MouseAdventure Wrap-up, Results, and Everything Else - Page 6

Monorail Man · 10-18-2005, 09:07 PM

So did some sheets have team numbers on them, and some didn't? Because we didn't number any sheets, since we saw that they were pre-numbered.

EDIT: Never mind, I see that was part of the dreaded Getting Mathematical quest.

Alex · 10-18-2005, 09:17 PM

I've sent out information to the mailing list of MouseAdventure teams about accessing team photos and result information (the official recap and results are delayed a day - another MouseAdventure tradition continued).

I'm not willing to publish the links publicly (non-players can wait a day) but if you are on a MouseAdventure team and do not receive the email, for whatever reason, send an email to mouseadventure@mouseplanet.com and I'll send it back with the information.

I do ask that others not publish the links just because the pages are in rough form and could use some beauty rest before going on full display.

Alex · 10-18-2005, 09:32 PM

Yeah, everything was prenumbered except for the papers handed out on the fly during the game.

Steve, you comments on the nature of the night game are penetrating and reflect my feelings on it as well. When we started designing the game it was all about making use of night-only elements of the park. It turns out there aren't so many as you'd think and most of them are just too local to be of much use. Various factors (such as not knowing how much we had to balance keeping players out of the densest crowds with getting to use involve the coolest stuff) tended to push us away.

By the time we were done we found that the night specific element of the game was more focused on strategy and time management (when do things close? when should we try to do this quest in Adventureland such that it doesn't make us walk upstream against Fantasmic traffic) and less on "here's a bit of the park that is only noticable during night."

For example, the original black light quest used the Haunted Mansion photomosaic, but it turns out that whatever light they use for that does not react to our ink, so we had to move it something a bit less themed to the night.

We were also really very timid at times because, just as it was new to you, it was new to us. Some of you may remember the first puzzle I helped create on my own after Kevin left. It ended up being way too hard and complex, since I didn't know how the immensely different traffic/visual/timing issues would effect things I was wary of moving too far away from game mechanics I was certain of.

We're always surprised by a lot of things, though, no matter how much time I spend mapping it all out. We went into the Sunday game worried that it would be too easy, and it was perhaps a bit too hard.

Not Afraid · 10-18-2005, 09:52 PM

WOW! I guess there was a good reason I was not exhausted! Lackidasical Lawyers will be our next team name.

€uroMeinke · 10-18-2005, 09:55 PM

Clearly, we need someone on out team who does puzzles - I think we hit our lowest ranking this time around

Alex · 10-18-2005, 09:58 PM

Well, you two were operating under some constraints.

If it will help you next time I can fire Steph for you. (Actually it was great having her on board and I look forward to her input on future games; your loss my gain.)

Not Afraid · 10-18-2005, 09:58 PM

Yes. Lowest ranking EVER! And this was the same team make-up that got first a while back. Slackers!

Not Afraid · 10-18-2005, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Well, you two were operating under some constraints.

If it will help you next time I can fire Steph for you. (Actually it was great having her on board and I look forward to her input on future games; your loss my gain.)

Yeah, we did have a few issues that effected us but damn, my physicality wasn't one of them this time!

Yeah, and if we continue to be this puzzle intensive, we might demand her back. STEPH DOES PUZZLES!

Not Afraid · 10-18-2005, 10:16 PM

I'm going for three in a row!

Thank you, Alex, for sending us all the email with the results. I've been wondering where we were at and had no clue. (I think I was better off clueless.)

And, thank you and the entire MP staff for yet another wonderful event. It's always so much fun to play MA and it is always a great challenge. I appreciate all of your time and effort - especially with all of the fiascos this time around! MA rocks!

€uroMeinke · 10-18-2005, 10:19 PM

Of course this time we didn't leave town the night before - next year we'll have to go someplace in another timezone - Singapore might be nice?

10-18-2005, 09:07 PM	#51
Monorail Man Yummy? Yummy? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At one of many parties! Posts: 150	So did some sheets have team numbers on them, and some didn't? Because we didn't number any sheets, since we saw that they were pre-numbered. EDIT: Never mind, I see that was part of the dreaded Getting Mathematical quest. __________________ -Hastin Zylstra
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10-18-2005, 09:17 PM	#52
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I've sent out information to the mailing list of MouseAdventure teams about accessing team photos and result information (the official recap and results are delayed a day - another MouseAdventure tradition continued). I'm not willing to publish the links publicly (non-players can wait a day) but if you are on a MouseAdventure team and do not receive the email, for whatever reason, send an email to mouseadventure@mouseplanet.com and I'll send it back with the information. I do ask that others not publish the links just because the pages are in rough form and could use some beauty rest before going on full display.
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10-18-2005, 09:32 PM	#53
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, everything was prenumbered except for the papers handed out on the fly during the game. Steve, you comments on the nature of the night game are penetrating and reflect my feelings on it as well. When we started designing the game it was all about making use of night-only elements of the park. It turns out there aren't so many as you'd think and most of them are just too local to be of much use. Various factors (such as not knowing how much we had to balance keeping players out of the densest crowds with getting to use involve the coolest stuff) tended to push us away. By the time we were done we found that the night specific element of the game was more focused on strategy and time management (when do things close? when should we try to do this quest in Adventureland such that it doesn't make us walk upstream against Fantasmic traffic) and less on "here's a bit of the park that is only noticable during night." For example, the original black light quest used the Haunted Mansion photomosaic, but it turns out that whatever light they use for that does not react to our ink, so we had to move it something a bit less themed to the night. We were also really very timid at times because, just as it was new to you, it was new to us. Some of you may remember the first puzzle I helped create on my own after Kevin left. It ended up being way too hard and complex, since I didn't know how the immensely different traffic/visual/timing issues would effect things I was wary of moving too far away from game mechanics I was certain of. We're always surprised by a lot of things, though, no matter how much time I spend mapping it all out. We went into the Sunday game worried that it would be too easy, and it was perhaps a bit too hard.
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10-18-2005, 09:52 PM	#54
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	WOW! I guess there was a good reason I was not exhausted! Lackidasical Lawyers will be our next team name.
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10-18-2005, 09:55 PM	#55
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Clearly, we need someone on out team who does puzzles - I think we hit our lowest ranking this time around __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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10-18-2005, 09:58 PM	#56
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, you two were operating under some constraints. If it will help you next time I can fire Steph for you. (Actually it was great having her on board and I look forward to her input on future games; your loss my gain.)
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10-18-2005, 10:16 PM	#59
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I'm going for three in a row! Thank you, Alex, for sending us all the email with the results. I've been wondering where we were at and had no clue. (I think I was better off clueless.) And, thank you and the entire MP staff for yet another wonderful event. It's always so much fun to play MA and it is always a great challenge. I appreciate all of your time and effort - especially with all of the fiascos this time around! MA rocks!
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10-18-2005, 10:19 PM	#60
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Of course this time we didn't leave town the night before - next year we'll have to go someplace in another timezone - Singapore might be nice? __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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