Comments on: TriviaCow Scoring Plans http://jamesoff.net/site/2006/10/10/triviacow-scoring-plans/ you heard Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: tron http://jamesoff.net/site/2006/10/10/triviacow-scoring-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-1631 tron Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:54:36 +0000 http://jamesoff.net/site/2006/10/10/triviacow-scoring-plans/#comment-1631 <p>OK, but I'd like to see two running totals then.</p> <p>1) Weekly award - good idea, also means on a quiet week you can get 5 points for only getting a few right - I'd award more places though, maybe 10 for first to 1 for 10th. Needs a weekly table, and a long term leaderboard. You still get the same problem though, people playing longer will have higher scores overall - I think that's just tough, tbh. These points should be kept separate, and not part of the overall scores.</p> <p>2) Individual scores which are, as you say, reset each week, then like the above, there's a weekly table, and a long term accumulating table. I want to keep the long term one, I was enjoying wondering if my 3,000 point gap to the person above me would ever be filled, and it's nice to see just <em>how</em> much time you've wasted.</p> <p>My $0.02 :)</p> OK, but I’d like to see two running totals then.

1) Weekly award – good idea, also means on a quiet week you can get 5 points for only getting a few right – I’d award more places though, maybe 10 for first to 1 for 10th. Needs a weekly table, and a long term leaderboard. You still get the same problem though, people playing longer will have higher scores overall – I think that’s just tough, tbh. These points should be kept separate, and not part of the overall scores.

2) Individual scores which are, as you say, reset each week, then like the above, there’s a weekly table, and a long term accumulating table. I want to keep the long term one, I was enjoying wondering if my 3,000 point gap to the person above me would ever be filled, and it’s nice to see just how much time you’ve wasted.

My $0.02 :)

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