Without further ado, the winner is...

The Boys Team!

Your prize will be "delivered" by Postman Peter as soon as possible.

Right, I'm off to finish off the Easter comp for you guys :P

Edit: Just a quick reminder for you all. Don't forget about Saffy's Dux of the Forum Competition. Please make sure you guys have completed your answers as the deadline is early March :)

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omggg XD

I just wanna say Thanks to everyone joining this competition, Thanks to BOTH teams :D :)
I loved planning this competition with db1986 :D
Also, I want to thank db1986 for everythinggg he did (cause seriously? he did wayy more work than me)

even if u hate valentines ;) I have to say that I think its a good reminder for us to show our love if we're forgetful busy people ;) and its also a day where I can say i love you to peoples and they cant look at me weird for it ;)

but I love isketch, I love the forum :) I loved the comp, and I love the people on here :D (and I love my friends and family..but they wont see this post XD )

Have a great day guys :)

and Peterrr should be getting the prize ready XD

oh, and btw: Bellicimo wants it known that he did do the crossword puzzle, but was confused bout time (noon vs midnight) so that his points didnt count

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Lolol, Imma say congrats to the boys, but... yeah... >.> I'm not happy about this.. :P Our team effort was amazing :) Ahh well. We won in my heart ;)

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oh drat :( im sorry tasha, thats my fault, i didnt write ur name down when i got your pm....forgot to add it later I guess....you got 5 points though :) and db should change it? XD

*hugs*

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Sorry tasha. You did get question 3 correct but I've missed you off the list. Sorry :(
Belli, I really wanted to give you points for your wordsearch, especially as you got them all :(
I'm gonna change it now.

Edit: Done :)

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Congratulations, boys team! Don't know how you did it but you did, so you deserve the win. Especially having fewer members. Great job!

Girls, our team effort was brilliant, and having more people meant we also had more chance of getting confused and being in complete disarray but we pulled through too and I thought our organization was pretty good :) Well done, team!

Good job also to Alessadri, Fox, and Vik. I think, looking at the scores for the Questions round, it was far more competitive between the girls than the boys x)

Thanks to jenni and db for organizing this competition - most of it was really fun XD I think my favourite part was the 'find the hearts' round and I'd do it again... not(!) Nah, really, my favourite round was the Questions round, because I learned some really interesting facts along the way :) So once again, thanks and good luck with the Easter comp db (can I please reiterate that I really hope there isn't any 'find the 30 eggs hidden around the forum' round).

Can't wait to see what the boys' prize is? Ooh, the suspense! :)

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The organisation of both teams was brilliant, but the girls seemed to have a better strategy going on.

Nope, there are 500 eggs to find

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evilness.

imma join the easter comp :)

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Yay we win :) Thanky for the comp it was good funn.

:O The end results were very close! :D

Congrats to the boys! :)

Also congrats to Aless, Fox and Vik! Great job.

I wanna say thank you to jenjenhead and db for the competition. It was fun! I have to admit.. even finding the hearts was fun, lol. In a stressful way though :P Hehe. And I'm glad I joined it :)

Girl's team.. I love you guys. Our group was fun. I liked that we all got on so well (:

P.S. Boys still suck XD
lol :P

I got question 2 right.. but I'm not there...

And congratulations to the boys team and to Fox, Alessadri and Vik! It was a good comp, very competitive!

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Watch, with a bit of friction I'll be under your clothes.
With a bit of focus I'll be under your skin.

Eep! Number 2 was my question. I'll go have a look.

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Wow.

Congrats to both the teams, and kudos to both the organisers!


LOL.


Awesome! I am in.

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Lol. I don't like that belli got points, EVEN THOUGH HE SUBMITTED LATE... >.>

His fault for being slow, I reminded him to do it.. :P I don't think he should get the points,[ and I think you should check all the points carefully.. >.> :P


Lololol. But yeah Well done guys :)

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what edit... what? I said nothing XD

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Heh heh.. I've done some ol' editing.. no one will ever know? :D

I still don't like it though.. -mumbles- :P Bias'd judges? :D

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Lol I made a mistake x(

Edit:

db, when you were calculating the points for the Questions round, what number did you use as the number of players from the girls team?...

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Yaaaayyyyy good job boys!!! Knew we would pull through! :p
Congratulations also to Alessadri, Fox and Vik for their top scores! :D
Bad luck girls... looks as though it was pretty close going into the last few questions, well played! :D
And last but by no means least, a BIIIGGGGG thank you to Jenni and to db for organising a great competition!

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Hmm.. the Questions round final total for boys comes to 406..

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Congratulations to the boys team, and to everyone who joined the comp.
I don't understand the scoring system though for the questions.

For example, for Question 1, the total possible points are 120. The girls team got 75 of these and the boys team got 45, yet their final points are 70?
I would have thought that girls = 75/120 = 62.5 points and boys 45/120 = 37.5 points.

For question 2, there are 9 boys and 9 girls who entered, yet the boys, who got less actual points, ended up with a higher final score....

I'm sure it's all OK, cos I know Deebs works hard to ensure everything is fair, I just don't understand it.

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Saff the scoring system changed and to adjust for the boys having fewer members, it goes like this:

score = boys total score x (members in girls team/members in boys team)

so for the questions round, it looks like db has used 14 as the number of members in the girls team, and 9 for the boys team.

so for the boys, the calculation goes

45 x (14/9) = 69.99 (then rounded to 70)

But Lindt dropped out after Q1 and jenni said it was OK, so I think the total members for the girls team should actually be 13, and not 14, and her score for Q1 should be taken out.

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Ah I see. Ty for explaining that. Makes sense to do it that way seeing as it's a team competition :)

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You're welcome.

I just noticed that all 9 boys didn't enter Questions 1 (8 members), 3 (6 members) and 6 (5 members), yet the scoring is still the same (multiplying their score with 14/9). Doesn't this give them an advantage as they're getting points for members who didn't submit an answer either (as opposed to just not having enough members)?

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Q1 has 13 girls and 8 boys.. so you mean to say that it has to be averaged by a factor of 13/8 instead of 14/9. Probably, but it is not a disadvantage for you. 13/8 > 14/9.

Plus, the scoring is like iSketch, as db said. So if you "miss" a round, you get 0 points, because you are in the room. (If that makes sense)

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I meant 13 not just for Q1 but all the questions, so 13/9.

Edit:

And yeah, the iSketch explanation does make sense.

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