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Do you agree with the proposal?

Yes
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No
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Total votes : 16

Postby Cresta » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:47 am

V4nKw15h wrote:I enjoyed the ego of posting great scores, but the enjoyment of winning was lost when nobody else entered. I would have preferred to see a big list of entries with mine sitting at the top.

That's the point.

decsystem10 wrote:Concentrate, not on why nobody is playing, which is not true, but what it is we do that puts people off entering

Take a look to the last A contest:
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:arrow: 24 downloads (this is always a big number, in every contest)
:arrow: CN shows out a great score
:arrow: The game ended (solutions list had only CN name, plus a fake entry by DrDillo)

The guilt is not of CN, but a post as his killed the game definitely..
When I try to play a level after a post as CN's, I DO NOT ENJOY!!
I look at the level, trying and trying, repeting to myself: "how did he do??"
It's obvious that probably his score is a consequence of a smart idea, and lot of tweaking, so I will never see it at the first view; this steal me every will to play that level, and not only to me, but also to the other 22 players...


Another point:
The N LEAGUE

I'm sure of the usefullness of it, but unificating it to the A league (like in Drago's proposal) could be a good idea! think: the principle is the same (non-vets competiting without the pressure of vets scores), but at the end they can compare their entries directly with the vets ones. That allows new players to get a medal and realises your "educational" purpose...
I'm sure you will understand!
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Postby V4nKw15h » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:52 am

I suggest we get a new A competition up and running immediately as a beta test.

Let both vets and new players play together with awards for each group.

No posting of scores or disqualification.

Test it. We can have it done and tested in three days. We would probably sit here talking about it for that long anyway, so we might as well test it.

I also never really understood why talking about solutions is banned. If someone wants to give away their technique, it is their choice. It surely won't harm the competition. It would only inspire others by having an idea what they should be doing.

Let's keep it fun. That's why we play. For fun. I've never once thought badly of seeing a solution with a lower score. I love to see all the different ideas about how to solve a level.

Post a competition already. I'm bored and need to tweak something.
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Postby TSchultz » Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:11 pm

Dr. Dillo's solution wasn't fake. It was just undo bug. And I think CN's solution is perfectly light.
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Postby Cresta » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:15 pm

It was fake cause it was a 5 min solution, not tweaked at all (it was also named "blah")....
But that's not the point...

Anyway, I have problems in posting my level today, I'm not at home..
If you wait, tomorrow in the early morning there will be a level (that I have ready on my PC), in a test-contest ( :D ) with no posting scores...

From now till 8.00 GMT more or less, every proposal is well accepted!
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Postby Dr. Dillo » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:34 pm

fake? ouch :(

I will admit I did not spend much time trying to tweak my solution- partly because I gave up after the high score was posted.
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Postby ioncorpse » Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:10 am

IMHO A(inc N)+B(inc C) would be great.
Only A (5 days long) isn't a bad idea also. But for me - 1st is preferable.
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