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#1 Post by andrewjackson » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:01 am

Hurray! I made the visible table. I had to play at 7:00 am CDT to do it but I was 24th this morning after playing.

I'm sure I have fallen greatly from that height by now.

Any hints on answering faster? I'm wondering if there is a browser difference between Firefox and Explorer.

Or I might just be slow.

And what is the deal with the level? I'm at Level 1.7. Is that affecting how many points I can get?
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#2 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:43 am

andrewjackson wrote: And what is the deal with the level? I'm at Level 1.7. Is that affecting how many points I can get?
It affects your speed bonus. Longer-standing players get bigger bonuses for answering in the same amount of time. I get slightly bigger bonuses than when I started, having moved up a couple of levels. People at level 547 must get huge bonuses compared to ours.
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#3 Post by fantine33 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:51 am

Ritterskoop wrote:
andrewjackson wrote: And what is the deal with the level? I'm at Level 1.7. Is that affecting how many points I can get?
It affects your speed bonus. Longer-standing players get bigger bonuses for answering in the same amount of time. I get slightly bigger bonuses than when I started, having moved up a couple of levels. People at level 547 must get huge bonuses compared to ours.
I wondered how people had such huge points after two days!
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#4 Post by andrewjackson » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:52 am

Ritterskoop wrote:
andrewjackson wrote: And what is the deal with the level? I'm at Level 1.7. Is that affecting how many points I can get?
It affects your speed bonus. Longer-standing players get bigger bonuses for answering in the same amount of time. I get slightly bigger bonuses than when I started, having moved up a couple of levels. People at level 547 must get huge bonuses compared to ours.
OK. I figured it was something like that. Does it also affect the difficulty of the questions that you get?

I'll have to just keep plugging away and increase my level.
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#5 Post by Catfish » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:11 am

Here's my question: When you bet points do they not apply to the TQOTD total?

Why I ask: In order to make up for my big physical science bollix yesterday, I bet numerous points today on a vocabulary question, but my TQOTD points are still less than what I bet (my rank was 1015 today after answering my question :oops: ). Would I be correct in surmising that TQOTD operates only with raw scores and level and time bonuses. It's difficult to figure this out through the FAQ and explanations at Sploofus.
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#6 Post by fantine33 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:14 am

Catfish wrote:Here's my question: When you bet points do they not apply to the TQOTD total?

Why I ask: In order to make up for my big physical science bollix yesterday, I bet numerous points today on a vocabulary question, but my TQOTD points are still less than what I bet (my rank was 1015 today after answering my question :oops: ). Would I be correct in surmising that TQOTD operates only with raw scores and level and time bonuses. It's difficult to figure this out through the FAQ and explanations at Sploofus.
I was just looking at the wager instructions this morning because I made a new level and wondered what to do with them. I think they only count towards your total Sploofus points. The leader of which has something like 58 billion. Or trillion, I didn't count the spaces.

I'm something like #13,600 in total points. Most of which is quizzes.
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#7 Post by Ritterskoop » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:03 am

Catfish wrote:Here's my question: When you bet points do they not apply to the TQOTD total?
I think they only apply to overall points. I have moved up by a lot of spots by wagering points, but not in the QOD.
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#8 Post by Catfish » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:27 am

Thanks for the answers. Given my betting history, I'm glad my success and failure depends only on my knowlege and lack thereof, depending on the day.
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#9 Post by gsabc » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:51 am

I'll be happy with being in three digits. After today's Q, I'm somewhere in the 1400's, just like Columbus.
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#10 Post by Weyoun » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:22 pm

I have played since Sploofus began. While there's a bonus for veteran players, it's not a very big one. The speed points depend almost entirely on your internet connection.
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#11 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:32 pm

Weyoun wrote:I have played since Sploofus began. While there's a bonus for veteran players, it's not a very big one. The speed points depend almost entirely on your internet connection.
Are you a paid subscriber, I was wondering if subscribers had access to past QOTD leaderboards?
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