PMD_E1337Pete said:Congrats to everyone still in the competition and thanks to the people running the show.
Here's some things I'd like to see looked at for next competition if we're taking feedback:
1. Eliminations More Consistent
2. Competition Runners in the Competition
3. Weird Quirks in Scoring: Decay
4. Weird Quirks in Scoring: Scanning
Please note, although I am Game Info Manager, I have no input on how this was run. Just providing feedback to these points. I will skip points if I don't have input. I numbered yours for easier response.
1. Eliminations should be corrected for next time. I agree
2. Competition runners in this case was just one person. Atsuma. Without him, the competition would have run fine, but had no bonuses. Next time, I believe the code will be in place for the bonuses to be applied in the back end without a site member having to manage them. In a way, Atsuma was also at a disadvantage in the competition. As well as having to work a normal day job, he also came back to TT and had to manually calculate everyones bonuses before he could start scoring. At times, this took many hours to do. This was thankfully automated for the last few weeks.
If you are worried other staff like myself had an advantage, I can confirm, we knew nothing of each bonus until we got the PM, and we had no input on any decisions either.
3. The weird quirks affect most players. It is the nature of the competition. I think it adds an extra layer of challenge to it personally.
4. I am not sure how easily this could be addressed due to how it works with decay and such. If this was fixed, the point 3 would also need fixed most likely. It would make the decay trickier too. If the decay is only calculated within the competition, as in point 3, what would happen with the decay to games you scored in, but didn't scan within the previous leg. It may make more sense to allow the scanning quirk and then people can plan for it.
Nelson-Hellier said:Transaction Records.
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This being a potential for people violating Sony's agreement, has nothing to do with a TT competition. If you feel strongly about this one, you could report the gamers to Sony. Although unlikely, it is possible for a gamer to travel to the different countries and make the relevant purchase when there. There would be no way for TT to prove otherwise and therefore couldn't exclude them.