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Started by Legend, Oct 02, 2018, 04:04 PM

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Legend

To be honest, I feel like it's weird that in the scheme of things the middle doesn't matter.  

Take this ludicrous example:
50, 78, 80
50, 52, 80

Game gets a 79, both people get the same points.  

Now you might be thinking, that doesn't matter!  

Or you might be thinking, "how can I fix this?"  
And boy do I have the solution for you.  

(100-(high-low)) /
abs(actual - mid) + 1

This has the benefit, that if you get the score exactly on:
high=low = mid=actual, you get 100 points.  

Really big ranges will give you a smaller score, and the closer your mid is to the actual will give you a bigger score.

If you don't want decimals, just take the floor!  
With the current rules, only the closest person gets points. The middle is the most important prediction since it's the only way to get points.