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RankEntryAverageStandard Deviation
1Entry #3 - The Secret7.31578947368422.2255131065122
2Entry #18 - Self-Solving Room7.05263157894742.1392001508317
3Entry #12 - Icy Iterations6.84210526315792.7388656486858
4Entry #23 - The Transmutation of Stone6.78947368421052.3300993285451
5Entry #15 - Leeloo Dallas6.68421052631582.1533971100504
5Entry #5 - Silent Sanctuary6.68421052631582.3181805837416
7Entry #4 - Obviously Secret6.26315789473682.3133958921933
8Entry #26 - Me, Myself, and I6.21052631578952.3074010754508
8Entry #25 - Choose Wisely6.21052631578951.8232113763883
10Entry #9 - Icy Lake6.15789473684212.641035640062
11Entry #8 - Hidden in Plain Sight6.10526315789472.4898686678979
11Entry #11 - Contest Entry6.10526315789472.3372214011763
13Entry #19 - Secret Contest Entry62.4708830724854
14Entry #14 - Within a DROD Forest...5.94736842105262.187853651666
15Entry #24 - How Do I Get There?5.89473684210532.3818333682073
16Entry #21 - (Don't Tell Anyone)5.84210526315792.7388656486858
16Entry #16 - Crimes Against Architecture5.84210526315792.7770328333206
18Entry #17 - Molten Spiral5.52631578947372.6231443777636
18Entry #20 - Keep It Safe5.52631578947372.7790271120935
20Entry #10 - Keeping It Safe5.47368421052632.5416203089789
21Entry #6 - Hardester Way5.42105263157892.8711961467339
22Entry #7 - Remote Fortress5.31578947368422.7348170645824
23Entry #2 - The Garden5.15789473684212.6008734948644
24Entry #22 - Chessmaster4.73684210526323.258060534851
25Entry #13 - The Hunting Ground4.10526315789472.6136229511442
25Entry #1 - Awful River4.10526315789472.5934073673168
Entry #1 - Awful River
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Average Vote 4.1052631578947
Standard Deviation 2.5934073673168

Entry #2 - The Garden
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Average Vote 5.1578947368421
Standard Deviation 2.6008734948644

Entry #3 - The Secret
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Average Vote 7.3157894736842
Standard Deviation 2.2255131065122

Entry #4 - Obviously Secret
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Average Vote 6.2631578947368
Standard Deviation 2.3133958921933

Entry #5 - Silent Sanctuary
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Average Vote 6.6842105263158
Standard Deviation 2.3181805837416

Entry #6 - Hardester Way
12345678910
Average Vote 5.4210526315789
Standard Deviation 2.8711961467339

Entry #7 - Remote Fortress
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Average Vote 5.3157894736842
Standard Deviation 2.7348170645824

Entry #8 - Hidden in Plain Sight
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Average Vote 6.1052631578947
Standard Deviation 2.4898686678979

Entry #9 - Icy Lake
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Average Vote 6.1578947368421
Standard Deviation 2.641035640062

Entry #10 - Keeping It Safe
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Average Vote 5.4736842105263
Standard Deviation 2.5416203089789

Entry #11 - Contest Entry
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Average Vote 6.1052631578947
Standard Deviation 2.3372214011763

Entry #12 - Icy Iterations
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Average Vote 6.8421052631579
Standard Deviation 2.7388656486858

Entry #13 - The Hunting Ground
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Average Vote 4.1052631578947
Standard Deviation 2.6136229511442

Entry #14 - Within a DROD Forest...
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Average Vote 5.9473684210526
Standard Deviation 2.187853651666

Entry #15 - Leeloo Dallas
12345678910
Average Vote 6.6842105263158
Standard Deviation 2.1533971100504

Entry #16 - Crimes Against Architecture
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Average Vote 5.8421052631579
Standard Deviation 2.7770328333206

Entry #17 - Molten Spiral
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Average Vote 5.5263157894737
Standard Deviation 2.6231443777636

Entry #18 - Self-Solving Room
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Average Vote 7.0526315789474
Standard Deviation 2.1392001508317

Entry #19 - Secret Contest Entry
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Average Vote 6
Standard Deviation 2.4708830724854

Entry #20 - Keep It Safe
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Average Vote 5.5263157894737
Standard Deviation 2.7790271120935

Entry #21 - (Don't Tell Anyone)
12345678910
Average Vote 5.8421052631579
Standard Deviation 2.7388656486858

Entry #22 - Chessmaster
12345678910
Average Vote 4.7368421052632
Standard Deviation 3.258060534851

Entry #23 - The Transmutation of Stone
12345678910
Average Vote 6.7894736842105
Standard Deviation 2.3300993285451

Entry #24 - How Do I Get There?
12345678910
Average Vote 5.8947368421053
Standard Deviation 2.3818333682073

Entry #25 - Choose Wisely
12345678910
Average Vote 6.2105263157895
Standard Deviation 1.8232113763883

Entry #26 - Me, Myself, and I
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Average Vote 6.2105263157895
Standard Deviation 2.3074010754508
Total Votes 28 100%
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Here it is! Voting is open for the contest! Here's a quick summary of the rules:

1. The compilation hold with all of the entries can be found here.

2. What you are wanting to vote on is the creativity and fun of getting to the secret. Whether it was obvious where the secret was or not, it should have been interesting and a fun challenge to try and get to it!

3. Do not mark entries down because of backtracking issues! That wasn't a rule, and people shouldn't be punished for that.

4. Make sure to vote your own entries a 10!

5. Voting closes at the end of the month.

6. Have fun!


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08-17-2014 at 06:48 PM
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So, I now have the same problem I have almost every contest.

I can't solve the majority of entries. So how can I vote fairly.
But if I don't vote, I deprive myself of the 10 vote, while others give themselves their 10 votes, so it's not fair on me.

Thoughts?

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Maybe one of the folks who has solved all entries would be willing to post a set of demos?

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08-19-2014 at 06:09 AM
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File: Keeping it Secret.demo (51.1 KB)
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Here's a batch of demos, but given the number of multipass entries and secrets accessed before completing the room, I'm not sure how much utility they'll have.

I guess I can throw out some quick and general tips on the trickier entries.
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08-20-2014 at 04:30 AM
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For Dis' hint for entry 9, there's a slightly easier but more complex way to do something at point 2:
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08-23-2014 at 04:31 PM
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I've voted, and as usual, here are some observations. As unusual for me, I'm not putting them in an until-time tag, because I'm not going to comment on each entry individually (and because I don't think that, or care whether, my comments will influence anyone else).

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Edited to add: people in chat pointed out that my statement that "There were only two entries...that used scripting" is technically incorrect. To clarify:

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08-24-2014 at 10:50 PM
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08-25-2014 at 12:41 AM
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Can someone plz share a demo of getting through room 17 the first time? O:-

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08-25-2014 at 07:03 AM
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File: KiS Molten Spiral - Entry 17 1N.demo (3.7 KB)
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Here you go.
08-25-2014 at 08:31 AM
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i cant seem to figure out how to download this
1. download
2. drod homemade folder with the other user holds
3. chage location import ingame

the prepackaged holds appear aswell as the one i submitted but not this hold which is clearly there in the folder
08-26-2014 at 03:46 AM
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You don't need to place it in any specific folder to import it; you can download it anywhere then navigate to that directory within DROD. Alternatively, you can just close DROD, then double click the file you downloaded.

To answer your actual question; IIRC there are a couple of different homemade folders depending on the OS you're using; I can't recall the exact paths to them but again you could find out by going up the directory tree within the DROD file selector.
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I have now voted and note that every entry has at least one 1 vote.

This includes an entry (not mine, for the record)* that every other vote was 5 or up.

Has someone voted 10 for themselves and 1 for the rest?

*actually, mine too it seems!

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08-26-2014 at 07:36 PM
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No, someone voted all 1s. Twenty-six ones.

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08-26-2014 at 07:39 PM
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Well, that seems like a fair, unbiased approach at least.

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08-26-2014 at 08:02 PM
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High standards, I suppose.

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08-26-2014 at 09:16 PM
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Looking for two more demos showing reaching the secret rooms in entry 21 and entry 26.

Thanks in advance!

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08-27-2014 at 09:58 AM
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Attached. Must be about time for me to get around to voting..
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Clue 12 refers to a
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Is there a working link for this? I keep getting 404s and such.

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Since 2 seems to be giving people problems, here's a demo that gets to the secret.

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08-28-2014 at 03:46 AM
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Is voting over tomorrow or Monday? If it's Monday I think I can have the time to look at all the entries in extremis tomorrow to cast my votes.

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Just over 24 hours from this post. You can see a current timer as part of the first entry heading in the poll.
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Oh, alright, thanks. I may not be able to get my voting in then. I have a party tonight, unfortunately for my leftover time, although maybe I can get a quick look tomorrow morning.

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Well, the contest is over, and we have some winners!

Entry #	Hold Name	        Designer	Rating	Place
3	I've Got A Secret	bomber50	7.31578	1
18	Self-Solving Room	Jacob	        7.05263	2
12	Icy Iterations	        Lucky Luc	6.8421	3
23	Transmutation of Stone	Dischorran	6.78947	4
5	Silent Sanctuary	hyperme	        6.68421	T5
15	Leeloo Forest	        Dischorran	6.68421	T5
4	Obviously Secret	Jeff_Ray...	6.26315	7
25	Choose Wisely	        NoahT   	6.21052	T8
26	Me, Myself, and I	jamesdenim	6.21052	T8
9	Icy Lake	        blorx1   	6.15789	10
8	Hidden in Plain Sight	Jeff_Ray...	6.10526	T11
11	Contest Entry	        disoriented	6.10526	T11
19	Secret Contest Entry 2	Disoriented	6	13
14	Within a DROD Forest...	Lucky Luc	5.94736	14
24	How Do I Get There?	brian_s  	5.89473	15
16	Crimes Against Arch..	blorx1	        5.8421	T16
21	(Don't Tell Anyone)	lopsidation	5.8421	T16
17	Molten Spiral	        Pinnacle	5.52631	T18
20	Keep It Safe	        The Spitemaster	5.52631	T18
10	Keeping It Safe	        Someone Else	5.47368	20
6	Grassy Way	        Fang	        5.42105	21
7	Remote Fortress	        Dischorran	5.31578	22
2	Fire The Mimic!	        Fang    	5.15789	23
22	Chessmaster	        Fang	        4.73684	24
1	Awful River	        blorx1	        4.10526	T25
13	The Hunting Ground	KingCookie	4.10526	T25


So, here's the prizing breakdown:

Bomber50 - 100 Rank Points, a prize from the Prize Pile, and One Year of CaravelNet!
Jacob - 50 Rank Points and Three Months of CaravelNet!
Lucky Luc - 25 Rank Points and One Month of CaravelNet!

And as well, we had five people make it all the way to the end of the hold, crack all (or most) of the puzzles, and reach the secret of the hold. They are:

Blorx1
Dischorran
TripleM
disoriented
schep.

Blorx, having solved it the fastest, will be receiving 30 rank points and three months of CaravelNet! Everyone else - they're walking away with 20 rank points!

Thanks again everyone for coming out! Hope you all had fun!


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08-31-2014 at 04:44 PM
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Since voting is over, I guess it's time to apologize for entry number 1. Yes, I made that. No, I don't really know why.

I blame Dischorran.

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08-31-2014 at 04:48 PM
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I wanted to enter this but my puzzle was far too ambitious and I couldn't finish it in time. However I'm glad to see some great entries here. I felt 12, 9 and 15 stood out well above the rest.
08-31-2014 at 05:22 PM
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Thanks for the second place award!

I already have lifelong caravelnet membership, however.
Can I therefore pass my 3 month prize along to LuckyLuc, or split it between bomber and LuckyLuc (whatever the contest administrator feels is appropriate)

[sure, granted 3 months to LuckyLuc! -- mrimer]

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08-31-2014 at 06:02 PM
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Once again, I didn't expect to do so well (even though it's my worst contest result so far), so thanks everyone! :) I didn't have enough time to play every entry as much as it'd deserve, so I didn't vote this time, but it was a fun contest nonetheless.
08-31-2014 at 06:27 PM
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I probably used too much coding and maybe Fire the Mimic! was too complicated. It took me a few hours to make, the others were most spur of the moment ideas. Congratulations to the winners!

By the way, the self-solving room was really great, it's probably my favorite of the bunch. I didn't manage to solve many of them before the deadline because I ran out of time, too much of a busy month this was.

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Don't forget the 8-timer and first-timer prizes.

Jacob, NoahT and jamesdenem are now eligible for 8-timer prizes. The spitemaster and Someone Else became eligible when they competed in "Guess the number of rooms in TSS".

disoriented and KingCookie should receive 10 rank points as first-time participants. [Thanks, awarded! -- mrimer]

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08-31-2014 at 07:14 PM
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I maintain that Remote Fortress was brilliant. Y'all wouldn't know genius if it bit you in the thorax.

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