Leaderboard

[pgriz]

Uh huh. And how many are going to do the ebay bid thing at the very end and practically spam the thread to get their final post count up?

I think we should have the leaderboard algorithm do something more interesting - such as counting only those posts with "exceptional" interest (that that attracted a "winner" or "informative" or "useful"), or even summing the words over three letters and dividing by the number of posts... to reward the pedantic among us, for instance. Or why not have several leader boards including the month's comedian. Then there's the leaderboard which counts only the posts with photos, multiplied by the number of likes... Oh that will be a real interesting read...

 

[snowbear154 84]

I like your attitude, Leonore.

 

[snowbear154 84]

I just found out that my lovely wife is planning on taking off the next week or two. That means I don't have to go to work, either.

 

[limr8 6]

Uh huh. And how many are going to do the ebay bid thing at the very end and practically spam the thread to get their final post count up?

I think we should have the leaderboard algorithm do something more interesting - such as counting only those posts with "exceptional" interest (that that attracted a "winner" or "informative" or "useful"), or even summing the words over three letters and dividing by the number of posts... to reward the pedantic among us, for instance. Or why not have several leader boards including the month's comedian. Then there's the leaderboard which counts only the posts with photos, multiplied by the number of likes... Oh that will be a real interesting read...

YES! Let's make that happen!

Actually, that would also probably stress me out unnecessarily for a couple of weeks until I finally realize that I don't really care about it.

I'm only hanging out here because y'all are silly and I like silly. Plus I get to talk about football!

 

[limr8 6]

I just found out that my lovely wife is planning on taking off the next week or two. That means I don't have to go to work, either.

We are so going to kill this Wentzel record!!

 

[pgriz]

What's football? Is that like foosball?

 

[snowbear154 84]

It's like rugby, only kinder.

 

[pgriz]

And then, there's the ultimate leaderboard hack that always puts the person logged in as the "leader". Wait. I think the north korean guy already has that.

 

[pgriz]

And Leonore, you can't be going off-line all the time. That's NOT the spirit.

 

[snowbear154 84]

And then, there's the ultimate leaderboard hack that always puts the person logged in as the "leader". Wait. I think the north korean guy already has that.

Let's not expand on the last part and risk getting the thread locked.

I wonder if I could write a python script to post every 20 minutes or so while I'm at work? I guess not - I think that might be breaking a rule.

 

[pgriz]

Right, right. Let's not invite any locks. Then again, perhaps we should get Josh involved, he picks locks for fun. Just because he can. Betcha his tools can flip a few bits and presto! lock's unlocked!

 

[limr8 6]

And Leonore, you can't be going off-line all the time. That's NOT the spirit.

See, I'm already getting hives! Competition makes me woozy. And not in a good way.

I'm good at rabble-rousing, though, and then slinking off to play with my cats.

And just so ya'll know just how much of a geek I am (if you hadn't figured it out already,) I'm editing this because I forgot the period after 'cats.'

 

[snowbear154 84]

See, I'm already getting hives! Competition makes me woozy. And not in a good way.

I bet it's the chicken.

I, too, try to edit for punctuation and spelling. And I'm a Geographer.

 

[limr8 6]

But I don't eat chicken!

 

[snowbear154 84]

Radiated germs.