Peli, Though your reasoning makes sense, I believe the numbers mentioned in the Judging process summary MAY have more to do with the mere human nature since they are put together by people (did anybody say androids?). Humans love nice round numbers (see this for more details http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=why-things-cost-1995). Of course you would not expect them to say something like "we will select 76 or 64 or 123 submissions". 100 sounds nice, it's twice the number of the first round winners so why not...
Philip On Apr 9, 12:45 pm, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incognito, > > I'm really sorry that I have to scatter your hopes for few > submissions. Dan Morrill has the most accurate submission count tool, > but he will not share his information. But luckily some information > leaked :-) > > Look at the page "The Android Developer Challenge Judging > Process":http://code.google.com/android/adc_judging.html > > This page was added recently, and whoever wrote this knew the number > of submissions up to that point and could estimate the expected total > number of submissions. It states that phase I will select 100 > submissions with the highest scores. This pre-selection would not make > any sense if there were less than 100 submissions to be expected, and > also would not be necessary if the number of submissions was only > around 150. Note that phase I already follows a "threshold" phase > where all submissions that do not run are dropped. > > The distinction between phase I and phase II (which is nowhere > mentioned in the ADC terms and conditions) is a move that is only > necessary if there are at least a few hundred applications expected > that pass the initial threshold. > > It would be very interesting to know the true statistics once the > competition is over :-) > > Peli > > On Apr 9, 8:34 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, I know that this is extremely unlikely. But can you imagine that > > around 50 entries were submitted? Yes, 300 now sounds far fetched. It > > will probably be around 150 apps or less based on the turnout that > > I've seen here. I'm assuming that there are a lot of small > > applications from users that do not check this forum. > > > On Apr 9, 2:18 am, Muthu Ramadoss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hmm.. now even 300 looks far fetched.. talk about 10k! > > > > Peli wrote: > > > > At least, yours is "the most accurate submission count tool" for the > > > > minimum number of submissions there will be. :-) It is guaranteed not > > > > less than 22. > > > > > Peli > > > > > On Apr 8, 10:34 pm, Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> Good point, Peli > > > > >> "The most accurate submission count tool" should be "The most > > > >> accurate submission count tool among others available on the market" > > > >> or "The most accurate submission count tool AOAOM" for short. > > > > >> The list itself is anonymous. (+) doesn't tell a whole lot of details > > > >> about you or the strategy behind your app. It is awesome to see people > > > >> sharing some details though. > > > > >> Philip > > > > >> On Apr 8, 11:15 pm, Peli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>> Given that people live in different time-zones, you should give it at > > > >>> least 24 hours before judging the number here. > > > > >>> But I doubt that this is "The most accurate submission count tool". > > > >>> There are some companies that have not signed the list yet, and many > > > >>> others may want to stay anonymous unless they win. Others may try to > > > >>> spend every remaining minute on coding and may not participate in this > > > >>> discussion (see ratio of members in Android developers group and > > > >>> Android challenge group). > > > > >>> I only trust statistics I forged myself > > > >>> :-)http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_frm/thread/7d... > > > > >>> Peli > > > > >>> On Apr 8, 10:07 pm, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>>> Hmmmm. Given that I believe that the most serious android developers > > > >>>> (those who have put hundreds of hours of development time) are > > > >>>> checking this forum everyday 21 teams seems kind of low (as of April > > > >>>> 8, 2008 4:07PM New York City Time). Even if you multiply that by 5. > > > >>>> I'm not complaining! I doubt that there are that few teams > > > >>>> participating but one can always hope! :) > > > > >>>> On Apr 8, 6:18 am, Philip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>>>> Please use this thread to discuss the Challengemeter initiative > > > >>>>> (http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge/browse_thread/thread/ > > > >>>>> 9fb88c33f1e63df9). Feel free to express your ideas on how > > > >>>>> awesome/lame > > > >>>>> this idea is and suggest any improvements. > > > > >>>>> Thank you- Hide quoted text - > > > > >>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > -- > > > Thanks. > > > > Muthu Ramadosshttp://mobeegal.in > > > find stuff closer.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
