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Competitions
Any chance of a Competitions forum ?
Just that all this Challenge/Competition stuff is seriously impeding my serious scientific research ...
More accurately, it *is* making the competition thread(s) stay right at the top, occluding real questions/posts, preventing them being as apparent as
they used to be before some cretin started all this Challenge nonsense.
OK. Hands up. Sorry.
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I think that will be a great idea.
I haven't been able to play but I have read the threads with interest. But I think they warrant their own space.
And, for what it's worth, I think it would be good to have separate threads for discussion and submissions: two treads fore each comp.
That said, I usually browse the "today's posts" link at the top and have a look at everything that is being discussed across the board.
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Yes, two threads makes sense.
Perhaps a Vote as well for winner would add interest, and a lot of value, as it'd be peer-judged.
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I would recommend waiting a few months, to see if the current influx is going to become permanent, or if it's just a trend. My suspicion is that it's
a trend.
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Quote: Originally posted by Oscilllator  | | I would recommend waiting a few months, to see if the current influx is going to become permanent, or if it's just a trend. My suspicion is that it's
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We have enough ideas here at Rador to last us 2 years at least.
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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Wir werden sehen.
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A forum that only holds competitions runs the risk of being too small. On the other hand, it would get much more organised and encourage more members
to participate. And if Rador Labs really have that many challenges, who knows?
At the moment I really favor the idea.
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Well, I would read the comp forum even if it was small. I am unlikely to participate for a while but it holds huge interest for me. The advantage of
this format is that in one place there are numerous interesting procedures set out in a step by step fashion with pictures and full explanations.
Also there are interesting discussions along the way that show the practical hurdles and dilemmas of these syntheses -- if the participants choose to
disclose these details.
I think that is why I favour splitting discussion and submission -- they get read for different reasons.
If the current trend continues (and it seems to have gathered quite a bit of attraction -- note the number of people who have donated even though they
can't play this time), if the trend continues, we will end up with a really nice documentation of some of the best and most interesting procedures
over a period of time. That would be very cool.
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| Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1 | | If the current trend continues (and it seems to have gathered quite a bit of attraction -- note the number of people who have donated even though they
can't play this time), if the trend continues, we will end up with a really nice documentation of some of the best and most interesting procedures
over a period of time. That would be very cool. |
We hope to hold challenges where video and photo documentation is crucial, and upload good videos to a third Rador Labs channel. It is a great idea
when it comes to documenting procedures.
[Edited on 20.11.2014 by Brain&Force]
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