Thumbtacks (Game 2) WINNER REVEALED!

RoryMK · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:04 am

RULES

stolen from Magic Kingdom and altered

There is, before you, a tall corkboard. The game will be played in a number of rounds, depending on the amount of signups.
Every round, you will choose to place a thumbtack at one position. After all tacks have been placed, we will tally the scores for the round and add them to your total score. If someone else places a tack where you placed one, both tacks fall off, and score 0 points. After that, any and all remaining tacks will score point equal to the height of the tack, MINUS the difference of the height of the tack beneath it.

For example, Monty, Alex, Ani and Pizza are playing in a round of Thumbtacks. The scoreboard is 55 units high. Monty places his tack on 50. Pizza places his thumbtacks at 35. Alex places his thumbtack at 20, and Ani places his tack at 35. Pizza’s tack and Ani’s tack both fall off and earn 0 points. Monty earns 30 points (50 – 20) and Alex earns 20 points (20 – 0).

The player with the lowest

total

score after each round is eliminated until only one player remains, who will be declared the winner.

In the event of a tie, the person who scored the least amount of points in the current round is eliminated. If that still results in a tie, an extra elimination round is played between the tied players.

Game #	Winner
1	randomidget
2	JerryArr

RoryMK · Post Post #11 (isolation #1) » Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:25 am

There's been some delay but this will start today or tomorrow. Last chance to/in

RoryMK · Post Post #15 (isolation #2) » Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:36 am

We have 12 players! That's quite a lot so this should be good!

Time for round 1! I'll copy the example again, so everyone knows how it works:

For example, Monty, Alex, Ani and Pizza are playing in a round of Thumbtacks. The scoreboard is 55 units high. Monty places his tack on 50. Pizza places his thumbtacks at 35. Alex places his thumbtack at 20, and Ani places his tack at 35. Pizza’s tack and Ani’s tack both fall off and earn 0 points. Monty earns 30 points (50 – 20) and Alex earns 20 points (20 – 0).

For round 1, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-22 14:35:43)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0. After round 1, each round will last 24 hours instead of 48.

RoryMK · Post Post #16 (isolation #3) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:34 am

people are sending in fairly fast. If I get them all, I will run things early.

RoryMK · Post Post #17 (isolation #4) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:22 pm

Results are in!

Let's start from bottom and work our way up.

At 37... Charles510
At 46... McMenno
At 47... D3f3nd3r
at 52... yawetag
at 57... doctorwho
at 63... randomidget
at 64... Vijarada
at 64... animorpherv1
at 71... numberQ
at 89... neblive
at 89... Cheery Dog
at 96... Not_Mafia

Charles510 scores 37 points
Not_Mafia scores 25 points
McMenno scores 9 points
numberQ scores 8 points
randomidget scores 6 points
doctorwho and yawetag score 5 points
D3f3nd3r scores 1 point
Cheery Dog, neblive, animorpherv1 and Vijarada score 0 points and will participate in the tiebreaker round.

RoryMK · Post Post #18 (isolation #5) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:24 pm

For the tiebreaker round, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at. The result of the tiebreaker round will not be added up to your total score. So basically, you just don't want to be last and get eliminated from the game.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-23 02:23:51)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #19 (isolation #6) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:01 pm

Results are in already!

At 29... Vijarada
At 65... Cheery Dog
At 95... animorpherv1
At 100... neblive

That means neblive is our first person eliminated. Thanks for playing!

RoryMK · Post Post #21 (isolation #7) » Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:05 pm

ROUND 2

For round 2, we will use a scoreboard

120 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-23 04:05:35)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

As a reminder, the person with the lowest

total score

will be eliminated each round. Charles510 and Not_Mafia both scored big in round 1. Everyone else is still below 10 points, so this could get close!

RoryMK · Post Post #22 (isolation #8) » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:16 pm

Results are in!

Charles510 failed to submit and scores 0 points.

at 21... randomidget
at 23... D3f3nd3r
at 25... animorpherv1
at 35... McMenno
at 42... Vijarada
at 87... doctorwho
at 89... Cheery Dog
at 89... Not_Mafia
at 117... NumberQ
at 120... yawetag

Charles510, Cheery Dog and Not_Mafia score 0 points.
D3f3nd3r and animorpherv1 score 2 points.
yawetag scores 3 points.
Vijarada scores 7 points.
McMenno scores 10 points.
randomidget scores 21 points.
numberQ scores 28 points.
doctorwho scores 45 points.

Cheery Dog has been eliminated.
Not_Mafia and Charles510 lose their big lead immediately.
There's still 4 players under 10 points.

RoryMK · Post Post #24 (isolation #9) » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:19 pm

ROUND 3

For round 3, we will use a scoreboard

80 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-24 13:18:25)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #25 (isolation #10) » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:20 pm

In post 23, Cheery Dog wrote:Well I'm apparently no good at this game

getting a 0 twice in a row is quite exceptional.

RoryMK · Post Post #26 (isolation #11) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:02 am

Results are in!

McMenno failed to submit and scores 0.

at 1... animorpherv1
at 16... Vijarada
at 24... Charles 510
at 31... yawetag
at 36... numberQ
at 39... doctorwho
at 71... randomidget
at 76... Not_Mafia
at 76... D3f3nd3r

D3f3nd3r, Not_Mafia and McMenno score 0 points.
animorpherv1 scores 1 point.
doctorwho scores 3 points.
numberQ scores 5 points.
yawetag scores 7 points.
Charles510 scores 8 points.
Vijarada scores 15 points.
randomidget scores 32 points.

animorpherv1's suicide attempt fails as his score of 1 saves him in the tiebreaker.
randomidget shoots up the leaderboard and takes first place.

RoryMK · Post Post #27 (isolation #12) » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:03 am

ROUND 4

For round 4, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-25 14:03:40)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #29 (isolation #13) » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:02 am

Results are in!

at 18... randomidget
at 28... yawetag
at 50... McMenno
at 51... numberQ
at 57... Vijarada
at 67... doctorwho
at 92... Not_Mafia
at 100... animorpherv1
at 100... Charles510

animorpherv1 and Charles510 score 0 points.
numberQ scores 1 point.
Vijarada scores 6 points.
yawetag and doctorwho score 10 points.
randomidget scores 18 points.
McMenno scores 22 points.
Not_Mafia scores 25 points.

animorpherv1 has been eliminated.
Vijarada and yawetag are over 10 points behind on the rest of the players. They need a big score to avoid the danger zone.

RoryMK · Post Post #31 (isolation #14) » Tue Apr 25, 2017 7:04 am

ROUND 5

For round 5, we will use a scoreboard

90 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-26 14:04:28)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #33 (isolation #15) » Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:58 am

Results are in!

at 10... yawetag
at 34... numberQ
at 47... doctorwho
at 55... McMenno
at 78... Vijarada
at 79... Charles510
at 88... Not_Mafia
at 90... randomidget

Charles510 scores 1 point.
randomidget scores 2 points.
McMenno scores 8 points.
Not_Mafia scores 9 points.
yawetag scores 10 points.
doctorwho scores 13 points.
Vijarada scores 23 points.
numberQ scores 24 points.

yawetag scores decently but cannot avoid being eliminated.
Vijarada scores big and leaves Charles510 in last place.
Only 5 points between the bottom 3. Should be an exciting round!

RoryMK · Post Post #34 (isolation #16) » Wed Apr 26, 2017 4:59 am

ROUND 6

For round 6, we will use a scoreboard

60 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-27 11:59:38)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #37 (isolation #17) » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:49 am

Results are in!

Vijarada fails to submit and scores 0

at 27... doctorwho
at 28... randomidget
at 30... Not_Mafia
at 54... numberQ
at 58... Charles510
at 59... McMenno

Vijarada scores 0 points.
McMenno and randomidget score 1 point.
Not_Mafia scores 2 points.
Charles510 scores 4 points.
numberQ scores 24 points.
doctorwho scores 27 points.

McMenno loses the tiebreaker and is eliminated.
The bottom 3 are fairly close but have quite some catching up to do if they want to get into the top 3.
doctorwho and numberQ are the only ones that score big and take over spots 1 and 2 on the leaderboard.

RoryMK · Post Post #38 (isolation #18) » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:50 am

ROUND 7

For round 7, we will use a scoreboard

90 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-28 14:50:13)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #40 (isolation #19) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:15 am

Results are in!

at 14... Not_Mafia
at 19... doctorwho
at 19... numberQ
at 24... Charles510
at 38... Vijarada
at 40... randomidget

numberQ and doctorwho score 0 points.
randomidget scores 2 points.
Charles510 scores 10 points.
Vijarada and Not_Mafia score 14 points.

Charles510 scores decently but not enough to avoid last place and gets eliminated.
Vijarada and Not_Mafia catch up a little on the top 3.
Amazingly, nobody submitted a number over 40. If someone had submitted 90, they would have scored 50(!) points.
We are down to the last 5!

RoryMK · Post Post #41 (isolation #20) » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:16 am

ROUND 8

For round 8, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-04-30 14:16:34)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

I will not be around tomorrow for an update, so you get an extra 24 hours to submit!

RoryMK · Post Post #44 (isolation #21) » Mon May 01, 2017 7:18 am

In post 43, N wrote:the title has an extra H in it and it annoys me every time I scroll past plz fix

done!

RoryMK · Post Post #45 (isolation #22) » Mon May 01, 2017 7:23 am

Results are in!

at 64... randomidget
at 65... numberQ
at 77... doctorwho
at 93... Not_Mafia
at 94... Vijarada

Vijarada and numberQ score 1 point.
doctorwho scores 12 points.
Not_Mafia scores 16 points.
randomidget scores 64(!) points.

randomidgets scores big and takes a big lead.
Not_Mafia and numberQ are tied in last place.
We're down to 4!

RoryMK · Post Post #46 (isolation #23) » Mon May 01, 2017 7:24 am

ROUND 9

For round 8, we will use a scoreboard

80 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-02 14:24:08)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #47 (isolation #24) » Tue May 02, 2017 7:13 am

Results are in!

at 35... randomidget
at 39... numberQ
at 56... doctorwho
at 79... Not_Mafia

numberQ scores 4 points.
doctorwho scores 17 points.
Not_Mafia scores 23 points.
randomidget scores 35 points.

numberQ finishes in 4th place after scoring the lowest this round.
randomidget has a pretty big lead. Can the other 2 catch him or is it too late?

RoryMK · Post Post #48 (isolation #25) » Tue May 02, 2017 7:15 am

ROUND 10

For round 10, we will use a scoreboard

120 units high

.

For this round, each player gets to place 2 thumbtacks, so you have 2 chances to score points.

Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtacks at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-03 14:15:08)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.[/quote]

RoryMK · Post Post #49 (isolation #26) » Wed May 03, 2017 4:01 am

Results are in!

At 17... randomidget
At 19... Not_Mafia
at 37... doctorwho
at 70... randomidget
at 99... doctorwho
at 114... Not_Mafia

Not_Mafia scores 17 points.
doctorwho scores 47 points.
randomidget scores 50 points.

Not_Mafia finishes in third place.
randomidget goes into the final round with a 52 point lead.

RoryMK · Post Post #50 (isolation #27) » Wed May 03, 2017 4:05 am

FINAL ROUND

randomidget

VS

doctorwho

For the final round, we will use a scoreboard

150 units high

.

Each player gets only one thumbtack.

Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-04 11:04:45)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #54 (isolation #28) » Thu May 04, 2017 6:46 am

Results are in!

at 61... randomidget
at 140... doctorwho

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #56 (isolation #29) » Thu May 04, 2017 6:50 am

After taking a big lead in the last couple of rounds, randomidget is crowned the winner of Thumbtacks!

Congratulations! Here's your trophy.

RoryMK · Post Post #57 (isolation #30) » Thu May 04, 2017 6:53 am

If enough people want to go for a second game, I'll host another.

I was ridiculously excited to see the results every round.

RoryMK · Post Post #65 (isolation #31) » Thu May 04, 2017 9:07 am

I didn't want to adjust the board because rando had a big lead. He got his lead fairly.

It was hard but not impossible. I think it was pretty obvious rando would put it somewhere around the middle. The best play would have been to try and have rando score very little while scoring big yourself.

RoryMK · Post Post #67 (isolation #32) » Thu May 04, 2017 9:10 am

In post 63, McMenno wrote:the board was 150 high
you were 52 points ahead
if you bid 50 and he bid 150, you would be 2 points ahead
if you bid 50 and he bid 49, you would be 4 points ahead

the board should have been 160 units for him to even stand a (however miniscule) chance

Oh yeah that's true. My bad.

I'll change this in game 2 if we get enough people for it

RoryMK · Post Post #68 (isolation #33) » Thu May 04, 2017 9:10 am

Yeah you're right. I'm bad at math

RoryMK · Post Post #75 (isolation #34) » Fri May 05, 2017 8:37 pm

(expired on 2017-05-07 15:37:04) left to sign up

RoryMK · Post Post #79 (isolation #35) » Mon May 08, 2017 9:12 am

12 players again for game 2. Good luck!

Time for round 1! I'll copy the example again, so everyone knows how it works:

For example, Monty, Alex, Ani and Pizza are playing in a round of Thumbtacks. The scoreboard is 55 units high. Monty places his tack on 50. Pizza places his thumbtacks at 35. Alex places his thumbtack at 20, and Ani places his tack at 35. Pizza’s tack and Ani’s tack both fall off and earn 0 points. Monty earns 30 points (50 – 20) and Alex earns 20 points (20 – 0).

For round 1, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-09 16:12:01)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #80 (isolation #36) » Tue May 09, 2017 7:11 am

Results are in!

At 12... Vijarada
At 15... Ircher
At 16... randomidget
At 24... Agent Sparkles
At 30... Xalxe
At 34... Charles510
At 35... N
At 37... JerryArr
At 49... yawetag
At 57... McMenno
At 89... Cheery Dog
At 92... Not_Mafia

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #81 (isolation #37) » Tue May 09, 2017 7:12 am

For the tiebreaker round, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at. The result of the tiebreaker round will not be added up to your total score. There's only two of you, so whoever scores most points stays in the game.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-10 14:12:35)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #82 (isolation #38) » Tue May 09, 2017 6:52 pm

Results are in!

at 80... randomidget
at 100... N

That means N is our first eliminated player. Thanks for playing and for pointing out the spelling mistake earlier.

11 remain!

RoryMK · Post Post #83 (isolation #39) » Tue May 09, 2017 6:53 pm

For round 2, we will use a scoreboard

110 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-11 13:53:39)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #86 (isolation #40) » Thu May 11, 2017 7:00 am

Results are in!

yawetag and McMenno failed to submit. They will get a score of 0 for this round.

At 15... Vijarada
At 29... Xalxe
At 37... JerryArr
At 38... Not_Mafia
At 39... Charles510
At 50... Ircher
At 72... Agent Sparkles
At 73... Cheery Dog
At 95... randomidget

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #87 (isolation #41) » Thu May 11, 2017 7:01 am

For round 3, we will use a scoreboard

80 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-12 14:01:09)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #89 (isolation #42) » Thu May 11, 2017 8:34 am

In post 88, Randomnamechange wrote:shouldn't sparkles and cheery not scored for both being at 72?

Typo

Cheery Dog sent in 73

RoryMK · Post Post #91 (isolation #43) » Fri May 12, 2017 7:15 am

Results are in!

Vijarada and yawetag failed to submit and score 0 points.

At 7... Xalxe
At 9... randomidget
At 38... Cheery Dog
At 38... McMenno
At 39... Ircher
At 68... JerryArr
At 73... Agent Sparkles
At 77... Charles510

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #92 (isolation #44) » Fri May 12, 2017 7:15 am

For round 4, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-13 14:15:51)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #94 (isolation #45) » Sat May 13, 2017 7:55 pm

Results are in!

Cheery Dog and yawetag failed to submit and get a score of 0.

at 3... Ircher
at 19... Xalxe
at 53... JerryArr
at 59... Vijarada
at 60... Agent Sparkles
at 69... randomidget
at 69... Charles510

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #95 (isolation #46) » Sat May 13, 2017 7:56 pm

For round 5, we will use a scoreboard

130 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-15 14:56:33)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #97 (isolation #47) » Mon May 15, 2017 8:05 am

Results are in!

yawetag fails to submit and scores 0 points.

At 27... Ircher
At 69... Vijarada
At 75... Xalxe
At 76... Cheery Dog
At 87... Agent Sparkles
At 97... JerryArr
At 130... randomidget

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #98 (isolation #48) » Mon May 15, 2017 8:06 am

For round 6, we will use a scoreboard

80 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-16 15:06:03)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #99 (isolation #49) » Wed May 17, 2017 12:59 am

Results are in!

At 19... Vijarada
At 32... Cheery Dog
At 32... Agent Sparkles
At 39... randomidget
At 47... Ircher
At 56... Xalxe
At 56... JerryArr

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #100 (isolation #50) » Wed May 17, 2017 1:00 am

For round 7, we will use a scoreboard

100 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-18 14:00:13)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #102 (isolation #51) » Thu May 18, 2017 7:16 am

Results are in!

Agent Sparkles fails to submit and scores 0 points.

At 20... Vijarada
At 28... Ircher
At 54... randomidget
At 62... Xalxe
At 79... JerryArr

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #103 (isolation #52) » Thu May 18, 2017 7:17 am

For round 8, we will use a scoreboard

110 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-19 14:17:27)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #104 (isolation #53) » Fri May 19, 2017 7:22 am

Results are in!

At 48... JerryArr
At 49... Vijarada
At 110... randomidget
At 110... Ircher
At 110... Xalxe

All I can say is... haha!

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #105 (isolation #54) » Fri May 19, 2017 7:22 am

For round 9, we will use a scoreboard

70 units high

. Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtack at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-20 14:22:33)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #110 (isolation #55) » Fri May 19, 2017 7:28 pm

Results are in!

At 61... JerryArr
At 67... Vijarada
At 69... Ircher
At 70... randomidget

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #111 (isolation #56) » Fri May 19, 2017 7:29 pm

ROUND 10

For round 10, we will use a scoreboard

150 units high

.

For this round, each player gets to place 2 thumbtacks, so you have 2 chances to score points.

Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtacks at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-21 02:29:28)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

RoryMK · Post Post #114 (isolation #57) » Sat May 20, 2017 7:14 pm

Results are in!

At 23... Vijarada
At 30... randomidget
At 47... JerryArr
At 79... Vijarada
At 107... randomidget
at 135... JerryArr

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #115 (isolation #58) » Sat May 20, 2017 7:19 pm

FINAL ROUND

JerryArr

VS

Vijarada

For the final round, we will use 3 scoreboards

The first scoreboard

150 units high

.

Each player gets only one thumbtack.

The second scoreboard

170 units high

.

Each player gets two thumbtacks.

The third scoreboard

200 units high

.

Each player gets three thumbtacks.

Please PM me the position you want to place your thumbtacks at.

you have

(expired on 2017-05-22 02:19:36)

. If you fail to submit, your score for this round will be 0.

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RoryMK · Post Post #117 (isolation #59) » Sat May 20, 2017 9:09 pm

Results are in already!

Let's start with the first board.

At 57... Vijarada
At 75... JerryArr

Vijarada scores 57 points.
JerryArr scores 18 points.

RoryMK · Post Post #118 (isolation #60) » Sat May 20, 2017 9:10 pm

second board.

At 60... JerryArr
At 63... Vijarada
At 161... Vijarada
At 166... JerryArr

Vijarada scores 101 points
JerryArr scores 65 points

RoryMK · Post Post #119 (isolation #61) » Sat May 20, 2017 9:12 pm

third board.

At 21... Vijarada
At 30... JerryArr
At 97... JerryArr
At 100... Vijarada
At 179... JerryArr
At 200... Vijarada

RoryMK · Post Post #120 (isolation #62) » Sat May 20, 2017 9:13 pm

The winner of Thumbtacks Game 2 is...

Spoiler:

RoryMK · Post Post #121 (isolation #63) » Sat May 20, 2017 9:16 pm

Congratulations!

You win this huge trophy.