Real World/Road Rules Challenge! Repo Race!

Cybele · Post Post #28 (isolation #0) » Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:51 am

I Love Money's no longer running, so I have an opening.
/in

Cybele · Post Post #33 (isolation #1) » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:53 am

Are you honestly expecting to fill the 'females' bracket? I don't think there are many more that frequent the MishMash forum...

Cybele · Post Post #45 (isolation #2) » Tue May 04, 2010 6:19 am

I am an obvious choice. ;P

Cybele · Post Post #51 (isolation #3) » Tue May 04, 2010 1:10 pm

It's only been 3 hours.

Cybele · Post Post #53 (isolation #4) » Tue May 04, 2010 1:25 pm

Go to your Profile settings, down to Date Format.
Use this.
Unfortunately, you have space constraints to work with.

Cybele · Post Post #57 (isolation #5) » Wed May 05, 2010 9:17 am

24 hour deadlines are hard to meet for most people.

Cybele · Post Post #80 (isolation #6) » Fri May 07, 2010 10:23 am

This challenge would have made so much more sense to let anyone go at any time, and give it an overall deadline of, say 72 hours. Each person would have more time, and we'd finish in less time overall. Make sure everyone knows that the challenge is actually happening, and then there's much less chance of people missing it.
As far as I can tell, there's no good reason for it to be done in a mandatory order.

Cybele · Post Post #88 (isolation #7) » Fri May 07, 2010 10:26 pm

Cybele jumps to rope one.

Original Roll String: 1d2

1 2-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

Cybele · Post Post #89 (isolation #8) » Fri May 07, 2010 10:27 pm

Cybele jumps to rope two.

Original Roll String: 1d2

1 2-Sided Dice: (2) = 2

Cybele · Post Post #90 (isolation #9) » Fri May 07, 2010 10:27 pm

Fuck.
Well, at least I did it in record time.

Cybele · Post Post #91 (isolation #10) » Fri May 07, 2010 10:32 pm

[mrow][col]Cybele[col]crywolf20084 Ropes[col]1[col]4 Time[col]00:00:32[col]00:04:20

lol at this actually having an hour-counter. Not fucking likely.

Cybele · Post Post #127 (isolation #11) » Wed May 12, 2010 4:42 pm

Yeah, peg is fine with me.
We pick pickemgenius.

Cybele · Post Post #132 (isolation #12) » Thu May 13, 2010 10:05 am

Please don't experiment with the english language, is the point here.
You need someone to read over your instructions to make sure they can be understood.

Cybele · Post Post #152 (isolation #13) » Sat May 15, 2010 7:28 pm

Cybele · Post Post #160 (isolation #14) » Tue May 18, 2010 9:31 am

So um. How do duels work. Is it just a roll of the dice (or 'wheel' in this case)?
EDIT: nvm.

Cybele · Post Post #179 (isolation #15) » Tue May 18, 2010 4:14 pm

lol@'anonymous' confessionals.
Also, a challenge that you can lose simply by not being on within 10 minutes of the start time is ridiculous. Kind of like a completely dice-dependent challenge.

Cybele · Post Post #187 (isolation #16) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:11 am

Okay, so even though the constraints are divided by the second (ie 9m 30s), you only have to be within 1 minute of that time? Could you be 59s early? 59s late?

Cybele · Post Post #191 (isolation #17) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:13 am

So you can be within 1 minute of the time, but not early. Got it.

Cybele · Post Post #193 (isolation #18) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:25 am

Player X posts at 0:00.00. Next post time 0:10.00.
Player X posts at 0:10.28. Next post time 0:19.30? Or 0:19.58?

Cybele · Post Post #197 (isolation #19) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:33 am

Ok, cool. What happens after the 30s deadline is reached? Another 30s deadline, repeat ad infinitum? Or does it just end?

Cybele · Post Post #203 (isolation #20) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:43 am

Posted: Thu May 20th, 2010 1402.04 Post subject: 183
Posted: Thu May 20th, 2010 1411.50 Post subject: 188

Zang's second post is 14s early.

Cybele · Post Post #206 (isolation #21) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:45 am

Posted: Thu May 20th, 2010 1431.32 Post subject: 196
Posted: Thu May 20th, 2010 1441.24 Post subject: 200

Chevre's second post is 8s early.

Cybele · Post Post #210 (isolation #22) » Thu May 20, 2010 8:57 am

So, what? Being early doesn't disqualify you? I'm really confused.
What happens if you're early to the post deadline? What happens if you're more than 1 minute late?

Cybele · Post Post #213 (isolation #23) » Thu May 20, 2010 9:03 am

What if he's 1 minute early? Or 5 minutes, even without doing two at once? Where's the cut-off point?

Cybele · Post Post #217 (isolation #24) » Thu May 20, 2010 9:11 am

Okay, well for Zang's 4th post, he was 59s early. I don't have time right now to go through all his posts, but I will.
(his 3rd post was fine, a few seconds late, is all).

Cybele · Post Post #250 (isolation #25) » Thu May 20, 2010 3:43 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #251 (isolation #26) » Thu May 20, 2010 3:53 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #252 (isolation #27) » Thu May 20, 2010 3:53 pm

Cybele · Post Post #253 (isolation #28) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:02 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #254 (isolation #29) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:03 pm

Oh snap!

Cybele · Post Post #255 (isolation #30) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:11 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #256 (isolation #31) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:12 pm

omglagno

Cybele · Post Post #258 (isolation #32) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:20 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #259 (isolation #33) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:21 pm

Yeah, I've set up my AIM so that I can post by the second, and I'm aiming for about 2 seconds early, and accepting the 2s penalty. Unfortunately, that one post lagged a bit, and I was 2s late instead. Not like it'll make a big difference in the long run, but you never know.

Cybele · Post Post #260 (isolation #34) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:28 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #261 (isolation #35) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:29 pm

Wow, wtf. Major lag there. Had to open a new window, so expect a doublepost or something.
EDIT: Found it, and deleted it. Showed up about 5 minutes late, and far too early for the next post, lol.

Cybele · Post Post #262 (isolation #36) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:36 pm

Cybele keeps balance.

Cybele · Post Post #263 (isolation #37) » Thu May 20, 2010 4:45 pm

Okay, so that's enough for me. List of my times, etc:

1st post: 9:43.06
2nd post: 9:53.04 (2s early; +2s)
3rd post: 10:02.34 (Exact)
4th post: 10:11.36 (2s late)
5th post: 10:20.04 (2s early; +2s)
6th post: 10:28.29 (25s late)
7th post: 10:36.06 (7s late)

9:43.06 -> 10:36.06 = 0:53.00 (+4s penalty)

[mrow][col]Cybele[col]farside22 Balances[col]7[col]4 Time[col]0:53:04[col]0:28:30

I think that's right.

Cybele · Post Post #264 (isolation #38) » Thu May 20, 2010 5:35 pm

Also, why is farside's time so high? Are you counting her fifth post in the time? Adding that on seems weird if you aren't counting it to the # of balances. Or are you not counting the first balance (which would mean 5 posts = 4 balances, so my score should be at 6, then)? But then, if you were doing that, you shouldn't count farside's last one, because if it's early enough to disqualify her, it shouldn't count towards her total. Including the total time. The way I see it, her time should be at 0:28.30.

My math:
1st post - 4:04.24
2nd post - 4:14.15 (9s early)
3rd post - 4:23.38 (7s early)
4th post - 4:32.31 (7s early)

5th post - 4:39.48 (1m 13s early; disqualified)

4:04.24 -> 4:32.31=0:28.07 (+23s)

TL;DR - how are you keeping score here? I think you screwed up the math.

Cybele · Post Post #272 (isolation #39) » Fri May 21, 2010 7:18 pm

lol@ quintuple posting. joe, don't worry about deleting all of those. If it's a big deal, ani can clean it up.

Cybele · Post Post #277 (isolation #40) » Sun May 23, 2010 10:04 pm

Exactly when is the deadline for this?

Cybele · Post Post #279 (isolation #41) » Sun May 23, 2010 10:41 pm

*gnaw**gnaw*

Cybele · Post Post #283 (isolation #42) » Sun May 23, 2010 11:08 pm

*gnaw**gnaw*
*chuckle*

Cybele · Post Post #287 (isolation #43) » Sun May 23, 2010 11:29 pm

Looks like we'll have to compare times to see who was fastest.

Cybele · Post Post #289 (isolation #44) » Sun May 23, 2010 11:33 pm

lol, nvm.
Bad math on my part.

Cybele · Post Post #312 (isolation #45) » Tue May 25, 2010 12:58 pm

Yeah, Zang is fine by me. Previously, I'd have chosen Chevre because she kind of got screwed by rule ambiguousness, but I guess she's safe now.

Choose Zang to save.

Cybele · Post Post #343 (isolation #46) » Sun May 30, 2010 12:57 pm

Wait, so are all the challenges going to be like this?

Cybele · Post Post #347 (isolation #47) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:23 pm

Cybele grabs furniture.

Cybele · Post Post #348 (isolation #48) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:24 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #349 (isolation #49) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:26 pm

Cybele runs lap 1.

Cybele · Post Post #350 (isolation #50) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:27 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #351 (isolation #51) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:29 pm

Cybele runs lap 2.

Cybele · Post Post #352 (isolation #52) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:30 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #353 (isolation #53) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:32 pm

Cybele runs lap 3.

Cybele · Post Post #354 (isolation #54) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:33 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #355 (isolation #55) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:35 pm

Cybele runs lap 4.

Cybele · Post Post #356 (isolation #56) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:36 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #357 (isolation #57) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:38 pm

Cybele runs lap 5.

Cybele · Post Post #358 (isolation #58) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:39 pm

More than half done.

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #359 (isolation #59) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:42 pm

Cybele runs lap 6.

Cybele · Post Post #360 (isolation #60) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:42 pm

WTF. Major lag there.

Cybele · Post Post #361 (isolation #61) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:42 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #362 (isolation #62) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:43 pm

double post

Cybele · Post Post #363 (isolation #63) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:45 pm

Okay, that stall-out threw me for a bit, but I have my rhythm back now.

Cybele runs lap 7.

Cybele · Post Post #364 (isolation #64) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:46 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #365 (isolation #65) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:48 pm

Cybele runs lap 8.

Cybele · Post Post #366 (isolation #66) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:49 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #367 (isolation #67) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:51 pm

Cybele runs lap 9.

Cybele · Post Post #368 (isolation #68) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:52 pm

Cybele holds on.

Cybele · Post Post #369 (isolation #69) » Sun May 30, 2010 3:54 pm

Cybele runs lap 10 and is victorious.

Cybele · Post Post #370 (isolation #70) » Sun May 30, 2010 4:04 pm

Using Zang's format for consistency:

Grabs furniture- (+/-Xs)
holds on- (+1)
lap 1- (+1)
holds on- (+0)
lap 2- (+0)
holds on- (+1)
lap 3- (

-1

)
holds on- (+0)
lap 4- (+0)
holds on- (+1)
lap 5- (+0)
holds on- (+0)
lap 6- (+24)
holds on- (

-6

)
lap 7- (+1)
holds on- (+1)
lap 8- (+0)
holds on- (+0)
lap 9- (+0)
holds on- (+0)
lap 10- (+0)

Total time: 31:23 +7s =

31:30

Cybele · Post Post #372 (isolation #71) » Mon May 31, 2010 4:38 am

No, I counted all the extra seconds. A perfect score would be 31:00. I was over by 30 seconds, but then early by seven seconds, making the elapsed time 31:23. Then I added the 7 penalty seconds from being early.

Cybele · Post Post #397 (isolation #72) » Mon May 31, 2010 3:21 pm

Bah, I keep getting ninja'd.
@joe: I was calculating scores by ani's rules. The fact that you've found the same loophole that I did doesn't mean it's wrong, just that it was exploitable. As per the current scoring standard, being early causes no real penalty.

Cybele · Post Post #398 (isolation #73) » Mon May 31, 2010 3:22 pm

Which means the score to beat is now 30:04.

Cybele · Post Post #400 (isolation #74) » Mon May 31, 2010 3:46 pm

Wow, did he ever. I never even looked at his. One other thing worth mentioning was that ani was only giving 1 minute as a 'grace period' either way. More than a minute early or late, and you're disqualified.