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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6635624, member: 83845"]With the guessing for this years game wrapped up we can now move on to the other fun part... the big reveal and prize drawings!</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>The Big Reveal</b></u></span></font></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Coin #1: [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] </b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267887[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Coin #2: [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] </b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Coin #3: [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] </b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Coin #4: [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] </b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267890[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #808080"><b>Coin #5: [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] </b></span></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>How Tricky Were the Volunteers?</b></u></span></font></p><p>In order to see how tricky the volunteers were with our coin submissions this year I put together a chart that plots the total and correct number of guesses. It is easy to see from the graph that the coins that tripped up the voters most were Coin #2 (Curtisimo) and Coin #4 (Theodosius). The other three all had a correct to total guess ratio above 50%. For the record... yes, I did pick a coin that I thought people would mistake for Theodosius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I wanted very badly to pick an Iberian or Parthian coin but I have shown all of mine in those areas... so Greek it was! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smug:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting point of data is that there were a total of 198 guesses across all 5 rounds and a total of 56 correct guesses. That means that only 28.3% of the guesses were correct.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267892[/ATTACH]</p><p>Despite all the tricky shenanigans and 28.3% success rate it is safe to say that this year the guessers had a much better record of matching the coin to its owner overall compared to previous years. Let's take a look at the scores.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="7"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>The Scores</b></u></span></font></p><p>[USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5</p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5</p><p>[USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5</p><p>[USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 4</p><p>[USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 4</p><p>[USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=76543]@Johndakerftw[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=104741]@Ignoramus Maximus[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=106617]@Yorkshire[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3</p><p>[USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2</p><p>[USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2</p><p>[USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2</p><p>[USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1</p><p>[USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1</p><p>[USER=110299]@aleppo[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1</p><p>[USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p>[USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, in the 5th round when I invited members to re-think their guesses from previous rounds a few took me up on it and of those [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] was able to guess all 5 correctly. Nice comeback Z!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again to all the members that participated and voted. This was a fun year... now its time for the Awards and Prize drawings... Stay tuned![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6635624, member: 83845"]With the guessing for this years game wrapped up we can now move on to the other fun part... the big reveal and prize drawings! [SIZE=7][COLOR=#404040][U][B]The Big Reveal[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#808080][B]Coin #1: [USER=4298]@Cucumbor[/USER] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1267887[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#808080][B]Coin #2: [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1267888[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#808080][B]Coin #3: [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1267889[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#808080][B]Coin #4: [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1267890[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][COLOR=#808080][B]Coin #5: [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1267891[/ATTACH] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#404040][U][B]How Tricky Were the Volunteers?[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] In order to see how tricky the volunteers were with our coin submissions this year I put together a chart that plots the total and correct number of guesses. It is easy to see from the graph that the coins that tripped up the voters most were Coin #2 (Curtisimo) and Coin #4 (Theodosius). The other three all had a correct to total guess ratio above 50%. For the record... yes, I did pick a coin that I thought people would mistake for Theodosius :troll::p:angelic:. I wanted very badly to pick an Iberian or Parthian coin but I have shown all of mine in those areas... so Greek it was! :smug::D Another interesting point of data is that there were a total of 198 guesses across all 5 rounds and a total of 56 correct guesses. That means that only 28.3% of the guesses were correct. [ATTACH=full]1267892[/ATTACH] Despite all the tricky shenanigans and 28.3% success rate it is safe to say that this year the guessers had a much better record of matching the coin to its owner overall compared to previous years. Let's take a look at the scores. [SIZE=7][COLOR=#404040][U][B]The Scores[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5 [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5 [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 5 [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 4 [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 4 [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=76543]@Johndakerftw[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=104741]@Ignoramus Maximus[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=114683]@IMP Shogun[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=106617]@Yorkshire[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 3 [USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2 [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2 [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 2 [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1 [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1 [USER=110299]@aleppo[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 1 [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 [USER=80147]@Ancient Aussie[/USER] - Correct Guesses: 0 Additionally, in the 5th round when I invited members to re-think their guesses from previous rounds a few took me up on it and of those [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] was able to guess all 5 correctly. Nice comeback Z! Thanks again to all the members that participated and voted. This was a fun year... now its time for the Awards and Prize drawings... Stay tuned![/QUOTE]
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