New Year's Contest 2017 - Winners Announced + Feedback Requested

[jeschmit]

Got five games completed:

 

Tales from the Borderlands (PS4) - 49.48 points

Alone With You (PS4) - 84.85 points

Batman: A Telltale Game (PS3) - 44.36 points

Uncharted 3 Remastered - 75.94 points

LEGO Pirates of the Carribean - 70.33 points

 

Total 324.96 points so far.

[Enma8910]

Where would FF13: Lightning returns count? Is it on the single multiplier? or double multiplier? Thanks!

[SyIaris]

I can't decide if I want to push for points or just play whatever since I haven't finished anything yet...

 

25 minutes ago, Enma8910 said:

Where would FF13: Lightning returns count? Is it on the single multiplier? or double multiplier? Thanks!

 

Double.

[thegirlruka]

On 1/15/2017 at 6:44 PM, Dragon-Archon said:

Ugh, RNG  . Well, as long as the game is fun .... wait a minute *instantly becomes suspicious * I remember you saying OlliOlli 2 was good fun, that game made me

 at times.  

So you fell in love with it but didn't want to love it?

[Enma8910]

49 minutes ago, SyIaris said:

I can't decide if I want to push for points or just play whatever since I haven't finished anything yet...

 

 

Double.

Thanks! Didn't notice all this time that there was a guide tab/page in PSNP. LOL

[thegirlruka]

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	180	270	1890
per 100 hrs	900	360	270	0
per 200 hrs	1800	720	540	0
per 500 hrs	4500	1800	1350	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	3600	2700	1890

 

As you can see, this means playing shorter games will earn more points per hour if the rarities are the same. If you wanted the points to be spread out equally, making the multiplier increase for every 10 hours would solve this. It is shown in the following table:

 

	rarity x (hours/10)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	450	900	9000
per 100 hrs	900	900	900	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1800	1800	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4500	4500	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9000	9000	9000

 

 

If you wanted longer games to earn more points (which I think was your initial idea with the multiplier thing,) my idea would be to increase the multiplier for every 10 hours and add an additional 10% for every 50 hours. The table below shows how this would look:

 

(rarity x hours/10) + (rarity x hours/10 x 10% x hours/50)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	495	1080	27000
per 100 hrs	900	990	1080	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1980	2160	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4950	5400	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9900	10800	27000

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Should a vote be put forth for the multiplier value?

Edited January 17, 2017 by kuuhaku

[AvengedEvil]

On ‎09‎.‎01‎.‎2017 at 6:42 AM, AvengedEvil said:

Damn, Steep is glitched. That throws me back a long way.

Finally I found a solution for that glitch by myself and completed the game. So that's my firts 93.59 points. Btw, thanks for your lame ass support, Ubisoft!

Furthermore I also completed Life is Strange for PS3 yesterday, That's another 59.37 points for me. The #1 time in this game should be ignored. It's 5 hours faster than anybody else and after playing this game twice, I can't imagine to beat it in a little bit over 2 hours. This can't have been done legit.

 

Currently I've lousy 152.96 points but there will come more.

 

1 hour ago, kuuhaku said:

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	180	270	1890
per 100 hrs	900	360	270	0
per 200 hrs	1800	720	540	0
per 500 hrs	4500	1800	1350	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	3600	2700	1890

 

As you can see, this means playing shorter games will earn more points per hour if the rarities are the same. If you wanted the points to be spread out equally, making the multiplier increase for every 10 hours would solve this. It is shown in the following table:

 

	rarity x (hours/10)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	450	900	9000
per 100 hrs	900	900	900	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1800	1800	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4500	4500	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9000	9000	9000

 

 

If you wanted longer games to earn more points (which I think was your initial idea with the multiplier thing,) my idea would be to increase the multiplier for every 10 hours and add an additional 10% for every 50 hours. The table below shows how this would look:

 

(rarity x hours/10) + (rarity x hours/10 x 10% x hours/50)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	495	1080	27000
per 100 hrs	900	990	1080	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1980	2160	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4950	5400	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9900	10800	27000

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Should a vote be put forth for the multiplier value?

Took me a while to understand your tables but now they make sense for me and I see the problem.

Personally I wouldn't have any problems changing the multipliers but I don't think that it would be fair as we're already have way through the contest.

Edited January 17, 2017 by AvengedEvil

[Dav9834]

1 hour ago, kuuhaku said:

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	180	270	1890
per 100 hrs	900	360	270	0
per 200 hrs	1800	720	540	0
per 500 hrs	4500	1800	1350	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	3600	2700	1890

 

As you can see, this means playing shorter games will earn more points per hour if the rarities are the same. If you wanted the points to be spread out equally, making the multiplier increase for every 10 hours would solve this. It is shown in the following table:

 

	rarity x (hours/10)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	450	900	9000
per 100 hrs	900	900	900	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1800	1800	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4500	4500	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9000	9000	9000

 

 

If you wanted longer games to earn more points (which I think was your initial idea with the multiplier thing,) my idea would be to increase the multiplier for every 10 hours and add an additional 10% for every 50 hours. The table below shows how this would look:

 

(rarity x hours/10) + (rarity x hours/10 x 10% x hours/50)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	495	1080	27000
per 100 hrs	900	990	1080	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1980	2160	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4950	5400	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9900	10800	27000

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Should a vote be put forth for the multiplier value?

I second this, my p4g plat is going to be much less by the end despite it being a 120+ hour game.

[Dragon-Archon]

6 hours ago, kuuhaku said:

So you fell in love with it but didn't want to love it?

Not exactly, it made me rage at certain points then felt really satisfied after beating it.

 

4 hours ago, kuuhaku said:

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	180	270	1890
per 100 hrs	900	360	270	0
per 200 hrs	1800	720	540	0
per 500 hrs	4500	1800	1350	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	3600	2700	1890

 

As you can see, this means playing shorter games will earn more points per hour if the rarities are the same. If you wanted the points to be spread out equally, making the multiplier increase for every 10 hours would solve this. It is shown in the following table:

 

	rarity x (hours/10)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	450	900	9000
per 100 hrs	900	900	900	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1800	1800	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4500	4500	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9000	9000	9000

 

 

If you wanted longer games to earn more points (which I think was your initial idea with the multiplier thing,) my idea would be to increase the multiplier for every 10 hours and add an additional 10% for every 50 hours. The table below shows how this would look:

 

(rarity x hours/10) + (rarity x hours/10 x 10% x hours/50)
	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	495	1080	27000
per 100 hrs	900	990	1080	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1980	2160	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4950	5400	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9900	10800	27000

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Should a vote be put forth for the multiplier value?

It's still early here and I haven't had my coffee yet, so stupid question, but what does the first row (10, 50, 100, and 1,000) represent?

[AvengedEvil]

6 hours ago, Dragon-Archon said:

Not exactly, it made me rage at certain points then felt really satisfied after beating it.

 

It's still early here and I haven't had my coffee yet, so stupid question, but what does the first row (10, 50, 100, and 1,000) represent?

Hours. Took me also a while to figure it out.

Edited January 17, 2017 by AvengedEvil

[Asvinia]

Every 10 hours would certainly make it more accurate I guess. But as far as I'm aware this is more of a test run of an event and the current 50 hour multiplier is an experiment.

[Dav9834]

@Dragon-Archon Put it in motion! Jrpgs are the best games remember!

[thegirlruka]

4 hours ago, Dragon-Archon said:

It's still early here and I haven't had my coffee yet, so stupid question, but what does the first row (10, 50, 100, and 1,000) represent?

Yeah, it meant hours in a game. and then all of them below that are points earned per game, per 100 hours, per 200 hours, per 500 hours, and per 1000 hours of gameplay.

[SyIaris]

13 hours ago, kuuhaku said:

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:  -snip-

 

Sounds like a good balance to me, if a little more complicated to figure out. Seems a bit late for this year, but perhaps the next, if it's done a third time?

[Dragon-Archon]

17 hours ago, kuuhaku said:

So I did some thinking while doing the lily rank grinding in HDNU and I thought up some different multipliers based on the hours. As it currently stands, playing longer games makes you earn exponentially less points per hour. The following table shows this assuming all games are at 10% rarity:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	180	270	1890
per 100 hrs	900	360	270	0
per 200 hrs	1800	720	540	0
per 500 hrs	4500	1800	1350	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	3600	2700	1890

 

As you can see, this means playing shorter games will earn more points per hour if the rarities are the same. If you wanted the points to be spread out equally, making the multiplier increase for every 10 hours would solve this. It is shown in the following table:

 

	rarity x (hours/10)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	450	900	9000
per 100 hrs	900	900	900	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1800	1800	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4500	4500	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9000	9000	9000

 

 

If you wanted longer games to earn more points (which I think was your initial idea with the multiplier thing,) my idea would be to increase the multiplier for every 10 hours and add an additional 10% for every 50 hours. The table below shows how this would look:

 

(rarity x hours/10) + (rarity x hours/10 x 10% x hours/50)
guide hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	90	495	1080	27000
per 100 hrs	900	990	1080	0
per 200 hrs	1800	1980	2160	0
per 500 hrs	4500	4950	5400	0
per 1000 hrs	9000	9900	10800	27000

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on this? Should a vote be put forth for the multiplier value?

I'm really liking this, it's great feedback. I'll have to ask Zone Hunter and Mah2C's opinions too. Though one thing that I feel to point out is that 10-hour plats hardly ever have a rarity of 10% and are more likely to be in the 40%-90%.

[thegirlruka]

2 minutes ago, Dragon-Archon said:

I'm really liking this, it's great feedback. I'll have to ask Zone Hunter and Mah2C's opinions too. Though one thing that I feel to point out is that 10-hour plats hardly ever have a rarity of 10% and are more likely to be in the 40%-90%.

If every 10 hour game was at 60% rarity while every 50+ hour game was at 0% rarity (which is technically impossible since you would need to earn the plat and it'd then be 0.01%,) it'd look like this:

 

	rarity x (hours/50 + 1)
hours	10	50	100	1000
per game	40	200	300	2100
per 100 hrs	400	400	300	0
per 200 hrs	800	800	600	0
per 500 hrs	2000	2000	1500	0
per 1000 hrs	4000	4000	3000	2100

 

So essentially any 10 hour game below 60% rarity would be worth more than any possible 50+ hour game on a points per hour rate, any 10 hour game below 70% rarity would be worth more points per hour than a 100+ game, and any 10 hour game with less than 79% rarity would be worth more points per hour than a 1000 hour game.

[AvengedEvil]

23 hours ago, AvengedEvil said:

Finally I found a solution for that glitch by myself and completed the game. So that's my firts 93.59 points. Btw, thanks for your lame ass support, Ubisoft!

Furthermore I also completed Life is Strange for PS3 yesterday, That's another 59.37 points for me. The #1 time in this game should be ignored. It's 5 hours faster than anybody else and after playing this game twice, I can't imagine to beat it in a little bit over 2 hours. This can't have been done legit.

I also managed to complete The Wolf Among Us for PS3. That's another 57.23 points making a total of 210.19.

[thegirlruka]

I finished Nep U today and it's a 23.96% rarity at a 2 times multiplier. That brings my tentative total to 331.46 points.

 

Next up will be Final Fantasy XV.

Edited January 19, 2017 by kuuhaku

[ladynadiad]

I think I'm going to withdraw from this contest.  Stuff happened before the event started and my drive to play unplayed games instead of the unfinished ones that don't qualify has been non-existent.  Good luck to the rest of you though!

[Dragon-Archon]

On 18-1-2017 at 6:27 AM, AvengedEvil said:

I also managed to complete The Wolf Among Us for PS3. That's another 57.23 points making a total of 210.19.

3 hours ago, kuuhaku said:

I finished Nep U today and it's a 23.96% rarity at a 2 times multiplier. That brings my tentative total to 331.46 points.

 

Next up will be Final Fantasy XV.

Nice, congrats  .

 

3 hours ago, ladynadiad said:

I think I'm going to withdraw from this contest.  Stuff happened before the event started and my drive to play unplayed games instead of the unfinished ones that don't qualify has been non-existent.  Good luck to the rest of you though!

Sorrry to hear that, I hope everything is ok.

[Edunstar84]

6 hours ago, ladynadiad said:

I think I'm going to withdraw from this contest.  Stuff happened before the event started and my drive to play unplayed games instead of the unfinished ones that don't qualify has been non-existent.  Good luck to the rest of you though!

Hope everything is well! And don't worry we can both join a "Slow Trophy Hunter/Player" support group. It doubly sucks because our game of choice is JRPGs.

[blxckenigma]

On 1/19/2017 at 0:16 PM, kuuhaku said:

I finished Nep U today and it's a 23.96% rarity at a 2 times multiplier. That brings my tentative total to 331.46 points.

 

Next up will be Final Fantasy XV.

 

How's Neptunia U? I'd like to purchase it since I'm done with Re;Birth 2. Although I'm tired of playing the same game (except in a different environment) over again. I hope it isn't the case for Neptunia U. Not sure if I'm able to put Re;Birth 2 as one of my plat'd games (I'm just left with stella dungeon waiting for it to complete clearing it, it's taking 13 hours to complete one dungeon ), but here's the current score. 

 

304.19 + (Neptunia Re;birth 2) 80.19*2 (160.38) + (This War of Mine: The Little Ones) 93.07 + (Shinobido 2) 85.16 = 642.5 

 

EDIT: I just realised there's two of my names in the participant list

 

Edited January 22, 2017 by azlanslayer

[thegirlruka]

2 hours ago, azlanslayer said:

 

How's Neptunia U? I'd like to purchase it since I'm done with Re;Birth 2. Although I'm tired of playing the same game (except in a different environment) over again. I hope it isn't the case for Neptunia U. Not sure if I'm able to put Re;Birth 2 as one of my plat'd games (I'm just left with stella dungeon waiting for it to complete clearing it, it's taking 13 hours to complete one dungeon ), but here's the current score. 

It's a hack and slash instead of an RPG, so the gameplay is completely different. I'd compare it to the Senran Kagura games in terms of gameplay; they even copied the clothes breaking mechanics from the Senran Kagura games. It's fairly easy and I'd rate it at a 1/10 difficulty.

 

The story mode is pretty short... maybe 10-15 hours if you include the time it takes to clear the missions, but the lily grind is the longest I've had yet (i've only played the re;birth trilogy and MDN VII so some of the others could be longer.) You can only work on a single pair at a time. It took me nearly 20 hours to grind it all out.

[jeschmit]

Got six games completed:

 

Tales from the Borderlands (PS4) - 49.25 points

Alone With You (PS4) - 85.18 points

Batman: A Telltale Game (PS3) - 30.19 points

Uncharted 3 Remastered - 76.01 points

LEGO Pirates of the Carribean - 70.33 points

Beyond: Two Souls (PS4) - 87.57 points

 

Total 398.53 points so far.

[Enma8910]

Finished my South Park the stick of truth. Might go for danganronpa next