Seigheart Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 [color=#141414][left][size=3][font=arial]Hey guys, got a competition for you! The winner will get either a game from steam or something in-game. It might seem like a really simple competition, but it's actually pretty difficult.[/font][/size][/color][/left] [color=#141414][left][size=3][font=arial]The Aim: To find a word (simple... I think not [img]http://mineuk.com/styles/default/xenforo/clear.png[/img])[/font][/size][/color][/left] [color=#141414][left][size=3][font=arial]Conditions:[/font][/size][/color][/left] [font=Georgia,][left][size=3][font=arial]The winner will be contacted by PM. Good Luck[/font][/size][/font][/left][list] [*][size=3][font=arial]Word must be 5 letters long[/font][/size] [*][size=3][font=arial]Word must have 2 syllables[/font][/size] [*][size=3][font=arial]Word must follow the pattern "CVCVC" (C being a consanant, V being a vowel)[/font][/size] [*][size=3][font=arial]Word must be continuous and have no stopping characters or "hard letters" such as P, K, T and B.[/font][/size] [*][size=3][font=arial]It must not be a "common" word such as vowel (which fits all [/font][/size][font=arial][size=1]the criteria) but, I it can be a dictionary word.[/size][/font] [/list] Tal and Hedge Munos 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 10, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 i trust we pm you answers? i sent you a load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Change Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) In case it's not pmed, mine is libel (I've also sent you a pm containing others. Thus is fun!). I'm using 'The Origins of English Words' by Joseph T. Shipley, which is a great dictionary by the way. Edit: No b? Then change it to fanam, though I don't think that the b interrupts it. Edited January 11, 2013 by Change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Chewet has won with his list... [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]Moron is the word I was looking for. [/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Chewett wins a silver coin. [/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Change Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 That's common though! I may just keep on editing my pm to you with words (I love using this dictionary. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 11, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yeah, i was going to point out that the quest is _entirely_ based on personal perference. Seigheart essentially left it open to pick the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty4life Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 should have picked 60€+ game on steam... just sayin Seigheart and Chewett 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 11, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Didnt get a choice, methinks that was the prize all along, wouldnt have wasted the massive effort i went to get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty4life Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 aw, that was very mean use of word "or" in prize section by fenrir Seigheart, Chewett and Watcher 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsage Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 The massive effort of using a regular expression to go through a dictionary? Chewett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty4life Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 [quote name='lightsage' timestamp='1357940536' post='130258'] The massive effort of using a regular expression to go through a dictionary? [/quote] indeed but hey nut everyone knuws wut regex is and where to find dictionary Chewett and Seigheart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 12, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 [quote name='lightsage' timestamp='1357940536' post='130258'] The massive effort of using a regular expression to go through a dictionary? [/quote] shush shush, you reveal the wookie magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Change Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 I used a physical dictionary and I found one in two seconds. And I love perl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 18, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 For reference i have given Sieg the "reward" back and have asked him to give it out to someone who deserves it if he feels he must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Just as a clarification, the steam game would have been if there were many submissions. Not for four submissions... Chewett and Watcher 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 18, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 The quest was open 12 hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 So I was supposed to continue it after someone had one it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARK DEMON Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Seigheart' timestamp='1358525210' post='130912'] So I was supposed to continue it after someone had one it? [/quote] [font=comic sans ms,cursive][color=#006400]Suggestion: there should have been a rule to allow a person to only submit a limited number of words. Otherwise this quest was primarily for those who read the topic first...[/color][/font] Edited January 18, 2013 by DARK DEMON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maebius Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Seigheart' timestamp='1358525210' post='130912'] So I was supposed to continue it after someone had won it? [/quote] I think what the wookie may have meant was, on one hand you seem to have wanted much more participation, in order for the "good rewards" to be made available. However, stopping the quest before even a full day passed, when soem folks may be offline, severely limits the potential "submissions" to a very limited few. So, you can't have both ways: many questers, and limited time. I also think, that from the timestamps on this forum post, it almsot looks like it was won by Chewett within 61[b] minutes[/b]. Posted 10 January 2013 - 06:02 PM Posted 10 January 2013 - 07:03 PM That cuts down on the participant potential even more severely. [b]That's still a valid way to run a quest, with folks being at the right place at the right time[/b], but you can't say that then complain there weren't enough people. Edited January 18, 2013 by Maebius Ackshan Bemunah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Yes, there are things I will definitely consider doing the next time. Limiting the number of submissions people can enter is definitely one of them. Because there are a few who submitted over 200 each time they submitted.... Clearly not caring about finding it. Ackshan Bemunah and dst 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Change Posted January 19, 2013 Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 You didn't give enough information to find just one word. So you expected someone to submit one word out of the thousands of possible answers and for them to hope that it's the right one? [quote name='Seigheart' timestamp='1357858938' post='130156'] [left][size=3][font=arial]The winner will get either a game from steam or something in-game.[/font][/size][color=#141414][color=#141414][font=Georgia,][/quote][/font][/color][/color][/left] [left]I took this to mean a roundabout way of saying he'd give something in-game, and that something could be a flower (or if he [i]really[/i] wanted to be popular, a PM). Apparently the quest was harder than the rules, but from what the rules were, it was easy. He could have also said that 'the winner will either get an elephant or everything or a chicken or something in-game' and it would have been true.[/left] [left]Time to think up another quest.[/left] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Yeah, but I was looking for a specific word, and it just so happens Chewett chose the word "Moron" LOL Chewett, Pipstickz, dst and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin Chewett Posted January 21, 2013 Root Admin Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) I feel that in the future such quests where someone can arbitarily choose a winner should be discouraged. Seigheart may have pmed me the answer and told me to win it, specifically choosing me as a winner, and no one would know. Who is to say it didnt happen this time? A quest where there is no skill or fun involved, shouldnt really be a quest, its not fun and its primarily a waste of time, It appears i was luck enough that i thought up only ~15 words, and got the one, out of the millions of possible valid words, which apparently some spent a lot more time, Which i would encourage sieg to reward the one who sent the most words in if he hasnt already given the award to someone deserving. Edited January 21, 2013 by Chewett Seigheart, Menhir and dst 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seigheart Posted January 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 It wasnt so much a quest, but a contest... as the name of the thread implied... Ackshan Bemunah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackshan Bemunah Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 For sanity's sake, it's his silver coin. He can do what he wants with it. He's giving it, he's allowed to give it for no reason or in a popularity contest or in a little game between friends with a biased judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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