Daily Poll Question

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Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 05:48
AndyH	Daily Poll Question Does the daily poll only give out scores for first place? On the poll score page it mentions abouyt second and third places getting points but I'm not sure I'm seeing them coming through? It's been fun to try to guess the popular answer each day and I'm kinda hooked. If you voted for the winning item, you get 9 points. If you vote for the second place, you get 5 points. If you vote for third place (if there is one!) you only earn 2 points. -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 06:11
Jayenkai	I "think" it's working.. It should be, the code looks right. "Top of the Pollers 200 - rockford 195 - TKS 187 - Jayenkai 176 - Dan 170 - steve_ancell 95 - jprofitt 92 - AndyH 57 - rychan 23 - Pakz 5 - TomToad 5 - ProHiScore" If it weren't giving out the 2s and 5s, those scores would all be multiples of 9.. Don't forget that it only counts the last 25 polls. (This was to keep it fair, so people who've been voting for years don't have a bazillion points already!) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 06:46
Pakz	That is kind of neat. I usually do not vote if there is anything I do not know about. Like games I never seen or played.
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 06:56
AndyH	Sometimes I come back and think - I was on that score last time. Probably just me then Pakz - I'd probably not be in double figures if I did that. :-p -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 06:58
AndyH	* Not that I'm being competitive about it or anything, but it's got that Progress Quest quality to it ... hehe -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 07:09
Jayenkai	Cosmic Consensus was the inspiration behind the poll scores, but nobody remembers that. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 08:23
AndyH	It's like Taskmaster at the top - anyone's game: 200 - rockford 195 - TKS 187 - Jayenkai 176 - Dan 170 - steve_ancell -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 08:25
AndyH	BTW, ever thought about interactivity-fying your paper puzzles - one of those a day, with a score incentive for beating them would be a fun thing to have. -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 08:35
rockford	Yay!!! I'm ahead (for today, at least). I never look at the scores TBH. I just enjoy the polls (most of the time).
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 08:48
Jayenkai	Yes I have. And I've been struggling to come up with anything that's as immediate simplistic as the polls, and isn't easily cheatable. Anything I could write, game-wise, that runs in a script, another person could then write the script to solve the puzzle or beat the game. The polls don't really work off a pre-determined answer. If you've any ideas, though, let me know. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 08:55
AndyH	hehe - if you're worried about cheats, turn that into a game too. Track times, accuracy, blah blah and start deducting ... but yea, I can see why you perhaps have not done it already. "Guess today's dice roll game ... server rolls at 9pm every evening. The crowd goes wild." -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 09:00
Jayenkai	I did consider, and started writing, a daily doodle-box. A 16x16 box with a few preset pixels.. complete the doodle. .. couldn't think of a neat way to do a gallery, though, without it ending up a giant sprawling thing on its own site, which kinda defeated the point of a small plaything on the front of the site! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 09:03
AndyH	Spot the ball - but instead, spot the pixel! \|update\| -=-=- \|update\| 9 points for a direct hit, 5 for one of the surrounding pixels, 3 for close, 0 for way off haha -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 09:07
Jayenkai	....so.. kinda like... Battleships?
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 12:52
Dan	Yes I have. And I've been struggling to come up with anything that's as immediate simplistic as the polls ... Well, i have some ideas. There are games, which can be played JFF. Forum games. - In (other) forums they can be used to raise the post count (when some features are enabled (like pasting links or changing the status text)) by playing them. They are, of course, turn based games. Like: "Last Letter First" Jayenkai says: Scriptingengine AndyH says: Elegant Dan says: Train --v "Wordchain" Jayenkai says: Ice AndyH says: Cream Dan says: Soup Rockford says: cookbook --v "Last Word First". Jayenkai says: Ice Cream AndyH says: Cream Machine Dan says: Machine Gun Rockford says: Gun Game --v "ABCD" Jayenkai says: Art AndyH says: boat Dan says: chocolate Rockford says: driving --v Alternatively the "ABCD" can be on topic - like "Computer Games" or "Holidays" or "Movies". Topic may change when the z is reached. Now, the idea is to have (see syntaxbomb.com starting page) a shouting box for such games. The games could switch, lets say every monday or every month ... The rules for posting could be: - When someone post something, he is blocked until someone else posts something, or it resets the next day (just like the poll does). - If someone posts something without sense, the next poster is allowed to write the correct word. I have no idea about the scoring system.
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 13:16
Jayenkai	Yeah, I think we have enough general chat here to warrant that as "spam for points sake" I used to have a scoring system for ACTUAL content. Showcases, links, blogs and the like. The Powerbar would track what actual content you've posted over the past (iirc) 100 days, and give you a score out of 100. The poll is out of the way, and doesn't typically clutter up the rest of the site. As for having "forum games" topics for the purpose of fun. I'm not the only person on this forum. Anyone could start any of those at any time. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 13:27
Dan	Hmm following the AndyH's post, the idea would be to have a grid based game. Treasure/Points hunt. A grid of about 20x20 or 30x30 pixels. The users would lock in a coordinate, per day. (Just like the poll) for e.g. 10,24 Scoring would be at the end of the day. just like the Poll. The Result page would tell who did how: UserA, UserB - 9 points - direct hit UserC,UserD,UserE - 5 Points - near UserF - 3 points - close UserG,UserH,UserI - 0 for way off Placement of the Treasure (on the Grid) could be done by the System or let say each user places a guessing coordinate, and sets a coordinate for the next treasure. If a user gets a direct hit, his coordinate will be used for the next day, but he will be locked from the game for that day. (The game would tell something like "Find the AndyH's hidden treasure") If more players have had a direct hit, then the player which placed the guess 1st would get his coordinate used. (or maybe RNG would choose one).
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 13:36
Dan	Anyone could start any of those at any time. I meant for it to be somewhere near/under the poll. Something like a textfile, which gets the text added when someone is playing, and it is displayed in, kinda, realtime. A forum game would need to be on top of the sidebar, or people may not know that it exists ... sometime, if you can't log in for more days or weeks ... it tend to be forgotten. But if it is in front of your nose - like the poll ...it can go and go. (well it depends on if others would play it ...)
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 14:14
Jayenkai	Even a 20x20 grid would be too big. I was thinking more 8x8, and the player getting 3 shots per day, with their score being displayed per hit. But then what? Points. Fin. The polls work without points, and without being a game. If something does end up going there, I'd like it to be more creative/imaginative. And these nitty gritty grumbles are the reason nothing else has happened in the checks 13 years since I added the poll.. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 14:39
Dan	And these nitty gritty grumbles I do not understand what you mean. Please explain.
Tue, 01 Jun 2021, 15:24
Jayenkai	I'm very fussy, with myself more than anyone, about what should be there. I'm my own worst enemy! Everything I can think of, I can also think of five good reasons it shouldn't be there. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 02 Jun 2021, 02:52
rockford	I think the poll is still the best idea. It's quick, clean and small. It also gives us something to think about - sometimes choosing an option can be tricky. I'm glad there are only four possible answers. Today for instance, has 3 really good PSP games on the list!
Wed, 02 Jun 2021, 05:55
AndyH	If any misunderstanding, I wasn't suggesting to remove the poll, I just like it as a quick thing and reason to try to remember to visit that a second 'thing' would also be nice. But more importantlu... YAY! 101 - AndyH -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Wed, 02 Jun 2021, 05:56
Jayenkai	Don't worry, the poll's not going anywhere -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Wed, 02 Jun 2021, 06:02
AndyH	Yea, I love websites and this place in particular, but I don't relly visit web sites as often as I did 20, even 25 years ago so it is a good incentive (for me) to think, ah...I need to check in on socoder, and as it means getting on a computer to view it there are only certain times of the day when I both remember and I'm on a (non-work) computer. -=-=- Andy H 8-bit games at www.hewco.uk Cartoons at awful.ovine.net Ovine at ovine.net
Wed, 02 Jun 2021, 06:22
Jayenkai	SoCoder works anywhere! It's very badly written, in terms of modern websites, so it should just about run on anything that does basic web browsing. Time to dig out the old Nokia! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
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