done

done

done

whats going on here...i was solving a Medium then once Im done it became Easy with 1 point ranking....

puzzle switched at midnight central time

Morning all

no...this puzzle now..its a Medium difficulty when i started with it.

sounds like a browser cache issue maybe

Must be a glitch

it's been Easy for me since 30 minutes ago

the puzzle yesterday was a medium puzzle, sounds about right texel

done

no worries..no big deal...cya guys

Weeee, done

hey hurshy, was wondeirng (since I haven't been 'round much this weekend) whether there[s been any update about the ranksings strangeness

lso sorry to hear you had a tough weekend

what's odd about the rankings?

The fact it's even an issue?

you know what is funny, if i only played one game at expert level, my cream of the cropscore would be 501

apparently there's a bunch of people who have done all the puzzles in the archives, myself included... but for some reason I had two points more than everybody else. I emailed Dr. God about it but haven't heard back. A few people have posted in the chat log complaining about it. I was figuring it was an error that would get fixed right away but I'm still confused.

Fixing it now

oh yeah, in noticed that

ah., neat.

hehehe

Cool D_G

'night!

DG. O

DG, I

good night

sorry, keep hitting the return key be accident - Dr_God, I'm curious - was it from the early puzzles when the point distributions were different?

The rankings are actually calculated at 12:10 every morning, and caderoux finished today's puzzle before then, so that's why he had an extra point. Krys10 just got credit for an early puzzle twice. So things should be back to normal now.

thanks! now i'm going to bed :)

Morning all!

good morning

'night, Sprite :)

why are some names in red in the rankings?

They're Pros

does this not factor in the newest members?

Eh?

i joined when the switch happened, but i'm still in black

no biggie, just curior

*curious

Ahhh. Only people with profiles are in red, because they have links to their profiles

got it

thanks. Good night all!

So... profile up, british ;)

just did, now for a clever half true bio...

:)

G'night everyone.

Morning Seedy :)

morning everyone!

morning all... Happy St George's Day :)

what does st george's day entail?

it's England's National Day... and Scotland has St Andrew, Wales St David and Ireland St Patrick...

awesome

do you do anything exciting to celebrate?

play sudoku, lol... but there are events around the country... check out stgeorgesdayevents.org.uk...

we need harder sudokus..

balker - do you play Babble?

yeah

someone has set up a Danish Babble site... Jamie was looking for someone who can translate... don't know if he's been in touch with you?

nope, what's the url?

playbabble.dk

http://balker.dk/babbler.dk.html

thanks balker, I'll send it to Jamie

Mornin'

morning Lamancha :) ...this one won't detain you long... it's an easy Easy...

Here's hoping...;)

have fun... I'm off to get the papers... :)

Later..

is it easy?

very

somehow i'm not finding it very easy! i've just had to restart

finally done! and i had to make one guess. i'm slipping

greetings and salutations, mac

hi

hey hurshy!

hi

hi sarah!

hi scribble, nice to meet you sarahlouise

how are u

hurshy have you met my mom? her screen name is SilentButDeadly. (told ya she was hooked)

im fine....a little tired, though. how are u?

o, i'm good thanks

hmm, i don't think i have encountered her, scribble

she doesnt talk much.....too busy with the grid. babble doesnt come to her as well as us, so it takes a lot of concentration.

i gotta go....were heading off to church. see you later! nice to meet you sarah!

nice to meet u too

hey hursh... how goes it?

oh my... that was an easy one!

oh hi mac

oh she's gone :(

i'm here hurshy

i'm watching 'the constant gardener'

this movie makes my heart hurt :-)

i meant :-(

hehe

i have not seen that movie

i've really been babbling, that is why i have not replied speedily to people

it's about africa and human rights and why people aren't being helped like they ought to be most of the time :-(

ah

well that's okay :)

yeah the world is kinda messed up

extremely so

it's very sad that even when people try to help, the aid doesn't get to where it needs to go sometimes because of the warlords and stuff

or because of the governments

yes

not even the people who are supposed to be helping are actually helping

makes me angry >:-{

yes

get this

my sister was in the mall one day and this guy was trying to sell her a nail care kit

and saying how it would save lots of money on manicures

and she said she's never gotten a manicure

and he said a beautiful woman like you deserves manicures

yah, those guys have accosted me before, lol

and i told her if i were her i would have said "tell that to all the beautiful women in darfur" - that would shut him up quick

oh for sure

i want to be successful in my job, so that i can DO something for all those people who need help - because money is the one language that can speak to everyone

and i meant to

:)

MEAN to, lol. can't type

a laudable goal :)

i believe it's something i am supposed to do with my life. God would not have put this passion in me unless i was supposed to DO something about it

yes :)

i believe that we are born with a passion that we are to pursue, you know?

maybe so

i think for some people it is a lot more clear than for others

i wish i were like my sister

why do you say that?

she's always known she wanted to be a counselor, and everything she's done has been working toward that goal, and now she's doing it

i've never been very clear on what i should do with my life

you're right that some of us know more easily what we are supposed to do

i think that as long as you keep wondering and seeking it out, it will come to you

yes... and it helps to keep in mind that jesus didn't start his public ministry until he was 30 :)

:-D

still... that only leaves me a little over a year :)

it is true that often we need a lot of preparation even without knowing what we're preparing for

yes... i'm hoping that is the case with me and that it will all become more clear someday

you're older than me? lol - i thought you were younger for some reason. but that's probably because i'm used to being the oldest ;-)

well, we're pretty close, right? i'll be 29 in july

true, i'll be 28 in august

you probably thought it because i've been chatting with your little sis :)

lol!

ah, you all are just babies. ;-)

no, i really do think it's because i'm used to be the oldest in any group, because that's what usually happens

lol carla

it is weird to me, other people who are 22 seem like around my age - but my little sister seems so young

huh

just used to her being the baby :)

when my sis and i were younger, we fought SO much. i didn't get along with her at all until after i moved out

now she's one of my bestest friends

I understand, hurshy, I have 2 older bros. & they seem much older to me than friends I have the same age.

well, with us there are 3, and me and alison, being 7 years apart, didn't relate much when we were kids, and we fought over who would get to play with kristen

now we are all good friends :)

LOL, you fought over your other sister? that's funny

:) hokie :)

kristen is very likable

sisters are the best, though :-D

it's like impossible not to like her

wow

she's not annoying at all?

no

everyone likes her

AWESOME. there ought to be more people like that :)

we have a general consenus that she is the best one

aww

which makes my husband mad cause he likes me best

how does she feel about that?

HAHA, well that's good for your hubby

she thinks it's funny but she doesn't mind it, but it doesn't go to her head either

gosh. she really IS awesome. :-)

see? :)

i think we might be taking over the chatbox. shall we talk on AIM?

ok

you all are fine. no one else is here!

lol carla!

thanks hokie :)

unless you think I'm eavesdropping

except for YOU - you are here :-)

thank god :)

:)

I'm just trying to finish so I can go get some food!

afternoon all

hullo evanadine :-)

thought maybe everyone fell asleep...heh
how are ya?

i'm good - just not really paying attention today ;-)

heh, same here...managed to sleep for like 12 hours last night

sheesh...go away for a couple of days and it seems everyone's gone pro on me. I guess I'll have to be the stubborn holdout

Hi everyone

I got off on 2.5 hrs sleep last Sat!

wots the time Mr. Wolf?

coolio

now

hello

hello

what kind of animal are you, Douglas?

Badger!

No it's not a Badger, it's a Beaver sorry! My mistake... identity crisis!

i thougt so but wasn't sure... i love them

how much do you love beavers on a scale of 1-10?

9.7

3

plastic: what's wrong with beavers then?

what 3 represents?

nothing. I like ferrets better. 7.

good afternoon!

good afternoon

the question of the day is: on a scale of 1-10 how much do you love beavers?

rainy a bit

oh, it's perfect outside here!

Quite ideal out here as well :)

where you at seedy?

you are luckyer then me today

i'd probably give it an 8.923

probably higher if i knew much about beavers douglas

14 minutes. . not bad

Wac - Dallas/Fort Worth

yes

finally got havw a great day evry1

finished. buy for now

finished today's now i think i'll try my luck at yesterday's puzzle!

i like your icon seedyv i just finished watching an anime movie and loved it. princess mononoke

do puzzles i complete later from the archives count toward my ranking?

yes

cool. on one computer i was on, the puzzles from the archives that i handn't comploeted were already closed, but on this computer i've already completed a few

weird - it's not tied to your computer, but to the account - I use ironsudoku from more than one computer

same here, i have no idea, it could have been becuase it was a school computer and they mess with all the internet stuff on those machines.

bye everyone!

Ok so I just finished a puzzle for april 15. Do I get points for that? No congratulations when I finished...never realized I needed the atta girl!

peep, are you a pro user?

'cuz i think that the points for archived puzzles might be a pro thing. although i'm actually just guessing - i haven't checked

yes I just signed on yesterday. I can use the archives and save a checkpoint

i don't think the ranking are updated until like midnight

Yes, points for archived puzzles are pro. I'm getting caught up now...

thanks guys, I need the recognition...I took a vacation without my computer...I need therapy.

drink plenty of fluids and get lots of rest....

Oh, that is tough! I went out of town for a while and missed a week of games!

lol, i'm finding all the 'easy' ones i haven't done yet and doing those first

i have migraine leftovers today and the easy ones are about all i can handle

Not enuf caffeine, elf?

i wish that were the case! so much easier to medicate that. ;-)

did Dr god know how spastic we would all get when we found out we could do make ups?

How true! I've gotten nasty headaches, but never a migraine. Fortunately.

Oh, yeah, I emailed him about it!

That was after I complained there were too many easy ones. There were 3 in a row one week.

lol, artlady. :-)

Notice how many more people turned pro after he added the "you can do the archived puzzles" bit?

i thought it was related more to the 'no checkpoints unless you're pro' bit

ah yes, I'd forgotten that. I went pro as soon as I heard about the site.

He's a former student of mine, so I'm doing my bit...

not having checkpoints just forced me to get better...

lol, hartman!

wow nice, artlady. you know him IN PERSON!!

I turned to pro because I needed the checkpoints, but then the little compulsive voice kicked in.

And his brother and mother and dad.

I use the checkpoints partly because I have to keep exiting when I sneak a little sudokoing at school...

it was the checkpoints for me!

my reason is much more superficial - i just wanted a spiffy avatar ;-)

@#$% just messed up on the easy from April 16!

tres spiffy, elf

uhoh

hello :)

hi!

im sad that they got rid of the free save function

how's the headache, elf

if i hadn't already gone pro, that would kind of tee me off too, lol

my hubby went and got me a sandwich, so it's improving a bit

thanks :)

my daughter just im'd me that she has one too. Of course, she hasn't eaten anything all day...

lol, that'll do it too

hrm, its always nice to look over at this window when i cant figure a puzzle out

and see all the people stuck

anyways

im gone

bye!

ciao

all done and caught up. Time for dinner, so good luck anyone who's out there...

hi

Hi hk

hi all

done

hi scrib - bye scrib !

^*^*^*^*^*^*^FIREWORKS^*^*^*^*^*^*^*for hellenkeller!!

bye!

pretty, pretty fireworks, ty!!

& gl!!

thanks....ill need it!

scribbledy dibbledy

hey hursh!

how're you :)

im good! and you?

i'm fine thanks

ive been workin on a cross stitch....

ooh nice

ive gotta go....we have to get potting soil. be back later!

oh... bye!

hurshy are you here??

if I'm ranked... Is it actually better to not do the easy ones? Will they lower my overall score?

ive heard that easies lower your score.

but ive only done 2 puzzles so dont know for sure.

Dr_God is redoing the ranking system soon though, and he said he will fix that.

Once I went pro, I did all the easy ones first. I dropped right off the bottom of the cream f the crop list

that sucks.

whats up with yur website thing, zemox?

the two rankings actually work against each other. To top the village elders you have to do everything

To tp cream of the crop, it is best to just do the expert puzzles

something tells me you like science...

It's a blog about space, environment and technology.

really cool!

yep, for a long time now

I had more to the site, but I was careless

i love science. want to work in chemistry.

a hacker spoiled my fun, and I didn't want to put the time to upgrade my wiki

My wife is a chemist. She teaches high school and college chemistry

thats so awesome!!

hey scribble!

hey twinkie!

how's it going?

pretty good....have to take a shower in a few minutes though.

I'm blocked on the Expert puzzle from 3/28 and I have to go. drat.

gotcha. are you working on today's or archive?

zemox, i like your blog. i commented on one. bye!

anyone who likes serenity is a friend of mine!

me todays. not upgraded yet....yet.

march 28th

I liked the movie, but still felt cheated.

hope you upgrade, scribble. want to see what kind of icons you'll pick :-)

am doing yesterday's medium. it's boggling me for some reason...am tired

Swapping a movie for a series is like swapping a short story for a novel. You never get the same depth

probly band icons....green day, POD, the killers...

i do love the series. that movie was still pretty good. it just kills me not enough people "got it" to bring it back. :-(

had the movie done well enough, it would have resurrected the series, i think.

i gotta go guys....c-ya later!!

bye!

I know, it sucks being one of the smart ones

;-)

i liked that serenity explained the origins of the reavers. it was so good. how we created the monsters ourselves.

bye!

bye! nice chatting!

I have to go too.

ciao!

will stick around and finish this one

im baaa-aaack!!

and stuuuuu-uuuck!!

ugh....lots of trouble with the center box.

ahhhh.....really messed up. maybe tomorrow...

bye

neone ready for the next one?