MouseAdventure Wrap-up, Results, and Everything Else

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-19-2005, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

However, unless they change the rules again ... The Denton Affair is always going to be the only team that won First Place FIVE TIMES (and placed seven times), a record that will live in infamy, never to be broken. Mwah hahaha haha!

Allow me to interrupt your maniacal cackling with this: Masters are allowed to compete in the Invitational format. Your record can be broken!

We'll be true competitors once more - next fall. That'll be the real test to see just how much prizes actually matter. (and hopefully you'll have scraped all the rust off of yourself by then

)

Speaking of which, I do admit that being Masters seemed to affect our game somewhat. I'm sure we moved less fast than we usually do - my usual mind-over-matter insanity didn't kick in as much. And I KNOW we argued less. Both are fine by me, because not only did we have more fun - my legs have healed, and it's only Wednesday!

Alex · 10-19-2005, 02:22 PM

The blame for the map and protractor thing is all mine and I'll fess up to it completely.

That said, three different people did the map portion of that for me, and none (including myself) took more than three minutes to get all four locations. So it was an extreme shock when Kevin put out the call for help saying that it had turned into a huge bottleneck. I don't know if I'm just and idiot savant at such things (as are my three acquaintances) or if something about the environment made it much, much harder. In the end it would just have been better to have never found any rulers/protrctors and given people credit for showing up at Fantasia Gardens.

I'm also suprised at how difficult people are saying the math code that led to Fantasia Gardens was.

It would never have occured to me that the Roger Rabbit one was so difficult (at one point I had someone test that for me over the phone (while I was listening) and they got it done in about 10 minutes). I don't intentionally put quests into the game that only 1.5% of the teams get right.

I don't think the score distribution is too far off from normal (though definitely a bit lower). The problem we hit when everybody plays together is making a game that is not too easy for the top 25% of teams (we don't want a nine-way tie for first with each a perfect score) and yet still accessible to everybody else. It's a hard balance to hit.

Well, regardless of all the second-guessing I'm doing this week, I'm glad that you (and apparently almost everybody else) had a lot of fun.

DisneyDaniel · 10-19-2005, 03:57 PM

Congratulations to all the winning teams, high-placing teams and even the low-placing teams that played.

A memorable quest: Counting the dolls coming out of the it's a small world clock and trying to figure out if there are more Janes or Johns. Who knew that the iasw dolls looked so androgynous?! But we got the answer rigtht! There are more boys than girls.

Here are a few photos:

The Happy Haunts (Ghoulish Delight and Cadaverous Pallor) were kind enough to let me take pictures of their shirts. If there was a MouseAdventure category for coolest shirts, I think they would win each time.

DCA Adventurers (Monorail Man, Bornieo: Fully Loaded, DisneyDaniel, TigerLily) shortly after finishing the game. Yes, we looked a little tired after hurrying back out to the Esplanade to turn-in the game packet, only to learn that we were suppose to return them to Carnation Plaza Gardens instead. So, after getting back in line, going through the entrance gates again, Monorail Man made a dash for the end of Main Street weaving through crowds of people waiting for the parade.

Anticipating the awards ceremony to begin inside the Festival Arena.

Where I was sitting, there was a lot of good-hearted cheering by those who did not win one of the raffle prizes, which included items from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Bear in the Big Blue House, Disney Mania, The Cheetah Girls, etc. However, the real prizes for MA winners looked pretty enticing.

Frodo Potter (right, in the white shirt) won one of the cool raffle prizes, a Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD.

The Festival Arena is cleared out at the end of the awards ceremony. I think that is EuroMeinke (wearing black) in the middle.

One last group photo of people from LoT and MiceChat before leaving the Festival Arena.

Mr. and Mrs. NemoZorro (from MiceChat) visiting from Arizona, with Disneyphile, Frodo Potter and DisneyDaniel celebrating the end of MouseAdventure Sunday with dole whips at the Tiki Room.

10-19-2005, 02:22 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The blame for the map and protractor thing is all mine and I'll fess up to it completely. That said, three different people did the map portion of that for me, and none (including myself) took more than three minutes to get all four locations. So it was an extreme shock when Kevin put out the call for help saying that it had turned into a huge bottleneck. I don't know if I'm just and idiot savant at such things (as are my three acquaintances) or if something about the environment made it much, much harder. In the end it would just have been better to have never found any rulers/protrctors and given people credit for showing up at Fantasia Gardens. I'm also suprised at how difficult people are saying the math code that led to Fantasia Gardens was. It would never have occured to me that the Roger Rabbit one was so difficult (at one point I had someone test that for me over the phone (while I was listening) and they got it done in about 10 minutes). I don't intentionally put quests into the game that only 1.5% of the teams get right. I don't think the score distribution is too far off from normal (though definitely a bit lower). The problem we hit when everybody plays together is making a game that is not too easy for the top 25% of teams (we don't want a nine-way tie for first with each a perfect score) and yet still accessible to everybody else. It's a hard balance to hit. Well, regardless of all the second-guessing I'm doing this week, I'm glad that you (and apparently almost everybody else) had a lot of fun.
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10-19-2005, 03:57 PM	#3
DisneyDaniel California Adventurer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 537	Congratulations to all the winning teams, high-placing teams and even the low-placing teams that played. A memorable quest: Counting the dolls coming out of the it's a small world clock and trying to figure out if there are more Janes or Johns. Who knew that the iasw dolls looked so androgynous?! But we got the answer rigtht! There are more boys than girls. Here are a few photos: The Happy Haunts (Ghoulish Delight and Cadaverous Pallor) were kind enough to let me take pictures of their shirts. If there was a MouseAdventure category for coolest shirts, I think they would win each time. DCA Adventurers (Monorail Man, Bornieo: Fully Loaded, DisneyDaniel, TigerLily) shortly after finishing the game. Yes, we looked a little tired after hurrying back out to the Esplanade to turn-in the game packet, only to learn that we were suppose to return them to Carnation Plaza Gardens instead. So, after getting back in line, going through the entrance gates again, Monorail Man made a dash for the end of Main Street weaving through crowds of people waiting for the parade. Anticipating the awards ceremony to begin inside the Festival Arena. Where I was sitting, there was a lot of good-hearted cheering by those who did not win one of the raffle prizes, which included items from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Bear in the Big Blue House, Disney Mania, The Cheetah Girls, etc. However, the real prizes for MA winners looked pretty enticing. Frodo Potter (right, in the white shirt) won one of the cool raffle prizes, a Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD. The Festival Arena is cleared out at the end of the awards ceremony. I think that is EuroMeinke (wearing black) in the middle. One last group photo of people from LoT and MiceChat before leaving the Festival Arena. Mr. and Mrs. NemoZorro (from MiceChat) visiting from Arizona, with Disneyphile, Frodo Potter and DisneyDaniel celebrating the end of MouseAdventure Sunday with dole whips at the Tiki Room. __________________ Yes, I do LOVE Disney California Adventure. Disneyland is not so bad either ;-) Last edited by DisneyDaniel : 10-19-2005 at 04:40 PM.
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