Well if that's the aim, then I don't think there should be a formal deadline at all. Simply declare the quiz open and close it when you have "x" entries (where "x" is some pre-determined number). I'm not entirely happy with the idea that the quizmaster should determine who takes part.tractakid wrote: Our old system was good. Let the quizmaster judge it as we go along, in order to maximise entries.
Anyway, I've re-scored quiz VII (Cricket) in accordance with my alternative scoring system. It actually makes more difference than I thought. "WR" represents a wrong answer, "x1" represents a unique answer, "x2" represents an answer given by one other player and so on.
DrainBrain x2 x1 x1 x2 x1 x2 x2 x1 x3 x2 | Score: 4
jbom x2 x1 x1 x3 x3 x2 x2 x2 x2 x1 | Score: 3 (Unique answers: 3) (Answers x2: 5) (Answers x3: 2)
tractakid x2 x1 x1 x3 x3 x2 x2 WR x2 x1 | Score: 2 (Unique answers: 3) (Answers x2: 4)
greatkingrat x2 WR x1 x2 x1 x2 x2 x1 x3 x2 | Score: 2 (Unique answers: 3) (Answers x2: 5)
The Raven x1 x2 x1 x3 x3 x1 x2 x2 x2 x2 | Score: 3 (Unique answers: 3) (Answers x2: 5) (Answers x3: 2)
Going Underground x1 x2 x1 x1 x1 x3 x1 x2 x2 x2 | Score: 5 (Unique answers: 5)
hopeful traveller x1 x1 x1 x1 x1 x3 x2 x2 x3 x1 | Score: 6
jamesthegill WR x1 x1 x1 x1 x3 x1 x1 WR x1 | Score: 5 (Unique answers: 7)
tubeguru WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR | Score: -10
And here are the rankings (previous rankings and scores in brackets):
1. hopeful traveller (4th, 216)
2. jamesthegill (2nd, 72)
3. Going Underground (1st, 48)
4. DrainBrain (3rd, 96)
5= jbom (5th=, 288)
5= The Raven (5th=, 288)
7. greatkingrat (7th, 384)
8. tractakid (8th, 576)
9. tubeguru (9th, 2654208)
[I still couldn't divide jbom and the Raven.]
