PurposeGames: Last 35 Posts

equestenebrarum on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

equestenebrarum — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:58:21 +0000

I'm 30, but why might that be important? I know a Counterstrikeplayer who is twelve years old and beats us all! He is so fast and accurate you can't believe it is true if you don't look him over the shoulder. I suggested him to play Purposegames already a summer ago but he isn't good at English and didn't find it very interesting (people don't like to learn if they still go to school). At the time tournaments still didn't exist though as far as I remember. I think there are just two age classes, young and old, the young ones having an advantage. But the border between young and old isn't fix.

Thomsiboms on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

Thomsiboms — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:12:58 +0000

By the way.. i think age may play a part. What's your ages? Mine's 32.

Thomsiboms on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

Thomsiboms — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:10:17 +0000

Hard to say.. i haven't played Veejay a lot, but anyone who can beat Sarah is an excellent player ;-)
I think Sarah may be the best active player at the moment, but i'm trying hard to prove otherwise ;-P

martinelmejor on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

martinelmejor — Fri, 16 May 2008 23:03:21 +0000

And Equest...

Well.. I think that the best is Veejay

Veejay on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

Veejay — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:29:13 +0000

I've only been around for 4 months at this time, and I've mostly had a chance to observe Sarah, so I'd say Sarah :P Though the few glimpses I've gotten of Moga and Thomsi I've noticed they don't take many attempts to hit the top or near top scores on a game or tournament. So, I think they're equally amazing :) And since Sarah is not in that tie, she wins :P

I'd contend we'd have to have the exact same hardware and such available to us to truly know, and establish other metrics for comparison, such as restrict number of attempts, and give the same collection of dots to click, etc...

And how can we account for guessing at the next dot to click, if we're all chasing after fastest times? as this act can propel one to be a high end outlier relative to the average times scored.

So what do we use to choose? Who learns the quickest? and who clicks the fastest? or who guesses best? and who does the previous three in the fewest attempts? but more importantly, who is most charming?! [jkn]

Okay done babbling :P
To sum up, Sarah.

sergeidave on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

sergeidave — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:51:10 +0000

Wow! Very cool links! Keep them coming! :)

equestenebrarum on "Interested in Automobiles?"

equestenebrarum — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:58:45 +0000

Third? I'm going for 1st ;-)

niklas on "Interested in Automobiles?"

niklas — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:36:50 +0000

OK, I'm happy :o)

Are you going for third place among the top contributors of games?

equestenebrarum on "Interested in Automobiles?"

equestenebrarum — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:05:49 +0000

Did I mention that my family drives Volvo cars for more than 30 years?

equestenebrarum on "Interested in Automobiles?"

equestenebrarum — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:03:41 +0000

As a matter of fact I created two Volvo games! There are not published yet though.

niklas on "Interested in Automobiles?"

niklas — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:51:55 +0000

No Volvos? I'm disappointed ;)

equestenebrarum on "Interested in Automobiles?"

equestenebrarum — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:50 +0000

I created a little series, still unfinished, of well known automaker's current car models that can be found here:

http://www.purposegames.com/games?t=27754&so=rp

I didn't publish the games on the front page since the topic might not be of general interest.

Speed on "Mogadishu, Sarah, Thomsiboms, or Veejay"

Speed — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:20:23 +0000

I say Mogadishu for my part :)

tickman on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

tickman — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:56:49 +0000

Nor should we neglect a game Tassos produced some time back, in which many good links are listed:

http://www.purposegames.com/game/all-my-faves-quiz/info

The game itself has many of his favorite links; the game comments have even more.

Dal on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

Dal — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:49:15 +0000

Since we are sharing cool websites for learning (Purpose Games being the coolest of course) I would like to add:

http://www.damninteresting.com/

niklas on "Something wrong with Multiple choice game?"

niklas — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:24:16 +0000

I missunderstood the question, thank you Ronald for correcting me.

RonaldDerGrosse on "Something wrong with Multiple choice game?"

RonaldDerGrosse — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:50:00 +0000

The question part allows for more word space and will give you two lines. The answer section sometimes has to be abbreviated because it only allows for so many letter spaces in each choice. The same goes for the spaces allotted to the dots in other game types. I believe it is 32 spaces before it cuts off the answer.

sergeidave on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

sergeidave — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:04:41 +0000

Lol, thanks tickman! :)

niklas on "Something wrong with Multiple choice game?"

niklas — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:14 +0000

Maybe the option to use a fixed number of questions is choosen?
When in game creation mode klick the option-button to the right and se if that is so.

jpham93 on "Something wrong with Multiple choice game?"

jpham93 — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:45:34 +0000

I'm studying for finals and taking direct questions from test to help me study. However, the game cuts off parts of the multiple choice?? What do i DO!??! My final is in 2 days!

tickman on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

tickman — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:04:37 +0000

Very public spirited of you to post this information. I award you a "Virtual" Pentaster. Since this is a posting, not a game, I can't award you a real one. But I also gave you a respectful nod.
Good job.

sergeidave on "Awesome Free resources for Learners..."

sergeidave — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:00:32 +0000

Hi Guys,

Since this Community is full of learning-lovers, I just had to share these links with all of you guys.
David, this is not spam, ok? :)
The following are full FREE lectures (video/audio) from universities such as UC Berkeley and M.I.T. And for those of us into Physics, I totally recommend "The Mechanical Universe", also free below:

UC Berkeley = http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

M.I.T. = http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/av/index.htm

Mechanical Universe = http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html

Learner.org = http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html

Enjoy and have fun learning!

Sergeidave

tickman on "Tournament suggestions: Hard games"

tickman — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:06:55 +0000

Veejay:

You got a laugh out of me on that one. So OK, it was maniacal laughter, but a good hearty laugh all the same. I didn't even read the URL before I clicked on it.

Veejay on "Tournament suggestions: Hard games"

Veejay — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:42 +0000

this one should be in every tournament :P
http://www.purposegames.com/game/how-lucky-are-you-quiz-style/info

equestenebrarum on "MisterSamsonite or Alexloulou??"

equestenebrarum — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:09:48 +0000

@MasterSammy: Nothing.

BoboLo on "Who is the best player?"

BoboLo — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:20:02 +0000

I'm really impressed by Veejay - he plays a huge range of games and at phenomenal speeds that I can only dream (or have nightmares) about!

tickman on "Who is the best player?"

tickman — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:19:39 +0000

@ Equestenebrarum:

Right about BoboLo.

Right also about players leaving comments. When a member makes a lot of games (and you know all about that), mistakes creep in, even if one takes care, and double-checks spellings and facts. It's so easy just to miss something. By the time a game is several months old, you're not likely to find the mistakes unless a later player points them out. (This has happened on a number of my games.)

If another player takes the time to point out corrections, and make constructive criticisms, it can help improve a game. In effect, it is a compliment from that player. I've found that most game makers thank you for pointing out misspellings, the dreaded "Put Dot Text Here" error, and other problems.

Finally, I agree about rating games. I don't rate all the games I play, but I do rate many of them. I think it is especially important to do this if you visit the general games section, and play games that haven't made the main page. If such a game is good, give it a good rating. That 1) encourages that author to make more and 2) brings that author closer to main page status in his/her subsequent games.

MasterSammy on "MisterSamsonite or Alexloulou??"

MasterSammy — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:12:46 +0000

ITS MISTERSAMSONITE IF NOT YOU GUYS ARE ALL WRONG STUPID WRONG LOSERS

DBwsms on "Who is the best player?"

DBwsms — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:18:35 +0000

me!

equestenebrarum on "Who is the best player?"

equestenebrarum — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:50:56 +0000

I forgot to say that - imho - any best player should also leave comments on games if he notices mistakes or inadequacies, and that in the case that he is able to (that means for example that he knows something about the game's topic), he should rate games.

Many "that"s in that sentence above, aren't there?

equestenebrarum on "Who is the best player?"

equestenebrarum — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:35:46 +0000

I think the best isn't necessarily the fastest. But this has been discussed before.

However I wanted to add BoboLo to this list, it's fascinating how many different games he completes with a 100 % score a second after they were created - even my Bulgarian vocabulary games ;) - and very fast for that matter. (Not ultra-highspeed though.) Of all the games on the first page, there's just four where his name isn't among the top places.

equestenebrarum on "Request: Repeated Click Test"

equestenebrarum — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:10:58 +0000

David: I noticed that I sometimes click on the same dot twice in very fast succession. I'm aware that this is not a bug, but a problem with my hand or mouse, more likely the former. But I don't think it'd do any harm if you'd include a check for the case, so the system wouldn't register two wrong answers for the player (if he chooses wrong).

Maybe you could add this at the end of your to do list, at the place where the most unimportant things have a home.

Just thought I'd mention it.

martinelmejor on "Who is the best player?"

martinelmejor — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:00:08 +0000

http://www.purposegames.com/game/477/info
http://www.purposegames.com/game/a1575d5c/info
http://www.purposegames.com/game/cities-of-the-southwest-us-quiz/info

martinelmejor on "Who is the best player?"

martinelmejor — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:01:36 +0000

Veejay - sarah - Mogadishu
But Veejay is the best:
http://www.purposegames.com/game/2387/info
http://www.purposegames.com/game/5732dc6c/info
And Mogadishu:

Goodwin on "Who is the best player?"

Goodwin — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:25:43 +0000

I think its Mogadishu, Thomsiboms, Sarah, Eq, and Veejay. They are all very fast. Especially Mogadishu! :)