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Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:15 pm
by zips5000
I have a question about the bonuses ... They are right now as listed below.

Straight As (no retakes) = 200 points
Straight As (with retakes) = 125 points
All Bs or above (no retakes) = 100 points
All Bs or above (with retakes) = 75 points
All Cs or above (no retakes) = 50 points
All Cs or above (with retakes) = 25 points

My question is why does Straight As (with retakes) get more points than All Bs (no retakes). I understand that As are better than B's, but someone who got Bs to begin with, shouldnt be penalized by not getting a chance to retake a class if he got a C instead. Hope this makes sense, I can explain better if it doesnt.

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:21 pm
by Tupence
zips5000 wrote:I have a question about the bonuses ... They are right now as listed below.

Straight As (no retakes) = 200 points
Straight As (with retakes) = 125 points
All Bs or above (no retakes) = 100 points
All Bs or above (with retakes) = 75 points
All Cs or above (no retakes) = 50 points
All Cs or above (with retakes) = 25 points

My question is why does Straight As (with retakes) get more points than All Bs (no retakes). I understand that As are better than B's, but someone who got Bs to begin with, shouldnt be penalized by not getting a chance to retake a class if he got a C instead. Hope this makes sense, I can explain better if it doesnt.


I get what you mean. I thought about it too, but I decided that Straight As with retakes should be worth more points as it requires more wins than All Bs without retakes; a B requires 4 wins whereas an A with retakes requires 6, with 4 of them being from a batch of 4.

The extra points for the Straight As with retakes is also to reward the player for winning all of the other games - it's really unlikely for a player to get all of the As with retakes, I think the other As would probably be won straight off.

Hope that explains why I chose those points, if you have any more questions feel free to ask :)

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:44 am
by manc
Game 5153706 Manc win
Game 5153788 Manc win
Game 5153794 Manc win

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:51 am
by dragon dor
Game 5154083Dragon win

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:27 am
by noretreat
I won 5154141

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:07 pm
by Kid Moe
Game 5154236 Win
Game 5153820 Win

Game 5154148 Lose
Game 5154184 Lose
Game 5154211 Lose

I got a D and need to retake the class

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 12:08 pm
by noretreat
I won 5154246

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:59 pm
by e_i_pi

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:43 pm
by YoursFalsey
2/5- So A D in Maths, and I'll need to retake.... (Don't tell my students- I'm a math teacer...) :oops:

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:13 pm
by Death_on_a_horse
YoursFalsey wrote:2/5- So A D in Maths, and I'll need to retake.... (Don't tell my students- I'm a math teacer...) :oops:


I feel your plain, friend. I am also a math teacher, and I am going to fail this subject, sadly enough.

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:41 pm
by saraith
1/5 -- an E for me

Retest?

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:08 am
by noretreat
won 5154220

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:17 am
by big jumbo
Tupence wrote:
zips5000 wrote:I have a question about the bonuses ... They are right now as listed below.

Straight As (no retakes) = 200 points
Straight As (with retakes) = 125 points
All Bs or above (no retakes) = 100 points
All Bs or above (with retakes) = 75 points
All Cs or above (no retakes) = 50 points
All Cs or above (with retakes) = 25 points

My question is why does Straight As (with retakes) get more points than All Bs (no retakes). I understand that As are better than B's, but someone who got Bs to begin with, shouldnt be penalized by not getting a chance to retake a class if he got a C instead. Hope this makes sense, I can explain better if it doesnt.


I get what you mean. I thought about it too, but I decided that Straight As with retakes should be worth more points as it requires more wins than All Bs without retakes; a B requires 4 wins whereas an A with retakes requires 6, with 4 of them being from a batch of 4.

The extra points for the Straight As with retakes is also to reward the player for winning all of the other games - it's really unlikely for a player to get all of the As with retakes, I think the other As would probably be won straight off.

Hope that explains why I chose those points, if you have any more questions feel free to ask :)

How do you get straight As with retakes when you can only improve by 2 grades from a D to a B? And by the way I have a D so if I can still get straight A's with retakes then giddeyup.

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:39 am
by Tupence
Thanks for pointing that out! The straight As with retakes was left over from when I had another grading system in mind. You are right - from a D the highest you can get is a B. I'll amend the details accordingly

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:59 am
by musicalmaven
this is to inform you that i won game # 5153766. i belive that is three wins - a passing grade.
now i can go out and get drunk and wait for next semester.

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:01 pm
by dowian2
dowian2's Round 1 Math results:

5153701: W
5153860: W
5154090: W
5154126: L
5184576: W

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:46 pm
by Lucifer4o
Won 4/5 in Maths ...that seems to b a B :lol:

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:28 pm
by Revlisd
Revlisd won
Game 5184574

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:35 pm
by Death_on_a_horse
2/5 for me. I will need some retakes as well.

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:56 am
by Pantheon
5 for 5 in round 1.
When is round 2?

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:05 am
by Tupence
I'll send out the English Language games as soon as the last Maths games have finished!

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:27 pm
by YoursFalsey
Tupence wrote:I'll send out the English Language games as soon as the last Maths games have finished!


Last original maths? or Last retakes? (Not nagging, just trying to keep track- I can barely keep track of tournements as mere participant... my hat is definately off to those of you who organize these crazy fascinating things. Kudos!)

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:31 pm
by Tupence
YoursFalsey wrote:
Tupence wrote:I'll send out the English Language games as soon as the last Maths games have finished!


Last original maths? or Last retakes? (Not nagging, just trying to keep track- I can barely keep track of tournements as mere participant... my hat is definately off to those of you who organize these crazy fascinating things. Kudos!)

The last original Maths, we'll do the retakes after the normal Maths, English Language and Sport games. All the Maths are finished now...just gotta make the next 250 games for y'all :)

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:16 am
by Pantheon
Cool.
I appreciate all of the work that you must put into it.
THX

Re: Top of the Class [Round 1]

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:05 am
by Death_on_a_horse
Here here. This is a great tournament idea, and it must be a ton of work.

Thank you.