We are now three-quarters of the way through this year\u2019s Advent Calendar Challenge \u2013 yet again we have Santa appearing for the first time before day 24. A quick glance reveals that 2014 was the last time Santa made it\u2019s first appearance on Christmas Eve. The downside is no-one scored today, but that was kinda predictable! I didn\u2019t make the calendar so it\u2019s obviously out of my control!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quick note on the matters raised in the previous post. On dummy\/red-herring answers, I will think about this before the 2020 challenge further, maybe with some thinking-out-loud analysis: watch this space! On the other matter, on whether to hide guesses after day 18 or not, I have a compromise. The compromise was partially inspired when I was asked by a competitor privately if I would hide guesses or not. I replied I intended to leave things as they were (i.e. hidden after window 18) and that I would make the announcement in this blog post today. The competitor pointed out that I had just given them a possible advantage in that they could now take a copy of everyone\u2019s guesses, knowing what was about to come. It got me thinking \u2013 whilst it\u2019s a slight advantage only because everyone could take such a copy at any time, there\u2019s a half-way approach between the two I asked you to choose between in the last post, and it is that approach that I have settled on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So from now on*, guesses made after the opening of window 18 will be hidden. Guesses made before that point will not be. Trial basis, and we\u2019ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six days left. Good luck everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
-* it\u2019s not been implemented properly \u2013 the official rules pdf is pending update, and the censorship still applies on individual profile pages. Those will be fixed tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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