1 vs 100 Live - Skype Tournament
Jul 8, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -5
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Post by Tim0n on Jul 8, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -5
Hey all!
Yep, I've been quiet recently, but y'know, uni life, exams and whatnots. However, I have not abandoned work on my other projects - it's just that I've been doing so in the background. And here's one of the things I've been working on.
So, how does this thing work?
It's really simple. Just like in the actual show, the players answer the same multiple-choice questions by selecting one of the possible answers. The One gets money for each correct answer times the number of players eliminated in the Mob. The three helps (Ask, Poll, Trust) are also available. In case of an incorrect answer, the surviving members of the Mob will split the One's winnings equally.
The Money Ladder has been adapted from the German and US version and goes like this:
1 500
2 1000
3 1500
4 2000
5 3000
6 3500
7 4000
8 5000
9 6000
10 7500
11+ 10000
The One needs to answer the first three questions correctly in order to be able to walk away with any money.
How on Earth are you planning to get 100 people on Skype?
I'm not. The game will work absolutely fine provided there are at least 5 players. The maximum number of players is only limited by the capacity of a Skype conference call.
Right... but the game is called 1 vs 100, not 1 vs 4.
That's where the fun kicks in. Once a member of the Mob is knocked out, they can still answer questions. This allows me to calculate Mob knockouts using my Excel spreadsheet. This is done using a completely arbitrary formula, but it's based purely on how difficult the players found the questions.
I can still keep track of who has already been eliminated. Have a look at the example below:
Gee-whiz, that is a lot of stuff on one screen! I'll try to break it down into smaller chunks.
Top-left corner is just basic information about the progress of the game. At the start of the question 2, there are 97 members of the Mob still in the game.
The light blue table just below is the list of players in the mob and their answers to question 2 of the game, where "1" is a correct answer and "0" is an incorrect answer.
Following on from that, you can see that while players 45 and 52 answered this question correctly, they have already been knocked out in the previous question.
The calculation below is some fiddling around with the Excel and in the end it spits out total number of mob knockouts.
Now we move on to the right-hand side of the screen. The table with the blue border is the simulation of the "Mob Wall". It places the real players among a mob of virtual players and gives an idea of how many players are still in the game.
The table with the green border is a calculation of total prize money for this particular question. It features the value of the question, Mob knockouts for this question only, total prize for the question and the total so far.
The table with the yellow border is used for calculating the "Poll The Mob" statistics.
Alright, so how does the whole tournament thing work?
That's the best part of it all. All the players take turns in being the One. The total prize money for the whole episode is then added up for each player, and the player with most money wins the title of The Champion (their theoretical winnings are multiplied by 5).
The winnings of the One are easy to understand, but let's go through the process of how the Mob is awarded their money.
Let's imagine that in the scenario above the One loses. Players 6, 7, 24, 44 and 82 are still alive in the game so they get awarded. How much do they get? The One had won $1500 on the first question, and there are "85" surviving members, hence each of them gets $1500/85 = $17.65. Many moneys, such winnings, wow.
Either way, you can see that even if you get knocked out from the Mob, you still want to be answering questions correctly - that way you minimise the winnings of your opponents for that particular round. Sneaky, eh?
Great, I'm in! Where do I sign up?
Just let me know in this thread, once I get a rough idea for how many people are potentially interested, we can decide on a date and time that's most convenient. Don't worry about time zones, we can deal with that too.
Lemme know what y'all think
Yep, I've been quiet recently, but y'know, uni life, exams and whatnots. However, I have not abandoned work on my other projects - it's just that I've been doing so in the background. And here's one of the things I've been working on.
So, how does this thing work?
It's really simple. Just like in the actual show, the players answer the same multiple-choice questions by selecting one of the possible answers. The One gets money for each correct answer times the number of players eliminated in the Mob. The three helps (Ask, Poll, Trust) are also available. In case of an incorrect answer, the surviving members of the Mob will split the One's winnings equally.
The Money Ladder has been adapted from the German and US version and goes like this:
1 500
2 1000
3 1500
4 2000
5 3000
6 3500
7 4000
8 5000
9 6000
10 7500
11+ 10000
The One needs to answer the first three questions correctly in order to be able to walk away with any money.
How on Earth are you planning to get 100 people on Skype?
I'm not. The game will work absolutely fine provided there are at least 5 players. The maximum number of players is only limited by the capacity of a Skype conference call.
Right... but the game is called 1 vs 100, not 1 vs 4.
That's where the fun kicks in. Once a member of the Mob is knocked out, they can still answer questions. This allows me to calculate Mob knockouts using my Excel spreadsheet. This is done using a completely arbitrary formula, but it's based purely on how difficult the players found the questions.
I can still keep track of who has already been eliminated. Have a look at the example below:
Gee-whiz, that is a lot of stuff on one screen! I'll try to break it down into smaller chunks.
Top-left corner is just basic information about the progress of the game. At the start of the question 2, there are 97 members of the Mob still in the game.
The light blue table just below is the list of players in the mob and their answers to question 2 of the game, where "1" is a correct answer and "0" is an incorrect answer.
Following on from that, you can see that while players 45 and 52 answered this question correctly, they have already been knocked out in the previous question.
The calculation below is some fiddling around with the Excel and in the end it spits out total number of mob knockouts.
Now we move on to the right-hand side of the screen. The table with the blue border is the simulation of the "Mob Wall". It places the real players among a mob of virtual players and gives an idea of how many players are still in the game.
The table with the green border is a calculation of total prize money for this particular question. It features the value of the question, Mob knockouts for this question only, total prize for the question and the total so far.
The table with the yellow border is used for calculating the "Poll The Mob" statistics.
Alright, so how does the whole tournament thing work?
That's the best part of it all. All the players take turns in being the One. The total prize money for the whole episode is then added up for each player, and the player with most money wins the title of The Champion (their theoretical winnings are multiplied by 5).
The winnings of the One are easy to understand, but let's go through the process of how the Mob is awarded their money.
Let's imagine that in the scenario above the One loses. Players 6, 7, 24, 44 and 82 are still alive in the game so they get awarded. How much do they get? The One had won $1500 on the first question, and there are "85" surviving members, hence each of them gets $1500/85 = $17.65. Many moneys, such winnings, wow.
Either way, you can see that even if you get knocked out from the Mob, you still want to be answering questions correctly - that way you minimise the winnings of your opponents for that particular round. Sneaky, eh?
Great, I'm in! Where do I sign up?
Just let me know in this thread, once I get a rough idea for how many people are potentially interested, we can decide on a date and time that's most convenient. Don't worry about time zones, we can deal with that too.
Lemme know what y'all think