Goatdown Duel
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:05 pm
Any feedback on having Goatdown in the Duel? I finally got round to coding it last night so I'm interested to see what people made of it.
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Even that doesn't explain what was going on with that weird conundrum. It seems that you're only going to get eight letters (is it designed so that only one letter can be added to those eight to make a nine?) and then another one pops up at the end.Ben Wilson wrote:There is always the wiki if you're desperate.
FFS, stop moaning.Gavin Chipper wrote:Even that doesn't explain what was going on with that weird conundrum. It seems that you're only going to get eight letters (is it designed so that only one letter can be added to those eight to make a nine?) and then another one pops up at the end.Ben Wilson wrote:There is always the wiki if you're desperate.
And why didn't I get to choose the last number in each selection? That's not very "goat".
Stop moaning about my moaning!Kirk Bevins wrote:FFS, stop moaning.Gavin Chipper wrote:Even that doesn't explain what was going on with that weird conundrum. It seems that you're only going to get eight letters (is it designed so that only one letter can be added to those eight to make a nine?) and then another one pops up at the end.Ben Wilson wrote:There is always the wiki if you're desperate.
And why didn't I get to choose the last number in each selection? That's not very "goat".
It was considered and tried, but it was too easy and didn't make a lot of difference. I think the numbers stick out a bit in Goatdown. I would happily just have 14 letters then a goatnundrum.Gavin Chipper wrote:Even that doesn't explain what was going on with that weird conundrum. It seems that you're only going to get eight letters (is it designed so that only one letter can be added to those eight to make a nine?) and then another one pops up at the end.Ben Wilson wrote:There is always the wiki if you're desperate.
And why didn't I get to choose the last number in each selection? That's not very "goat". Could that become a variant numbers game or would it be too ridiculous?
It's a good concept though (Goatdown in general that is).
I don't think it should end in a Goatnundrum, but I like the idea of just having word rounds in the duel. Maybe you could use the Alphagoat idea format, so each round then has to be a different letter you pick.Jon O'Neill wrote:I think the numbers stick out a bit in Goatdown. I would happily just have 14 letters then a goatnundrum.
Yes, a lot more could be done with this. It would be useful if the recaps should the "metamax" too (i.e. optimal pick), and the round summary table was coloured relative to the metamax and... etc. I'll get on with this sort of thing after CoC stops occupying most of my thoughtspace.Frank Rodolf wrote:One little request for the results though - is it possible to include the max per player in the round summary?
Anyway, Kirk, there was actually a question in there but you just read it as a moan (as usual) and ignored the question. Do the goat conundrums work so that there is only one possible solution even before the ninth letter is added? And presumably you don't any extra points for solving it before the ninth letter appears?Gavin Chipper wrote:Stop moaning about my moaning!Kirk Bevins wrote:FFS, stop moaning.Gavin Chipper wrote:Even that doesn't explain what was going on with that weird conundrum. It seems that you're only going to get eight letters (is it designed so that only one letter can be added to those eight to make a nine?) and then another one pops up at the end.
And why didn't I get to choose the last number in each selection? That's not very "goat".
Correct.Gavin Chipper wrote: Anyway, Kirk, there was actually a question in there but you just read it as a moan (as usual) and ignored the question. Do the goat conundrums work so that there is only one possible solution even before the ninth letter is added?
You're supposed to get 7 for solving it after the last letter appears, but I never got round to implementing that and people would probably go mental if I did it now (so I probably will.)Gavin Chipper wrote:And presumably you don't any extra points for solving it before the ninth letter appears?
Does this mean that all goatdown conundrums have a solution which starts with one of the eight visible letters? Or can you press the blank if you think it starts with the missing letter?Charlie Reams wrote:You're supposed to get 7 for solving it after the last letter appears, but I never got round to implementing that and people would probably go mental if I did it now (so I probably will.)
You have to use the keyboard for Goatundrums, you can't click. There's just no way to make it work with the mouse, at least that I can think of.Howard Somerset wrote:Does this mean that all goatdown conundrums have a solution which starts with one of the eight visible letters? Or can you press the blank if you think it starts with the missing letter?
Thanks. If ever I get one, I'll try to remember.Charlie Reams wrote:You have to use the keyboard for Goatundrums, you can't click. There's just no way to make it work with the mouse, at least that I can think of.Howard Somerset wrote:Does this mean that all goatdown conundrums have a solution which starts with one of the eight visible letters? Or can you press the blank if you think it starts with the missing letter?
Logically you'd get more points for getting it before that point rather than less afterwards?Charlie Reams wrote:Correct.Gavin Chipper wrote: Anyway, Kirk, there was actually a question in there but you just read it as a moan (as usual) and ignored the question. Do the goat conundrums work so that there is only one possible solution even before the ninth letter is added?
You're supposed to get 7 for solving it after the last letter appears, but I never got round to implementing that and people would probably go mental if I did it now (so I probably will.)Gavin Chipper wrote:And presumably you don't any extra points for solving it before the ninth letter appears?
Yeah, I screwed up. Thought I'd got away with it as well...Dan Vanniasingham wrote:Just having a look through the results for yesterday, and it seems people were given different conundrums. I guess that's a bug?
Really? All the ones I checked were STRONGEST, TABLEWARE and SUBCLAUSE.Dan Vanniasingham wrote:Just having a look through the results for yesterday, and it seems people were given different conundrums. I guess that's a bug?