Show HN: Estimania – Estimation Game
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2 days ago
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Estimania is a daily game where you get 5 numerical questions and are scored based on how close your guesses are to the actual number. There's also a leaderboard and groups, so you can compare your judgment with other players and friends. I'd love to hear your thoughts!
gus_massa
1 day ago
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In the question about the year, it's too easy to get 100 points. My mistake was like 10 years, but that's only like a 0.5% error.
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vlaad
1 day ago
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Yeah, you're right, my bad. The scoring is logarithmic and I sometimes forget this when writing questions. I fixed it by changing the question so it asks how many years ago it was.
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gus_massa
1 day ago
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I prefer the absolute number, but use a different scale.

¿How many years ago did Colombus reach America?

A good idea may be asking for the absolute number and then grade using the difference.

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vlaad
2 hours ago
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Yeah, for this type of question, I agree. But it would seriously restrict the type of questions that could be asked. Anything where the answer is in the hundreds of thousands or more would be off the table then. I could handle this by having two different scoring systems depending on the question, but I think this would be confusing to players.
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