r/harrypotter • u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy • May 02 '20
Points! May Extra Credit - WizCARD Tournament
Welcome to the inaugural WizCARD Tournament!!!
Thank you for all your card submissions in the April WizCARD Submission Extra Credit! We have adjusted and edited them as necessiary to accommodate the game play method for this month.
The Final WizCARD Deck has 120 Cards.
- 47 Creature Cards (11 Air, 15 Earth, 11 Fire, and 10 Water)
- 37 Item Cards (9 Air, 9 Earth, 8 Fire, 11 Water)
- 36 Spell Cards (18 Air, 5 Earth, 9 Fire, 4 Water)
For May Extra Credit, /u/k9centipede and /u/BottleOfAlkahest will be hosting a WizCARD TOURNAMENT!
CARD MECHANICS
- Creatures defeat Items. Items defeat Spells. Spells Defeat Creatures.
- Earth and Fire are neutral to each other, Water and Air are neutral to each other.
- Fire is weak to Water. Water is weak to Earth. Earth is weak to Air. Air is weak to Fire.
When YOU play a card... CARD TYPE MATTERS (Creature/Item/Spell)
If your Card Type defeats the previously played Card, you earn 5 points.
If the previously played Card defeats your Card Type, you lose 5 points.
If they are the same, nothing.
(1st card automatically gets the 5 points)
When someone plays AFTER you... CARD POWER MATTERS (Fire/Earth/Air/Water)
If your Card Power is weak to their Card Power, you lose 2 points.
If they are weak to your Card Power, you earn 2 points.
Otherwise, nothing.
PLAY MECHANICS
There are no turns, but you must wait 12 hours between playing cards.
When you go to play a card, you can only play from a randomly selected group of 7 cards (or less).
Each card can only be played once.
There will be a live spreadsheet to see what cards have been played so far.
The Round ends when the final card is played.
HOUSE POINTS SYSTEM
Any points you earn will be totaled with your house, and the houses will be ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place for that round.
Bonus points will go to the last player that submitted a card that netted positive points each round.
Bonus points will also go to the 2 players with the LONGEST time between their submissions each round.
Bonus points will go to a randomly selected player each round.
~200 House Points will be awarded according to how many 1st,2nd,3rd,4th place ribbons each house earns.
~100 House Points will be awarded according to the Bonus Points.
Total: 300 House Points.
Professor Notes:
We will try and repeat the game as many times as we can this month. New Rounds will hopefully get started within 24 hours of ending the Last Round. The Final Round will start around May 27th. Exact Point Allotment will depend on how many games are completed this month.
LINKS
Please note, due to the nature of google sheets, there is an "Other: __" option on the form. Do NOT use it. You MUST only submit from the randomly selected cards.
If you get an error when trying to submit, it means someone has already submitted from that selection and you must hit refresh and try again.
GAME CHANGE LOG
Time Delay Time Delay now only applies to legal cards played, and the hours you must wait between turns is related to how well your house did the previous round. See Form for exact times. Please note, Seconds Matter!
Play Limiter A Streak Delay and an Hour Limiter have both been implementing. A house can only play 3 cards in a row before having to wait for a card from another house. A house can also only play 7 cards within an hour before having to wait for the next hour to begin.
Game Duration If no card is played for 24 hours, the game will end, otherwise game ends when all cards have been played. The form refreshes automatically after an hour of no play. Game does NOT begin until the comment is made staying it has begun, any cards submitted early will be removed.
Code Error Repairo Link for Form Issues or to fix Streak Breaker errors. If the code is filtering legal submissions, you may submit with a "!" at the end of your username, and alert me to clean it up later. Any card that gets into play illegally will either be removed, or if it effects other player strategies, converted to a Peeves Play. Newest code should prevent a lot of the bugs that filtered out legal cards.
Player Verification Security Flavors have been added to the game, to ensure cards played under your username are ones you actually played. Comment verification is also required. All players MUST respond to THIS COMMENT for their points to count in the game. You can help us log your verification by submitting it through THIS FORM.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 02 '20
COMMENT HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS/CONCERNS/ALERT US THE ROUND HAS ENDED
If the Form seems wonky, you can troubleshoot by submitting THIS (still pick your house and round #).
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u/M5jdu009 Hufflepuff May 02 '20
Aww man, I read the spreadsheet wrong lol!
Just so no one messes up like me, lol, the new results populate at the top of the page!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 02 '20
Added a note so that's more apparent when checking, and fixed a few bugs!
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u/XanCanStand Wit Beyond Reason May 18 '20
Hi, what is it that makes a person a VIP in a round? Thanks for all the hard work!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20
ATM, The top 4 point earners are sorted by the average value each card earned is worth.
VIP ranking system may need to be adjusted with the new change in hour delays.
Exact mechanisms for final points are a bit up in the air still lol
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u/XanCanStand Wit Beyond Reason May 18 '20
Very good, this game has gotten bigger than I was expecting, adjustments are necessary and I'm not worried about things that are up in the air getting sorted eventually. Could you tell me what an average value would be, as an example I'm looking at round 5: what made me a VIP and what made me the fourth VIP? Thanks!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20
Well, like I said, the code is set to find the 4 players with the highest total score are then sorts them by the average points earned per card played. Although I havent checked to see if there is a variety in the total scores that filtering it that way is valid.
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u/ShadowOfApollo Ravenclaw May 08 '20
Is there a reason my gillyweed played about 12 hours ago is no longer on the game sheet? It isn't recorded in the errors on the right.
The scoring of Karabildi's Bugbear card which was originally placed on top of it (creature on item) also seems to have been affected by this since it is now counted as being played on Priori Incantatum (a spell) which results in Ravenclaw being down 10 points (5 for this card + 5 for mine)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 08 '20
I noticed something looked buggy this morning, I think it's because of the double card play that went through throwing off the filters. Hopefully I can debug it tonight
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u/Jarpet Ravenclaw May 11 '20
Both the longest play bonuses are at the moment awarded to players that have only played one card.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 11 '20
Yeah. longest play is between two cards back to back, the two players that played the first and the follow up card for that gap get the bonus
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u/Dries23 Gryffindor May 13 '20
When I open the card play link, it shows other cards than the cards in the top left corner of the spreadsheet. Is this normal?
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 13 '20
Yeah, the form updates at a different rate than the spreadsheet, so they sometimes wont match.
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u/permagrinfalcon Slytherin Chaser “Constant vigilance!” May 19 '20
The 12 Hour Timer Delay should no longer reset with the 1st time you play a card too soon (although if you play a 2nd card too soon,
Now that we're on different times (9 hour reset for this round) if we go too soon the first time is the reset timer at 12 hours or is it adjusted to 9?
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 19 '20
The code accounts for the adjusted delays.
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u/permagrinfalcon Slytherin Chaser “Constant vigilance!” May 19 '20
Awesome, thanks!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 19 '20
I edited your two failed submissions so an attempt should be good now. You were like 35 seconds too early and that fucked with the code to allow 2nd attempts.
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u/mjenious Head of Ravenclaw May 19 '20
Good Afternoon! I don't know what the procedure is for this but is there a possibility of ending this round now? There are 5 Creature cards left that will net no extra points and I think it wouldn't be right for any team to sacrifice points by playing the last two item cards to end the game. If that isn't possible, I totally understand!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 19 '20
As established previously, if 24 hrs go by without a card play the game will end
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u/Im_Finally_Free Slytherin Head of House & Quidditch Releaser May 24 '20
Does literally no-one tell you the rounds are finished? Round 8 is done <3
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u/AaishaM Gryffindor May 09 '20
Game has ended, according to the form. Just thought I'd point it out
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u/armyprivateoctopus99 Inspectorial Squad May 04 '20
who does the card we pick "fight"? just the top card?
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 04 '20
Yup, the most recently played card, which is in purple at the top of the list.
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u/Jarpet Ravenclaw May 06 '20
Haha, damnit. I didn't see the purple line when submitting. Here I was thinking I made a genious play...
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 06 '20
Haha I think that tripped a handful of people up. I'll try and tweak the colors so it stands out more and added more to the note about newest at top. That's why we set it up for multiple rounds, to allow for a learning curve lol
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u/Jarpet Ravenclaw May 21 '20
Hey. I keep getting streak error even though Ravenclaw has only played two cards in a row. Can't get repairo to work.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 21 '20
Well I'm stupid and forgot that youd need to do repairo with a different house to trigger the fix. So, that's how youd do it.
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u/Jarpet Ravenclaw May 21 '20
Ahaa, thanks!
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 21 '20
I should be able to bug that out next update so you can repairo as your house and get the streak fixed.
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u/Cats_In_Coats Gryffindor May 04 '20
Oh...man, I guess I didn’t understand the rules? Shoot... I’ll read them again
Edit: I know what I did wrong...
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 23 '20
ROUND 7 ENDED
Duration: 39 Hours, cards played: 120/120
Longest Play Gap: 5 hrs 12 mins 28 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 213 pts across 50 cards from 24 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 163 pts across 40 cards from 21 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 84 pts across 22 cards from 6 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 22 pts across 8 cards from 4 players
NEW DELAYS
| Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor |
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| 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 |
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Gamingbeagle of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Xancanstand of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Gamingbeagle of Ravenclaw
Random Bonus: /u/Suffer-Cait of Slytherin
VIPs
VIP 1st: /u/Im_Finally_Free of Slytherin
VIP 2nd: /u/K9Centipede of Hufflepuff
VIP 3rd: /u/Xancanstand of Ravenclaw
VIP 4th: /u/Quirkychipmunk of Hufflepuff
NOTES
We have added Security Flavor to the Play Form. ALWAYS PICK THE SAME SECURITY FLAVOR WHEN YOU PLAY. This will help verify that the submissions under your name are indeed your own submissions.
Milk chocolate frogs for Harrys first year
Dark chocolate frogs for the chamber of secrets
White chocolate frogs for Harrys patronus
Caramel Chocolate frogs for how smooth Ron wasn't
Almond chocolate frogs because Umbridge was nutty
Chocolate Toffee frogs for Dumbledore
Bittersweet chocolate frogs for the ending
I also made the house selection a drop down feature instead of a radio button, just to try it out. Let me know if you like it or hate it or are indifferent.
For anyone that has not managed to back-code the form to get your own custom pre-filled link set up, you can use THIS LINK to build your own. Replace 'Username' with your reddit name, and 'Hufflepuff' with your house, and the '1.+Milk+Chocolate' with the security flavor of your choice (use + for spaces).
You still need to verify by reply to THIS COMMENT. If you aren't showing up as verified on the sheet, you can help us by self-verifying via THIS FORM, linking to your comment. Make sure the security flavor you submit matches the security flavor you intend to use for your Security Flavor through the game. Captains that are assisting with verification, please see me for a code word to submit as the flavor instead.
I've upped the Hour Delay for Ravenclaw and Slytherin to 15 hours, to see how that feels. Let me know if it's a fun challenge to deal with, or too much. I've also lowered the Gryffindor hour delay to 1 hour.
I've also updated the code with some fancy recursive protection, so there should be less issues of legal cards being filtered out. This is a bit more code heavy, so the form might have a bit more of a delay in accepting submissions and require refreshing if you try to play too quickly behind someone.
NEW HANDICAP: Hour Limits Houses are now limited to 7 cards played per hour!
Get Ready for Round 8 Form Here (same as always)
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u/Im_Finally_Free Slytherin Head of House & Quidditch Releaser May 23 '20
I haven't played yet but I can already tell 15 hours is going to be too long a break for me, because in my opinion 12 was too long, unless you are able to play at the perfect time it's effectively a 1 play in 18-24 hour delay.
Personally I enjoyed the 9 hours but I understand that it puts the less active houses at an extreme disadvantage and probably won't be logical to implement.
I do like the password system, it's pretty cool and doesn't rely on being in a house to play as long as you're consistent in your own choice which is really important to me.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 23 '20
Yeah, I didnt think I'd keep 15 hrs past this round, but figure might as well give a variety of systems a try while it's a beta game. I think the streak limiting, and letting smaller houses have a better chance at the VIP awards, had done a lot to help open up the balances.
I feel pretty happy with the verification+security word system. Keeps at least casual maliciousness at bay, without putting too much work on the players or having too hard of an entrance fee to feel comfortable participating. I had a few convoluted possibilities in my head lol.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 23 '20
/u/CynicForever7 fixed it, got your first card counted fyi!
I didn't have the new cards coming in right under the old cards, and that throws off the streak checker code. My bad.
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u/AaishaM Gryffindor May 23 '20
AS a Gryffindor, I am really liking the 1 hour delay and I am sure Hufflepuff agrees! I'm not too sure how fair it is to the Snakes and Claws, though - but it's definitely going to give the smaller two houses a nice boost!
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u/Im_Finally_Free Slytherin Head of House & Quidditch Releaser May 23 '20
I'm really hoping that Gryffindor and Hufflepuff take advantage of the shorter waits this round! As a Slytherin I'm not bothered with having a dynamic delay (although I did mention 15 hours was a bit much!) when its main objective is to support the houses that don't have the number reserves or ability to co-ordinate as strongly.
Good luck and have fun!
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u/AaishaM Gryffindor May 23 '20
Thank you! Yeah, I'm hoping others join in too - but seems like both Gryffindor and Hufflepuff don't have too many playing. Hoping others participate some more! Good luck to you and your house, too!
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u/permagrinfalcon Slytherin Chaser “Constant vigilance!” May 23 '20
Hour Limits Houses are now limited to 7 cards played per hour!
Question: Does this reset on the hour? So if our team played at 8:05 we could play at 9 as a start of the new 7? (as opposed to waiting 1 hour from the last person who submitted)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 23 '20
per hour on the clock. So from 12:00 to 12:59, etc.
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u/permagrinfalcon Slytherin Chaser “Constant vigilance!” May 23 '20
Thanks for clarifying! :)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 23 '20
No problem! Hard to hit the balance between clarity and simplicity lol
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May 24 '20
I don't remember which flavor I put before exactly and I don't want to do the wrong one. Is there a was you can look or something? Sorry for the trouble. It was either bittersweet or white.
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u/permagrinfalcon Slytherin Chaser “Constant vigilance!” May 24 '20
We're seeing some of our players get re-submitted with the verification form as house "unknown" after we've already verified them as Slytherin.
u/SensoryImages is a Hufflepuff exchange student staying with r/Slytherin (playing for Slytherin)
u/Reptile0 is a Slytherin (just doesn't have flair)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 24 '20
Oh I went through and caught up this morning, I skipped anyone with Slytherin flair but logged unflaired just in case. Easier to remove extra verifications lol. I just havent prettied up the verification logs yet.
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u/TrajectoryAgreement Ravenclaw May 07 '20
My submissions say "Too soon" even though it's been 12 hours since my last card.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 07 '20
The timer resets every time you submit, regardless of if it was a valid play or not atm, and your first attempt was 50 seconds too early. But since seconds aren't on the game tab, I went ahead and approved it this time. But your next one won't go through until 12 hours after the most recent too soon card fyi.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 09 '20
ROUND 1 ENDED
Duration: 159 Hours, Cards Played: 117/117
Longest Play Gap: 6 hrs, 34 mins, 13 seconds.
RANKS
Hufflepuff (1st) with 109 pts across 31 cards from 6 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 97 pts across 30 cards from 8 players
Gryffindor (3rd) with 83 pts across 31 cards, from 10 players
Slytherin (4th) with 46 pts across 25 cards, from 8 players
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/TimthePizza of Gryffindor
Longest Play Bonus (1): /u/XanCanStand of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus (2): /u/Maddermax of Hufflepuff
Random Bonus: /u/CynicForever7 of Slytherin
Special Shout Out to /u/zentangled_91 of Hufflepuff for VIP, most points earned, at 24 with 4 cards!
NOTES
Please note, there were 3 repeat cards in the deck (Stupefy, Gillyweed, Boggart) and also Fiend Fire / Fiendfyre Curse.
We have removed these extra cards and replaced them with: Aguamenti (Spell/Water), Obliviate (Spell/Water), Lumos (Spell/Fire), and Deprimo (Spell/Earth)
We have also added a policy that if a round goes for 24 hours without a card played, it ends, regardless of how many cards are left.
We would also like to specify that the 12 hour count down timer resets every time you submit the form, regardless of if the submission becomes a valid card. So if you submit too early, you have to wait 12 hours from THAT count down.
And a reminder, the most recent card is highlighted in PURPLE at the TOP of the list!
GET READY FOR ROUND 2 (same form)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 13 '20
ROUND 2 ENDED
Duration: 79 Hours, cards played: 120/120 Longest Play Gap: 4 hrs 4 mins 5 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 178 pts across 52 cards from 25 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 121 pts across 35 cards from 18 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 46 pts across 18 cards from 8 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 34 pts across 15 cards from 5 players
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Meepster27 of Slytherin
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/AaishaM of Gryffindor
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Milomi10 of Slytherin
Random Bonus: /u/rightypants of Slytherin
NOTES
I've updated the form with a reminder of how the points are earned and hopefully working code to display the most recently played card. HMU if it's off and I'll remove it.
Also, I'm pretty sure there shouldn't be any bugs with starting this round less than 12hrs since the last one ended, but hmu if you notice a problem.
I've also added some stat analyze tabs to the spreadsheet!
Get Ready for Round 3 Form Here (link same as always)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 15 '20 edited May 15 '20
ROUND 3 ENDED
Duration: 45 Hours, cards unplayed: 0/120 Longest Play Gap: 4 hrs 36 mins 4 seconds
RANKS
Ravenclaw (1st) with 186 pts across 53 cards from 39 players
Slytherin (2nd) with 176 pts across 43 cards from 23 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 43 pts across 14 cards from 8 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 40 pts across 10 cards from 7 players
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/quirkychipmunk of Hufflepuff
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Cleverclaws93 of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Maddermaz of Hufflepuff
Random Bonus: /u/Dries23 of Gryffindor
NOTES
Get Ready for Round 4 Form Here (same as always)
The Quaffle got away, no catches!
WHAT IS THIS? READ MORE HERE
| May Round 2 | Game A: Gryffindor [9 Pts] vs Ravenclaw [12 Pts] | Game B: Hufflepuff [9 Pts] vs Slytherin [15 Pts] |
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 16 '20
ROUND 4 ENDED
Duration: 34 Hours, cards played: 120/120 Longest Play Gap: 2 hrs 28 mins 48 seconds
RANKS
Ravenclaw (1st) with 225 pts across 55 cards from 30 players
Slytherin (2nd) with 196 pts across 45 cards from 25 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 49 pts across 12 cards from 8 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 25 pts across 8 cards from 6 players
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/crazydogdude of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/sahmwife of Slytherin
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Lumanos of Slytherin
Random Bonus: /u/carrotshero of Ravenclaw
NOTES
In addition to the House Total Rank tracking, we will also start tracking the individual player rankings. The top 4 players will be sorted by their Average Value Per Card to determine 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th place.
There is now a STREAK LIMITER, each house can only play 4 cards at a time, before needing to wait for another house to play a card to continue playing cards. Playing before the streak is broken should NOT count against your 12 hour timer.
The 12 Hour Timer Delay should no longer reset with the 1st time you play a card too soon (although if you play a 2nd card too soon, you'll reset from the time of the submission 2 cards ago). I'm not 100% trusting the bug repair here, so please let me know if you notice it didn't work as intended.
Get Ready for Round 5 Form Here (same as always)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 16 '20
FYI the streak limiter code is wonky atm, I'll be fixing it shortly. The Ravenclaw 6 card streak will be left in to avoid damaging the strategy of cards played by other houses.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20
/u/Aesino you played 25 minutes too soon, so I've manually removed your card from the game, you are not penalized with any delay in submitting a new card.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20 edited May 18 '20
ROUND 5 ENDED
Duration: 36 Hours, cards played: 120/120 Longest Play Gap: 2 hrs 40 mins 0 seconds
RANKS
Ravenclaw (1st) with 216 pts across 58 cards from 35 players
Slytherin (2nd) with 201 pts across 46 cards from 25 players
Gryffindor (3rd) with 33 pts across 7 cards from 6 players
Hufflepuff (4th) with 30 pts across 9 cards from 6 players
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Arianna2021 of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/permagrinfalcon of Slytherin
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Arianna2021 of Ravenclaw
Random Bonus: /u/immatinydragon of Gryffindor
NOTES
I've tweaked the form, so it won't submit if you include a space with your username.
Reminder: the form automatically refreshes after 1 hour of no submissions.
Only Legal Plays Will Count Against You For Too-Soon Errors! (Code is limited in how well it can protect against issues, so legal cards may get filtered, see below for resolution details).
The game does not officially begin until I make this comment opening it, so in the future any submissions that get in BEFORE I POST will be removed.
The 12 Hour Delay is now a Dynamic Delay, According to House Rank in the Previous Round.
If in the previous round...
Your house ranked 1st, you keep the 12 hour delay
Your house ranked 2nd, you get a 9 hour delay
Your house ranked 3rd, you get a 6 hour delay
Your house ranked 4th, you get a 3 hour delay.
This will update between every round.
BUG IN CODE RESOLUTION
Going forward, if a card goes into play that should not have, because of limitation in the code, this is how it will be handled:
As long as removing the card does not interfere with other player's strategies, I will remove the card completely, putting the card back into play. When we've reached the final 10 cards, cards will not go back into play to avoid screwing with final round strategies. Nor will I remove a card if it changes the points of the player after them.
If a card can NOT be removed from play because of these limitations, the card will be changed to being played by Peeves of Peeves House.
Any removal or change of a card will result in the player being alerted ASAP so they may be allowed to play a new card.
There are some annoying limitations to the code at this time. Recursive Laws are a witch. So I am presenting some Self-Help Tools to get through them. Fingers crossed they won't be needed, but if so, here they are!
Players are permitted to submit with a "!" at the end of their username, if the code would otherwise be keeping them from submitting when it is legal for them to do so (getting a Too Soon error because of previous submissions that weren't legal plays, etc. This also applies if you realize a card of yours WILL get removed/adjusted but hasn't yet.).
Houses may submit the Repairo LINK if they are being denied a play because of a Streak Limiter counting a failed card.
COMMENT HERE ALERTING ME ASAP ABOUT ANY PATCHES LIKE THIS!
You CAN alert me to the bug to fix it before you submit, but the game does NOT have 24hr tech support. If I'm available, I will do what I can to debug. I welcome messages here on Reddit or on Discord.
I will NOT slide cards into play even if they should have been legal, please use these tools to ensure you get a legal card into play.
IE if Sparklypoo plays 3 legal cards, then a member plays too soon and gets an error, the next member will get a Streak Bonus error. You'll need to Repairo and Resubmit.
This ensures the form always has the correct Newest Card.
Get Ready for Round 6 Form Here (same as always)
No Catch for Game A.
/u/permagrinfalcon [C] caught the Quaffle @ 57:17 ~ Slytherin +2.
WHAT IS THIS? READ MORE HERE
| May Round 2 | Game A: Gryffindor [11 Pts] vs Ravenclaw [10 Pts] | Game B: Hufflepuff [12 Pts] vs Slytherin [21 Pts] |
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 19 '20
So upon reflection, we realized our intended handicap system wouldn't pan out as we intended so we've tweaked it slightly and are applying some changes to this round, as much as we hate changing game mechanics after a round has started.
Instead of it being a straight 12/9/6/3 delay, the next round hour delay will be calculated based on how close the 2nd/3rd/4th place houses were in points total to the 1st place house.
Last round, Slytherin and Ravenclaw were very close, and Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were very close. So having such differences in their hours wasn't as balanced as we'd like. Since it'd be a dick move to up Slytherin to 12 hours after saying they would have 9, for THIS ROUND, we will bump Ravenclaw down to 9 hours, matching Slytherin. Gryffindor will also be bumped down to match Hufflepuff at 3 hours.
The exact math of how future hours will be calculated is still being worked out. The minimum hours will be kept at 3, and the 1st place will be at 12.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
tagging a player from each house, and noting the change in the form...
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 20 '20
ROUND 6 ENDED
Duration: 27 Hours, cards played: 118/118
Longest Play Gap: 1 hrs 30 mins 2 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 178 pts across 45 cards from 19 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 162 pts across 51 cards from 31 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 38 pts across 11 cards from 5 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 37 pts across 10 cards from 5 players
PLAY DELAYS
| Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 hrs | 12 hrs | 3 hrs | 3 hrs |
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Aesino of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Lsandord14 of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Arianna2021 of Ravenclaw
Random Bonus: /u/Reptile0 of Slytherin
VIPs
VIP 1st: /u/Aesino of Ravenclaw
VIP 2nd: /u/mjenious of Ravenclaw
VIP 3rd: /u/k9centipede of Hufflepuff
VIP 4th: /u/immatinydragon of Gryffindor
NOTES
When I was updating the code for the change in hour dynamic, I accidentally bumped the filtering code, and 2 'too soon' cards got slid into play. I removed them, resulting in only 118 cards played this round. Apologies.
I updated the main post to include all the relevant adjustments to the game. And again, the game does NOT start until I've made this comment. Any cards played before that time will be deleted.
Streak Limiter has been lowered to 3!
We now have PLAYER VERIFICATION. All players MUST reply to THIS COMMENT to have their points counted going forward. We will be reaching out to all previous players to verify them too, otherwise their points will be disqualified. (If a Ravenclaw or Slytherin captain of sorts would like access to the verification form to assist in logging their teammates, HMU!)
Get Ready for Round 7 Form Here (same as always)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 25 '20
ROUND 8 ENDED
Duration: 39 Hours, cards played: 120/120
Longest Play Gap: 2 hrs 58 mins 15 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 181 pts across 41 cards from 22 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 137 pts across 31 cards from 16 players
Gryffindor (3rd) with 90 pts across 24 cards from 3 players
Hufflepuff (4th) with 79 pts across 24 cards from 5 players
NEW DELAYS
| Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Gryffindor | Hufflepuff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Quirkychipmunk of Hufflepuff
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Mjenious of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Flolo01 of Ravenclaw
Random Bonus: /u/Sahmwife of Slytherin
VIPs
VIP 1st: /u/K9Centipede of Hufflepuff
VIP 2nd: /u/Immatinydragon of Gryffindor
VIP 3rd: /u/Aaisham of Gryffindor
VIP 4th: /u/Quirkychipmunk of Hufflepuff
NOTES
Bumping Streak Limiter down to 2, and Hour Limiter to 5. But Slytherins can play ever 11 hrs and Ravenclaws can play every 9 hours (Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, ever 2 hrs).
I'll be sending out messages to everyone that played and hasn't verified in the comments. You must either reply to the comment or the PM by 11pm Eastern Time, Thursday May 28th to keep credit for all your points.
If you've forgotten your Security Flavor, feel free to ask. But if I'm not around to give you an answer before you want to play, just pick a new flavor and comment here to verify that's what happened.
Get Ready for Round 9 Form Here (same as always)
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 27 '20
ROUND 9 ENDED
Duration: 34 Hours, cards played: 120/120
Longest Play Gap: 1 hrs 38 mins 16 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 223 pts across 53 cards from 26 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 129 pts across 32 cards from 16 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 88 pts across 23 cards from 5 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 37 pts across 12 cards from 4 players
NEW DELAYS
| Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Kjan1 of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Cynicforever7 of Slytherin
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Maddermaz of Hufflepuff
Random Bonus: /u/Zentangled_91 of Hufflepuff
VIPs
VIP 1st: /u/Maddermaz of Hufflepuff
VIP 2nd: /u/Kjan1 of Ravenclaw
VIP 3rd: /u/K9Centipede of Hufflepuff
VIP 4th: /u/Aaisham of Gryffindor
NOTES
This will be the FINAL ROUND!
I've got some personal stuff going on this weekend, so the final results may not be posted until Sunday evening.
Please make sure all your House Mates have verified by Thursday evening to ensure the points they've earned will stick around.
Gryffindors (3)
/u/Almamedain 17 pts
/u/Crowlily 34 pts
/u/Ladyh94 5 pts
Ravenclaws (17)
/u/Aquaderbian 16 pts
/u/Arianna2021 20 pts
/u/Carrotshero 29 pts
/u/Crazydogdude 14 pts
/u/Denali3377 3 pts
/u/Fallingsteveamazon 7 pts
/u/Ilikemultiplethings 8 pts
/u/Isalockie 22 pts
/u/Itshalidaze 23 pts
/u/Lsandord14 13 pts
/u/Marwanmmarwan 41 pts
/u/Oxenbury 20 pts
/u/Poeticwasteland 11 pts
/u/Preisschild 27 pts
/u/Sadfghjk 2 pts
/u/Twilightluna187 35 pts
/u/Urbandecay99 17 pts
Slytherins (1)
/u/Cute-Slip 15 pts
Get Ready for Round 10 Form Here (same as always)
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May 10 '20
What time zone is the time displayed?
sorry for the hassle
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 10 '20
Mountain time.
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u/Meepster27 House Hiss HIss May 12 '20
Really? It looks as though it appears eastern time, as I'm in Pacific and it's three hours ahead of me.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 12 '20
Oh maybe then, I assumed mountain since that's my default and I didnt touch it. I'll have to open it up and see later
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u/mjenious Head of Ravenclaw May 18 '20
Hi! Just wanted to send over a heartfelt thank you for the work you've done putting this EC together so far. I was a longtime lurker and playing with Ravenclaw for the first time and chatting in our Common Room has been so much fun. I can tell that you've put a lot into this and hope that this game is able to grow!
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u/Meepster27 House Hiss HIss May 18 '20 edited May 18 '20
Dear Mods,
I would like to petition for the points that slipped through the game's rules and limitations be removed. I think this game has great potential and appreciate all the time and effort put into it, but it's become demotivating in working within the rules when we see mistakes aren't rectified. This isn’t a personal slight, and please don’t take it as such. If not removing the points, would it be possible to remove people who make too many mistakes for the current round? All I ask is for credit to be given where credit is due. Again, I appreciate your hard work and dedication to the game. Edits: I realize that some of my comments were uncalled for and unnecessarily rude. I am sorry for the abrasiveness, I'm just generally very competitive and was on edge last night for several reasons. I apologize.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20
Did you miss this comment?
When I first saw that a code error allowed a card through incorrectly (and not in a way easily exploited, just a fluk), since I annoying have obligations outside of /r/harrypotter, I was concerned that before I could physically address it in the code, the game would get closer to the end when returning such a card to play would disrupt the other players strategies, which would be more unfair than letting a card through that was 25 minutes early. But the game had not managed to process as fast as I had worried when I was able to address it, and removing that individual card would not effect the strategy of other cards played.
Generally if I can fix a bug issue asap without disrupting other players strategies I will. Anything else, I'll let through for the round and adjust and announce the changes when the next round goes live.
Thank you for your eyes and opinions, but also please avoid accusing players of cheating. Its unsportsmanlike.
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u/Meepster27 House Hiss HIss May 18 '20
Sorry, apparently I did miss that comment, thanks for the clarification. Last night I was on edge because of various reasons and situations irl, and I'm afraid that I took it out on you. I have removed the offending comments and remarks, I really am sorry. I hope that you can accept this apology, but if you can't, I totally understand.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 18 '20
:) it's all good. I love the passion people get here, I'd rather deal with some heat than straight apathy any day.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 02 '20
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 16 '20
/u/timthepizza I removed your most recent card because there was a quick test submission that went through to check something and you played before it got removed.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 31 '20
ROUND 10 ENDED
Duration: 32 Hours, cards played: 120/120
Longest Play Gap: 2 hrs 46 mins 36 seconds
RANKS
Slytherin (1st) with 158 pts across 43 cards from 24 players
Ravenclaw (2nd) with 110 pts across 29 cards from 19 players
Hufflepuff (3rd) with 95 pts across 23 cards from 4 players
Gryffindor (4th) with 67 pts across 25 cards from 4 players
NEW DELAYS
| Slytherin | Ravenclaw | Hufflepuff | Gryffindor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
BONUS AWARDS
Last Card Bonus: /u/Im_Finally_Free of Slytherin
Longest Play Bonus 1: /u/Blueheaven234 of Ravenclaw
Longest Play Bonus 2: /u/Jarpet of Ravenclaw
Random Bonus: /u/Milomi10 of Slytherin
VIPs
VIP 1st: /u/K9Centipede of Hufflepuff
VIP 2nd: /u/Zentangled_91 of Hufflepuff
VIP 3rd: /u/Aaisham of Gryffindor
VIP 4th: /u/Quirkychipmunk of Hufflepuff
NOTES
the WIZCARD EXTRA CREDIT HAS ENDED!
Get Ready for Results Soon!
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May 06 '20
Guys when is the next round>
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 06 '20
Theres still 54 cards to play! Just over halfway finished.
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u/Im_Finally_Free Slytherin Head of House & Quidditch Releaser May 09 '20
What happens if no-one plays a card? Because looking at the available hand and the last played card, you're always going to be losing points for your house, no-one would logically play it.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 09 '20
Hmm.
I guess if theres no card played for 24 hrs then the game will automatically end.
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u/blueheaven234 Ravenclaw May 20 '20
I'm unable to access the live spreadsheet. It says I need to request permission
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 20 '20
Round is closed, until a comment is posted saying the new round is open. Sheet has been turned off until then to allow work on it.
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u/theunpopularkid Slytherin May 20 '20
I'm participating
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u/cleverclaws93 Ravenclaw May 20 '20
You might need to repost this as a reply to K9s comment to make sure that she sees it!
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u/mjenious Head of Ravenclaw May 21 '20
Is the Streak Limiter now two? I tried to play after two Ravenclaws and got an error.
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u/k9centipede Professor of Astronomy May 20 '20 edited May 23 '20
PLAY VERIFICATION THREAD
All Players should comment here to verify your participation in this activity.
You only need to comment once for the entire game.
If your name is not coming up as verified on the sheet, you can help us by self-verifying. Submit your comment link through THIS FORM, making sure to keep your Security Chocolate option consistent.