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jamin
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1233
Best Total: 27m 9s | Posted - 2006.05.24 04:40:59
Hi foilman, would it possible to show weekly placings further than the leaderboard of 10? Possibly a top 100?
Am I 11th right now because only 11 have played all 7 games? Who are my peers that are also around the 2 hour mark for a week? How are my friends going that I know also play? How many people are regulars? Are the regular best players out of the current top 10 because they haven't played today's game yet, or because they've had a bad run?
All of these questions could be answered with a longer leaderboard/ladder. |
astrokath
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 3258
Best Total: 13m 42s | Posted - 2006.05.24 06:52:14
Quote: Originally Posted by jamin Are the regular best players out of the current top 10 because they haven't played today's game yet, or because they've had a bad run?
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New puzzles are posted everyday at midnight GMT; I note that your post was at 4.40am-ish. For the clearest picture of the leaderboard, it's best to go by what's happening late evening UK time rather than the small hours of the morning.
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foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 3614
Best Total: 24m 6s | Posted - 2006.05.24 07:33:50
Sounds like a good idea anyway, and there have been a couple of other requests for it, so it's on my list when I next get some spare time! |
procrastinator
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1083
Best Total: 12m 56s | Posted - 2006.05.24 10:25:28
Quote: Originally Posted by astrokath For the clearest picture of the leaderboard, it's best to go by what's happening late evening UK time rather than the small hours of the morning. |
Unfortunately, midnight GMT is 7AM in Perth, so jamin's not necessarily awake by then. |
procrastinator
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1083
Best Total: 12m 56s | Posted - 2006.05.24 10:29:23
Quote: Originally Posted by procrastinator
Unfortunately, midnight GMT is 7AM in Perth, so jamin's not necessarily awake by then.
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Wait - I think it's 7AM UK, but 8AM GMT. |
jamin
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1233
Best Total: 27m 9s | Posted - 2006.05.24 17:00:10
I do realise that you get a better idea of the top ten later in the evening (UK time), but irrespective of what time of day you look at the leaderboard, none of my example questions from above can be answered without further ladder information.
Thanks foilman, if that feature is added in the future, it will be great.
jamin. A Kwon-Tom Fan (Do I get my Addict wings at 100?) |
astrokath
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 3258
Best Total: 13m 42s | Posted - 2006.05.24 18:32:40
Quote: Originally Posted by jamin but irrespective of what time of day you look at the leaderboard, none of my example questions from above can be answered without further ladder information. |
Well, your question about whether the regulars are off the leaderboard because they've had a bad run, or because they've not done all 7 yet can be answered in part according to when you look at the board. For example: Dr Null never seems to do the weekend puzzles until monday, and I certainly never see the puzzles before 8am GMT! |
prj
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 2356
Best Total: 18m 20s | Posted - 2006.05.25 04:00:33
I usually play the new puzzle early in the cycle, within a few hours of it going up. But some people have already done the puzzle by that time, so I'd really like to be able to look back at what the rankings were just before the current puzzle was posted. (Alternatively, the current rankings calculated without the results for the current puzzle would give roughly the same information, except for players who don't finish every day's puzzle.) |
foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 3614
Best Total: 24m 6s | Posted - 2006.05.25 08:03:41
Quote: Originally Posted by prj I usually play the new puzzle early in the cycle, within a few hours of it going up. But some people have already done the puzzle by that time, so I'd really like to be able to look back at what the rankings were just before the current puzzle was posted. (Alternatively, the current rankings calculated without the results for the current puzzle would give roughly the same information, except for players who don't finish every day's puzzle.) |
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procrastinator
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1083
Best Total: 12m 56s | Posted - 2006.05.25 08:38:01
Quote: Originally Posted by foilman Quote: Originally Posted by prj I'd really like to be able to look back at what the rankings were just before the current puzzle was posted. |
Now that sounds a little more tricky than just a full-length leaderboard!!! Don't expect that any time soon... |
Really? Couldn't you just copy the leaderboard to a static "yesterday.html" file at 11:59 each night? |
foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 3614
Best Total: 24m 6s | Posted - 2006.05.25 08:43:36
Quote: Originally Posted by procrastinator Really? Couldn't you just copy the leaderboard to a static "yesterday.html" file at 11:59 each night? |
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foilman
Kwon-Tom Admin
Puzzles: 3614
Best Total: 24m 6s | Posted - 2006.05.25 10:58:02
Ok, the "Complete Leaderboard" option is now available to all logged-in players, at the foot of the top 10. |
astrokath
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 3258
Best Total: 13m 42s | Posted - 2006.05.25 11:05:22
:thumbs up:
Nice one, Foilman. |
jamin
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1233
Best Total: 27m 9s | Posted - 2006.05.25 12:40:10
That's awesome foilman |
PuzzleLover
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1033
Best Total: 38m 17s | Posted - 2006.05.26 06:00:43
Bravo! Excellent! |
mathmaniac
Kwon-Tom Obsessive
Puzzles: 1293
Best Total: 20m 57s | Posted - 2006.05.28 01:34:25
yeah! now I can watch the other players better my score all the way to the bottom! (thanks foilman!) |
