The Black and Red Xmas quiz league table, updated.
Official? You joking?
By TonyTaff
December 23 2008
The scoring system is complex and arbitary, a hybrid between the IRB's craziest ideas and Have I Got News for You. Needless to say, the editor's decision is final, though Wade Dooley has been brought in to hear any appeals against disciplinary action.
The scoring system works something like this:
Four points for a correct answer.
Two bonus points for the first answer, if it is correct.
One bonus point for the first answer, if it is wrong.
One bonus point for the second correct answer.
Two bonus points for any answer considered sufficiently amusing to merit inclusion in an end-of-quiz review.
[Participants can have up to two attempts at each question.]
Disciplinary panel verdict
The Disciplinary Panel has now met to consider the case of PeteW (the Player), who posted a correct answer to Q1 on the messageboard in contravention of the quiz rules requiring answers to be submitted by confidential means.
Preliminary submissions were heard on behalf of participants who felt that their bonus points for timely answers should not be withdrawn as a result of the player's actions which were beyond their control.
The panel concluded that timeliness bonus points awarded to other players in round 1 should be allowed to stand. These are: Large 2, Alan E 1.
The facts of the case were not disputed, however the panel recived a submission on behalf of the player that he had submitted the correct answer on a timely basis and that 2 bonus points should be awarded for this, notwithstanding any penalty that the panel may impose for the breach.
The panel concluded that the player's win (4 points) and bonus points (2) should be allowed to stand, but that the offence was at the high end of offending and that a points deduction of 4 points should be imposed.
The player has until midnight Jan 6 to appeal, provided that the appeal is submitted by PM or SMS and is accompanied by answers to all subsequent questions.
Ends
League table as at 12.00 Jan 2nd| Played | Won | TB | HB | Points | |
| Viks | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| Large | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Alan E | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Graeme D | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Gryff | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Jeremy O'Gorman | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Japie | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Phillfez | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Darragh Girl | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| PeteW | 1 | 1 | -2* | 0 | 2 |
League table as at Jan 5th, 09.00
| Played | Won | TB | HB | Points | |
| Jeremy O'Gorman | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Large | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
| Viks | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
| Graeme D | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| Gryff | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Japie | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Alan E | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Phillfez | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Darragh Girl | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| PeteW | 1 | 1 | -2* | 0 | 2 |
* PeteW deducted 4 points for breach of tournament rules.
Players are reminded that each participant has two opportunities to get the answer right, which increases the probability that everyone will 'win' in each round, if not necessarily on a timely basis. Bonus points are likely to prove crucial.
Plausible strategies include using the second attempt to secure humour bonus points; or using the first attempt for humour, and the second for a researched answer whilst ignoring the timeliness bonus points. One participant has even burned one attempt on a hopelessly wrong answer, filed before the question was posted, in order to secure a 'losing' timeliness bonus point whilst incommunicado over Xmas.
End of Season
The league will close at midnight on January 6th (Wise Men, and Women, are supposed to finished their work by then). While the leader at that point may be considered the winner at that point, the organiser reserves the right to introduce a post-season play-off of any format of his choosing, and to change it arbitrarily - just like real life ;)
Austin Healey can advise on hair extensions.
Graeme
Graeme
'The what do you think' bit is an innovation of sportnetwork central. It appears whenever we announce a new front page article.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
I'm still working on the league table. Foolishly, I decided to build a spreadsheet to do this. For the last 15 years, I have had minions to do such things for me, and my spreadsheet skills have sadly deteriorated. It would have been quicker to write things down on a piece of paper, and manually add up the scores (I'm not so senile that I can't still add
).
[I've got as far as a league table in a random order. If anyone would like to give me an idiot's guide as to how, in excel, I can get that to reorder into a descending list by points scored, I'd be grateful.
Xmas is coming
]It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Firstly save the spreadsheet in case it goes wrong
a) select the whole area of the table
b) select the data tab at the top of the spreadsheet
c) select sort
d) select the column that you wish to sort by
e) click ascending or descending
Any bonus points for the above ?
You can do it via a macro but that requires more explaining
Graeme
If it doesn't work, though, the disciplinary panel will fine you at least one
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Graeme
I can confirm that your successful entries for Q2 & 3a have subsequently been collated. I've not started on 3b, yet
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Graeme gets two bonus points for composing instructions that even this eejit can follow, and Viks gets one for sending in an xl template. These will be recorded as 'humour' bonus points, as I can't be @rsed to add another column to the table.
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Darragh Girl, who last played before Xmas, can also move into contention if she wins her many games in hand ...
... but if she's gone on holiday to Gaza City, she may not get the chance
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Quote:a post-season play-off of any format of his choosing
Jelly-filled socks at 10 paces? ;o)
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
It's a long time since Sports network paid anything!
Nah....that will never work.
How about slamming the car door to wake up the neighbors ?