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In response to "Q for the challenge participants: did you like the group structure?" by Baron of the Rings

I do, it must have been a lot of work. I think the multipliers for the countries with few medals are a little off though

Posted by Guigue (aka Guigue) Aug 11 '24, 12:50

It may not be easy or even possible to change, but I feel like the only way to win or be in the top spots is to happen to guess a few countries who get medals out of nowhere. If a big country does exceptionally well, you'll get maybe 500 points. But if a country that is not expected to win gets just one gold medal, it's already up to 900

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It's a calculation... I can share my sheet on how I get to my picks. Bet Stringbad has something similar. - colin Aug 11, 13:12
High risk, high reward I guess. -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 12:52 4
- Right. That is by design. But I will look into lowering the top line on the multipliers - Baron of the Rings Aug 11, 13:13 3
  - I totally get that. I just worry that if the only way to win is high risk/high reward, everyone will be incentivized to pick low hope countries, and - Guigue Aug 11, 13:21
  - Out of curiosity, what was the optimal entry (highest scoring country from each region)? -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 13:18 1
    - Seems like it would be Botswana, Saint Lucia or Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Moldova, Australia, for a total of 4995.6 -- nm - Guigue Aug 11, 13:23

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I do, it must have been a lot of work. I think the multipliers for the countries with few medals are a little off though

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