I am indifferent towards YABB
.. I posted over this on the General board, but I guess that was the wrong place for it...
Would it help / make things easier if other people timed the runs?
Already the site has other people verifying runs - why not timing as well if it would help? As long as all the constraints were agreed upon, everyone should come up with (very) similar times.
What about something like the following...
1) When the runner submits a run, he also must submit (what he believes to be) the official time (arrived at using Virtual Dub, and agreed upon start/end points). Which Radix keeps a secret.
2) Somebody volunteers to time the run, and does so using Virtual Dub and the same agreed upon start/end points.
3) Once reported back, if the times are (nearly) identical, it's a fairly safe bet that that time is accurate.
If the times do NOT match both times are kept secret, and one more person volunteers to time the run with the same criteria as above. 99.9% chance that time will be (nearly) identical to one of the two previous timings - and that one will be taken as accurate.
Only if all three times are significantly different would Radix have to intervene and sort stuff out.
It'd take a little more co-ordination, but seems to me like it would save Radix some stress, as well as help move the queue along quicker. Timing a very long game with many segments just isn't a fun thing to have to do over and over again.
Thoughts?
Would it help / make things easier if other people timed the runs?
Already the site has other people verifying runs - why not timing as well if it would help? As long as all the constraints were agreed upon, everyone should come up with (very) similar times.
What about something like the following...
1) When the runner submits a run, he also must submit (what he believes to be) the official time (arrived at using Virtual Dub, and agreed upon start/end points). Which Radix keeps a secret.
2) Somebody volunteers to time the run, and does so using Virtual Dub and the same agreed upon start/end points.
3) Once reported back, if the times are (nearly) identical, it's a fairly safe bet that that time is accurate.
If the times do NOT match both times are kept secret, and one more person volunteers to time the run with the same criteria as above. 99.9% chance that time will be (nearly) identical to one of the two previous timings - and that one will be taken as accurate.
Only if all three times are significantly different would Radix have to intervene and sort stuff out.
It'd take a little more co-ordination, but seems to me like it would save Radix some stress, as well as help move the queue along quicker. Timing a very long game with many segments just isn't a fun thing to have to do over and over again.
Thoughts?
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