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Post by cathy on Dec 26, 2017 18:45:45 GMT
First post has been moved to a new thread and can be found hereHere 2 screenshots of the 2 racing styles compared I saw week after week in comparison, which led to the conclusion that the more points may not be the better. The screenshots were taken at the same time on one sunday. Above is the more competitive team with 12 racers, so 25,920 as perfect score. This team was #6 with 25,066 points, so 854 points missing, or for better comparison, around 3 % off.
Below is the Little Wonders race, at #2 here with 21,730 points in a much wider field. We had 13 racers, so our top score here was 28,080, which we ran short by 6,350 points or, in other words, much more than 20 % off of perfect.
(Correct me if I got the math wrong.)
Further comparison: Both teams were in golden the same amount of time, never dropped out, raced with around the same amount of racers every week. |
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Post by Cèst la vie Baby on Jan 7, 2018 8:54:21 GMT
I think Racers should not keep 135 HOL-boxes for hours ...... either they can do it in 10 minutes or they should not take it .......
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Post by Pink on Jan 7, 2018 17:00:14 GMT
When we take tasks, we all assume that we can do them, some quicker than others. Brenda has given her reasons in chat as to why she didn't complete it quickly, and talking from personal experience, I've also been interrupted when playing a hol and by the time I came back, the tablet had gone to sleep and I was too tired to play. I therefore resumed the hol task the next day. Please remember, that we all have lives that take precedent over playing a game. As long as it's not the same person continually taking the same tasks and not completing them or taking too long, then it really isn't an issue. Also please be mindful, that those who don't come on very often, will not often get a choice of decent tasks, they may be worried about completing their minimum tasks, and then may take a task that they can't complete in a timely manner, simply out of sheer desperation. Yes, this seemed to be an issue with Sam, but she left before we were able to resolve anything with her, and I don't want to tar others with the same brush. The other side of the coin, is that those who are in the game often, get the choice of the best tasks and could take all the easy ones, leaving harder or less desirable tasks on the board. I'm not saying that is happening, just that it could, and we have to allow some leeway when we are all sharing a taskboard.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2018 16:01:54 GMT
Just logging in and saw Babs comment. I once again would like to apologize for camping out on that HOL task it really wasn't my intention at all. I should have checked that I had enough clovers instead of just assuming that I did and taking the task. Once I had taken the task not only everyone in our co-op had left the game but hour after hour there was no one for me to help to earn more clovers. Every time I went in I received the "None of your friends need help" message.
I would like to suggest that perhaps we start asking for "more" help and requesting more items so there is a steady flow of clovers. For the first time since I have started playing Township I am finding myself struggling to earn clovers.
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Post by Pink on Jan 13, 2018 23:16:26 GMT
Hi Brenda, that's no problem at all, these things happen. Anyone wanting clovers is always encouraged to offer their help in chat. In these instances, we can give you the first offer for our planes & trains, and can always request anything that you might have too much of, or something easy like wheat or corn. So do shout in chat the next time you're on and we'll try to get you earning clovers.  |
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Post by _DD_ on Jan 14, 2018 12:05:22 GMT
I also wanted to remind of asking for help in trains and planes crates, 1 per row/line, if that wasn't mentioned before in Chat maybe (yes, I said IF). We probably won't get a "steady flow of clovers", due to timezones alone, but we should always remember that it is a help for friends and Coop, not greed. Just wait a few minutes before filling yourself |
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Post by Pink on Jan 14, 2018 15:19:42 GMT
I also wanted to remind of asking for help in trains and planes crates, 1 per row/line, if that wasn't mentioned before in Chat maybe (yes, I said IF). We probably won't get a "steady flow of clovers", due to timezones alone, but we should always remember that it is a help for friends and Coop, not greed. Yes DD, wherever possible, we would like members to do this. or shout in chat when plane & trains have arrived. |
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Post by winterfell on Jan 31, 2018 9:48:06 GMT
I was just wondering if it might be worthwhile to dump all tasks under 135 for the first few days and then leave the 120s on the board as it doesn’t seem like anyone is currently taking them.
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Post by spree on Jan 31, 2018 19:45:17 GMT
I was just wondering if it might be worthwhile to dump all tasks under 135 for the first few days and then leave the 120s on the board as it doesn’t seem like anyone is currently taking them. Hi Winter(fell), I am not a fan of that idea. I myself have a limited amount of tasks I can do, and dumping everything under 135 will leave me with almost no choice. As it is already I have to wait sometimes for hours or even days for a good task. It seems that that is not so much the case right now with the current regatta, but it was so the last couple of races I was in. So my vote is to leave things as they are, please. |
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Post by Pink on Feb 5, 2018 16:24:33 GMT
It seems now that more and more members are choosing to do mainly 135s, but we don't want to dump everything under that. A lot depends on who is racing and when due to work/sleep hours etc. Those who are on more often have more choice of the available tasks on the board, so we don't want others spending all day away and then finding that there's nothing on the board that they can do. I've now updated the first post re: reserving tasks and although we can now flag what we want, they can still be physically dumped or taken by anyone, so depending on how much of a frenzy there is to reserve, we may have to treat these as a request 'to not dump' rather than 'I want this'. Lets just see how things go in our lax week. Above all, communication in chat is really helpful to work out what can be dumped/kept in order to keep the taskboard moving. |
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Post by cathy on Feb 6, 2018 11:23:36 GMT
Now that we can flag the tasks we want, this should make it easier to identify the 135 tasks that no one wants, so that they can be dumped sooner. This is something we can work on over the next few weeks. This system would also be good for anyone wanting a task of less than 125 points to ensure that it doesn't get dumped.
Please post any corrections/additions in this thread. If you have any questions you can ask here or in chat. Fanks!!! 
I want to add that we should flag a task in order to take it as soon as we can. This should be – as it usually was – not much more than 2 hours max.  |
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Post by Pink on Feb 13, 2018 21:00:34 GMT
We're coming across a grey area of tasks, which aren't really popular and at the moment, they are hit and miss as to whether we keep or dump them. - The feather task we had initially as not to be reserved, but, it isn't popular. To be a worthwhile task, we need to have the animal booster and banana bread.
- Easy tasks in the 125-129 range are taken by a select few, as we have more members now choosing 130+.
I'm thinking it would be better if these tasks were reserved. At least that way we know that someone does want the task and if not reserved, we can free up the space. Currently, Mac, Mel, Yvonne & Sheila will do under 130 tasks. I'm not sure whether DD will do under 130 but she will do under 135 This week Yvonne and Sheila aren't racing. So far I think:- 125 HoL - Mel & Sheila Under 130 zoo task - Mel, Sheila, Yvonne Under 130 trains & planes - Mac This can be updated as we go along. When dumping under 130 tasks, for the time being we should leave or even reserve at least 1. This will also depend on the number of people currently working on tasks and those waiting. |
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Post by _DD_ on Feb 14, 2018 10:46:27 GMT
I'm sorry, Pink, I can't find it (and can delete this post later, if in the wrong place): can mystery tasks be reserved?
(i know they "can", but "should" doesn't sound right either; just asking for the rule/agreement)
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Post by cathy on Feb 14, 2018 11:16:34 GMT
I'm sorry, Pink, I can't find it (and can delete this post later, if in the wrong place): can mystery tasks be reserved? (i know they "can", but "should" doesn't sound right either; just asking for the rule/agreement) Yes, didn't find that also. No, mysteries cannot be reserved. You cannot prepare for them (hahaha!) plus they are very popular. Missing also something about the regular boat tasks, like 130 shrimps. Really VERY rarely anybody takes them, so my vote would be to dump boat tasks under 135 period. Again, if someone wants them, they just have to shout out. Your thoughts?  |
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Post by Pink on Feb 14, 2018 14:09:28 GMT
I'm sorry, Pink, I can't find it (and can delete this post later, if in the wrong place): can mystery tasks be reserved? (i know they "can", but "should" doesn't sound right either; just asking for the rule/agreement) Mysteries pretty much come under this section Reserving Seasonal Tasks Any seasonal tasks that require prepping can be reserved, otherwise they follow the normal circumstance of first come, first served. Combo tasks that need prepping/long crops or boats can be reserved. Missing also something about the regular boat tasks, like 130 shrimps. Really VERY rarely anybody takes them, so my vote would be to dump boat tasks under 135 period. Again, if someone wants them, they just have to shout out. Your thoughts? I did suggest at one point, that we exclude seasonals from reservations altogether, as they are frequent and depending on the task can be popular. I'm still leaning towards that as a possibility for the future. Really we want as much choice on the board as possible. It's not helpful when most of the board is empty and the remaining few are reserved. At the same time, we don't want to keep low or unpopular tasks on the board for hours on end, nor do we want to get into the habit of dumping anything that we consider low or unpopular as soon as it appears. So, as long as we feel we can give everyone enough of a chance to see what's on the board to reserve low tasks, anything that's been there for a while can be dumped. Also, if the majority of people already have tasks underway, then there should be enough tasks on the board for the few looking for something new. |
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