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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #330 on: January 19, 2025, 03:24:21 AM »
Congratulations Paloi Sciurala, your score is impressive!!!  :o

I thing I've never been so bad than this year... :yellow-meeple:

And thanks again Meepledrone for making this quizz once again!!!

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #331 on: January 19, 2025, 05:58:05 AM »
I'd like to give another thanks to Meepledrone for coming up with such tricky questions, and then marking all the results.

Congratulations Paloi, that's an impressive score.

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #332 on: January 19, 2025, 06:01:12 AM »
Congrats Paloi Sciurala!   Also shout out to Turkino for scoring 73 points with only 9 ok answers  :o.  That is most impressive.  Liambass took the least amount of time as the other high scorers.   :(y)

I had fun, though it is a bit depressing knowing that I can never be a Carcassonne judge / rules analyst. 

Thanks again Meepledrone. 

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #333 on: January 19, 2025, 06:21:40 AM »
Difficult and very varied this year, with the quiz of the day that has transformed into multiple variations and questions. Congratulations Paloi and thanks to the skill of Meppledrone.

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Impressions
« Reply #334 on: January 19, 2025, 08:26:50 AM »
Impressions

General
  • The Advent Quiz would not be the same without that (kitchen?) countertop as the background for the pictures.
  • Grinch questions were not very difficult (as usual). The Murdle question was more stressing, but it turns out that I would have still won had I not answered it.
  • The 'question' word is misleading. How many questions do you see at "Question #21", for example? ::)
  • Considering the 2023 edition, I have thought that the only way to win was to have a better time than Challa007. But again, it turns out that I would have still won had I had an astronomical time.
  • In December 24th, I began retaking the quiz from zero. Then, I have compared my new answers with the answers I have already sent Meepledrone. This helped me correcting a few answers (Question #6, Question #11, Question #20, some additional lengthy clarifications for some of my previous answers to stay on the safe side). If you want to be the next edition's winner, I suggest you to do exactly that next time.
  • I haven't checked WICA that much (excepting for Q#20). I have checked some clarifications/paragraphs to stay on the safe side, but I could have largely managed even without checking them.
  • I have been on first place since Q#2 until the very end. :)
  • Many questions are more easy to check/solve if you download the image and paint on it using a simple image editor, like Microsoft Paint.
  • Some expansions are fully (no questions involving them) or largely (too few questions involving them) neglected by these quizzes: Exp. 7, TWoF, The Plague, Mini #1 (somewhat), Mini #2, Mini #6, Exp. 8 (bazaars only), Exp. 3 (the dragon and somewhat the princess), Wind Roses. Maps and spinoffs could also be used. There is also the Solo Variant. And the Saint Nicholas Scoring Board. And Meeple Stacking... Just imagine scoring such a pyramid! But of course, all of these are up to Meepledrone.
  • I have turned on email notifications for this thread (the button "NOTIFY"). This helped me answer very fast.

Questions
  • #2 & #18 – As I have previously said, the time spent translating this thing paid off.
  • #4 – Too simple a trap to me to fall into it.
  • #5 – I haven't realized that there were actually two different roads until I saw @oldbonz's comment. Of course, I already knew that the Autumn statue tile does not have any roundabouts, but when I was answering the question for the first time, I have not been able to use that higher piece of knowledge, unfortunately.
  • #6 – I have initially gave a wrong answer. After having changed my answer (After you have scored everything, you look on the scoreboard where the scoring meeples are.) after many days, I have corrected it. And seeing that Challa007 gave a wrong answer to this question raised my hopes.
  • #7 – Same as #4.
  • #8 – Watchtowers scoring per meeple can be confusing because some of the adjacent meeples might be removed before the watchtower is scored. I have added a lengthy explanation on that!
  • #8.5 – This question lingered on my mind for a long time. What helped me answering it was Meepledrone practically saying on Discord that a each meeple is of a different color and in a different location (which was not deductible from the question itself); see here. That "The normal meeple seemed red to Chanchito" drove me to make some research on what colors do pigs see. That "blue-ish" meeple was clearly a blue phantom, though.
  • #9 – Some players really enjoy wasting castle tokens and mayors.
  • #10– Not very hard. I had to make some explanations about the wagon, though, and I have forgotten for a while that the Tikal Temple tile has a 3-tile road.
  • #11 – I have answered point h) only as a result of the December 24th revision.
  • #13 – Annoying, because I had to make that lengthy explanation about why those middle bets could not have been placed. But I have received 1 bonus point for it! :)
  • #14 – As always, ferry related explanations can be hard. The only scenario I missed in my answer is 1C, but this did not change my score.
  • #16 – Really, Grinch? How many fields are there in this scenario? I am disappointed in you... I want something harder from Grinch the next quiz.
  • #19 – See here. And WICA helped me, too.
  • #20 – There is so much to say about this one... Multiple revised answers, very lengthy explanations. Under my first answer, only tiles D and E were placeable. I have later realized, out of the blue, that this was not true. Royal gates for farmers were tricky. What do vistas score and what they do not was tricky, too. I have revised my answer over and over. Eventually, my only mistake in this quiz was an interaction between the black fairy and the Hans statue. I have read this passage, "The -3 point penalty when scoring a feature is halved if the Black Fairy is on the same tile as the Hans Statue.", but I have failed to grasp the true meaning of it. More exactly, I am talking about "if the Black Fairy is on the same tile as the Hans Statue.". I am still not a fan of questions involving fan expansions, though. But it was very easy to recognize the expansions, because I have read their names multiple times on WICA, even though I have not previously properly read the rules themselves. :)
  • #21 – Ghost questions are not really hard, but it is easy to give a wrong explanation. Once I saw that I gave the correct answer, I was already pretty sure that I have won.
  • #22 – Annoying, lengthy explanations about drawbridges and cities...
  • #23 – The same classic trap involving the Exp. 5 CCCF tile with the city bridge.
  • #24.1 – I highly doubt that's true. We all know that Chanchito is actually at fault.
  • #24.2 – The School and Russian Promos are always tricky, but I have survived this question.
  • #24.3 – Very easy. But I was wondering whether this question was actually a trap. But this helped easing my fears.

Conclusion
I hope that I will see Chanchito in Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXV, too. I really enjoy making fun of him! I think that he is one of the best characters in the Advent Quizzes! And I still want a Safari question with Chanchito. :D
« Last Edit: January 19, 2025, 08:31:40 AM by Paloi Sciurala »
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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #335 on: January 19, 2025, 01:32:12 PM »
Great write-up! It seems you enjoyed the Advent Quiz after all! >:D

+1 merit from me.

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #336 on: January 19, 2025, 01:36:51 PM »
Thank you very much everyone for participating. It was fun to put together the questions and explore tricky scenarios. I split many questions into several parts so everyone could get points even if the answers weren't 100% correct.

If I drove you nuts, I hope it was only a little. O:-)

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #337 on: January 19, 2025, 11:42:45 PM »
Looks like close results in comparison to 2023 for me... Argh, I wish I could gain a few positions in the final ranking!
But at least I know why, l just couldn't focus on the few last questions, and as well couldn't double check my answers later as I wanted to do it... This should not be the case for 2025 quizz (except is life really hates me haha!) :D

Still, what a great quizz, it gave me a few headaches and kept my mind very busy :D

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #338 on: January 20, 2025, 12:27:24 AM »
Thank you soooooo much @Meepledrone to have organised this Quizz once again! It is such great fun participating. It is one highlight in the pre-Christmas time and afterwards  :D  I don't know how you can always come up with such great questions - I think I would not be able to do this even if I tried very hard.
In addition, when I look at your lenghty and deeply explanatory answers, I can feel your need to make us all understand those tricky weird rules.... :D .... this year I felt the "educational sidenote" even in the questions. Very well done!!  :(y). You get one more merit from me for all the work you put into the answers  :)

In the last quizz, after I won, I published my "way of dealing" with this Quizz. After this quizz, I have already added two more points to that list.
Beware of easy questions - they are trapped!!!!!  is one of them  :D
Also, like @Paloi Sciurala this year, for the first time, I went through all the questions again after Christmas and sent in corrections to 6 answers and I can only suggest you do the same in the next Quizz if you want any chance to be on or near the podium. I just calculated that this gained me 22 points!!!! let that sink in ...  :o  I completely messed up question 20 initially and would have scored -6 points instead of the 12 points, so 18 points difference  >:D
Bravo again @Paloi Sciurala for your overall score +1 merit from me

Last but not least, I want to thank @Matisek for designing this marvellous trophy. (+1 merit) In my idea, this Advent Quizz should become more and more a community effort instead of a one-man-show and you doing this is the first step in that direction. Many thanks.
More thoughts on this "community effort" in my next post...

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #339 on: January 20, 2025, 01:42:43 AM »
Thank you again @Meepledrone for such a challenging quiz! And congratulations to @Paloi Sciurala on the victory! Might have to buy Mists Over Carcassonne to help get my head around the rules for ghosts for the next quiz  ;D

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #340 on: January 20, 2025, 04:04:55 AM »
Once again, I would like to thank @Matisek for his generosity in creating a trophy so gorgeous.

+1 merit from me

Thanks too.
It was a small thing to make. Even though I was moving the trophy in front of me.
If there is interest I can do it this year too. Ideas are coming gradually

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #341 on: January 22, 2025, 02:49:11 AM »
Congratulations @Paloi Sciurala ! What an awesome score!

Thanks @Meepledrone, for organising this quiz again! I unfortunately ran out of time to complete all the questions. Life got in the way. (Silly life, doesn't it know the importance of Carcassonne??  :o ;D )
Nonetheless, I had a lot of fun and am quite happy with my score considering I only managed 14 questions.

And great job @Matisek, creating that trophy!

+1 merit to all of you!

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #342 on: January 26, 2025, 10:32:58 AM »
Thank you!

I'm now working on the litle surprise... I hope I can finish it soon. ^-^

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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #343 on: January 27, 2025, 02:56:16 AM »
Thank you!

I'm now working on the litle surprise... I hope I can finish it soon. ^-^

Whoo. I don't think that it is possible to say, that last one was "little something" :D
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Re: Carcassonne Central: Advent Quiz MMXXIV
« Reply #344 on: January 27, 2025, 12:33:23 PM »
It is a little something... taking form in my mind. O0


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