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February Challenge

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  • mansey wrote: »
    I would do it again if someone else did the OP.
    I would also suggest a few "guidelines"
    Put up a wee thread now "March experiment" to give folks time to join.
    March is a full month (31 days) so to complete 4000 comps folks would need to complete 130 comps per day.
    Only 10 compers aiming for 40,000, don't be soft like me and keep adding more once you get to 10 say no more, and mean it ;)
    Give folks a time to post their numbers up by, I am still adding numbers from the past 3 days and it gets a bit confusing.
    I am a night owl so I would say post up before midnight, but if you go to bed at 11pm say all numbers to be posted by 10pm to be added to todays post, if not add them to tomorrows total.

    My uniform is a onesie, that's what I seem to wear while comping
    ;)

    Anyone volunteering for April :eek:
    I guess we could all individually make our own calculations. That could make it easier for you Mansey eg.

    11th February
    Boycette.............(200)...........2273/4000

    What do you think ? I am happy to do that if that helps !
  • mansey
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    edited 12 February 2015 at 2:05AM
    I just need to be more awake when I add up, but if you wanna put your total I will just copy it across to the OP ;)
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  • mansey
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    280 for me today (Feb 11) :)
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  • mansey
    mansey Posts: 4,585 Forumite
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    edited 12 February 2015 at 12:55PM
    mansey wrote: »
    I would do it again if someone else did the OP.
    I would also suggest a few "guidelines"
    Put up a wee thread now "March experiment" to give folks time to join.
    March is a full month (31 days) so to complete 4000 comps folks would need to complete 130 comps per day.
    Only 10 compers aiming for 40,000, don't be soft like me and keep adding more once you get to 10 say no more, and mean it ;)
    Give folks a time to post their numbers up by, I am still adding numbers from the past 3 days and it gets a bit confusing.
    I am a night owl so I would say post up before midnight, but if you go to bed at 11pm say all numbers to be posted by 10pm to be added to todays post, if not add them to tomorrows total.

    My uniform is a onesie, that's what I seem to wear while comping
    ;)

    Anyone volunteering for April :eek:

    Just thought of something else to add to this...

    Do tell folks it runs for a month and they are expected to post up their numbers every day for that month, my OP is very badly worded and some folks thought it was a one off thing or everyone on the list had to make 4000 combined instead of individually.

    This is the first time I have seen something like this done so we are just learning as we go along.

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  • Nix143
    Nix143 Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    I've been thinking about this and probably the easiest way is to set up a Google spreadsheet that can be shared. If people don't want to access it they can post on the thread and I'm happy to update. That way the spreadsheet will do all the adding up and averaging and all we have to do is count - which most of us can just about do ;).

    AND then I was thinking about tracking of wins - we should really have a mechanism for tracking where wins land, relative value etc etc......*wanders off to have a ponder*



    *wanders back*


    These words are hard to say.......but sax is probably right :eek:. I probably do need to get out more :p
    Comps £2016 in 2016 - 1 wins = £530 26.2%
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  • sax11
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    Nix143 wrote: »

    These words are hard to say.......but sax is probably right :eek:. I probably do need to get out more :p

    you need to see a medical professional and have a lie down after that :rotfl:

    spreadsheet is a good idea
  • mansey
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    Nix143 wrote: »
    I've been thinking about this and probably the easiest way is to set up a Google spreadsheet that can be shared. If people don't want to access it they can post on the thread and I'm happy to update. That way the spreadsheet will do all the adding up and averaging and all we have to do is count - which most of us can just about do ;).

    AND then I was thinking about tracking of wins - we should really have a mechanism for tracking where wins land, relative value etc etc......*wanders off to have a ponder*



    *wanders back*


    These words are hard to say.......but sax is probably right :eek:. I probably do need to get out more :p

    I use a Google spreadsheet for another forum I use, they can be hard to update from tablets and smartphones.
    If your using a smartphone you need to change it from mobile view to desktop, mobile view only shows a bit of the internet and desk top shows it all. I am sure someone can explain that better than me :(
    Anyways, yes a Google spreadsheet and a link to it is a good idea, it will keep everything clean and tidy rather than having a huge long OP like I am going to end up with.
    As I said above we will learn as we go along ;)
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  • mansey
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    As you have nowt better to do, try putting this months data into a Google spreadsheet and sending a link then I can delete the OP and just put up the link.

    I think it might be better to still have folks post up their numbers daily and only have one person updating the spreadsheet though, keeps it simple and easy ;)
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  • sax11
    sax11 Posts: 3,250 Forumite
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    mansey wrote: »
    rather than having a huge long OP like I am going to end up with.
    As I said above we will learn as we go along ;)

    why not collate them to weekly totals when the weeks passed :D
  • mansey
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    :j Have we had any wins this month? :j
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