Re: Yearlong County Contest

ELECTRIC RED Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:58 pm

I just nabbed Jackson County, Michigan!!!

http://www.trackdollar.com/report.htm?url=BH67F9542AC0DAA5390F72F90956465F1030EAF70C

Kalisiin Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:05 am

Jackson Stamper wrote:
Kalisiin wrote:
I recruited her to join us

Uh...Him!!! LOL

Ooops, sorry...my bad. Why did I assume incorrectly?

Jackson Stamper wrote:I just nabbed Jackson County, Michigan!!!

http://www.trackdollar.com/report.htm?url=BH67F9542AC0DAA5390F72F90956465F1030EAF70C

Hey, nice one....that is your home county, eh? Well, you can also go ahead and post your other counties from 2011 that are, as yet, unclaimed. The best way to find them is to go to "Achievements" in "Your Reports" from the main page. Then, select 2011 from the drop-down menu. It will show you all your new, notable hits for 2011...including bill links.

Check the spreadsheet (link on page 1 of this thread) and, if the county is still unclaimed, then you can claim it. I looked at yours already, and you have roughly 12-15 you can post. I noticed you have Ingham County MI....that one, I'm 99% sure I beat you to it. So you would not get to claim that one. But check the Spreadsheet.

Anyway, welcome aboard...and I am very sorry for making an incorrect assumption regarding your gender, I should have checked your profile!!

ELECTRIC RED Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:38 am

Kalisiin Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:56 pm

And I claim Perry County, IN

Kalisiin Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:57 pm

Thanks for posting up your hits, Jackson!

We'll go ahead and get you in the next Spreadsheet/Standings update, and welcome aboard!

The prize pool is now up to $50.

dctim Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:48 pm

Kalisiin wrote:It appears we will have a new player...Jackson Stamper is going to be joining us...and that will push the prize pot up to $50.
I recruited her to join us...Folks, talk to others about joining us...the more the merrier!

Does this now make us the "Jackson Five"? (Does this make Kalisiin a later-day Jermaine? If so, I claim Tito.)

Welcome to the contest - I'm glad that you were able to retrofit some hit counties.

Kalisiin Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:41 am

dctim wrote:
Kalisiin wrote:It appears we will have a new player...Jackson Stamper is going to be joining us...and that will push the prize pot up to $50.
I recruited her to join us...Folks, talk to others about joining us...the more the merrier!

Does this now make us the "Jackson Five"? (Does this make Kalisiin a later-day Jermaine? If so, I claim Tito.)

Welcome to the contest - I'm glad that you were able to retrofit some hit counties.

I think I'd actually rather claim Janet.

Kalisiin Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:29 pm

We're getting popular! Tony has now also jumped aboard, per an email I got from him...that means the prize pot should be up to $60!!

And, while I am at it...
I will claim Sullivan County, NY

ELECTRIC RED Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:34 pm

Just curious, when does the spread sheet get updated? Welcome Tony!

Kalisiin Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:14 pm

Generally, I try not to announce a specific date update for the Spreadsheet, so that people do not go "sandbagging" - that is to say...purposefully enter...or withhold from entering bills...in order to affect their weighting...since the weighting is updated when the Spreadsheet is.

Of course, in the end, it really doesn't matter, because the final weighting will take place on Dec. 31.

Right now, I am holding back to give Tony a chance to post his claims up and then will do a Map and Spreadsheet update, okay?

ELECTRIC RED Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:53 pm

Thanks, I see your point in not setting dates. I'll just keep checking.

Tony Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:32 am

Thanks for the welcome, everyone. It's been TOO long since I've been on the forums. I hope to make a dent in the leader board. Sorry it took me since yesterday when I joined to get this together. I'm working nights now, so had to get some sleep yesterday before work last night. Anyway, my county list will be up shortly.

Tony

Tony Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:32 pm

Cochise, AZ
Coconino, AZ
Gila, AZ
Navajo, AZ
Pinal, AZ
Yuma, AZ
Alameda, CA
Kern, CA
Orange, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Joaquin, CA
Santa Barbara, CA
Boulder, CO
Denver, CO
Dade, FL
Walton, FL
Canyon, ID
Kootenai, ID
Clinton, IL
Cook, IL
Delaware, IN
Polk, IA
East Baton Rouge, LA
Berkshire, MA
Lyon, MN
Jackson, MO
St. Louis city, MO
Carson City city, NV
Strafford, NH
Mecklenburg, NC
Cuyahoga, OH
Lake, OH
Creek, OK
Rogers, OK
Lane, OR
Umatilla, OR
Washington, OR
Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, SC
Lexington, SC
Midland, TX
Smith, TX
Salt Lake, UT
Utah, UT
Loudoun, VA
Clark, WA
King, WA
Pierce, WA
Skagit, WA
Whatcom, WA
Milwaukee, WI
Teton, WY

Kalisiin Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:54 pm

No on Dade, Tony. Markus beat you to it...Look under "Miami-Dade" that is how it is listed in the Spreadsheet.
Sorry.

Kalisiin Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:27 pm

I have just updated the Spreadsheet. Don't panic, I wiped out the stats page on purpose, because I am re-doing the whole thing. Once I am done doing THAT, I will update on the first page of posts.

Finally, someone is going to give me a run for my money...Tony!

Folks...I have to ask ALL of you not to hold onto hits forever, and then post them in one big glob!! Folks who just joined, this is okay and understandable. BUT...part of the point of this is to keep people coming to the forums, and get to know each other...because if you come to the Forums, likely enough, you'll post something or reply to someone else's post.

Also, there's now six players in the game, and IF YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE!!

First post gets it...regardless of when the hit was, even if it was in 2011. If, for example, I have a hit in Yazoo, Mississippi (I don't - but if I did) and the hit was Jan. 2011 - and Tony hit it in March 2011...AND HE POSTED FIRST...then he would get the credit for it, and I would be out of luck (the point being I ought to have posted it when I got it back in January, see?)

Now I am re-doing the stats...then I will try to get a map done soon. I'm getting miserable with our one-color map, so I decided to completely re-do the map and I am going to use the colors of the person who got the hit. that way we will have a colorful map.

Please, folks, don't hold 'em...post 'em if ya got 'em!! At last try to post them up on a weekly basis, huh? k??

Thanks, and you all rock!!

We finally got us a contest here now!!

Kalisiin Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:20 pm

I'm working the stats, and this looks like Tony gets a total runaway because of the West Bonus...intended to give a boost to Dave. It is creating a runaway situation that we wanted to avoid. I'm reducing the West Bonus to 1.1 if there are no objections.

EDIT: Justification for this - The old formula gave Tony a Weight factor of 1.3034...against Markus having 0.8471...seeing ads how Tony has so many bills entered, and so many hits...this could not be justified. I think the new adjustment is more fair to everyone.

OK...the Stats sheet is done now. Just for everyone's ability to compare, I ran a chart at the upper right showing what each person's score would be at 50 claims with their current weight...and...with their current weight, how many claims they would need to achieve a score of 50.

I think everyone will agree that this is now fairly well balanced...except poor Markus really gets jobbed here.

But the 1.4 West Bonus was just too high when Tony jumped in the game, it threw everything off. A 1.1 point bonus for West makes for more even and fair weighting.

dctim Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:21 pm

Kalisiin wrote:I am going to use the colors of the person who got the hit.

This is excellant news. I also thought the all-purple was getting busy.

Kalisiin Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:38 pm

dctim wrote:
Kalisiin wrote:I am going to use the colors of the person who got the hit.
This is excellant news. I also thought the all-purple was getting busy.

Well it was making me miserable, too.
So you shall have a colorful map.

I finished the stats. I had to adjust the West Bonus. This one I did by FIAT...which I can do since I'm running the contest. I hope there is no major objections from a majority of players...I think the justification for my action is appropriate.

However, I still invite any comments regarding this change to the weighting.

Pleas make all future comments regarding this in the Discussion thread...not this thread, thank you.

Kalisiin Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:39 pm

The map update will happen later this week, I have spent enough time on this for today.

Tony Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:55 am

I claim Wasco, OR

Kalisiin Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:38 am

I have the new map almost done...just a few finishing touches...should be up tomorrow.

Kalisiin Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:40 pm

The new map is up and looking good!

As a result of totally re-doing the map, I was able to ascertain, thanks to the addition of a couple of players, we have hits in all states, except AK, HI, KY, MS, MT, NE, RI, and VT.

We already have DC hit and PR has a hit in it, but no other territories yet hit...and no AA, AE, or AP Military Hits, either. So we could use hits in Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Palau, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, and Federated States of Micronesia.

Anyway, enjoy our new colorful map!

Kalisiin Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:18 pm

I claim Richmond County, NY
Took a little trip on the ferry, this bill did...

Tony Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:52 pm

I claim Weber County, UT.

Tony Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:49 am

I claim the following two counties:

San Bernardino, CA
Richland, SC

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