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12/18/2008 01:04:21 AM · #76 |
| i really want in on this. theres no room is there? |
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12/18/2008 01:05:29 AM · #77 |
Originally posted by incubus:
ahh crap, I dont think I will even make it passed round 1. Im up against Karmat!!!! |
you make me feel good, but i have a tendency to choke in these things. it's like watching a bad accident, though, I know i should just walk away (from these tournaments), but i'm drawn to them. . . . |
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12/18/2008 01:39:08 AM · #78 |
Give me a beer mate! NOW!!!!!
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12/18/2008 01:41:15 AM · #79 |
What if, for some reason, a contestant doesn't enter a challenge that week? Will his/her score be a zero?
I'm just thinking that something will inevitably arise where someone will be unable to enter for a week.
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12/18/2008 01:56:19 AM · #80 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
What if, for some reason, a contestant doesn't enter a challenge that week? Will his/her score be a zero?
I'm just thinking that something will inevitably arise where someone will be unable to enter for a week. |
The rules are pretty clearly stated at the start of this thread. |
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12/18/2008 07:50:37 AM · #81 |
Aaagh I wish you hadn't posted the draw before I had chance to Becky!
The 3 new people who asked to join, plus rjkstesch (who was my first reserve anyhow) makes 4, and luckily I can work with 40 instead of 36. Therefore these 4 are in. But absolutely no new people from here on in unless someone drops out.
As a result the 4 highest ranked losers from round 1 will go through to round 2, not 6 as previously stated.
What I'll do is do a random draw of these 4 against each other in two more round one matches. If anyone else doesn't mind being redrawn as well, to give these 4 a larger pool of possible opponents, then I will include you in the redraw, provided you and your existing first-round opponents agree (as they'll be redrawn too) I will do the redraw on Monday sometime, as I will be nursing my sick girlfriend this weekend so you've got until then to PM me. Otherwise the round one matches as published stand.
I'm sorry to cause confusion but I woke up this morning to find the draw had been published and more new people.  rjkstesch was kind enough to do the draw for me in the first place, so this seemed to be the neatest and fairest thing to do.
And I forget who asked, but the round one matches start with the first challenges posted on or after Jan 1.
Message edited by author 2008-12-18 07:52:41. |
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12/18/2008 08:04:25 AM · #82 |
Well, Add me if someone drops... It would be interesting to see how I work under pressure... I'm not looking for someone to drop out but I'd like to be at the top of the list if someone does... Good luck to every one... Hope this turns out to be a fun game!
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12/18/2008 08:35:44 AM · #83 |
Good luck Lonni!
I am finally over the flu. I should be in good shape come January and Santa told me I have a new camera coming pretty soon so I am really happy to get started with this. I really dont know what I am supposed to do hahahah so I will just enter and do my best in each challenge and hope for the best. |
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12/18/2008 11:17:05 AM · #84 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
What if, for some reason, a contestant doesn't enter a challenge that week? Will his/her score be a zero?
I'm just thinking that something will inevitably arise where someone will be unable to enter for a week. |
The rules are pretty clearly stated at the start of this thread. |
I don't know about "clearly", but if you are talking about Rule 4, it's still unclear on how this works. Could someone translate it differently for me, since my brain doesn't seem to be working too well at the moment! :-(
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12/18/2008 11:33:48 AM · #85 |
I think I have a fair first matchup, but if it's easier to redraw I'm not the type to put up a stink. Thanks for putting the time into this, I'm excited!
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12/18/2008 01:00:26 PM · #86 |
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
Aaagh I wish you hadn't posted the draw before I had chance to Becky! |
Soulman, it was only put up as a possibility, and that it could easily change. That was clear at the beginning of the post. Feel free to redraw it if you are going to add more.
It was really fun to watch the draws change as the randomizer worked. I'm sure any other draw would be just at great.
Still, to make it easier for you, I'm fine with being matched against one of the new entries.
Becky
PS - I promise not to ever post someone else's information again. Even if it is interesting and highly entertaining. ;-) |
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12/18/2008 01:26:28 PM · #87 |
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
Aaagh I wish you hadn't posted the draw before I had chance to Becky!
The 3 new people who asked to join, plus rjkstesch (who was my first reserve anyhow) makes 4, and luckily I can work with 40 instead of 36. Therefore these 4 are in. But absolutely no new people from here on in unless someone drops out.
As a result the 4 highest ranked losers from round 1 will go through to round 2, not 6 as previously stated.
What I'll do is do a random draw of these 4 against each other in two more round one matches. If anyone else doesn't mind being redrawn as well, to give these 4 a larger pool of possible opponents, then I will include you in the redraw, provided you and your existing first-round opponents agree (as they'll be redrawn too) I will do the redraw on Monday sometime, as I will be nursing my sick girlfriend this weekend so you've got until then to PM me. Otherwise the round one matches as published stand.
I'm sorry to cause confusion but I woke up this morning to find the draw had been published and more new people. rjkstesch was kind enough to do the draw for me in the first place, so this seemed to be the neatest and fairest thing to do.
And I forget who asked, but the round one matches start with the first challenges posted on or after Jan 1. |
I am in for a redraw please. :) |
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12/18/2008 01:52:14 PM · #88 |
| If you need a reserve, put me on the list! |
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12/18/2008 02:27:08 PM · #89 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
I am in for a redraw please. :) |
Chickerrrrn!
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12/18/2008 02:29:42 PM · #90 |
Originally posted by basssman7:
I am in for a redraw please. :) |
Thought you might be somehow when I noticed who you were playing ;-) If Judi doesn't mind being freshly redrawn as it were then I'll put you both into the hat. |
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12/18/2008 02:35:50 PM · #91 |
Originally posted by rjkstesch:
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
Aaagh I wish you hadn't posted the draw before I had chance to Becky! |
Soulman, it was only put up as a possibility, and that it could easily change. That was clear at the beginning of the post. Feel free to redraw it if you are going to add more.
It was really fun to watch the draws change as the randomizer worked. I'm sure any other draw would be just at great.
Still, to make it easier for you, I'm fine with being matched against one of the new entries.
Becky
PS - I promise not to ever post someone else's information again. Even if it is interesting and highly entertaining. ;-) |
Don't worry Becky - I just envisaged people getting confused if they saw one draw and then another. To be fair, it wasn't you posting early that caused the problem, it's that a load of new people came at once. Luckily the right number came for me to work round it :-)
Message edited by author 2008-12-18 14:37:31. |
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12/18/2008 02:47:06 PM · #92 |
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Originally posted by basssman7:
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
What if, for some reason, a contestant doesn't enter a challenge that week? Will his/her score be a zero?
I'm just thinking that something will inevitably arise where someone will be unable to enter for a week. |
The rules are pretty clearly stated at the start of this thread. |
I don't know about "clearly", but if you are talking about Rule 4, it's still unclear on how this works. Could someone translate it differently for me, since my brain doesn't seem to be working too well at the moment! :-( |
Let's saw you've got a match up between photographer A and B. If, say, A and B are both in a challenge, then whoever gets the highest score gets a point and the first one to 2 wins. If no-one has won by the end of the month, then I average up the challenges that A has entered and I average up the challenges that B has entered and whoever has the highest average at the end of the month wins. Challenges that A has entered but B hasn't will only count towards that tie-break.
It won't penalise one or other photographer to give any given challenge a miss but I think it'll be good form to let your opponent know, so they don't go to a huge effort that they wouldn't go to normally for a photo, or they don't enter a photo they perhaps wouldn't normally, just for the tourney. |
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12/18/2008 04:51:50 PM · #93 |
Let me play the devil's advocate. Let's say I do really well on our 1st competition and score a terrific score (for me - 6.5 would be terrific). So, I win my point. 1-0. Now, I know that's not my average and I'm not sure I can win any more, so I just don't enter any more for the month. Therefore, my monthly average would be the 6.5, and by refusing to play, I would go on to the next round (assuming my opponent couldn't hit over a 6.5 average.)
Am I missing something in that rule, or do we have a bit of a gap to fill?
Disclaimer: I wouldn't do that, and I rarely get 6.5's. ;-) |
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12/18/2008 05:45:06 PM · #94 |
| Can anyone smell a loophole here? |
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12/19/2008 07:17:53 AM · #95 |
You've both got a point there. I've expanded and changed the rule slightly (see the first post) The basic thrust of which is the average must be of at least two challenges. How's that?
Message edited by author 2008-12-19 07:19:43. |
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12/19/2008 08:30:13 AM · #96 |
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:
You've both got a point there. I've expanded and changed the rule slightly (see the first post) The basic thrust of which is the average must be of at least two challenges. How's that? |
Makes sense, thank you for the clarification. :)
MAX! |
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12/19/2008 10:34:59 AM · #97 |
is it still the plan to start on 1st Jan??
as i said in a previous post, it makes more sense to start on the 7th Jan and run it monthly to the 7th each month after that.
this monthly cycle makes it easier for the free study scores to count as well!
anybody agree???
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12/19/2008 11:44:46 AM · #98 |
Originally posted by dainmcgowan:
is it still the plan to start on 1st Jan??
as i said in a previous post, it makes more sense to start on the 7th Jan and run it monthly to the 7th each month after that.
this monthly cycle makes it easier for the free study scores to count as well!
anybody agree??? |
If we are talking about challenges ENTERED during the calendar month, is that not the same thing???
Message edited by author 2008-12-19 11:46:17. |
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12/19/2008 11:59:17 AM · #99 |
Originally posted by dainmcgowan:
is it still the plan to start on 1st Jan??
as i said in a previous post, it makes more sense to start on the 7th Jan and run it monthly to the 7th each month after that.
this monthly cycle makes it easier for the free study scores to count as well!
anybody agree??? |
Free Study? I thought this was for open challenges only?
8. For the purposes of the tourney, the open challenges each week count as one challenge. Giving the example of the two open challenges open for submissions as I write this (Bokeh and Personification), if one of the pair is in Bokeh and the other Personification, then whoever scores highest in their respective challenge wins the point. |
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12/19/2008 12:10:13 PM · #100 |
Now I am confused, is it whoever places first in their respective challenges, not who places higher in the same challenge? I thought you and your opponent have to be entered into the same challenge for points to be awarded, and if no one gets to two points, then the average for the month...
Also this may be a bit controversial (on DPC no waayyyy:) ) but I think the monthly average computation should be the average percentile finish: if you finsh 100/200 in one challenge (50%) and you finish (1/150) in another (100%), then if those are the only challenges you enter for the month, your average would be 75%.
Just a thought. |
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