2004-11-10 RussCon Report

Wow I won my first metagame; I’d like to thank all the little people that made this win possible. Okay maybe the biggest help was really Newsweek’s state by state poll numbers. I guess I will actually have to show up to RussCon this Wednesday. I’ve been taking a Japanese class on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings, so I have usually been doing homework on Wednesday, and haven’t been able to make it. Anyway I guess I have the task of coming up with a metagame.

The past few weeks a lot of things have been finishing just under first place. My beloved Fightin’ Texas Aggies Football team, came up just short it their last two games, and only won the one before that by 3 points. I can tell that a lot of people were upset that John Kerry came up short, 49% to 51%. Therefore, I’ve designed this metagame to reward those that almost won. This Metagame will require a tiny bit of math so I will try and remember to bring a calculator, but to encourage people to participate I will take a cue from William and give away three prizes.

Games that have a score (i.e., victory points in Puerto Rico, Settlers, money in Acquire, or points in Carcassonne), and not just rank order (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) qualify. If you came in second place find the percent increase needed to win. For example, if you had 147 points in Carcassonne and 1st place had 153, that would be ((153-147)/147)*100 or you needed a 4.08% better score to tie for 1st place. Ties do not count and for any game where a low score is the winner reverse the numbers to reflect percent lower score you needed to win. Please record each score in the journal. To not give an advantage to partner games, only one partner can accept the points for a game, either by mutual decision or a 6D-rolloff lowest score wins.

All the scores will be arranged from lowest to highest and at 10:30 p.m. the second to lowest score will get to choose the first prize, the lowest will get the 2nd choice and the 3rd lowest score the third prize. If there is a tie a D6 will be rolled with the 2nd place number winning. So lets hear if for the ones that almost made it. Please email me with any questions and I will try and answer them. Good Luck.