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The Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar 2020!
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24-11-2020 12:54pm#1One week until December, so it's time to roll out...
The Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar 2020!
Like last year, there will be one Christmas themed question each day from the 1st to Christmas Eve.
Unlike last year, the answer each day will be a number. Your score will depend on how close your answer is to everyone else's (there is a "correct" answer, but I don't always know what it is!)
For example, I might ask "How many turkeys will be cooked in Ireland on Christmas day?"
Let's say most people say around 1 million, if you say 1 million you'll get about 10pts. If you say 7 you'll get hardly any points, maybe even lose points! :eek:
Honestly, that's all you need to know. No mathematical knowledge required, but the next post will give unnecessary detail in case you're curious.
I'll post the question each day about 9am (no, no earlier, don't be harassing me at 2am!)
PM me answers by 7pm.
I'll do a mini reveal each evening about 8-8:30pm (depending on toddler bedtime!)
That's it. No sign-up required, if you want to play then follow this thread and check back on December 1st
Of course, if you want to hype it up and engage in pre-match banter now that would be fun! And if you want to recruit new players that would be great (I'll head over to the Christmas forum to let them know)
Ho ho ho, here we go!
Oh, edit: this will be a no google game16
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Unnecessary detail!
You don't need to read this if you don't want
So... each day the best answer will be the median. That is, the middle answer if they're all put in order. That answer will be worth 10pts
Other answers will receive fewer points based on how close they are to the median. How many fewer depends on the standard deviation of the answers. If everyone's very close the reduction will be more severe, if the answers are really spread out then less so. This is to ensure each day's answers get treated about the same, whether the answer is around 10 or a million
This is how it will actually work:
SCORE = 10 - 5*abs(ANSWER-MEDIAN)/SD
If you miss a day, you'll score zero
Foolproof, right?!
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So it's possible for one to give the exact correct answer to a question but still score terribly if everyone else has given answers that are horribly wrong but similar to each other?
Or does the SD parameter take care of that? Nope, seems possible - you can get minus points for a correct answer if everyone else is a really terrible guesser!
This sounds fun and evil, so I'm in.0 -
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So it's possible for one to give the exact correct answer to a question but still score terribly if everyone else has given answers that are horribly wrong but similar to each other?
Or does the SD parameter take care of that?
Same as sheep really!
Example: what is the best Christmas movie
I say Die Hard
1 other says die hard
7 say Elf
I only get 2 points for what is obviously the correct answer whereas the other get more for an obviously incorrect answer 0 -
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[Deleted User] wrote: »So it's possible for one to give the exact correct answer to a question but still score terribly if everyone else has given answers that are horribly wrong but similar to each other?
Of course, when I know the correct answer I'll be sure to let you know if that happens! :pac:0 -
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I could never get my head around standard deviation when I was in school, and I'm fcuked if I'm going to start understanding it now. I shall be entering and I'll just have to trust that EN doesn't abuse my ignorance too much...
Trust me, I'm a doctor mathematicianElectric Nitwit wrote: »No mathematical knowledge required
No, honestly no need to follow the gubbins behind the scene. Basically a good answer will score near 10 and terrible answers near zero. Really terrible answers might go negative!
I think/hope that after a day or two it'll be really clear and intuitive how it works. If not... well, we're stuck with it :pac:0 -
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Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »You could definitely do a question like "How many bullets are fired across all 5 Die Hard films?" or something along those lines.
There should definitely be a Die Hard question of some sort or else we won't know its a Christmas themed SHEEP... Die Hard being the universally accepted indicator that it is indeed Christmastime...
That's a good point. I'll see what I can do 0 -
How about this: how many actors appear in Love Actually?
I take it that you just enter on an Advent Day if it suits.
I missed it last year. I had just come into these Forum Games via the music route and I was still finding my way around this mansion! 0 -
Last year one of the questions was "Name an actor or actress from Love Actually"Declan A Walsh wrote: »How about this: how many actors appear in Love Actually?
That was standard sheep.
Hugh Grant 23
Keira Knightley 4
Alan Rickman 2
Liam Neeson 2
Bill Nighy 1
Emma Thompson 1
Ideally enter every day, I'll be keeping a running score all month and the winner will be crowned on Christmas Eve!Declan A Walsh wrote: »I take it that you just enter on an Advent Day if it suits
If you do miss a day it'll be zero I'm afraid
If you (anyone that is) know you'll be offline for a day let me know, I can PM you the question in advance0 -
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Oi, it's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, everyone knows that
(with Sound of Music an honourable mention)
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I'm with Zaph on the Maths, not on the Christmas movie thing which is A Wonderful Life of courseHeidiHeidi wrote: »Oi, it's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, everyone knows that
(with Sound of Music an honourable mention)
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HeidiHeidi wrote: »Oi, it's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, everyone knows that
(with Sound of Music an honourable mention)
When I was a kid those two films, along with The Wizard of Oz and Oliver!, were on every year without fail. Growing up in Ireland in the 70s was pretty grim, even at Christmas.0 -
Whereas now you have such wonders as...When I was a kid those two films, along with The Wizard of Oz and Oliver!, were on every year without fail. Growing up in Ireland in the 70s was pretty grim, even at Christmas.
(Haven't actually seen it, but the comments in the netflix thread aren't good!)0 -
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