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Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Setting up this page

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
I was just wondering, I also post at the Amazing Race thread, and they have games like philimination and AR Game (thank you whoami and karen!), and I want to start something like that here, but really simple, because we're in mid season, I don't know tables or charts, and it just brings an added thrill to the show, so if anyone wants to join, here is what I propose:

1) You give how many pounds you think every contestant will lose.

2) You give what you think the total percentage for the team will be.

3) You give who will go home.

Now, the first part, people will be either under or over on each of the contestant's weight (if you're dead on, you'll ge a bonus). Regardless if it is under or over, the total absolute number would be accumulated over the season. So the person with the lowest number will win this part.

For the second part, same basic rule, the under/over of absolute percentage will be accumulated, and whoever gets least percentage will win that part.

For third part, it's pretty much a hit or miss.

I don't know how these things should be weighted, I'll take suggestions, but from what I can think of off the top of my head, the most weight should be the poundage lost, then the percentage, and the person going home can be like an extra credit to decide ties, etc.

As for if you get the exact number, if you get the weight lost on a contestant right, then you get to subtract that number from your total. Remember -- the lower your accumulated number, the better! If you get a percentage right, you subtract half the percentage from the total, or maybe since percentage is less variable, maybe you only get the bonus with the first one you get, or maybe the largest one over the season?

The one thing I worry about is that this show throws so many curves, maybe one week they'll decide to weigh individually, with seperate percentages, or they'll split back into 2 person teams, or 2 people'll go home, etc.

But just for kicks, if anyone wants to play, I thought I'd just throw it out there and here are my picks for next week:

Allen: 7
Daniel: 3
Liz: 5
Rebecca: 4
Rudy: 10
Shay: 7
Tracey: 2
Abbey: 6
Amanda: 7
Danny: 6

Percentage blue: 2.3
Percentage black: 3.1

Going Home: Tracey

I completely blame those wild and crazy AR gamers for this, I'm virtually hooked, it adds a whole new dimension to watching the show! Must be the difference between eating a twinkie and eating a twinkie that's been deep fried, like they do at the county fair! So join on in and we'll have some extra fun viewing adventures along the way!

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Hello all,

I've been thinking about the game I've proposed, and to make it very simple for me to do, I'm just going to go with the first part, so if anyone wants to play, simply guess the weight loss (or gain) for all the contestants for the upcoming week.

To make it interesting, you can't use the same number for more than 2 people. To be more fair, if you do guess the weight exactly, you get a bonus point subtracted from the week's total.

People will either be under or over or spot on for each of the contestant's weight. Regardless if it is under or over, the total absolute number would be tabulated over the season. for example, if you guess 10 lbs. And she loses 9 lbs. you get 1 point. If she loses 13 lbs, you get 3 points. If she loses the 10 lbs., then you get -1 points subtracted from you week's total. At the end of the season, whoever has the least points will win!

So to simplify it, no more percentages or whose going to leave each episode. This way, if they disband teams, or go back to two person teams, or if they don't have a contestant leave or have 2 or more leave, it won't affect the game.

So my revised picks for this week are:

week 1:

Allen: 7
Daniel: 3
Liz: 5
Rebecca: 4
Rudy: 10
Shay: 7
Tracey: 2
Abbey: 6
Amanda: 5
Danny: 6

To avoid tiebreakers, we'll guess total weight loss for the final 3 and pick the overall biggest loser and the at home winner for finale week.

Please have your picks in before the show starts EST.

Everyone is welcome to play and I hope you get as much joy out of playing this game as I have from playing the different games made available here at tvclubhouse lately. Thanks all!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
i like the game. It's simple enough even I can play!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That sounds like fun. I'll play! :-)

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
It does sound fun. If I don't play, it will just be because I'm simply exhausted lately and my brain keeps telling me to cut down. I came close to tossing the TAR games last week, but, I'm in too deep to back out .. But I may come up with some numbers here before the next show airs..

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Thx Karuuna, Jimmer and Sea! This is my first game that I'm starting so I was nervous nobody'd be interested, and its like dancing, no fun unless others join in , or else it would feel kinda like a teaparty without any guests, lol!

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Here's a demo of the chart/table I want to use for the Biggest Loser Game. All the numbers are made up just to let you see what they look like and if they are big enough to see.

The blue number is the actual weight loss, the number in the skinny white box is the one you guessed for the contestant, and the red number in the green box is the amount of points you got (how far off you were). Remember: The less points, the better!

So far, we've got Karuuna, Jimmer, Seamonkey and Beachcomber in the mix, so I need all of your numbers for the ten contestants by Tuesday, 8pm EST/5pm PST.



If anyone wants to join in, all you have to do is guess the weight loss for each of the ten contestants. Make sure not to use the same number for more than 2 contestants.

Good luck to all! I can't wait 'till tuesday!!!

Gumby
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08-14-2004

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 3:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gumby a private message Print Post    
I forgot about this, so if it's not too late here are my picks this week:

Allen: 6
Daniel: 7
Liz: 4
Rebecca: 3
Rudy: 11
Shay: 9
Tracey: 3
Abbey: 5
Amanda: 4
Danny: 5

If it's too late, no problem. Thanks for the game TC!

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Allen: 8
Daniel: 11
Liz: 5
Rebecca: 7
Rudy: 10
Shay: 6
Tracey: 4
Abbey: 4
Amanda: 5
Danny: 10

Mysti
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mysti a private message Print Post    
If it's still ok I'll join in, looks like fun!

Allen 12
Daniel 8
Liz 5
Rebecca 3
Rudy 7
Shea 6
Tracey 4
Abby 6
Amanda 5
Danny 10

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Allen: 10
Daniel: 8
Liz: 4
Rebecca: 5
Rudy: 12
Shay: 8
Tracey: 5
Abbey: 4
Amanda: 4
Danny: 9

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Allen: 8
Daniel: 10
Liz: 3
Rebecca: 4
Rudy: 9
Shay: 6
Tracey: 1
Abbey: 2
Amanda: 4
Danny: 7



Msbullwnkl
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08-16-2005

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Msbullwnkl a private message Print Post    
Is there any way to make a separate folder for the game from the discussion about The Biggest Loser? I don't have the time to participate in the game, but I do read the discussion about the show. It is going to be confusing weeding through the posts about the game vs. show.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Tc99, count me in! Cricket, ITA about jumping on that box. I am a notorious ankle-sprainer and I cringed every time she tried to jump up there. Jillian could scream until the cows come home and I wouldn't be attempting that

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Can any of the mods please help me with making a folder like Msbullwnkl suggested? I don't know if I can do it alone or if it is a higher up decision.

Well, this was certainly a very thrilling Biggest Loser episode for me, being that it was week 1 of our Biggest Loser Game!



A few notes: Karuuna, congratulations on the early lead this week! But you used the same number (#4) for more than 2 contestants. I didn't say if or what the penalty was if that happened, so I want to give you a pass, and everyone else gets a one chance pass this season to use the same number for 3 contestants, too. In the future, beyond the one time pass, there will be a +3 point penalty if you use the same number for 3 contestants, +6 for 4 contestants, +9 for 5, etc.

Jimmer and Seamonkey, I didn't get your numbers for this week, but for you as well as anyone else who wants to join, I'd like to propose if it would be ok by the rest of the players if we give a "last chance work out" to work this out -- you could start next week, last chance, but you'd have to incur a point penalty of the highest scorer (32) plus the the mode of the set, which would be 4 (I know I probably sound like a geek, but isn't it cool that the first 4 players are seperated each by 4 points? I know, I'm a , lol). So anyone who wants to join in last chance, your score will be 36 going into next week. Does this sound fair? If 4 is too much, we could do the average of the difference between scores, which would be +3 instead of 4. Anybody have alternative methods? Any suggestions?

Hopefully, when we get the folder, I can give a cool chart showing who has the lead and such and how it is all playing out! Thanks everyone for joining up and this show was by far the most exciting for me, it felt interactive, and I do apologize for cluttering the thread and not taking care of finding out about the folder thing and hope it turns out well.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Oh, I'm sorry about messing that up! I should have read the rules more closely, and I didn't remember that we couldn't use the same weight more than twice. Duh.

YOu can penalize me, since I cheated!

I'll set up a separate thread and move all the game stuff there later today, unless someone beats me to it!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 12:23 am
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Thanks! I completely blanked and only when I started watching the show, about 10 minutes in to my recording, realized I had forgotten to guess the weights. Hopefully I won't be so brain dead next week. Looks like some heavy (lol) competition going!

I'm sure whatever you decide is fair..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
OK, hope this works for the game thread..

I'll post in the BL main thread about it..

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Seamonkey, you are amazing!! Thank you for setting this up. You and Karuuna are really good mods (Jimmer is, too!), thanks for setting up this folder for the game. Sea, I am so happy that you are going to join us, but at the same time, intimidated since you kick booty at the TAR games, so maybe you can give us even more of a competition!

Karuuna, you are a noble and worthy opponent. Taking the +3 penalty when you were clearly within your rights to take the pass shows a fair and true heart. In other words, you rock!

Here is the best chart that I could muster, mind you, I'm new to this, so it isn't very impressive, want to do better, but next week will be different since it won't be a column chart, but an area chart with different colors for each of us! Please give any preferences for color scheme if you wish



Since Karuuna decided to take the penalty for choosing the same number for 3 contestants, the average difference in scores went down, so the 'last chance' penalty to start next week would round down to a 2 point infraction plus the highest score (32).

For anyone who wants to join in next week, you would start at a score of 34, which is still very competitive imho.

If anyone playing the game now feels this is unfair, or has alternative methods of introducing new players, please post and we'll work it out, but I think, as far as game playing goes, the more the merrier!

The rules are:

1) you must guess the weights of all the contestants. You get a point for every pound you are under/over. Whoever gets the least amount of points at the end of the season wins!

2) you can't use the same weight 3 times or more per week

3) if you guess the exact weight the contestant loses, you get a bonus of -1

4) If you miss a week, you get the highest score for that week +3 points.

Gumby
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08-14-2004

Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gumby a private message Print Post    
For Nov 3rd:

Allen: 10
Daniel: 7
Liz: 6
Rebecca: 5
Rudy: 9
Shay: 8
Tracey: 5
Amanda: 6
Danny: 9

Tc99
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07-12-2009

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 5:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tc99 a private message Print Post    
Allen: 7
Daniel:5
Liz:4
Rebecca:6
Rudy:8
Shay:10
Tracey:4
Amanda:8
Danny: 7

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Sunday, November 01, 2009 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Rudy: -9
Rebecca: -7
Danny: -10
Liz: -5
Allen: -9
Tracey: -6
Shay: -8
Amanda: -5
Daniel: -4


Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, November 02, 2009 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Allen: 7
Daniel: 7
Liz: 6
Rebecca: 8
Rudy: 12
Shay: 8
Tracey: 5
Amanda: 5
Danny: 10

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - 4:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Allen: 7
Daniel: 4
Liz: 3
Rebecca: 6
Rudy: 9
Shay: 6
Tracey: 4
Amanda: 3
Danny: 8