I'd submit 3 "impossible" riddles per week for 21 points guaranteed - can't see a block against that? Similar "riddle-making" games I've seen have penalties (e.g. 0 points) if no one else gets the riddle to penalize making them too hard. Also, two players could cross-invent a bunch of riddles that only the two of them can answer, to run up the score - Maybe aligning the payouts so there's always net payout of 0 would do the trick on that one? On 6/8/2019 6:46 AM, Rance Bedwell wrote:
[I intend to add a section as follows: Gamemaster's weekly report: The gamemaster SHALL publish a weekly report that tracks: 1. each riddle that has been published, the riddler, the date published, the plain text answer if the decryption key has already been published; 2. each published guess, the riddlee, the date published; 3. The correct guess or guesses for each riddle if any; 4. A summary of each participant's current points 5. The winner or winners of the tournament if any] Agora Birthday Tournament 2019 Proposed Regulations Riddled with Riddles Any player can participate in this tournament by submitting a riddle and/or by attempting to guess the answer of a submitted riddle. Participants are ENCOURAGED to submit original riddles of their own creation. What is a riddle: A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer. Winning: The first participant or participants to achieve a score of 26 or more points wins the tournament. Submission limits: A player can publish no more than 1 riddle per day and no more than 3 riddles per week. Format of Submissions: Any player (riddler) may submit a riddle by a public message that clearly states it is a riddle submission and contains the clearly identified text of the riddle and the clearly identified encrypted answer to the riddle. Encryption/Decription: An encryption tool from the following list should be used to create the encrypted answer text: - https://codebeautify.org/encrypt-decrypt In a timely fashion following the end of a riddle's guessing period, the riddler MUST publish a message clearly identifying the encryption tool used, the encryption key and any other parameters and information necessary for others to successfully decrypt the answer. Failure to do so causes the riddler to receive a penalty of -5 points. Guesses: Any player (riddlee) CAN publish one guess for a riddle. A guess is valid if it 1. is clearly identified as a guess for a riddle 2. includes the text of the riddle being guessed 3. includes a clearly identified answer to the riddle 4. is the first guess published containing that answer 5. is posted between 0 and 7 days (guessing period) after the riddle was published. Correct guess: A correct guess is one containing an answer that is judged to be substantially the same as the answer provided by the riddler. Scoring: Riddler: riddle guessed in 1-2 days - -2 points riddle guessed in 3-5 days - 0 points riddle guessed in 6-7 days - 2 points riddle not guessed - 7 points Riddlee: correct guess in 1-2 days - 5 points correct guess in 3-5 days - 3 points correct guess in 6-7 days - 1 points no guess - 0 points incorrect guess - -1 points The Gamemaster: The gamemaster is not a participant and cannot win the tournament. For the amusement or annoyance of all, the gamemaster SHOULD submit at least one riddle each week. If a riddle submitted by the gamemaster is not correctly guessed within 7 days, the gamemaster SHALL be known as The Glorious Gamemaster for the duration of the tournament. Dispute resolution: For disputes concerning questions of the validity of a riddle or the correctness of a guess, the gamemaster SHALL appoint a panel consisting of the gamemaster and two other players without objection to judge the dispute. The gamemaster SHALL judge any other type of dispute. Awards: All participants in this birthday tournament will be awarded the badge: "Agora Birthday Tournament Participant 2019". The winner or winners of this birthday tournament will be awarded the Patent Title of "Royal Riddler".
