Scoring: Time Bonus and Accuracy Bonus
I'm currently tweaking the scoring system for the Daily Puzzlers. Originally, the Time Bonuses were going to be calculated at midnight for the previous day's puzzler (just like at the Quote Puzzler website.)
However, this becomes a little bit problematic for Tournament Puzzles, since a tournament doesn't necessarily start and stop on a single day, so we have to wait until the tournament is closed to calculate time bonuses for all the puzzles. (And speaking of Tournaments, don't forget to sign up for Jeorge's Tournament - you can find a link to that on the home page of the site.)
So I'm trying something different. I have an algorithm I'm using to calculate a time bonus based on the "difficulty" of the puzzle. The time bonus will still be value from 0 to 10, it will just be calculated differently.
Likewise, I'm developing a new algorithm for calculating the Accuracy Bonus.
And while I'm in the process of tweaking my algorithm, scores may wildly fluctuate from day to day. Don't panic. :)
However, this becomes a little bit problematic for Tournament Puzzles, since a tournament doesn't necessarily start and stop on a single day, so we have to wait until the tournament is closed to calculate time bonuses for all the puzzles. (And speaking of Tournaments, don't forget to sign up for Jeorge's Tournament - you can find a link to that on the home page of the site.)
So I'm trying something different. I have an algorithm I'm using to calculate a time bonus based on the "difficulty" of the puzzle. The time bonus will still be value from 0 to 10, it will just be calculated differently.
Likewise, I'm developing a new algorithm for calculating the Accuracy Bonus.
And while I'm in the process of tweaking my algorithm, scores may wildly fluctuate from day to day. Don't panic. :)
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