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9690+

contest last again way to long

contest last again way to long [/quote]


I agree mi2, 4 days is long enough unless the solution needs a lot of time to construct and tweak. IMHO this contest should finish today but it has 2 days left

That is a very good score mi2, I can see a way to beat it but I don't think I will ever get it to work

I don't think it lasts too long. Some people just don't have time to play this game every day so it's nice to include a weekend so people that can't find the time in between work/school/others can play it in the weekend.
I do think scores went up a little fast again. We should realy give less experienced players the chance to join in before the scores are getting so high they just give up.

9688 here and I'm glad I still have some time to tweak it....

That is a well made point Rob. I am fortunate to have a lot of spare time for this game and would have the time to play in three or four leagues but I do understand for some people time is tight.

The scores did rise fairly quick, but they are still rising, I have tried a few times to slow things down in previous contests but without success, I am not sure what the answer is unless a rule is brought in to limit the speed, a max number of raises per person per day and a limited size of raise might work and could be fixed by the contest host. There are a lot of different opinions on this subject I am sure. Some, I am sure, would like to get the bid up to max straight away so they know what they have to beat but the bidding system can never be totally fair to all players because we don't all reveal our max scores. You could open up a huge debate on this subject but best done in a different forum.

Back to the contest, you just beat my highest score of 9686, I have been tweaking 9690 but it looks unlikely to ever work, a bit of a power to weight ratio problem . I am keen to see how mi2 got more than this.

9696+

Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

ioncorpse wrote:Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

i got a bit more

mi2 wrote:

ioncorpse wrote:Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

i got a bit more

Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

rob wrote:

mi2 wrote:

ioncorpse wrote:Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

i got a bit more

Someone scares to reveal his real score? Or no_one have more than mine?

i got a bit more. its a hell to wait for tomorrow . i cant tweak anymore

I'm done tweaking too, and I can raise the bar to 9700+

ok nice and slowly 9702+

and dark is btw 9770+

Nice and slow it will be...

9704+

Cool, my solution is 9770 only. Maybe next time

mx781 did I send you my solution last friday? I forgot...and don't have history in PMs. (((

Nope, the only solution I have from you is the one you sent me today.
There's a bit more than an hour until the end of the contest, so everyone please get in your last solutions if you haven't already!