Baumer's Summer Game - Darkelf #1, Grim22 #2, laguy03 #3..final words from baumer pg 95

[Jandrew]

Had no idea I missed week 1. Very bummed about missing week 3. I'll try to stick with this, but this is not a good start so far. Guess I'll go extra bold this week and maybe it'll pay off.

[Dementeleus]

Had no idea I missed week 1. Very bummed about missing week 3. I'll try to stick with this, but this is not a good start so far. Guess I'll go extra bold this week and maybe it'll pay off.

 

Remember, you get a makeup week at the end.

[baumer]

Week to week scores are not irrelevant. You can have a 50, 000 point lead on others by the time the summer is up and considering there are times when first and third are separated by less than 25, 000 points then u have to consider every point valuable.

[Chewy]

Week to week scores are not irrelevant. You can have a 50, 000 point lead on others by the time the summer is up and considering there are times when first and third are separated by less than 25, 000 points then u have to consider every point valuable.

 

Not irrelevant, that's the wrong word choice by me. I just meant that they aren't something to worry too much about, because the numbers are relatively small for each week compared to all of the preseason mega-totals.

 

Everyone will have good weeks and bad weeks, just keep plugging away 

[Mattrek]

Patience my young mattrek. Im off tomorrow.

Oh I'm not impatient, do it at the end of you want to. I'm just curious

[chasmmi]

Week to week scores are not irrelevant. You can have a 50, 000 point lead on others by the time the summer is up and considering there are times when first and third are separated by less than 25, 000 points then u have to consider every point valuable.

 

I think the better way to look at it is that if you got your preseason top 15 spot on then you win the game, nothing anyone can do about it, even you get nothing else right all game.

 

However if you got every single weekly question and SOTM spot on, you will be in a very strong position obviously but it would still be possible to get caught if your preseasons are terrible.  

[Dementeleus]

I think the better way to look at it is that if you got your preseason top 15 spot on then you win the game, nothing anyone can do about it, even you get nothing else right all game.

 

However if you got every single weekly question and SOTM spot on, you will be in a very strong position obviously but it would still be possible to get caught if your preseasons are terrible.  

 

As a case in point, last summer I was first or second during the weekly & SOTM section for a good chunk of the game... got knocked down a few slots by Chewy's challenge (you bastard!), but because my preseasons weren't great, I finished in the 20s.

Edited May 20, 2015 by Telemachos

[Blankments]

Wow, I got 12/12 right on Week 3... I think that's my first ever perfect weekly score

[Chewy]

As a case in point, last summer I was first or second during the weekly & SOTM section for a good chunk of the game... got knocked down a few slots by Chewy's challenge (you bastard!), but because my preseasons weren't great, I finished in the 20s.

 

Yeah, last year I was #1 part way through the preseason scoring but my worldwide numbers were so lowballed that I got knocked to #3, I believe

 

(Which led me to way overpredict OS numbers this time... not working out so hot thus far )

[4815162342]

Yeah, last year I was #1 part way through the preseason scoring but my worldwide numbers were so lowballed that I got knocked to #3, I believe

 

(Which led me to way overpredict OS numbers this time... not working out so hot thus far )

 

You had such promise after dropping Ultron down to 485 domestic too.

[The Panda]

Updated Overall Scores.

# User Pre- season Weekly's Total Pre-Pre 1 2 3 1 kayumanggi YES 65000 9000 12000 10000 34000 2 Ethan Hunt YES 60500 8500 17000 19000 16000 3 Blankments YES 59000 11000 19000 8000 21000 4 iceroll YES 58000 10000 19000 12000 17000 5 jajang YES 57500 6500 17000 10000 24000 6 Chewy YES 56000 11000 18000 11000 16000 7 Dipper YES 54000 9000 13000 14000 18000 8 #ED YES 53000 10000 17000 17000 9000 9 Geraldino YES 53000 10000 17000 10000 16000 10 DJAK YES 52500 11500 13000 15000 13000 11 chasmmi YES 52000 10000 15000 12000 15000 12 Exxdee YES 51500 9500 14000 10000 18000 13 grim22 YES 50500 10500 20000 10000 10000 14 bcf26 YES 48000 9000 18000 7000 14000 15 DAR YES 48000 11000 17000 9000 11000 16 Simionski YES 47000 9000 15000 7000 16000 17 CEDAR YES 46000 9000 15000 11000 11000 18 druv10 YES 45500 9500 15000 11000 10000 19 Films (PitchPerfect2Films) YES 45500 11500 12000 8000 14000 20 Alpha YES 45000 7000 15000 9000 14000 21 avi YES 45000 7000 14000 17000 7000 22 Baumer YES 44500 9500 21000 0 14000 23 darkelf YES 44000 9000 14000 7000 14000 24 k1stpierre YES 43000 7000 10000 12000 14000 25 cmasterclay YES 42000 0 17000 9000 16000 26 Numbers of Westeros YES 42000 8000 13000 12000 9000 27 Telemachos YES 42000 10000 12000 10000 10000 28 Alfredstellar YES 41000 0 19000 11000 11000 29 laguy03 YES 40000 0 22000 8000 10000 30 Wrath YES 40000 10000 11000 5000 14000 31 The Panda YES 39000 10000 14000 8000 7000 32 DamienRoc YES 38000 0 18000 6000 14000 33 Goffe YES 37000 0 20000 7000 10000 34 narniadis YES 36000 9000 19000 8000 0 35 Jake Gittes YES 33000 9000 15000 7000 2000 36 Mattrek Loves Del Toro YES 32000 0 9000 10000 13000 37 24Lost YES 31000 0 14000 8000 9000 38 Filmmovie YES 30000 0 16000 0 14000 39 tree - we're home YES 30000 9000 0 7000 14000 40 glassfairy YES 29000 11000 16000 9000 -7000 41 Michael Gary Scott YES 28000 0 18000 0 10000 42 MovieMan98 YES 27000 0 0 11000 16000 43 Snoopy of Suburbia / North Stars YES 26000 9000 0 5000 12000 44 Empire Out YES 25000 10000 14000 11000 -10000 45 Grey Ghost YES 23000 0 0 12000 11000 46 Kalo YES 23000 7000 0 7000 9000 47 TheBackgroundCharacter - 16000 0 0 0 16000 48 jAndrew YES 14000 0 0 14000 0 49 Neo YES 7000 7000 0 0 0 50 TheJosher360 - 7000 7000 0 0 0 51 Matrix4you YES 0 0 0 0 0 52 Cjohn YES -9000 0 0 0 -9000

Week 3 for me should be 16,000 not 7,000

[JJ-8]

I'll check it out panda. Please pm to me / baumers next time though

[JJ-8]

Indeed. Will fix it up later.

[The Panda]

I'll check it out panda. Please pm to me / baumers next time though

 

Got it!  Sorry, I will be sure to pm next time.

 

Thank you for the quick fix

Edited May 21, 2015 by The Panda

[baumer]

I'm going to do some preseason scoring today.

[kayumanggi]

This is the first time, in the long history of this game, I have become the top scorer. I have a few days to enjoy it because I know it'll be short-lived. lol

[baumer]

There's really only one question I can score right now.  The rest are going to be close.  So I'm going to hold off for a little before I do any pre season scoring.  

[The Dark Alfred]

Nicely moving up gradually week by week after missing pre-pre. When SOTMs getting scored the table will change immensely.

[Wrath]

This is the first time, in the long history of this game, I have become the top scorer. I have a few days to enjoy it because I know it'll be short-lived. lol

 

Ages ago, when Barry Bonds got off to a hot start in 2001 and was viewed as chasing Roger Maris's single season HR record.  Even though it was still really early in the season, reports started asking him questions about it.  How many do you think you'll hit? Do you think you've got a chance of catching Maris? What will you do if/when you catch Maris? etc. Bonds started getting annoyed by it.

 

After a couple weeks of getting the same questions every post-game press conference, Bonds replied with one my all-time favorite quotes:

"To talk about it on May 21 is ridiculous. I could be hit by a truck tomorrow, then what? 'He was on his way, but, damn, he got hit by a truck.'"

 

The point being, a good start is certainly worth enjoying, but its way too early to get invested in how everyone's doing.  Unless, of course, you're in first, in which case you should look out for trucks because I'm coming for you.

[Wrath]

Yeah, last year I was #1 part way through the preseason scoring but my worldwide numbers were so lowballed that I got knocked to #3, I believe

 

(Which led me to way overpredict OS numbers this time... not working out so hot thus far )

 

You should have gone with the lowball strategy over Winter, would have worked out great.