This is a call to see if there is any interest in a 'Beat Your Own Average' knockout challenge.
It ran (pretty successfully) in 2010 and 2009.
Add your name to this thread if you would like to play.
This is a knockout side challenge using the Sunday member challenges.
The way it goes down:
In each match the person with the score that is highest relative to their starting average will go through. i.e. the person with the greatest positive (or lowest negative) difference between their score and their starting average will win.
The initial 'draw' will not be seeded in any way. I will use people's starting average score (used backwards; i.e. 5.2567 becomes 76525) to make an initial number-ordered list, pairings will be made from top to bottom; subsequent rounds will cascade geometrically from this initial list.
I'll utilize a triple in any round where the numbers don't allow for just pairings. That way everybody who wants to play will be able to.
Any matches which are tied will be given to the person with the higher starting average. This seems fair to me, beating a higher average is more difficult.
A non-entry forfeits the match.
Where both competitors do not submit, the person with the highest current (not starting) average will go through by default. (not that there will be much difference - but this would favour those who have improved their average during the duration of the competition)
Any late DQs which emerge after the next round has been contested will be ignored.
You must have already completed a challenge to be eligible; this is so that you have a fixed average score at sign-up.
I will check all the scores as quickly as I am able and publish the results in this forum.
The first round will be based on the challenge announced on Sunday August 28th and will run on each Sunday until there is a winner. The number of rounds will depend on the number of initial competitors.
Be aware, you won't know whether you are through to the next round until rollover, so you'll need to have an image ready to go without knowing whether you are through or not.
If you would like to join me in this knockout competition then please register your interest in this thread before 7pm (server time) on Friday August 26th.
I'm sorry this seems so distant but I am on vacation for the middle of August so need to get this up now despite this not starting it until the end of the month.
This seemed to provide a nice boost of inspiration and results the last time around. I'd like in as well.
Quick question: Are the match-ups only for Sunday challenges? Must you participate in all challenges? Or do you just need to submit at least once per week? I'm guessing it's a Sunday challenge thing, but... ?
I don't get it, but I like the crowd. Add me to the list.
Each week you'll be paired against someone - you win if you do better in relation to your average than they do in relation to their average. Means it self-levels the playing field.
This seemed to provide a nice boost of inspiration and results the last time around. I'd like in as well.
Quick question: Are the match-ups only for Sunday challenges? Must you participate in all challenges? Or do you just need to submit at least once per week? I'm guessing it's a Sunday challenge thing, but... ?
Yeah just Sundays and if you don't participate you'll most likely be eliminated. Of course your match may also not have submitted in which case the person with the highest current average goes through by default.
I did think about making it more flexible but it would defer the start of the next round and as such it would drag out and lose momentum.
