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Darvince

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Every hour, on the hour
« on: November 23, 2012, 01:33:50 AM »
Same as http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=87944 but with differences.
You may multipost. All posts are "game posts". The amount of points you get for posting decreases the further along it gets in the hour. The equation for the amount of points you get is this:

round(99/x^(x/700))+1, with x being the amount of seconds since the hour has started. This is multiplied by how many empty hours there have been before your post is made. It's not exponential so don't think that waiting longer will get you more points.

I will calculate the amount of points each person gets at the end of each week or day depending on how lazy I am and how much posting there is.

Total points so far:
Hellpotatoe: 91
Darvince: 66
atomic7732: 34
mudkipz: 13
« Last Edit: November 24, 2012, 10:27:49 PM by Darvince »
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Darvince

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2012, 01:46:45 AM »
Yay, a point for me!
+1
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Hellpotatoe

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2012, 02:57:03 AM »
i wanna points
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Darvince

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2012, 03:34:00 AM »
too late in the hour
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Hellpotatoe

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2012, 03:59:49 AM »
to tutorial:
Quote from: Darvince on November 23, 2012, 03:34:00 AM
too late in the hour
I'll get points!!!
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atomic7732

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2012, 10:59:41 AM »
how do you determine the time though... ? Some people's comp times might be different
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2012, 11:04:30 AM »
forum time, i would guess
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2012, 12:18:35 PM »
Quote from: Darvince on November 23, 2012, 03:34:00 AM
too late in the hour

no the minimum amount of points is always 1 because
(99/x^(x/700))+1
when x is very large (say 3000), then 3000^3000/700 is about 3000^4 which is large. this makes 99/3000^4 small which means +1 is the amount of points you get.

this is a graph of the points you get from 0 seconds to 1 minute
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%2899%2Fx%5E%28x%2F700%29%29%2B1+from+x%3D+0+to+60
from 0 seconds to 10 minutes
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%2899%2Fx%5E%28x%2F700%29%29%2B1+from+x%3D+0+to+600
from 0 seconts to 1 hour
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%2899%2Fx%5E%28x%2F700%29%29%2B1+from+x%3D+0+to+3600

this one, from 0 to 1 second, is very interesting.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+%2899%2Fx%5E%28x%2F700%29%29%2B1+from+x%3D+0+to+1
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Darvince

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2012, 12:21:56 PM »
i meant too late in the hour for many points
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2012, 01:11:24 PM »
opplsu points
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2012, 02:03:20 PM »
Quote from: mudkipz on November 23, 2012, 11:04:30 AM
forum time, i would guess
based on computer time
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012, 02:10:36 PM »
wait are you saying forum time is based off of your computer time?
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012, 02:11:11 PM »
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« Last Edit: March 22, 2021, 02:27:13 AM by FiahOwl »
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2012, 02:13:27 PM »
Maybe not. I always thought it was.
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2012, 02:16:31 PM »
well you can probably check easily by modifying your computer time by a few minutes
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2012, 02:16:57 PM »
I just checked.
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Darvince

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2012, 02:17:40 PM »
it's forum time
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2012, 02:18:32 PM »
Quote from: atomic7732 on November 23, 2012, 02:16:57 PM
I just checked.

and..what did you find?
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2012, 02:26:13 PM »
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2012, 03:00:41 PM »
wee
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2012, 06:11:15 PM »
ponts
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2012, 03:13:07 AM »
points to me!
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Darvince

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2012, 10:07:05 PM »
minutes
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2012, 10:09:26 PM »
kolok kolkulating points now

total points so far
hellpotatoe: 91
darvince: 66
atomic: 34
mudkipz: 13
« Last Edit: November 24, 2012, 10:27:19 PM by Darvince »
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2012, 11:01:17 PM »
poinsetta
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2012, 03:00:00 AM »
Quote from: Darvince on November 24, 2012, 10:09:26 PM
kolok kolkulating points now

total points so far
hellpotatoe: 91
darvince: 66
atomic: 34
mudkipz: 13
AW YEAH, I'M WINNING!
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2012, 03:00:55 AM »

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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #25 on: Today at 07:00:00 AM »
^
AAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2012, 01:00:05 PM »
moar points
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2012, 06:00:02 PM »
so many points
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Re: Every hour, on the hour
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2012, 08:24:22 PM »
slow
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