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Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:29 pm 22.6% submitted JUDGE. I wonder what percentage of us (myself included!) submitted something like BOWL GAMES in the PAGEANT meta?

Jeremy Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:29 pm 22.6% submitted JUDGE. I wonder what percentage of us (myself included!) submitted something like BOWL GAMES in the PAGEANT meta?

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Greetings--as you may have seen in my colleague Taylor's post above, our February contests are going to be tailored to beginners (spread the word!), so that they can serve as our curriculum for a forthcoming guide to solving metas. The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849! Plus several other flavors of judges (Juvenile, Circuit, Small Claims, et al.)

Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Greetings--as you may have seen in my colleague Taylor's post above, our February contests are going to be tailored to beginners (spread the word!), so that they can serve as our curriculum for a forthcoming guide to solving metas. The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849! Plus several other flavors of judges (Juvenile, Circuit, Small Claims, et al.)

Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:56 pm
Maybe you should offer a really really big prize sometime and see what happens

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:58 pm
I wonder if these weeks should go into the record books with an * like steroid records in baseball???

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Greetings--as you may have seen in my colleague Taylor's post above, our February contests are going to be tailored to beginners (spread the word!), so that they can serve as our curriculum for a forthcoming guide to solving metas. The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849! Plus several other flavors of judges (Juvenile, Circuit, Small Claims, et al.)

Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

steveb wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:31 am

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

The closest to me the mug has come so far! Just nudge it over a mile or two.

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Greetings--as you may have seen in my colleague Taylor's post above, our February contests are going to be tailored to beginners (spread the word!), so that they can serve as our curriculum for a forthcoming guide to solving metas. The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849! Plus several other flavors of judges (Juvenile, Circuit, Small Claims, et al.)

Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

C=64 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:13 am

Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:58 pm
I wonder if these weeks should go into the record books with an * like steroid records in baseball???

I was thinking about the Bruins' scoring records in 1970-71 against expansion clubs.

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849!

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:56 pm

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm Greetings--as you may have seen in my colleague Taylor's post above, our February contests are going to be tailored to beginners (spread the word!), so that they can serve as our curriculum for a forthcoming guide to solving metas. The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the right on-ramp. And for you seasoned Muggles, don't worry, things will get spicier in March. Meanwhile we had almost Pageant levels of guesses for JUDGE alone, with 849! Plus several other flavors of judges (Juvenile, Circuit, Small Claims, et al.)

Congrats to this week's winner who beat the longest odds yet: Peter Covert of Stanford, Calif.!

Awesome!

I still wonder how many people are out there who solve regularly but don't bother to submit. I can imagine lots wouldn't want to risk getting on some junk mail list (because who really trusts businesses to not sell their data) just for a small chance to win a mug.

Maybe you should offer a really really big prize sometime and see what happens

Abide wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:00 pm

MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:15 pm The result: we blew past all our previous records, with 3762 submissions. About 76% were correct, right in line with our typical level. We take this as proof that the addressable market for metas is much bigger than we'd been reaching--we just need to build the

22.6% of the submitted answers is a definite Pageant to me, not "almost"

SusieG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:09 pm Metas can be difficult for outsiders. When I was recently explaining a MGWCC week 5 my husband looked at me and said “I know you’re speaking English, but I didn’t understand anything you just said.”

Commodore wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:40 pm

SusieG wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:09 pm Metas can be difficult for outsiders. When I was recently explaining a MGWCC week 5 my husband looked at me and said “I know you’re speaking English, but I didn’t understand anything you just said.”

"It's simple. In other words, the Meta is analogous to purchasing an out-of-the-money put option contract on Gamestop using a long hard-fork position in a derivative bitcoin nano swap, pretend this salt shaker is 10 naked calls deliverable at the March triple witching while the spoon here is a clearinghouse....blah, blah, blah."