BCN Challenge

[Nine of Hearts]

Can I have another four pirates in my crew please?

 

Richard

 

You can have as many as you like, but the points stay the same after 6 so that's all the display goes up to. I had hoped you'd compliment me on how well I'd captured the silhouettes of Hairy Neil and Proper Job.

[RLWP]

You can have as many as you like, but the points stay the same after 6 so that's all the display goes up to. I had hoped you'd compliment me on how well I'd captured the silhouettes of Hairy Neil and Proper Job.

 

Indeed, but I'd like to see the whole of my (excessive) crew in all their glory

 

Richard

 

Who am I kidding, I'm just trying to pick an outfit

 

MORE:

 

IIRC (and I probably don't) there are bonuses for starting in certain places. Have you got that worked in as well?

 

Richard

Edited April 21, 2011 by RLWP

[Nine of Hearts]

IIRC (and I probably don't) there are bonuses for starting in certain places. Have you got that worked in as well?

 

Oh yes - apart from Longwood Boat Club. That's half way up a stage so it doesn't have a corresponding start point as my map only allows for whole stages. I had to draw the line somewhere.

[RLWP]

I've just checked out the sub five foot boat options

 

Richard

 

What are you criteria for including football clubs?

Edited April 21, 2011 by RLWP

[Proper Job]

You can have as many as you like, but the points stay the same after 6 so that's all the display goes up to. I had hoped you'd compliment me on how well I'd captured the silhouettes of Hairy Neil and Proper Job.

Oy.........

 

I resemble that comment

 

[Nine of Hearts]

What are you criteria for including football clubs?

 

I have to have heard of them.

 

(Solihull Moors didn't get in because the map doesn't go that far south)

[john6767]

Looks great.

 

Plotting our proposed course it ties in with my figures for (planning sheet) miles and numbers of locks, but you get a very different number of points to my spreadsheet. I better go and check my calculations.

 

Edited to add; are you certain you are dealing with bonus point correctly, or is it my interpretation that is wrong.

Perhaps this i_sum_pts = i_sum_pts + (i_stge_pts[i_itin_stge[i_idx]] + i_stge_bns[i_itin_stge[i_idx]]);

Edited April 21, 2011 by john6767

[Nine of Hearts]

Perhaps this i_sum_pts = i_sum_pts + (i_stge_pts[i_itin_stge[i_idx]] + i_stge_bns[i_itin_stge[i_idx]]);

 

Two versions ago, that's what that line looked like. However, consensus of opinion seemed to be that the bonus was a multiplier. Revisiting the log, I thought this made sense as every stage has at least a bonus of 1. Except for the non-navigable bits, and having a zero multiplier for those agrees with the maths as then you get no points no matter how many miles or locks you do up them.

[john6767]

That is what I saw yesterday from viewing the source of the page.

 

That was my point, the bonus is a multiplier, I actually emailed the organisers to check that was actually the case and it is. What I think I am seeing on yours is the bonus being added to the stage points, not multiplying it.

As a really simple example start a Rotton Park and go to Winson Green, on yours that is giving 3 points, where I believe it should just be 2 points, ie 1 mile = 2 points, multiplier 1, total 2.

 

Am I getting this wrong?

[Nine of Hearts]

Am I getting this wrong?

 

No, you're not. This is what happens when you don't version your stuff properly. Seems like v1.0 was still in existence somewhere. Whoops.

[Victor Vectis]

 

New Improved BCN planner

 

 

I love it! Spent far too much time today floating my virtual boat around the BCN I reckon there could be a market for a computer game based on something like this!

However, could you explain how points are worked out, please? I've been teaching Year 8 set 4 maths this year and I think they've got to me

We were hoping to enter the challenge this year but circs seem to be against us, ie

1) We haven't quite bought the boat yet.

2) Said boat is on the Llangollen, pointing uphill.

3) One has, alas, to work for a living in order to support boat buying, beer drinking and steam engineing habits. And,

4) We live on the Isle of Wight.

Perhaps next year..............?

 

SAM

Ryde

IOW

 

BTW Has anyone else discovered Tesco's American Double IPA? It's brewed by Brewdog, a tweak on their 'Paradox' apparently. It's the nicest bottled beer I have come across in a long time

[RLWP]

Following on from the (constructive) criticism received and the fact that the rules have changed somewhat rendering the old planner obsolete - I've re-vamped it for 2011. You can now adjust your estimated speed and the length of time taken to negotiate a lock depending on whether you're a slacker or a speedy Gonzalez. The map has been simplified in a tube stylee and I've taken other opportunites to jazz it up as well. Because that's what I do. I have no friends...

 

New Improved BCN planner

 

You'll need a big screen to see it all, mind.

 

Hang on, I've sussed you little plan. You're capturing all of the various attempts by people to plan routes, then running that through some heuristic optimisation software

 

Richard

 

Incidentally, what time is 12:60?

[Nine of Hearts]

Incidentally, what time is 12:60?

 

It's 60 minutes after 12, but still leaves you time for a sandwich before your 1 o'clock appointment.

 

Actually, that's probably a "feature" of javascript doing all its maths in binary (which I haven't trapped sufficiently well). I also encountered the phenomenum where you add 0.1 to 1 and get 1.1. You add another 0.1 and get 1.2. The next gives you 1.3000001. That made me say: "Heavens, this make it problematic to code". Or something like that...

[Mrs Tawny Owl]

Right then,

 

Geeks have been assembled and planning has taken place.

 

Pre BCN positioning move planned and volunteers assigned the job.

 

Route is planned, we start at 8am on the BCN on Saturday morning after collecting crew from the arranged secret rendesvous.

 

We finish at 2pm on Sunday at Walsall Basin. This is important or we'd be in the wrong pub.

 

Major complications have arisen and will need careful consideration, we may have to consider borrowing a butty to carry the extra fridge to keep the ingredients for the full english cooked breakfast in, or we could just have cereals.

 

The catering team are on the case and rest assured team members, you will be fed.

 

Really looking forward to it now.

 

Sue

[stort_mark]

 

Best of luck to everyone

 

 

We don't really mean "Best of luck" though.

 

 

 

Really looking forward to it now.

 

Sue

 

I offered to help move TO one way or the other..... all sorted now?

Edited May 7, 2011 by stort_mark

[Mrs Tawny Owl]

 

I offered to help move TO one way or the other..... all sorted now?

 

I have sent you a more detailed PM, not everyone needs to know our more detailed plans, it's still a competition you know

 

Sue

[stort_mark]

I have sent you a more detailed PM, not everyone needs to know our more detailed plans, it's still a competition you know

 

Sue

 

We have a plan?

[Mrs Tawny Owl]

We have a plan?

 

Yes a good one, did you get the message?

 

Sue

[stort_mark]

Yes a good one, did you get the message?

 

Sue

 

Yes. Just replied too.

 

Seems we have a "cunning plan". The torpedos are a cracking suggestions. And the ramming bar attached to the pointy bit.

 

Seems that the main opposition is the cat who walks by himself again. We will fart in their general direction.

Edited May 7, 2011 by stort_mark

[RLWP]

We have a plan?

 

What, no-one told me!

 

Do we need a plan?

 

Richard

[Odana]

What, no-one told me!

 

Do we need a plan?

 

Richard

 

Don't you worry about a thing, cap'n. Just do as your crew tell you, and don't ram the black and orange boat or you'll break the Lapworth Egg.

[RLWP]

Don't you worry about a thing, cap'n. Just do as your crew tell you, and don't ram the black and orange boat or you'll break the Lapworth Egg.

 

Oh no, we haven't got to navigate around you two again, have we?

 

Richard

[stort_mark]

Oh no, we haven't got to navigate around you two again, have we?

 

Richard

 

Cap'n Mrs Richard.... was Odana the good looking chick on the slow boat?

[RLWP]

Cap'n Mrs Richard.... was Odana the good looking chick on the slow boat?

 

Odana is mistress of the cheese-and-tomato sandwich

 

Richard

[Odana]

Us five/six, this time. John'll be off chaperoning his son's stag weekend, so I've hired in younger more competitive crew. More food, more drink, more locks, less sleep. If only I could find my points sheet in the decorating chaos that is my boat at the moment, I'd make a Plan too.

 

Anyone have a scanned copy of the rules they want to send me?