I like it a lot. My initial impression is that the assigned maximum point scores are pretty reasonable. For those of us with slight OCD tendencies (which might be just about anyone who does acrostic puzzles), the misspelling of 'maximum' on the descriptor page for a puzzle does kind of induce twitching. I'm sure it will be fixed in due course.
Thanks for this new feature.
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I like it. Takes a bit of time to get used to but it makes my brain work in different ways and that is always a good thing. This site has evolved from the days when getting 800 points on most puzzles is a distant memory. I appreciate the work this took to make this change. Thanks AdminLeave a comment:
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New Scoring
Hi everyone -
You'll notice a new scoring feature as of today (one we previewed a few months back). Each puzzle will now have a displayed "maximum" number of points based on its length. It used to be that every puzzle had a theoretical maximum of 800 points, regardless of size. Now puzzles can vary from around 250 to 1360 maximum points. These have been set based on the median solve times for each puzzle size, taken from millions of previous solves. End result should be that there is no longer any point advantage to solving only short puzzles.
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