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announcing the 2008 first-half TAPL competition
skrumgaer wrote
at 8:58 AM, Monday June 16, 2008 EDT
For the rest of June, I will be accepting entries for the Test Against Pure Luck (TAPL) for the first half of 2008. The TAPL is explained in the post on my Wall.

To be eligible, you must have played at least 360 games in the period January-June 2008.

To enter, reply to this thread. I will work up your TAPL and add it to a running list. When the month is over, I will work up everyone's final scores.

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skrumgaer wrote
at 8:54 AM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
moneymango:

the numbers are:

number of games played, percentage of finishes first through seventh, and TAPL.

your TAPL is low because your percentages have barely budged from 14-14-14-14-14-14-14 which would indicate pure luck (no skill). The TAPL is described in the post on my Wall (soon to be moved to the Advisor Blog).
skrumgaer wrote
at 9:08 AM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
fiero600* 1273 23% 23% 15% 12% 10% 7% 9% 6792

Vermont 998 20% 21% 17% 14% 10% 8% 7% 4636

XxDiceyGirlxX 919 21% 19% 16% 10% 10% 9% 10% 3413

montecarlo 1063 22% 18% 18% 12% 11% 9% 12% 3319

jurgen 1153 20% 19% 17% 17% 10% 10% 8% 3227

RageUnleashed 400 22% 23% 16% 11% 11% 8% 9% 3192

skrumgaer 1549 12% 11% 16% 21% 18% 14% 9% 2901

nuflis 546 24% 16% 15% 15% 8% 9% 14% 2614

rrroll 986 21% 20% 13% 12% 12% 11% 12% 2447

jpc4c 1039 19% 20% 16% 12% 10% 10% 11% 2419

MadHat_Sam 1063 19% 16% 14% 10% 10% 13% 20% 2333

yellowfin 2111 19% 17% 14% 13% 11% 11% 13% 1821

dasfury** 1155 20% 16% 14% 11% 10% 11% 17% 1779

wishbone 1040 19% 18% 14% 11% 11% 12% 14% 1522

captainLAGER 1426 20% 15% 12% 12% 13% 12% 16% 1516

TiS 936 18% 15% 14% 15% 14% 10% 13% 778

Shevar 1559 18% 15% 13% 13% 12% 13% 13% 642

FemmeFatale 1584 17% 14% 15% 16% 14% 14% 11% 559

olliejjc_16 1006 13% 16% 14% 14% 12% 12% 17% 445

§ilverfox 1171 14% 12% 14% 13% 14% 14% 17% 361

*unofficial, not having posted here

**shows a rank for May 2008 but no games
rifty wrote
at 9:22 AM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
yes please, skrumgaer :)
rrroll wrote
at 12:16 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
skrum - February had a glitch in the stats that had the sum of places totalling more than 100%. Not sure if that would have much effect on your calculations...? Or maybe we just assume it effects people nearly equally?
skrumgaer wrote
at 1:02 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
Good observation, rrroll. Not only are your February stats off, but so are mine and EVERYBODY ELSE's. The effects should be roughly the same for everyone, except those who did not play in February. I will try to work up a fix for the February stats.
FemmeFatale wrote
at 1:04 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
Gosh, I suck.
skrumgaer wrote
at 1:28 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
As a temporary fix for the February stats, I have taken them out of competition. That is, place will be determined from Jan, Mar, Apr, May, and June games. XxDiceygirlxX and garbagemafia's scores are unchanged since they did not play in February.

Here are the top 10 without the Feb. stats:

fiero600* 978 22% 22% 14% 12% 11% 7% 8% 4832

Vermont 911 19% 21% 18% 14% 10% 7% 7% 4324

XxDiceyGirlxX 919 21% 19% 16% 10% 10% 9% 10% 3413

RageUnleashed 291 22% 24% 15% 10% 11% 7% 8% 3213

montecarlo 738 22% 17% 17% 11% 10% 9% 11% 2625

jurgen 912 19% 18% 16% 16% 10% 11% 7% 2533

skrumgaer 1291 11% 10% 16% 20% 17% 14% 9% 2456

rrroll 729 21% 19% 13% 13% 10% 10% 11% 2201

MadHat_Sam 860 18% 15% 12% 9% 10% 12% 20% 2053

dasfury** 946 20% 15% 13% 10% 10% 11% 17% 1771
rrroll wrote
at 2:25 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
LOL Femme, and yet you are now ranked 14th for June. I think many of us would like to suck like you!
Vermont wrote
at 2:39 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
Wow, taking that month out dropped fiero's score by almost two thousand! Which means s/he kicks out butts by only a bunch instead of a ton. ;)

Nice job, fiero! I'll have to start playing for percentages and see if I can match you, but that's going to be pretty darn tough.

By the way skrum, are you factoring in the number of games played in each month, or just averaging the monthly percentages?
skrumgaer wrote
at 3:43 PM, Wednesday June 18, 2008 EDT
I am factoring in the number of games played each month.
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