April 2020 Monthly Contest - Forum Participation Edition

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Re: April 2020 Monthly Contest - Forum Participation Edition

Post by olds442jetaway »

Thanks Webman maybe it will help a bit with cabin fever

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Webman wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:23 pm
OTABILL wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:22 pm
Webman wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:20 pm
Anyone posting in this topic can participate if they wish. There are no other posting requirements.
So we just play the regular monthly and are considered automatically in?
Exactly. But in addition to the regular leaderboard you will also compete against the other people posting here.
Webman, thanks for answering my questions. As to why not playing all 5, sometimes life, even while self isolating, intervenes.

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Post by davidearl »

Since I'm not playing single line at the casino, I'm in.

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OTABILL wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:18 pm
Webman, thanks for answering my questions. As to why not playing all 5, sometimes life, even while self isolating, intervenes.
Just to be clear, you used to have to play 5 sessions each day in the monthly contest or you would lose them. If you missed a day, or couldn't get all 5 in, then it hurt your chances severely.

We changed that quite a while ago so that you can "make up" sessions any time during the month and it has worked out much better.

Each day, your available sessions still increase by 5 for the same total sessions throughout the month.

So if you were only able to play 3 sessions on the first of the month, today on the 2nd you would have played 3/10 available sessions and you could play the other seven.

That is cumulative throughout the entire month. Obviously you don't want to get too far behind, or it could take a while to play them all out. But on busy days or if you forget, you can make it up later.

And since someone will probably ask, no... you can't play tomorrow's sessions early. :)

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Post by onemoretry »

Webman wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:18 am
Just to be clear, you used to have to play 5 sessions each day in the monthly contest or you would lose them. If you missed a day, or couldn't get all 5 in, then it hurt your chances severely.

We changed that quite a while ago so that you can "make up" sessions any time during the month and it has worked out much better.
That was an absolutely HUGE improvement. Before that, if you could see on your schedule for the month that you would likely miss a few days, you (or, at least I), wouldn't bother with it.

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Post by vpwarrior »

I'm in. Thx Webman

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Webman wrote:
Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:18 am
OTABILL wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:18 pm
Webman, thanks for answering my questions. As to why not playing all 5, sometimes life, even while self isolating, intervenes.
Just to be clear, you used to have to play 5 sessions each day in the monthly contest or you would lose them. If you missed a day, or couldn't get all 5 in, then it hurt your chances severely.

We changed that quite a while ago so that you can "make up" sessions any time during the month and it has worked out much better.

Each day, your available sessions still increase by 5 for the same total sessions throughout the month.

So if you were only able to play 3 sessions on the first of the month, today on the 2nd you would have played 3/10 available sessions and you could play the other seven.

That is cumulative throughout the entire month. Obviously you don't want to get too far behind, or it could take a while to play them all out. But on busy days or if you forget, you can make it up later.

And since someone will probably ask, no... you can't play tomorrow's sessions early. :)
Thanks Webman. So if I stay up late tonight, I can play tomorrow's sessions beginning after midnight MST/PDT. That would be playing them early. ;)

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Post by Lateshowrob »

Count me in, thanks for the bonus contest.

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Post by chiefsquirrel »

"I'm in."

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Post by davidearl »

I think we need a couple more "IN", come on people!

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