[Today!] Identify the Item — Sign Up

• animeshadows wrote on 2012-04-09 02:59
  Identify the Item Mini-Event
  In-Progress

  
  
  About the Event: An item will be chosen randomly from Mabinogi— an item which has been released on the North American servers— and be made the winning answer for that said round. Every few hours, a hint will be released on the event thread to assist users in guessing. It may be a riddle, clue, graphic, or something that points to another clue. Each time an item is successfully guessed, points will be awarded and another item is chosen. This continues until the ending of the event period.
  
  Points System: Depending on how common/rare an item is, how old it is, etc., an item will begin with a base value of anywhere between 20~100 points. With each clue that is released, the point value of the item will decrease. Whatever the point value of an item is when guessed will be rewarded to the first user who guesses the item correctly via PM. The second user to guess correctly will be rewarded half of the listed point value and the third will receive a quarter of the point value— if they answer within 30 minutes of the first user.
  
  Rules Summary/In-Depth:
  

  
  
  • Hints for items will be given at irregular intervals.
    
  • Items that are being guessed on will be from the NA version of Mabinogi.
    
  • The point value of items decreases with each hint.
    
  • The first user to guess correctly receives the full point value listed.
    
  • If sent within 30 minutes of the first correct guesser, the second and third correct guessers will recieve 50% and 25% of the point value respectively.
    
  • To avoid potential abuse of the point system, users who guess correctly will not be notified immediately.
    
  • A new item will be listed when it is correctly guessed, its point value drops to 0, or there are no users who can still guess.
    
  • Once a new item is listed, ALL users may guess once more.
    
  • The event ends 14 days following its beginning.
    
  • The user with the most points wins the prize of their choosing; $10 of KK, UGC, or Starbucks Card Codes.
    
  • Only users who sign up below may participate
    
  • Rules are subject to change and modification at any time.
    
  • Animeshadows holds complete say over the judging of this event.
    
  • All guesses must be submitted via PM— each user gets only one guess per item.
    
• Cannibal wrote on 2012-04-09 03:08
  Seems like a cool event!
• Episkey wrote on 2012-04-09 03:10

  Quote from Hanna's Lover;834427:

  Seems like a cool event!

  
  
  Indeed. I better brush up on my Mabinogi items.
  
  Gosh, so many things have come out since then ... but I'm going to try my best! XD
• Strawberry wrote on 2012-04-09 03:32
  Thank you for another wonderful event. Good luck to everyone. x]
• protoman206 wrote on 2012-04-09 04:35
  Nice idea,
  
  Amazed by the actual form made @_@
• animeshadows wrote on 2012-04-09 04:41

  Quote from protoman206;834565:

  Nice idea,
  
  Amazed by the actual form made @_@

  
  
  The form? XD Hehe... Google Docs~... It's fun.
• tsukkz wrote on 2012-04-09 04:47
  Signed up. Event seems like fun.
• Owen wrote on 2012-04-09 13:34
  For the Karma Koin, can it be redeemed outside America or wherever you live?
• Strawberry wrote on 2012-04-09 19:01

  Quote from Owen;834790:

  For the Karma Koin, can it be redeemed outside America or wherever you live?

  
  
  It can be redeemed wherever you live, since they have them globally at a lot of places.
• animeshadows wrote on 2012-04-09 19:10

  Quote from Strawberry;834915:

  It can be redeemed wherever you live, since they have them globally at a lot of places.

  
  
  KKC can be redeemed for Nexon America Accounts. Where you live doesn't matter, so long as you can use or play on a Nexon NA game.
• Cow wrote on 2012-04-09 19:24
  ;o Sounds fun <3
  But. -Scared of failing-
  Well... it's worth a shot, since I rarely get any NX. :L
• Owen wrote on 2012-04-09 20:56

  Quote from animeshadows;834920:

  KKC can be redeemed for Nexon America Accounts. Where you live doesn't matter, so long as you can use or play on a Nexon NA game.

  
  
  Just wanted to make sure ...In NZ, it can only be redeemed in NZ
• Cynic wrote on 2012-04-10 01:12
  Signed up.
  
  A chance at free NX is always nice.~
• truefire wrote on 2012-04-11 22:05
  I really need to remember to participate in nation events I sign up for. That said, consider me signed up.
• animeshadows wrote on 2012-04-11 23:43
  Update: The event will begin on April 20th, and conclude on May 4th.
  
  Current list of participants:
  

  
  
  1. Hanna' Lover
     
  2. Episkey
     
  3. Strawberry
     
  4. protoman206
     
  5. tsukkz
     
  6. Sebbies
     
  7. Omarukun
     
  8. arklian
     
  9. Owen
     
  10. Hatsunechan
      
  11. Cynic
      
  12. Q
      
  13. Sedia
      
  14. Cow
      
  15. Minisoda
      
  16. Saffaron123
      
  17. Idris
      
  18. Yanm
      
  19. Kanam
      
  20. Breakfast
      

How Scoring Works:

I threw together a small little excel sheet. All of the names are listed in rows as such:



The total scores are organized into the following Top 5 scoreboard, which will be posted on the thread each time somebody scores:



How it looks completely:



For excel geeks:
[SPOILER="Spoiler"]Listed the participant names in column A. Columns C:J auto-sum into the "total score" (Column L). For "Nobody's" Total Score, for example, the formula is =SUM(C5:J5). Pretty Basic.

For the scoreboard, it gets a bit more... complicated. I'll start from the right and move left. Each "Points" cell follows the following format: =LARGE(L:L,#) where L:L is the "Total Score" column, and # is whatever rank it is determining. (For first place, then, it would look like this: =LARGE(L:L,1)) It detects the #th largest amount in the column, and lists it. For the "Name:" column, I used: =INDEX(A:A,MATCH(LARGE(L:L,#),L:L,0)) What this does is detect the #th largest amount (you have to substitute, again) and detects/displays the name listed in Column A in that same row.

Hope this will help for your own scoreboard system creation! :)[/SPOILER]