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07/21/2012 11:09:00 AM · #51 |
| I wonder how many people go to vote a 10 by pressing the 1 followed by the 0, then end up giving the first shot a 1 and the next shot a 10? |
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07/21/2012 11:14:30 AM · #52 |
Originally posted by pamb:
I wonder how many people go to vote a 10 by pressing the 1 followed by the 0, then end up giving the first shot a 1 and the next shot a 10? |
I believe that could quite easily happen. |
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07/21/2012 02:03:48 PM · #53 |
You have rated 58 of 58 images (100%) in this challenge.
You have commented on 58 images (98%) in this challenge.
You have given an average score of 6.5517. |
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07/21/2012 10:54:48 PM · #54 |
| Score is still around 6 (just below right now)... but so happy to have met the challenge well with a puzzler. |
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07/22/2012 12:06:28 AM · #55 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by mefnj:
i made my word too easy... 14 guesses, all correct (or within the parameters i set for the "right" answer). good job on seeing the obvious! jk! i really enjoy getting comments... and a high 6 to boot!
-m |
The score and the easy nature of your word are probably related.
Haven't voted yet, but there are some folks here who mistakenly thought I wanted to spend an hour trying to figure out their photo.. They were wrong. |
But the toughness of the riddle should not affect the score in any way except positive. If they took 3 good shots and combined them and stumped you then they succeed IMO. |
I'm not understanding this. I never thought there was even a SUGGESTION that the "mystery word" should be puzzling. I thought the "best" entries are the ones that make it obvious what the mystery word is, without being totally transparent about it. I think mine's a good example of that; 16 commenters, of whom 14 have nailed the word, and a 5.7 score, which is actually a bit better than I'd hoped for. |
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07/22/2012 12:12:19 AM · #56 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by mefnj:
i made my word too easy... 14 guesses, all correct (or within the parameters i set for the "right" answer). good job on seeing the obvious! jk! i really enjoy getting comments... and a high 6 to boot!
-m |
The score and the easy nature of your word are probably related.
Haven't voted yet, but there are some folks here who mistakenly thought I wanted to spend an hour trying to figure out their photo.. They were wrong. |
But the toughness of the riddle should not affect the score in any way except positive. If they took 3 good shots and combined them and stumped you then they succeed IMO. |
I'm not understanding this. I never thought there was even a SUGGESTION that the "mystery word" should be puzzling. I thought the "best" entries are the ones that make it obvious what the mystery word is, without being totally transparent about it. I think mine's a good example of that; 16 commenters, of whom 14 have nailed the word, and a 5.7 score, which is actually a bit better than I'd hoped for. |
Ah, the joys of the English language I guess.
IMO "Mystery" implies a riddle to be solved. Easy riddles aren't very fun, are they?
Otherwise, it would just be "Regular Triptych Around a Single-Word-Theme" and no real mystery about it.
But I can see how you (and others) could see it differently.
I think mines a good example of the "mystery" aspect... 15 comments and only 1 actually right, 2 if I give them partial credit. I feel I was successful in meeting the challenge. |
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07/22/2012 03:39:23 AM · #57 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I'm not understanding this. I never thought there was even a SUGGESTION that the "mystery word" should be puzzling. I thought the "best" entries are the ones that make it obvious what the mystery word is, without being totally transparent about it. I think mine's a good example of that; 16 commenters, of whom 14 have nailed the word, and a 5.7 score, which is actually a bit better than I'd hoped for. |
Yep, I agree that's how I read it too.
Having read the original challenge suggestion (which was anyway changed a bit as the original suggestion gave you the words), there was no mention that it should be hard to guess. The description of the challenge makes no mention either
Originally posted by LanndonKane:
how about: shoot a triptych with one word in mind. the title of the entry can be a "hint" to the word. then the voters have to guess the word that you based your images on. |
The mystery part was not knowing what the word was.
I thought mine was very obvious, but it seems not as obvious as I thought. 2 out of 17 have it correct.
Message edited by author 2012-07-22 03:40:14. |
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07/22/2012 04:27:57 AM · #58 |
I'm already looking forward to the moment, when voting is finished and I can see all the mystery words!
:-)))
I can't remember but I think I forgot to post my mystery word though... well I still can post it afterwards, can't I? Most of the voters hit it anyway.
Very happy with my score so far - 6.7 !!! Yeahh! |
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07/22/2012 07:18:48 AM · #59 |
Likewise there was no mention it should be easy to guess either.
Since the word MYSTERY was prominent, it seems to imply a puzzle of some degree of difficulty. Penalizing because the word wasn't spelled out in crayon and required some actual thought is silly.
Mystery
1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or speculation: The masked guest is an absolute mystery to everyone.
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07/22/2012 07:23:45 AM · #60 |
I thought it best to vote first on all the works and then go back to the mystery words to see if I could get any - its a great fun idea.
I don't think it should matter if they are easy or hard clues but personnally I like the hard clues.
Only half way through them at the moment. |
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07/22/2012 08:46:26 AM · #61 |
For me, I thought: Mystery + Guess = Puzzle.
Some of my faves are the ones where I haven't a clue, but there is this little intriguing story. If I can't look away because there is something going on in the images that I can't quite figure out, big plus.
If the image is super easy to guess, then it is not much of a mystery. (Obvious <> Mystery)
That's fine though. Different interpretations of the challenge.
I made mine too hard though. Only a few people on the right track. I think some people will be annoyed with me when they see the answer/mystery word.
This is the first challenge in which I commented on every image and the first where I will go back to every image after it is done.
This was fun. Geek out. |
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07/22/2012 09:28:18 AM · #62 |
haha -- I like medium difficulty ones. The ones that are completely confusing irritate me a bit, because I think I should be able to figure them out. The easy ones are too easy and leave nothing to the imagination. So I like the medium ones. However, it makes absolutely no difference in the scoring. A good photo is a good photo. The words are just an extra fun thing, and I'm enjoying all the comments.
That being said, I think this is one of the most enjoyable challenges in quite awhile. There's some truly wonderful things in this challenge. Some are simply beautiful, some are quite intriguing, some are quite artistic. Well done everyone! I need to get back to voting and commenting, because it's taking much longer than expected, so I need to work on it a bit each day. :)
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07/22/2012 11:37:11 AM · #63 |
I put mine together with the original suggestion in mind. I matched it with the challenge description by not putting the word in the title lol.
I think the word "mystery" has helped bring people out to comment - and that's pretty awesome. I have 28 comments so far. Most are the one word answers but a few have left additional thoughts.
I think there's a lot of beautiful photos that were wonderfully stitched together to tell some kind of fascinating story. That's what I was looking for when I made the suggestion. |
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07/23/2012 08:32:17 AM · #64 |
Votes: 66
Views: 199
Avg Vote: 5.2727
Comments: 15
I'm appreciating the comments... most are more than just a guess, which is nice.
I need to get in a vote and comment... I've been busy (slacking). |
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07/25/2012 08:38:27 AM · #65 |
Thank you Mr (or Mrs) Troll for your "1"... awesome.
Guess I stumped you and you got mad. |
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07/26/2012 09:02:36 AM · #66 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
Thank you Mr (or Mrs) Troll for your "1"... awesome.
Guess I stumped you and you got mad. |
Just got another 2... Argh... Lost my 6.x 34 votes ago and was keeping a 5.9 with hopes of recovery, but the trolls are killing that dream now...
5.86 to 5.82 with a single vote... |
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07/26/2012 03:03:34 PM · #67 |
| 28 guesses and not even one that is sort of close, people are thinking in the wrong direction with mine. I need to go and make a few guesses myself. |
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07/26/2012 09:06:08 PM · #68 |
| So far two out of twenty have guessed correctly -- perhaps the clue in my title was too subtle ... |
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07/27/2012 06:17:51 AM · #69 |
The two DQs were completely undeserved IMO.
"You may use up to 3 unique captures to create your triptych in a traditional non-overlapping sequence."
The key word being "MAY".
If they wanted to require non-overlapping, they should have been clear on that... |
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07/27/2012 10:06:44 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by klkitchens:
The two DQs were completely undeserved IMO.
"You may use up to 3 unique captures to create your triptych in a traditional non-overlapping sequence."
The key word being "MAY".
If they wanted to require non-overlapping, they should have been clear on that... |
I understood the "may use" to apply to the selection of images and that non-overlapping was a requirement. I can see how some may have interpreted that differently, however.
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07/27/2012 11:16:59 AM · #71 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by klkitchens:
The two DQs were completely undeserved IMO.
"You may use up to 3 unique captures to create your triptych in a traditional non-overlapping sequence."
The key word being "MAY".
If they wanted to require non-overlapping, they should have been clear on that... |
I understood the "may use" to apply to the selection of images and that non-overlapping was a requirement. I can see how some may have interpreted that differently, however. |
Yeah, I see how you the SC might have interpreted it that way, but I'm all about plain reading and not imagination...
They really need to be explicit on instructions -- especially on rules since you can be DQed on those (vs. DNMC) |
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