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Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 8:23 am
by Cinny
Beam me up!
I don't even get this printed and done before a few hundred names are on the leaderboard. Last week was the first and probably the last time I will be in the top 50. I'm always just happy if I get my name up there!!
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 9:43 am
by MaineMarge
I’m beamed up at #366. Too bad this isn’t a leap year or I could leap right up.
And Matt, no use trying to pull a fast one like this by a gal whose dairy farming father was president of this Maine State Association!
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:35 am
by Joe
Just for kicks, I thought I'd race to see how quickly I could solve. Went to the Patreon site, where someone said the puzzle appears before the email alert goes out, refreshed, refreshed, then got the puzzle, started solving (I am NOT a speed solver), glanced at the prompt, figured out what the answer must be before I got even halfway through the puzzle, raced over to Matt's site, entered my stuff, and scored the #5 slot. Impressive to me and only me, I'm aware, but confirmed the fact that I will never ever ever get that last "achievement" of being first to solve. Oh well! Hope everyone has a great weekend.
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 4:03 pm
by cbarbee002
Energize.
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 1:29 pm
by Bob cruise director
Joe wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:35 am
Just for kicks, I thought I'd race to see how quickly I could solve. Went to the Patreon site, where someone said the puzzle appears before the email alert goes out, refreshed, refreshed, then got the puzzle, started solving (I am NOT a speed solver), glanced at the prompt, figured out what the answer must be before I got even halfway through the puzzle, raced over to Matt's site, entered my stuff, and scored the #5 slot. Impressive to me and only me, I'm aware, but confirmed the fact that I will never ever ever get that last "achievement" of being first to solve. Oh well! Hope everyone has a great weekend.
I did not get it right away but had the answer before I was half way through the grid. That being said, I have no idea how someone solved it in 2 minutes
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 2:55 pm
by KayW
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 1:29 pm
Joe wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:35 am
Just for kicks, I thought I'd race to see how quickly I could solve. Went to the Patreon site, where someone said the puzzle appears before the email alert goes out, refreshed, refreshed, then got the puzzle, started solving (I am NOT a speed solver), glanced at the prompt, figured out what the answer must be before I got even halfway through the puzzle, raced over to Matt's site, entered my stuff, and scored the #5 slot. Impressive to me and only me, I'm aware, but confirmed the fact that I will never ever ever get that last "achievement" of being first to solve. Oh well! Hope everyone has a great weekend.
I did not get it right away but had the answer before I was half way through the grid. That being said, I have no idea how someone solved it in 2 minutes
I "guessed" what turned out to be the correct answer with very little of the grid completed and could have submitted about as quickly. But unless I do something really stoopid, that little magic number next to my name is going to change from a 10 to a 50 next week. And IMHO, that would have been a really stoopid risk to take.
A few solvers seem to like to take a quick stab at the solve, e.a. in particular (this week's 2-minute wonder). But you'll notice his/her current streak is "1" and only has 10 correct solves for the year (out of a max of 19).
EDIT: and did I just jinx myself, or what
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 3:17 pm
by Bob cruise director
KayW wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:55 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 1:29 pm
Joe wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:35 am
Just for kicks, I thought I'd race to see how quickly I could solve. Went to the Patreon site, where someone said the puzzle appears before the email alert goes out, refreshed, refreshed, then got the puzzle, started solving (I am NOT a speed solver), glanced at the prompt, figured out what the answer must be before I got even halfway through the puzzle, raced over to Matt's site, entered my stuff, and scored the #5 slot. Impressive to me and only me, I'm aware, but confirmed the fact that I will never ever ever get that last "achievement" of being first to solve. Oh well! Hope everyone has a great weekend.
I did not get it right away but had the answer before I was half way through the grid. That being said, I have no idea how someone solved it in 2 minutes
I "guessed" what turned out to be the correct answer with very little of the grid completed and could have submitted about as quickly. But unless I do something really stoopid, that little magic number next to my name is going to change from a 10 to a 50 next week. And IMHO, that would have been a really stoopid risk to take.
A few solvers seem to like to take a quick stab at the solve, e.a. in particular (this week's 2-minute wonder). But you'll notice his/her current streak is "1" and only has 10 correct solves for the year (out of a max of 19).
EDIT: and did I just jinx myself, or what
Once you earn the 10 or 50, do you get to keep that forever, just one week or until you miss one? I only have 9 more to go to get to 10. And that includes two week 4's.
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 3:29 pm
by KayW
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:17 pm
KayW wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:55 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 1:29 pm
I did not get it right away but had the answer before I was half way through the grid. That being said, I have no idea how someone solved it in 2 minutes
I "guessed" what turned out to be the correct answer with very little of the grid completed and could have submitted about as quickly. But unless I do something really stoopid, that little magic number next to my name is going to change from a 10 to a 50 next week. And IMHO, that would have been a really stoopid risk to take.
A few solvers seem to like to take a quick stab at the solve, e.a. in particular (this week's 2-minute wonder). But you'll notice his/her current streak is "1" and only has 10 correct solves for the year (out of a max of 19).
EDIT: and did I just jinx myself, or what
Once you earn the 10 or 50, do you get to keep that forever, just one week or until you miss one? I only have 9 more to go to get to 10. And that includes two week 4's.
I am 98% sure it only reflects your current streak. But I haven't personally tested that ... yet!
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 4:12 pm
by Bob cruise director
KayW wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:29 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:17 pm
KayW wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:55 pm
I "guessed" what turned out to be the correct answer with very little of the grid completed and could have submitted about as quickly. But unless I do something really stoopid, that little magic number next to my name is going to change from a 10 to a 50 next week. And IMHO, that would have been a really stoopid risk to take.
A few solvers seem to like to take a quick stab at the solve, e.a. in particular (this week's 2-minute wonder). But you'll notice his/her current streak is "1" and only has 10 correct solves for the year (out of a max of 19).
EDIT: and did I just jinx myself, or what
Once you earn the 10 or 50, do you get to keep that forever, just one week or until you miss one? I only have 9 more to go to get to 10. And that includes two week 4's.
I am 98% sure it only reflects your current streak. But I haven't personally tested that ... yet!
Has your 10 been there for 39 weeks?
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 4:28 pm
by ky-mike
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:17 pm
KayW wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:55 pm
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 1:29 pm
I did not get it right away but had the answer before I was half way through the grid. That being said, I have no idea how someone solved it in 2 minutes
I "guessed" what turned out to be the correct answer with very little of the grid completed and could have submitted about as quickly. But unless I do something really stoopid, that little magic number next to my name is going to change from a 10 to a 50 next week. And IMHO, that would have been a really stoopid risk to take.
A few solvers seem to like to take a quick stab at the solve, e.a. in particular (this week's 2-minute wonder). But you'll notice his/her current streak is "1" and only has 10 correct solves for the year (out of a max of 19).
EDIT: and did I just jinx myself, or what
Once you earn the 10 or 50, do you get to keep that forever, just one week or until you miss one? I only have 9 more to go to get to 10. And that includes two week 4's.
Jangler has for certain had longer streaks, but does not currently have a streak designation next to his name (current streak of 6 for him). I guess that Kay doesn't need to test this out to satisfy your curiosity
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 4:45 pm
by KayW
40
(if I did my math right, always a big IF.) But one way or the other, it's disappearing next week...
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 11:47 pm
by ajk
Bob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:17 pm
Once you earn the 10 or 50, do you get to keep that forever, just one week or until you miss one? I only have 9 more to go to get to 10. And that includes two week 4's.
I think the deal is that it stays up until you either earn the next one or blow the streak. Can personally confirm that blowing the streak removes the 10
Re: #675 - “Sporting Chance”
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 1:32 pm
by camandsampowercouple
Beam me up. I haven't been able to finish the grid but this meta was pretty easy even for a week one.
(if I did my math right, always a big IF.) But one way or the other, it's disappearing next week...