. We need more people. I will try to invite some more....
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neilmbrewer
Aug 10, 2009 12:41 pm
... It seems James trounced me over the weekend. My initial entries were more for testing than competing though. Now it's time to get down to the nitty gritty....
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 12, 2009 9:03 am
I've been pondering a change to the scoring for the Primal Rings contest. Basically I would either square or cube the subscores, which would spread out the...
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Al Zimmermann
azimmermann
Aug 12, 2009 12:34 pm
James, Personally, I'm okay with the scores bunching up near the top. But I'm equally okay with your spreading them out. I would, however, like to make an...
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neilmbrewer
Aug 12, 2009 1:41 pm
I'm with Al. I think this might cause confusion, and in turn, cause you a headache. If anything, increase the scorers precision. Also, do you plan on clearing...
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Al Zimmermann
azimmermann
Aug 12, 2009 2:41 pm
I think it's better to ban testers from competing altogether. When JC was running AZsPCs I used to get email from people who were ...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 13, 2009 1:24 am
Ok, I won't change the scoring. On the subject of a contest wipe when we announce on AZsPCs, I'm torn on the idea. If we have a lot of participants by then,...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 13, 2009 1:37 am
My experience with another site, "Project Euler", where I became a problem developer for the site, led me to stop participating there, since I saw myself as...
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Al Zimmermann
azimmermann
Aug 13, 2009 2:31 am
JY> what I propose is that people who want to test new contests JY> bar themselves from competing in those particular competitions JY> for at least a week...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 13, 2009 2:48 am
The idea behind it is to give the rest of the community the chance to post contest records first. I'll admit that it isn't a total solution, so I'm open to...
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Dima
dimkadimon
Aug 13, 2009 3:12 am
I think it might be worth changing the scoring system. In this contest it seems easy to get a high score, but really hard to get the top score (especially for...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 13, 2009 3:49 am
I'll say now that the testing phase is over. The contest will run for the full year. Feel free to announce wherever you like, except for AZsPCs, as we...
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neilmbrewer
Aug 13, 2009 12:11 pm
To make vote tracking easier, and transparent, maybe you could incorporate a poll directly into the website. Hotscripts has several prewritten freebies here...
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Dima
dimkadimon
Aug 14, 2009 12:22 am
Very good idea about the poll! We can also use it to vote for the next contest....
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Dima
dimkadimon
Aug 14, 2009 12:34 am
You can argue that entrant A and entrant B are not near the top, because their subscores are not near 1.00. So its ok if their ranking changes after the change...
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vspcs@yahoogroups.com
Aug 15, 2009 1:20 pm
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the vspcs group: This is a test poll. If this had been a real poll, you would have been instructed to...
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Jean-Charles Meyrignac
jcmeyrignac
Aug 20, 2009 3:07 pm
Hi ! First, congratulations on handling a programming contest ! I assume you know how much work it represents ;-) About the scoring system, I much prefer a...
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neilmbrewer
Aug 20, 2009 3:28 pm
Good to see you around JC. Try not to get yourself banned this time. :P As a lazy beta tester, I saw my scores get whomped yesterday by Robert. It's only a...
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Jean-Charles Meyrignac
jcmeyrignac
Aug 20, 2009 4:11 pm
... Give me one week ;-) ... As a beta-tester, I'm pretty sure you don't put all your efforts on this problem now ;-) What is especially interesting is that...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 20, 2009 4:23 pm
Hi JC, it's good to hear from you. If you want to start a contest, I have no objections. If you want to coordinate contest schedules between yourself, Al, and...
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Al Zimmermann
azimmermann
Aug 21, 2009 2:11 am
On the subject of coordinating the timing of contests. For now, I intend to stick to my plan to run one or two 3-month contests per year by running one contest...
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James J Youlton Jr
youjaes
Aug 24, 2009 1:10 am
Well, it appears that we have a new leader in the Primal Rings contest. Gratz, Robert. James [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Robert Gerbicz
robertgerbicz
Aug 24, 2009 2:15 am
2009/8/24 James J Youlton Jr <youjaes@...> ... Thank you! Nowadays the upper half of the records table is a little boring. [Non-text portions of this...
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dimkadimon
Aug 24, 2009 2:23 am
I will try to make it less boring ;) but it will take some time....
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neilmbrewer
Aug 24, 2009 2:57 am
I'll submit in the morning.... I have a few new records. :) Things will change in less than 12 hours....
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neilmbrewer
Aug 24, 2009 12:06 pm
Oh sure, I go to sleep and lose my records! Heh. Well, Robert takes antoher leap during the night. I'm hot on your heels though Robert! Neil...
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Jean-Charles Meyrignac
jcmeyrignac
Aug 24, 2009 12:11 pm
Can we invite people for this contest, or is it private ? JC...
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neilmbrewer
Aug 24, 2009 12:14 pm
It's public, but James didn't want to announce this site on Al's site until the end of his current contest. VSPC has already been announced on several other...
