Minesweeper 2015 - Sign-up and Questions

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Numbers just make sense! I was always much happier in Maths class than drama or PE!"

Snap! I freaking hated drama and PE!"

the freaking drama teacher had it in for me...."

Mine was like that as well! Really didn't like him.

[Irene]

So is it the same grid for every team? And what happens once a team finishes up a grid, do they get a new one? This 'straight' challenge suddenly seems more complicated lol

[Berit☀️✨]

Irene, I think we all have the same grid, and you can claim the same number as many times as you want, also your teammates can claim the same number as you claim and vice versa, does that make sense?

[Irene]

Berit wrote: "Irene, I think we all have the same grid, and you can claim the same number as many times as you want, also your teammates can claim the same number as you claim and vice versa, does that make sense?"

Yeah it does . That's weird :D Haha :D Completely different from what I thought at first :P

[Berit☀️✨]

I think we are all overthinking it ;-)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yep, you can choose whichever boxes you want, as many times as you want, and you get the points which are inside that box ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Team Scores:



__________|_Buddy_|__Points__|__Pages__|__Total
__________|_Reads_|__Earned__|__Read__

Pink_______|__0____|____7___|____2285__|__18.42
Orange_____|__2____|____6___|____1704__|__16.52
Black______|__1____|____6___|____1722__|__15.61
Red_______|__0____|____4___|____1673__|__12.36
Green______|__0____|____3___|____946__|___7.73
Silver______|__0____|____3___|____869__|___7.34
Purple_____|__0____|____2___|____781__|___5.90
Bronze_____|__0____|____2___|____729__|___5.64
Brown_____|__0____|____1___|____210__|___2.05
Yellow_____|__0____|____1___|____152__|___1.76
Blue_______|___0___|____0___|____

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I was going to do it so that each team could only pick each box once, but i decided that that was just complicating things for everybody, so now you can pick whichever box you want, as often as you want ☺

[Tati]

Which teams are for fun?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Bronze, Brown, and Black ☺

[Irene]

You're probably right Sarah! :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I figured it would cause headaches if we all had to keep track of which boxes had already been picked, so I thought I'd just scrap that! Way too much to keep track of after Jumanji!

[Berit☀️✨]

Shoot, I haven't even finished a book yet ;-)

[Heather]

Berit what team are you on?

[Irene]

Sarah wrote: "I figured it would cause headaches if we all had to keep track of which boxes had already been picked, so I thought I'd just scrap that! Way too much to keep track of after Jumanji!"

Agreed!! :D

[Berit☀️✨]

I'm on the blue team, we are all currently slacking ;-) it's all good I'm still recovering from June!

[Heather]

Awesome lol the book I'm reading is only going to count for pages but I'm on the Orange team! Good luck to y'all :)

[Rachel]

I haven't finished anything yet either, I've been reading but I keep getting distracted!

[Jackie]

Courtney, I took AP calculus this year and it was OK but when we had to do differential equations I about lost it. Also, finding area and volume by integration was tough. I'm just hoping I got a good enough score to get that math class out of my way for college.

[Berit☀️✨]

Jackie my son is waiting for his AP test scores as well they should be coming out any day now, as long as he gets a three or higher he doesn't have to take it in college, fingers crossed for both of you!

[C.P.]

Jackie wrote: "Courtney, I took AP calculus this year and it was OK but when we had to do differential equations I about lost it. Also, finding area and volume by integration was tough. I'm just hoping I got a go..."

Yes, area and volume with integration is pretty tough. It's a lot of visualization. I hope you get the score you need!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

O.o Math! I HATE math!!! Makes my head hurt!

[Joi]

Question....how do I know how much the box is worth?

[Heather]

It will be revealed at the end of each week :)

[Joi]

Heather wrote: "It will be revealed at the end of each week :)"

Thanks Heather.!

[Heather]

No problem!

[Kim at Divergent Gryffindor]

Can I reread Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? I read it years ago already and I haven't written a review yet before. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's fine ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Joi wrote: "Question....how do I know how much the box is worth?"

You won't know what each box is worth until the end of the month, you'll be awarded points based on which boxes you choose each week, so you'll be able to work out an idea of how much boxes are worth, but you won'tknow exactly ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Team Scores:



__________|_Buddy_|__Points__|__Pages__|__Total
__________|_Reads_|__Earned__|__Read__

Green______|__5____|___14___|____4497__|__41.48
Orange_____|__2____|___11___|____3446__|__30.23
Black______|__2____|___12___|____2985__|__28.92
Pink_______|__0____|____9___|____3101__|__24.50
Red_______|__0____|____7___|____2468__|__19.34
Purple_____|__2____|____5___|____2180__|__17.90
Silver______|__0____|____6___|____1879__|__15.39
Yellow_____|__2____|____4___|____1348__|__12.74
Bronze_____|__0____|____3___|____1081__|___8.40
Brown_____|__0____|____1___|____371___|___2.85
Blue_______|__0____|____0___|____389___|___1.94

[Megan]

I have a question..so it says that for buddy reads over 449 pages you get an extra point. So how about if it's not a buddy read?

[Madison]

Awesome team black!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Megan wrote: "I have a question..so it says that for buddy reads over 449 pages you get an extra point. So how about if it's not a buddy read?"

If it's not a buddy read, you don't get any buddy read points. You still get one point for the book, and then you get the page count added to your score as well to calibrate for the longer book a bit ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes that's fine ☺

[Abby]

At what point during the week are the box points totalled?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I haven't 100% decided yet. I think some people who've already got quite a few probably need theirs totalling now.

[Gayatri]

I've had a shitty week with electronics. My phone got lost when it dropped from a rollercoaster then I forgot my iPod touch password. This all happened when I'm in the us and I live in India. I only have my laptop now :(

[Berit☀️✨]

That's a big bummer! My daughter's friend had the same thing happen her phone dropped out when she was on a roller coaster, funny thing is she was also holding my daughters phone, which fortunately did not get dropped, hope your luck changes!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yikes! That's such bad luck!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

People who have 7 or more boxes, have now had their boxes converted to points. I can confirm that the Gold Star has not been found, but at least 1 bomb has been ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Current Team Scores:



__________|_Buddy_|__Points__|__Pages__|__Total
__________|_Reads_|__Earned__|__Read__

Orange_____|__8____|___52___|____6167__|__90.83
Green______|__8____|___33___|____7178__|__76.89
Red_______|__4____|___32___|____4668__|__59.34
Pink_______|__1____|___29___|____5663__|__58.31
Black______|__4____|___34___|____3484__|__55.42
Yellow_____|__6____|___26___|____3237__|__48.18
Silver______|__0____|___23___|____2769__|__36.84
Blue_______|__3____|____6___|____3037__|__24.18
Purple_____|__2____|____7___|____2896__|__23.48
Bronze_____|__0____|____8___|____3066__|__23.33
Brown_____|__2____|____4___|____1955__|__15.77

[Berit☀️✨]

Sarah does the second score reflect the points in the boxes? So team orange has not already read 52 books? I'm just hoping :-)

[Tati]

No, we haven't read 52 books, Berit, so I'm guessing that this score reflects the boxes :)

[Berit☀️✨]

OK good! I should go check out what numbers you all picked ;-)

[Abby]

So Blue, Purple, Bronze and Brown haven't had theirs totaled yet?

[Heather]

Lol Berit!

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Abby wrote: "So Blue, Purple, Bronze and Brown haven't had theirs totaled yet?"

I believe we have been totaled. :)

[Berit☀️✨]

Only people who have chose over seven boxes have had their numbers revealed, so I believe nobody on my team blue has had numbers revealed yet, does that make sense?
I'm assuming this is the case for other teams as well :-)

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

Berit wrote: "Only people who have chose over seven boxes have had their numbers revealed, so I believe nobody on my team blue has had numbers revealed yet, does that make sense?
I'm assuming this is the case fo..."

Yes. We (Brown) are a just for fun team and are on the slower end of that as well. So we only have like 5 boxes?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Berit wrote: "Sarah does the second score reflect the points in the boxes? So team orange has not already read 52 books? I'm just hoping :-)"

'Points earned' covers books read, and the points from boxes. To see exactly which boxes were picked, it might be worth checking out the individual team threads ☺