A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

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A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby TheBob10a on Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:07 pm

I was a little bored, so I decided to make this. It's just a cumulative tabulation of OfficiallyHaphazard's fantastic competitions.
If I made a mistake or missed something, please let me know.

Hopefully, there will be more competitions to add to this list. (hint, hint) ;) :P
Last Updated: 8/29/08

Overall Rankings

1st: Entity
Medals Obtained: 1 Gold
Placement History: x, x, x, 1
Average: 1.0

2nd: Selkie
Medals Obtained: 1 Silver
Placement History: 2, x, x, x
Average: 2.0

3rd: Intermission
Medals Obtained: 1 Gold
Placement History: x, 1, 4, x
Average: 2.5

Tie
*4th: drZool
Medals Obtained: 1 Bronze
Placement History: x, 3, x, x
Average: 3.0

*4th: stutesman
Medals Obtained: 1 Bronze
Placement History: 3, x, x, x
Average: 3.0

6th: Dataman
Medals Obtained: 1 Bronze
Place History: x, x, x, 3
Average: 3.0

7th: mnielsen
Medals Obtained: 2 Golds, 1 Silver
Placement History: 1, 2, 1, 9
Average: 3.3

Tie
*8th: holmstrom
Placement History: 4, x, x, x
Average: 4.0

*8th: Druin13
Placement History: x, x, x, 4
Average: 4.0

3-Way Tie
**10th: MetallicDragon
Placement History: 5, 5, x, x
Average: 5.0

**10th: Digrae
Placement History: x, x, 5, x
Average: 5.0

**10th: Sockfolder
Placement History: x, x, x, 5
Average: 5.0

13th: TheBob10a
Medals Obtained: 1 Bronze
Placement History: 5, 4, 3, 11
Average: 5.8

14th: Kelloran
Placement History: x, x, x, 6
Average: 6.0

15th: Sgt Superman
Medals Achieved: 1 Silver
Placement History: 10, 6, 7, 2
Average: 6.3

16th: jdelgado06
Placement History: x, x, x, 7
Average: 7.0

Tie
*17th: westfork
Placement History: 8, x, x, x
Average: 8.0

*17th: QB
Placement History: 9, x, x, 7
Average: 8.0

Tie
*19th: SteveJ
Placement History: x, 9, x, x
Average: 9.0

*19th: RocketRick
Placement History: 11, 7, x, x
Average: 9.0

Tie
*21st: SalD
Placement History: x, x, 10, x
Average: 10.0

*21st: bostich
Placement History: x, x, x, 10
Average: 10.0

23th: HexOxide
Placement History: x, x, 11, x
Average: 11.0

24th: weasel
Placement History: 7, x, 6, 21
Average: 11.3

4-Way Tie
***25th: Gieron
Medals Obtained: 1 Silver
Placement History: x, 8, 2, 26
Average: 12.0

***25st: Twilightzero
Placement History: x, x, 12, x
Average: 12.0

***25st: irishxpride
Placement History: 12, x, x, x
Average: 12.0

***25th: fabalou
Placement History: x, x, x, 12
Average: 12.0

29th: nEwImEr
Placement History: x, x, x, 13
Average: 13.0

Tie
*30th: Speedemon
Placement History: x, x, 9, 19
Average: 14.0

*30th: lootsorrow
Placement History: x, x, x, 14
Average: 14.0

32nd: Unbridled
Placement History: x, x, x, 15
Average: 15.0

Tie
*33rd: Pojo
Placement History: x, x, 8, 24
Average: 16.0

*33rd: C4FF
Placement History: x, x, x, 16
Average: 16.0

35th: Bad Tactics
Placement History: x, x, x, 17
Average: 17.0

36th: Recursive
Placement History: x, x, x, 18
Average: 18.0

37th: orangepeel
Placement History: x, x, x, 20
Average: 20.0

38th: Dr. Phil
Placement History: x, x, x, 22
Average: 22.0

39th: Jizzo
Placement History: x, x, x, 23
Average: 23.0

40th: GLMANTRA
Placement History: x, x, x, 25
Average: 25.0


A( freaking awesome) Haphazard Competition
Product Placement
close the door
fetch

Scoring
Each rod or stick: +1
Unpowered wheels: +2
Powered wheels: +4

Achievements
A green solution: -10 or 1/2 your score, whatever decreases your score the most (use no powered wheels)
A champion solution: -5 (keep the ball in the goal)
A boomerang solution: -7 (bring all goal pieces back to the start area)
A brown solution: -4 (only rods/sticks used)
A clean solution: -3 (clear all remains of your machine from the stage)

Note: no glitchy solutions allowed.

Prize Pool
* A customized Congratulations message :!: :!:
* Honor
* One (1) miracle. only redeemable at your nearest miracle redeeming kiosk
* Three (3) good dreams no purchase necessary; consume at your own risk
* The right to say you are "A kick-♥♥♥ contraptioner," also known as a Akac
* :10bux: + another :10bux: (according to weasel) :shock:

Gold: Entity
Product Placement: -14 :brownchamp:
Close the door: -15 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -4 :greenchamp:
Total: -33

Silver: Sgt Superman
Product Placement: -9 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -15 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -4 :greenchamp:
Total: -28

Bronze: Dataman
Product Placement: -9 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -11 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -5 :greenchamp:
Total: -25

4th: Druin13
Product Placement: -9 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -12 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -3 :greenchamp:
Total: -24

5th: Sockfolder
Product Placement: -3 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -16 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -2 :greenchamp:
Total: -21

6th: Kelloran
Product Placement: -7 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -14 :brownchamp:
Fetch: 7 :champ:
Total: -14

7th: QB
Product Placement: -5 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -13 :brownchamp:
Fetch: 6 :clean:
Total: -12

7th: jdelgado06
Product Placement: -6 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -4 :greenchamp:
Fetch: -2 :greenchamp:
Total: -12

9th: mnielsen
Product Placement: -7 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -9 :greenchamp:
Fetch: 5 :champ:
Total: -11

10th: bostich
Product Placement: 2 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -11 :brownchamp:
Fetch: -1 :greenchamp:
Total: -10

11th: TheBob10a
Product Placement: -7 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -5 :greenchamp:
Fetch: 5 :champ:
Total: -7

12th: fabalou
Product Placement: -7 :greenchamp:
Close the door: 1 :brownchamp:
Fetch: 7.5 :greenchamp:
Total: 1.5

13th: nEwImEr
Product Placement: -3
Close the door: 6
Fetch: -1
Total: 2

14th: lootsorrow
Product Placement: 1
Close the door: -5
Fetch: 7
Total: 3

15th: Unbridled
Product Placement: -7 :greenchamp:
Close the door: -3 :brownchamp:
Fetch: 15 :clean:
Total: 5

16th: C4FF
Product Placement: -6
Close the door: 11.5
Fetch: 0
Total: 5.5

17th: Bad Tactics
Product Placement: 0
Close the door: -3
Fetch: 9
Total: 6

18th: Recursive
Product Placement: 7 :champ:
Close the door: -6 :brownchamp:
Fetch: 6 :champ:
Total: 7

19th: Speedemon
Product Placment -7 :green:
Close The Door 7 :champ:
Fetch 11 :clean:
Total: 11

20th: orangepeel
Product Placement: 14
Close the door: 3
Fetch: 1
Total: 18

21st: Weasel
Product Placement: 2 :greenchamp:
Close the door: 9 :greenchamp:
Fetch: 10 :champ:
Total: 21

22nd: Dr. Phil
Product Placement: 11.5 :greenchamp:
Close the door: 10 :greenchamp:
Fetch: 14 :clean:
Total: 35.5

23rd: Jizzo
Product Placement: 11 :champ:
Close the door: 18
Fetch: 13 :clean:
Total: 42

24th: pojo
Product Placement: 29 :greenchamp:
Close the door: 15.5 :greenchamp:
Fetch: 6 :champ:
Total: 50.5

25th: GLMANTRA
Product Placement: 26
Close the door: 18
Fetch: 35
Total: 79

26th: Gieron
Product Placement: 49
Close the door: 152
Fetch: 115
Total: 316 (Editor's Note: LOL!!!!!!!)


A(nd one more) Haphazard Competition
SOS... Don't let your contraption sink!
Push and Catch... Careful of the rocking
Split Timing: Too Evil? :twisted:

Scoring
Each rod or stick: +1
Unpowered wheels: +2
Powered wheels: +4
Not completing a level: +90

Achievements
A Green solution: -10 or 1/2 your score, whatever decreases your score the most (use no powered wheels)
A Champion solution: -5 (keep the ball in the goal)
A Boomerang solution: -7 (bring all goal pieces back to the start area)
A Brown solution: -4 (only rods/sticks used)
A Clean solution: -3 (clear all remains of your machine from the stage)

Prize Pool
A customized Congratulations message :!: :!:
Honor
One (1) miracle. only redeemable at your nearest miracle redeeming kiosk
Three (3) good dreams no purchase necessary; consume at your own risk

Gold: mnielsen
SOS: -9 :brown: :clean: (Beauty)
Push and Catch: -9 :greenchamp: (Most amazing solution ever)
Split Timing: 1 :green: (This guy clearly has no life if he comes up with solutions like these)
Total: -17

Silver: Gieron
SOS: -10 :brown: :clean:
Push and Catch: 3 :champ:
Split Timing: 15 :green: (Pretty interesting green solution)
Total: 8

Bronze: TheBob10a
SOS: -8 :brownchamp: (Only brown champion, beautiful natural pult award)
Push and Catch: 5 :champ:
Split Timing: 15 :clean:
Total: 12

4th: Intermission
SOS: 4 :clean:
Push and Catch: 3 :champ:
Split Timing: 15 :clean:
Total: 22

5th: Digrae
SOS: 6 :clean:
Push and Catch: 3 :champ:
Split Timing: 20
Total: 29

6th: weasel
SOS: 13 :clean:
Push and Catch: 4 :champ: (Simplest Award)
Split Timing: 19
Total: 36

7th: Sgt Superman
SOS: 4 :clean:
Push and Catch: 7 :champ:
Split Timing: 27 :clean: (Most Symmetric Award)
Total: 38

8th: Pojo
SOS: 12 :clean:
Push and Catch: 14 (Funniest solution)
Split Timing: 22
Total: 48

9th: Speedemon
SOS: 4 :clean:
Push and Catch: 20
Split Timing: 25
Total: 49

10th: SalD
SOS: 14 :clean:
Push and Catch: 13 :clean:
Split Timing: 48
Total: 75

11th: HexOxide
SOS: 12 :clean:
Push and Catch: 19
Split Timing: 60
Total: 91

12th: Twilightzero (only one entry)
SOS: (In the author's words) My score: LOTS. I suck, but I'm happy my machine worked :) (Overly Complex Solution Award)
Total: A lot :P


A(nother) Haphazard Competition
Simple Rotation
Super Mario Bros Level 1
switched things up

Scoring
Each rod or stick: +1
Unpowered wheels: +2
Powered wheels: +4
Not completing a level: +100

Achievements
A Green solution: -10 or 1/2 your score, whatever decreases your score the most
A Champion solution: -5
A Boomerang solution: -7

Prize Pool
A customized Congratulations message :!: :!:
Honor
One (1) miracle. only redeemable at your nearest miracle redeeming kiosk

Gold: Intermission
Simple Rotation: -10 :greenchamp:
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 5 :champ:
Switching things up: 4 :champ: (Simplest Solution)
Total: -1

Silver: mnielsen
Simple Rotation: -7 :greenchamp:
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 7 :champ:
Switching things up: 8 :champ: (Most unexpected maneuver)
Total: 8

Bronze: drZool
Simple Rotation: -5 :greenchamp: (Anti-wheel solution)
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 8 :champ:
Switching things up: 6 :champ: (Nice throw solution)26
Total: 9

4th: TheBob10a
Simple Rotation: 10
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 6 :champ:
Switching things up: 10 :champ: (Smallest solution)
Total: 26

5th: MetallicDragon
Simple Rotate: 8
Mario Lv 1: 10 :champ:
Switch it up: 9 :champ: (Slowest solution)
Total: 27

6th: Sgt Superman
Simple Rotation: -4 :green:
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 9 :green: (Only green entry solution)
switched things up: 33 :champ:
Total: 38

7th: RocketRick
Simple Rotation: 7 :green:
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 10
Switching things up: 30 :champ: (Most like my solution)
Total: 47

8th: Gieron
Simple Rotation: 19
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 17
Switching things up: 17 :champ: (Most mirror image-like solution)
Total: 53

9th: SteveJ
Simple Rotation: 4 :champ: (Hardest to tell if it is a champion solution)
Super Mario Bros Level 1: 7 :green:
Switching things up: 100
Total: 111


A Haphazard Competition
Easy Street
No Bridge over troubled water
Top n' Bottom

Scoring
Each rod or stick: +1
Unpowered wheels: +2
Powered wheels: +4
Not completing a level: +100

Achievements
A Green solution: -10 or 1/2 your score, whatever number is bigger
A Champion solution: -5

Prize Pool
A customized Congratulations message :!: :!:
Honor

Gold: mnielsen
Easy Street: 3 :champ:
No Bridge: -13 :greenchamp:
Top n' Bottom: 21 :champ:
Total: 11

Silver: Selkie
Easy Street: 3 :champ:
No Bridge: -13 :greenchamp:
Top n' Bottom: 25 (pretty slick solution, but takes forever to finish)
Total: 15

Bronze: stutesman
Easy Street: 5 :champ:
No Bridge: -11 :greenchamp:
Top n' Bottom: 24 :champ:
Total: 18

4th: holmstrom
Easy Street: 7 :champ:
No Bridge: -9 :green:
Top n' Bottom: 24
Total: 22

5th: TheBob10a
Easy Street: 3 :champ:
No Bridge: -12 :greenchamp:
Top n' Bottom: 32 :champ:
Total: 23

5th: MetallicDragon
Easy Street: 9 :champ:
No Bridge: -9 :green:
Top n' Bottom: 23 :champ:
Total: 23

7th: weasel
Easy Street: 7 :champ:
No Bridge: -6 :green:
Top n' Bottom: 26 :champ:
Total: 27

8th: westfork
Easy Street: 7
No Bridge: -9 :green:
Top n' Bottom: 32
Total: 30

9th: QB
Easy Street: 7
No Bridge: -13 :greenchamp:
Top n' Bottom: 47
Total: 41

10th: Sgt Superman
Easy Street: 7 :champ:
No Bridge: 14
Top n' Bottom: 38
Total: 59

11th: RocketRick
Easy Street: 14
No Bridge: 29
Top n' Bottom: 44
Total: 87

12th: irishxpride
Easy Street: 13
No Bridge: 36
Top n' Bottom: 49 (nice bit of acrobatics at the end)
Total: 98
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby TheBob10a on Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:08 pm

:)
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby OfficiallyHaphazard on Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:38 pm

those are some pretty blatant hints you gave at the top of that post :P

Next time put them in spoiler tags. :D
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby Digrae on Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:41 am

I claim my rightful spot one place higher, in the only one I competed in! Haphazards typo turned 38 into 28 for the guy above me, robbing me of 5th :P

(I wouldn't care, but OMG I worked on those forever! I thought I'd make the top 3 for sure. Some of the winners amazed me. I love this competition. Some of the coolest contraptions I've seen.)
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby Sgt Superman on Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:37 am

Nice work, Its fun to see them all in one place. I thought for sure I was going to do better on this last competition, but alas it was not to be. I am gaining ground in each one though so I can't wait for the next one!
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby OfficiallyHaphazard on Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:35 am

Digrae wrote:I claim my rightful spot one place higher, in the only one I competed in! Haphazards typo turned 38 into 28 for the guy above me, robbing me of 5th :P

(I wouldn't care, but OMG I worked on those forever! I thought I'd make the top 3 for sure. Some of the winners amazed me. I love this competition. Some of the coolest contraptions I've seen.)


Whoops. sorry for the typo.. Whose score did I type in incorrectly?
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation

Postby TheBob10a on Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:59 pm

Digrae wrote:I claim my rightful spot one place higher, in the only one I competed in! Haphazards typo turned 38 into 28 for the guy above me, robbing me of 5th :P

(I wouldn't care, but OMG I worked on those forever! I thought I'd make the top 3 for sure. Some of the winners amazed me. I love this competition. Some of the coolest contraptions I've seen.)


Fixed. Sorry about that. I blame copy/paste.
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby Gieron on Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:13 pm

I think you have to look over your ranking system. Currently Entity is nr 1 with one gold and mnielsen is nr 7 with 2 golds and one silver. It doesn't seem very fair.
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby kelloran on Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:37 pm

I love the work u have put into that TheBob10a.


*starts to study Entity and game mechanics. hmm Entity eats his dinner 4pm hmmm maybe thats why, if only i could see his bedroom*
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby Druin13 on Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:33 pm

Gieron wrote:I think you have to look over your ranking system. Currently Entity is nr 1 with one gold and mnielsen is nr 7 with 2 golds and one silver. It doesn't seem very fair.


I thought of this as well, however, the way the ranking system is currently set up, it is all about doing well over time. If Entity never competes again, his place at #1 will be forever held. A simple time limit would fix that; say if you miss 2 competitions in a row, you are off the list.

As long as Haphazard keeps producing these really awesome events, the ranking system will eventually favor long lasting ingenuity over flashes of brilliance. Although, from what I can tell, this was no flash for Entity, he seems to continually produce quality contraptions.
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby kelloran on Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:14 pm

Druin13 wrote:
Gieron wrote:I think you have to look over your ranking system. Currently Entity is nr 1 with one gold and mnielsen is nr 7 with 2 golds and one silver. It doesn't seem very fair.


I thought of this as well, however, the way the ranking system is currently set up, it is all about doing well over time. If Entity never competes again, his place at #1 will be forever held. A simple time limit would fix that; say if you miss 2 competitions in a row, you are off the list.

As long as Haphazard keeps producing these really awesome events, the ranking system will eventually favor long lasting ingenuity over flashes of brilliance. Although, from what I can tell, this was no flash for Entity, he seems to continually produce quality contraptions.


hmm kinda agree, why not have the 3 best round count, and when we have another its the 4 best that counts.
Dosent mather much to me though. i just love seeing all the cool contraptions when its done.
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby TheBob10a on Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:43 pm

Gieron wrote:I think you have to look over your ranking system. Currently Entity is nr 1 with one gold and mnielsen is nr 7 with 2 golds and one silver. It doesn't seem very fair.


I know, I've been tossing some ideas in my head to try and make it more "balanced". If you have any suggestions, I could use them.

Druin13 wrote:A simple time limit would fix that; say if you miss 2 competitions in a row, you are off the list.


My first thought was similar to this. For each set of competitions you miss in a row (2 or 3), your average score would increase by an n% penalty. Each penalty could then be absolved by completing the next competition.
i.e. Placement History: 2, x, x, x, 6
(2 misses = 50% penalty)
Averages: 2, 2, 3, 4.5, 6 or 4.5 (depending upon whether the penalty is calculated before or after the newest score(s) is/are added)

I'll probably just go with something easier. Add 1 penalty point to their average for each 'x' in their placement history. Take 1 penalty point away for each medal they've obtained. Something similarly simple should suffice. :dance:

Of course, knowing me, I'll probably have several independent penalty systems running simultaneously until it becomes so overwhelmingly tangled that I have to give up and let Grand Master Entity build a contraption that does it for me. :science: :woop:
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Re: A Haphazard Compilation- Updated 8/29/08

Postby OfficiallyHaphazard on Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:12 pm

How about just taking the average of their three best rankings (keeping all of them posted). If they haven't competed in 3, then just take the average of as many as they have competed in. Thus Entity is first and mnielsen is second.

If there is a tie, use more data :) (or just say there is a tie)

As there are more competitions, 3 will grow to 4 or 5.. roughly 75% of total competitions :)


In my mind that is easy and effective.
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