Prediction Contest

[TallTitan34]

As you may have noticed I still haven't completed the prediction contest from last season.  I'd like to apologize for that.  My once 5.5 hour commute to and from work is now 10 minutes, so I lost the time that I used to work on it.  Anyway, I plan on trying to pound out the rest of the results this weekend.

I'd like to especially apologize to Sir Lawrence who actually calculated the winners of all of the remaining games for me a couple months ago.  All I have to do is add everything up and get it posted.  I dropped the ball on that one.

For the future of the contest, does anyone have any ideas on how to streamline the process?  I think I saw a mention of Google forms once.  What all is that capable of?

I was also thinking of cutting back the number of questions or making it so you must be exact to win.  (Most of the time spent is figuring out who is closest to the actual number.)

If anyone wants to take over and run the contest as is feel free, but if I continue, I will most likely change the format.

If you have any ideas please post them here.

Again, sorry for the delay in getting this posted.  

[LloydMooresLegs]

TT:  No need to apologize; thanks for all your work on this (and to Sir L).

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

5.5hrs comute????  I'm glad you now have a shorter one.

[🏀]

Excuses, excuses.

[denverMU]

TT thanks for all your hard work.  I would be willing to help out.

[robmufan]

Excuses, excuses.

TT,

A little less 3 Hours of Raw, a little more prediction contest!

[Sir Lawrence]

Yes, thanks TT. 

I found that it takes over an hour to just tabulate the game scoring, and then TT has to input the rankings.  And that doesn't count the time to create the questions.  So it's a commitment. 

I'd be willing to help again.  One suggestion would be to require that the answers not be re-formatted.  Some of the contestants don't cut and paste, which screws with the search feature and makes scoring more time consuming.  Just my two cents.   

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Yes, thanks TT. 

I found that it takes over an hour to just tabulate the game scoring, and then TT has to input the rankings.  And that doesn't count the time to create the questions.  So it's a commitment. 

I'd be willing to help again.  One suggestion would be to require that the answers not be re-formatted.  Some of the contestants don't cut and paste, which screws with the search feature and makes scoring more time consuming.  Just my two cents.   

Or require people to register pre-season rather than allowing people to continuously just join midseason.

[4everwarriors]

Maybe the Louis Vuitton posters want in?

[Newsdreams]

Maybe the Louis Vuitton posters want in?

Yeah outsource for cheap!

[Jay Bee]

Thanks for the apology. It was a long time comin'. I'll try to do my part and work toward forgiveness, but it's not going to be easy.

[T-Bone]

What about using something like survey monkey? I think it is free to use.  Answers would then be standardized and probably easily tabulated.
Users would just need to enter their name consistently each entry.

[KaKawwImAnEagle]

nm

[T-Bone]

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J763KFL

Try this, it is free.  If some people can fill it out, I'll post the results.  Should make things simple.

(I'm just doing this for the sake of looking at a new format - no intention of running it, thanks TT!)

[TallTitan34]

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/J763KFL

Try this, it is free.  If some people can fill it out, I'll post the results.  Should make things simple.

(I'm just doing this for the sake of looking at a new format - no intention of running it, thanks TT!)

Interesting..... I like this idea!

[GGGG]

Just to go out on a limb, I am voting "0" for the Swanson combined points and minutes.

[T-Bone]

Try this instead:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19pWD0mVtOeR9ih8sw7AGkUnk-MKRElfkO7LZhwBvhow/viewform

The advantage here is that the form will output to a spreadsheet.
Surveymonkey is a premium to export data.

[nathanziarek]

I agree with the Google Docs method. I'd have to go back and see what type of questions were asked (I know I made a sample for Scoop one time, and I had to slightly change the questions to fit the input-fields available), but the fact that it is basically just pumping that information into a spreadsheet might make tabulating a breeze.

Edit Here's the version I made forever ago: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1xdldHeWo2Tnc0aEJmaFY0TnFpTHc6MQ (If you'd like to see how easy it is to make, shoot me a google email address and I can share it)

[T-Bone]

Yeah.  I think Google Docs (free) is the way to go vs Survey Monkey (money, for advanced features).

Here's the collected data so far from the Google Doc Form I posted.

[TallTitan34]

This is good stuff T-Bone!  I think you are right, Google Docs may be the way to go.

I think using Google Docs and making the contest where you must be exact to get points would speed things up significantly.

[chapman]

 My once 5.5 hour commute to and from work is now 10 minutes, so I lost the time that I used to work on it.

What kind of woman logic is this?!   

[mu03eng]

This is good stuff T-Bone!  I think you are right, Google Docs may be the way to go.

I think using Google Docs and making the contest where you must be exact to get points would speed things up significantly.

If you use Google Docs and an excel template with the possible responses locked(think pull down menu) you don't have to worry about formatting and you could still use closet to hole capability(simple if then statements will work).

Just my 2 cents

[77ncaachamps]

Google Docs. +1

If only a brilliant MU engineering student can create a program that can show where people rank in real time relative (a Buzz word, of course) to the stats that ESPN, et al. keeps.

[TallTitan34]

If you use Google Docs and an excel template with the possible responses locked(think pull down menu) you don't have to worry about formatting and you could still use closet to hole capability(simple if then statements will work).

Just my 2 cents

That's a good point. I'll go in after and enter the correct answers.  Whoever is closest when sorted wins.