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  • #16
    I like the idea of an Elite category!

    For some of us, it would make the playing field seem more fair. I hate giving up on any puzzle and have worked hard, as all others mentioned here, to get my speed down. Great idea, Kat!

    digirl28

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    • #17
      I'm rooting for you "elite" folks

      It sounds like Stephen is putting some serious thought into this, so I'm hopeful that you guys will get what you deserve.

      I'm not sure I agree with the 98% part of it, but that would be more up to you perfectionists than myself

      At my age, I don't have either the time or the patience to spend hours....let alone days....on just ONE thing! life gets to a point where you try to fit as much as possible into every minute! However, in case I haven't said it clearly enough, I have the GREATEST respect for all of you who solve at a very high percentage and also manage to do it so darned fast!

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      • #18
        98%

        That is not a bad idea. There have been so many times that an 'elite' puzzler has missed a puzzle, either because of a system glitch, or something of that sort, that it makes it fairer to include those who may have missed a very few puzzles. I know that has happened to Kat, Di, and Laura, among others at various times. No reason to exclude people from the 'elite' just for a glitch. Besides, Stephen is less likely to get complaints about glitches than if the 'elite' were limited to 100%ers.

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        • #19
          Elite

          I agree that there are more than two types of players. After the previous game crashed, I changed my player name and my approach. I've fought perfectionism for years, and decided I don't need to add frustration to my life. Now, I relish solving the "difficult" puzzles as quickly as I can. (I'm more inclined to pass on the long "easy" ones.) It used to bother me that the same points were awarded regardless of the speed with with the puzzle was solved. I'm less concerned about standings now, and enjoy playing more. It's a great game, with some amazingly talented participants who play for both speed and accuracy. Kudos to them. In fairness to those who really care about standings, there's the consideration of changing rules in the middle of the game. For that reason, a new category is probably best--one which starts "from scratch". It isn't possible to please everyone, but that might help. The one thing that would please me would be a different term than "elite players". I'd love to see the game kept playful while maintaining the mental challenge. (Of course, it won't actually affect me, since I won't be on that list!)

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          • #20
            elite

            I agree. The term "elite" bothers me as well.

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            • #21
              How about "Overall Achievement" or "Best All-Around" ??

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              • #22
                How about super solvers? That would not alienate those of us who have had to sacrifice speed to achieve a higher solve rate. I gave up trying for speed because I knew I could not compete in that category. I really admire those of you who can solve at 100% and still have a really fast rate of solving.

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                • #23
                  Lateral Thinking

                  I wanna a start a new ranking category for something no one seems to have thought about before. There is a new unsung hero on this site named "layla," who has overtaken everyone in the category of "Avg pts."



                  Are there any cryptedians or cryptediennes who can say that they surpass this Avg pts score? At the time of this posting, 312.1 will be a very hard score to beat. My hat is off to layla.



                  (Hey, why have I been unable to upload these images? I hope everyone is able to just click on them)

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                  • #24
                    name of the game

                    I like that "SUPER SOLVERS" name for the new category.......makes the point without sounding "elitist"

                    Ban, is it possible that Layla ONLY solves the hardest ones???

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                    • #25
                      Oh, I think I love "Super Solvers" heehee

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                      • #26
                        A random thought I had: Does the software (or could it be persuaded to) keep statistics on how many record times each solver has? That would make an interesting bar graph (with bansai's bar much taller than anybody else's, one would think).


                        Ratio of record times to total puzzles attempted would also be a cool statistic.

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                        • #27
                          End of Month (February) congrats to the Kat

                          Hello, Kat --

                          fyi... I always keep a semi-obsessive focus on scores and rankings -- eyes on the prize (mostly to see how far short I have fallen this month).

                          It does not escape my notice that of the TOP FIVE solvers in February's "Fastest Solver Competition"... you have the only 100 percent solve rate there. In fact, none of the other four even come close to 100 percent.

                          That's awesome... like totally. Kudos and hats off to the queen!

                          Andrea

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                          • #28
                            thanks!

                            Thank you! I appreciate the kudos! I love this site.

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                            • #29
                              has this cause faded away, or will it ever come to pass?

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                              • #30
                                its being so long that they were talking about the Super solvers that original crypto solvers(the Egyptians) called and said that they were complaining because they were hoping to qualify for the catergory

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