Weekly history tournament - Einstein's Miracle Year (1905) - closing Nov. 7

[UpperKEES]

For this week I have picked the theme proposed by hi:

Einstein's Miracle Year (1905)

The maps to be played before Sunday November 7 at midnight (forum time) are:

Map	Publication Date	Publication Title	Topic
1.	March 18, 1905	"On a Heuristic Point of View concerning the Production and Transformation of Light."	photo-electricity
2.	May 11, 1905	"On the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat."	Brownian motion
3.	June 30, 1905	"On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies."	special relativity
4.	August 19, 1905	Doctoral dissertation on size of molecules	molecule size
5.	September 27, 1905	"Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon Its Energy Content?"	mass-energy equivalence

The winner (best total score) gets to pick next weeks theme. If we have the same winner as last week, the runner up (#2) will pick the theme.

See here for the rules, an overview of themes and previous tournaments and the overall ranking.

Please post your progress/total scores in this topic to ease the calculations at the end of the week.

Good luck and enjoy! :)

[Colin]

Current scores for me:

                                   TIME    SCORE
1.   March 18, 1905         5:01     9228
2.   May 11, 1905            3:22     9468
3.   June 30, 1905           1:56     9687   <------- calling it good cause I tied with KEES  NOES!!!  :o
4.   August 19, 1905        2:22     9620
5.   September 27, 1905   3:50     9399
Total                               14:31   47402


I'm interested to see if anyone used the same strategy as me for
the middle one.   :P

EDIT:

Instead of making another post, I'm just going to update my scores
on this post so I'll be changing it periodically throughout the week.  ;)

Time lost since first post so far: 12:54
Score gained since first post so far: 1936

[Katra]

my first round scores

Mar   18  1905   9022   6:30
May  11  1905   9153   5:33
June  30  1905   9630   2:18
Aug   19  1905   9083   6:23
Sept  27  1905   8893   7:28

Total score 45781

Probably room for improvement on all but middle one.

[UpperKEES]

I'm interested to see if anyone used the same strategy as me for
the middle one.

Looking at our times I guess we do. You'll know in 5 days.... ;)

[Pezzle]

Judging by my score on the first one, I really shouldn't play as I'm falling asleep.  I did pretty well in the first tourney I played in.  Gotta show I really can beat up on the creeper, Especially since I've got what I think is a clever idea for a theme.

[UpperKEES]

I did pretty well in the first tourney I played in.  Gotta show I really can beat up on the creeper

Well, some very good players have returned over the past weeks. They've been playing a lot in past, so it will be harder to win. Don't compare your times too much with the top 3; just try to improve yourself a little every week, that will be much more rewarding.

Especially since I've got what I think is a clever idea for a theme.

You can post your suggestions anyway in the main tournament topic. When others like it they can pick it as well, unless you prefer to save it for yourself of course....

[Colin]

LOL UpperKEES

Well, some very good players have returned over the past weeks. They've been playing a lot in past, so it will be harder to win. Don't compare your times too much with the top 3; just try to improve yourself a little every week, that will be much more rewarding.

This pretty much explains my enthusiasm for this weeks tournament,
I've been playing the maps and keeping track of how much time/score
I've gained, and it really helps me.  ;D

Also guys, my goal in life is to beat UpperKEES at lease once. . . . .

JK, but I would still like to win 1 tournament  ::)

Oh, and UpperKEES, I'm going to play that map 100 times before I give
the fastest time on that map up.  :D

[UpperKEES]

Heheh! Well, beating me once on a map is very well possible, as I won't spend hours to gain one second. I rather invest it in other maps and gain a full minute there. ;) Winning a tournament is a different story with the current players around, but you never know. I won't be spending much time on it this week, as I will be gone from Friday afternoon to Monday morning, but I'm sure Siccles and hi will be giving you a very hard time and they are much more determined and perfectionist than I ever was. Be prepared to pause a map every single second! ;D

[Colin]

Yeah KEES, I'll just go with a tie for that one.  :P I've been improving
a lot on the other maps though, so I'm hopeful for this tournament.  ;)

[Wally]

Here are my scores,
                                    TIME    SCORE
1.   March 18, 1905          11:00   8450
2.   May 11, 1905             19:30   7547
3.   June 30, 1905            6:43     8993
4.   August 19, 1905         14:10   8089
5.   September 27, 1905    14:52   8014
Total                              66:12   41093

True beginner !

[UpperKEES]

Yeah KEES, I'll just go with a tie for that one.  :P

I decided something else. :P

True beginner !

Doesn't matter; nice you joined! :)

[ctuna]

My scores, so far. Still having trouble with March 18.

Map   Completion Date          Time   Score
1.   March 18, 1905            5:56   9100
2.   May 11, 1905               3:22   9468
3.   June 30, 1905              1:51   9700
4.   August 19, 1905           2:17   9633
5.   September 27, 1905      3:01   9621       
TOTALS                          16:27  47522
Giving up on improving March 18; no killer instinct, I guess. Can't wait to see Siccles' magic.
Just correcting an addition error.

[Tasonir]

Map   Completion Date          Time   Score
1.   March 18, 1905            5:49   9116
2.   May 11, 1905               7:49   8847
3.   June 30, 1905              3:52   9394
4.   August 19, 1905           5:53   9102
5.   September 27, 1905      7:12   8928
       TOTALS                   30:35  45387

Join me in rallying against those who would lift off SAMs to bridge gaps over creeper!  They shall pay for their excellent times!

[mopa42]

My scores:

Map   Completion Date           Time  Score
1.   March 18, 1905            6:31  9020
2.   May 11, 1905               5:59  9093
3.   June 30, 1905              2:29  9602
4.   August 19, 1905           5:55  9102
5.   September 27, 1905      8:27  8765
       TOTALS                   29:21 45582

which puts me solidly in the middle.

[Katra]

Mar   18  1905   9054   6:16
May  11  1905   9237   4:57
June  30  1905   9630   2:18
Aug   19  1905   9314   4:25
Sept  27  1905   9056   6:15

Total score 46175
Probably the best I'm going to get.