I don’t get it.
Is an answer considered correct only if it was entered correctly the first time?
I would have used a different strategy then :)
Of course, this is independent of the “case-sensitive” issues we all have encountered.
how come ranking changes for teams that have the same number of answers? having answered all the questions, if i was #6 earlier today, why am i #9 now?
I must admit. This contest seems really unorganized and I’m not sure everyone understands it? I sure don’t.
How many programs are included? How many teams are awarded programs? Do the winning teams win programs that are in the Mystery Bundle or do they win different programs?
Don’t get me wrong. I think the Mystery Bundle (with a rising price daily) is a great idea and I think the scavenger hunt is a great idea as well. Oh, and a free copy of a program if enough people provide free advertising on blogs is brilliant. I’ve done my part by advertising pzizz and I hope we get enough people so it is added.
But this whole contest seems rushed and poorly explained.
Are you willing to tell us the sort criteria? I was expecting:
1) Number of questions answered correctly (descending)
2) Date/Time the team last correctly answered a question
However, it looks like the second criteria is different.
Again, thank you for making a good looking Team Ranking page.
33 actually has multiple answers, I found 2 other pictures with that exact text on it in the same website ;)
I have an answer for the potion factory clue that it won’t accept, all my math seems right to, i have all the other ones done except that one, but ya. keep browsing that site, there are 3 pics with that in it.
Dude, I found and tried all three image URLs. I found them all very quickly after the question was posted, but nothing I try works. I copy and paste the URL from the address bar, but no joy. I add and remove http://, I add and remove http://www., I try every variation I can think of!
>how come ranking changes for teams that have the same
>number of answers? having answered all the questions,
>if i was #6 earlier today, why am i #9 now?
Yeah, what the hell? My team was #3 earlier today and now we’re #20???
Brandon,
Actually there are technically two more. I found the same one’s you had and now when I looked back at one of the pages.. lo and behold, another slightly more obscure one loomed it’s ugly little head.
I’m not sure the team rankings are fixed. I think I was the second person to finish the current round of questions, but now someone is in front of me. Did the answer more quickly? Fewer guesses? I could be wrong, hopefully you’re keeping track of the time for real. I wouldn’t want to have stayed up until 3:40am for nothing!
I’ve tried everything on Potion Factory and nothing works. I did get 1 answer I tried that said I was close and gave me a hint “splits”, but I was already taking the splits into account. Why in the world would they choose answers resulting in a decimal number? Anyone want to provide more hints as to how to get the answer? Is there any rounding to deal with? Should the Apple I price be dollars and cents or just dollars?
it is the stock at market close the 02/02/1997, if you scroll dow you get aapl at 18, but the interesting part is the prev, which is then the price at market close for the 1st, and it is 17.5
S*d the Unsanity clue … what about “Apex’s favorite screensaver”? I have the link. I have the saver. I have what I think is the secret message … but no matter how many combinations I try all I get is “Incorrect” … and I think my team are all asleep now!!!!
Mark: I agree, the answer to that question is slightly broken – MacZOT should update their list of accepted answers, however I got it to work in the end.
One of the words in the screensaver clue you find is a plural and shouldn’t be.
Thanks Will!
I hope it isn’t too late though – I’ve been away for the last 11 hours or so, with no access to the internet. If it’s a first come first prize I’m screwed (My team seems to temporarily be AWOL!
We worked very hard this week trying to organize a brand new idea on top of an expanding idea. ColalboZOT = New, MyzteryZOT expanded.
Here are some lessons in no particular order:
1. Have somebody to handle just communications. It’s very important and often that alone is enough to keep people engaged.
2. Don’t confuse two semi-related events that aren’t really designed to be related.
3. Have systems implemented before the contests begin and limit feature sets to what you had before you started. Expand features afterward.
4. Have rules clearly stated.
5. Have prizes clearly listed with clear pathway to winning them.
6. Have fun even when it gets super busy.
We’d like to thank you for an amazing week. ColalboZOT was strong though some detected the unorganization at times.
So many people had fun learning, meeting others, and just getting stumped by PotionFactory that they consider it a win, if for nothing else to be able to say they’re true Mac fans.
We’ve got all the information for the teams, questions & answers, etc. As we find some intelligent ways to organize those, we’ll be posting the results and distributing the prizes from many of the vendors that were happy to particpate.
Thanks to everyone mostly for the patience and encouragement. We look forward to creating more fun down the road.
Hmmm… If disgruntled CollaboZOTters decided to boycott purchasing from MacZOT until they resolved the CollaboZOT situation, could we call it a BoyZOTt?
May 25th, 2006 at 8:03 am
I don’t get it.
Is an answer considered correct only if it was entered correctly the first time?
I would have used a different strategy then :)
Of course, this is independent of the “case-sensitive” issues we all have encountered.
May 25th, 2006 at 8:21 am
Umm, team Inazuma is not listed. How come?
May 25th, 2006 at 8:30 am
I can’t find my team rankings for Inazuma. What’s up with that?
May 25th, 2006 at 8:42 am
thanks!
May 25th, 2006 at 9:07 am
how come ranking changes for teams that have the same number of answers? having answered all the questions, if i was #6 earlier today, why am i #9 now?
May 25th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
So what is the third program in the bundle?
I must admit. This contest seems really unorganized and I’m not sure everyone understands it? I sure don’t.
How many programs are included? How many teams are awarded programs? Do the winning teams win programs that are in the Mystery Bundle or do they win different programs?
Don’t get me wrong. I think the Mystery Bundle (with a rising price daily) is a great idea and I think the scavenger hunt is a great idea as well. Oh, and a free copy of a program if enough people provide free advertising on blogs is brilliant. I’ve done my part by advertising pzizz and I hope we get enough people so it is added.
But this whole contest seems rushed and poorly explained.
May 25th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Thank you! Much nicer.
Are you willing to tell us the sort criteria? I was expecting:
1) Number of questions answered correctly (descending)
2) Date/Time the team last correctly answered a question
However, it looks like the second criteria is different.
Again, thank you for making a good looking Team Ranking page.
Go Team Mac-Headz!
May 25th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
I have an answer for #33… but it doesn’t want to accept it.
It’s correct as far as I can tell. What do I do?
May 25th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Please oh please bring back the mystery zot. Why have you left me?
May 25th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
hey, where is the link for people to buy the MysteryZOT? and how much is it now?
May 25th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
n0mmo:
33 actually has multiple answers, I found 2 other pictures with that exact text on it in the same website ;)
I have an answer for the potion factory clue that it won’t accept, all my math seems right to, i have all the other ones done except that one, but ya. keep browsing that site, there are 3 pics with that in it.
May 25th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
2 decimal places.
May 25th, 2006 at 11:00 pm
Dude, I found and tried all three image URLs. I found them all very quickly after the question was posted, but nothing I try works. I copy and paste the URL from the address bar, but no joy. I add and remove http://, I add and remove http://www., I try every variation I can think of!
May 25th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
>how come ranking changes for teams that have the same
>number of answers? having answered all the questions,
>if i was #6 earlier today, why am i #9 now?
Yeah, what the hell? My team was #3 earlier today and now we’re #20???
May 25th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Brandon,
Actually there are technically two more. I found the same one’s you had and now when I looked back at one of the pages.. lo and behold, another slightly more obscure one loomed it’s ugly little head.
May 25th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
n0mmo, Thanks! I finally found it!
May 26th, 2006 at 6:13 am
I’m not sure the team rankings are fixed. I think I was the second person to finish the current round of questions, but now someone is in front of me. Did the answer more quickly? Fewer guesses? I could be wrong, hopefully you’re keeping track of the time for real. I wouldn’t want to have stayed up until 3:40am for nothing!
May 26th, 2006 at 8:22 am
I’ve tried everything on Potion Factory and nothing works. I did get 1 answer I tried that said I was close and gave me a hint “splits”, but I was already taking the splits into account. Why in the world would they choose answers resulting in a decimal number? Anyone want to provide more hints as to how to get the answer? Is there any rounding to deal with? Should the Apple I price be dollars and cents or just dollars?
Too many ambiguities in the answers for my taste.
May 26th, 2006 at 8:44 am
how do we get to enter today’s answers?
all we see are yesterday’s questions…
May 26th, 2006 at 11:14 am
Grr anyone have a hint regarding the unsanity date of births?
May 26th, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Winston, I’m in the same boat as you. I’ve all but given up on the Potion Factory clue.
May 26th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Potion Factory
A- Easy, 1984
B- That was in the help (prety hard if you don’t have your mac arround) 3
C- (You could guess this one, but easy if you can just try) 6
D- (apple-history is your friend ) 666.66
E- (you could guess from the screenshot, as the effect are placed on a phone pad like grid 3+9-4 or 9+3-4 for that matter) 8
F- (I believed for long it was 17.5, until I read the clue about the 4:1 split) 17.5/4=4.375
May 26th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Got F from there
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.invest.technical/browse_thread/thread/34b3067bc591ac3f/38068acdd5541353?lnk=st&q=TECH+100+Daily+Stock+Report+4%2F3%2F97&rnum=1#38068acdd5541353
it is the stock at market close the 02/02/1997, if you scroll dow you get aapl at 18, but the interesting part is the prev, which is then the price at market close for the 1st, and it is 17.5
May 26th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
I’ll trade an answer for the unsanity date of births, I have all of them but that one :-). Click my name to email me.
May 26th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
cannoli1431@hotmail.com
May 27th, 2006 at 1:15 am
S*d the Unsanity clue … what about “Apex’s favorite screensaver”? I have the link. I have the saver. I have what I think is the secret message … but no matter how many combinations I try all I get is “Incorrect” … and I think my team are all asleep now!!!!
May 27th, 2006 at 2:36 am
Mark: I agree, the answer to that question is slightly broken – MacZOT should update their list of accepted answers, however I got it to work in the end.
One of the words in the screensaver clue you find is a plural and shouldn’t be.
Remove the ‘s’ and you’re on your way!
May 27th, 2006 at 8:59 am
I don’t know if it is on purpose, and it might be after all because at some level it makes sense, but it is sure really misleading.
May 27th, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Thanks Will!
I hope it isn’t too late though – I’ve been away for the last 11 hours or so, with no access to the internet. If it’s a first come first prize I’m screwed (My team seems to temporarily be AWOL!
Thanks again
May 29th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
How about an update ZOT!? A lot of people tried hard on this for days. Tell us the situation, please.
May 29th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Update on CollaboZOT!
We worked very hard this week trying to organize a brand new idea on top of an expanding idea. ColalboZOT = New, MyzteryZOT expanded.
Here are some lessons in no particular order:
1. Have somebody to handle just communications. It’s very important and often that alone is enough to keep people engaged.
2. Don’t confuse two semi-related events that aren’t really designed to be related.
3. Have systems implemented before the contests begin and limit feature sets to what you had before you started. Expand features afterward.
4. Have rules clearly stated.
5. Have prizes clearly listed with clear pathway to winning them.
6. Have fun even when it gets super busy.
We’d like to thank you for an amazing week. ColalboZOT was strong though some detected the unorganization at times.
So many people had fun learning, meeting others, and just getting stumped by PotionFactory that they consider it a win, if for nothing else to be able to say they’re true Mac fans.
We’ve got all the information for the teams, questions & answers, etc. As we find some intelligent ways to organize those, we’ll be posting the results and distributing the prizes from many of the vendors that were happy to particpate.
Thanks to everyone mostly for the patience and encouragement. We look forward to creating more fun down the road.
Stay tuned!
ZOT!
May 29th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Thanks!
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:08 pm
Did anyone ever get any prizes? This is like getting your Christmas presents on Easter.
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:49 am
Yes, it’s time for another update, ZOT! Thanks!
June 5th, 2006 at 11:59 am
And now it’s PAST time for another update… :)
June 6th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Hmmm… If disgruntled CollaboZOTters decided to boycott purchasing from MacZOT until they resolved the CollaboZOT situation, could we call it a BoyZOTt?
:D