Anywhere Challenge: Did you get your points?
Oct 13, 2010, 12:13 am
#77
Join Date: Sep 2007
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12 Oct 2010 THE ANYWHERE CHALLENGE 1500 pts.
28 Sep 2010 THE ANYWHERE CHALLENGE 1000 pts.
28 Sep 2010 THE ANYWHERE CHALLENGE 2000 pts.
28 Sep 2010 THE ANYWHERE CHALLENGE 1000 pts.
28 Sep 2010 THE ANYWHERE CHALLENGE 2000 pts.
Oct 13, 2010, 10:23 am
#81
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kent, UK
Posts: 51
My missing 1500 points still havent turned up, so just submitted a points discrepency form. Will let you know how I get on.
It seems that people who did get the points included Borneo in their answer, which I did not. Surely the official answer (without the Borneo) is the one that gets the points?
It seems that people who did get the points included Borneo in their answer, which I did not. Surely the official answer (without the Borneo) is the one that gets the points?
Oct 13, 2010, 11:08 am
#82
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Oct 13, 2010, 11:09 am
#83
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My missing 1500 points still havent turned up, so just submitted a points discrepency form. Will let you know how I get on.
It seems that people who did get the points included Borneo in their answer, which I did not. Surely the official answer (without the Borneo) is the one that gets the points?
It seems that people who did get the points included Borneo in their answer, which I did not. Surely the official answer (without the Borneo) is the one that gets the points?
Oct 13, 2010, 12:14 pm
#84
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 201
My second week of playing the game, I guessed Sabah correctly on day 2 and received 1500 points.
So I'm clearly missing 500 points, which can only be the Alaska answer.
Oct 13, 2010, 3:13 pm
#85
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
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Posts: 69
I received 1500 points for both week 3 & 4, even though I included the name of a national park on day 2 both times. As long as the answer includes the 'keywords', it doesn't seem to matter if you have extra words.
Oct 13, 2010, 4:40 pm
#86
Join Date: Oct 2009
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I can definitively confirm AK. I was late to the game and my very first entry was on Friday of that week. I should have received 500 points. I answered with 'AK', which I am positive of since I've been cutting and pasting my final answers into a word document to track them.
My second week of playing the game, I guessed Sabah correctly on day 2 and received 1500 points.
So I'm clearly missing 500 points, which can only be the Alaska answer.
My second week of playing the game, I guessed Sabah correctly on day 2 and received 1500 points.
So I'm clearly missing 500 points, which can only be the Alaska answer.
Oct 13, 2010, 4:48 pm
#87
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 847
This week I received 1,500 points. My correct submissions for weeks 3 and 4 were both on the 2nd day. These were my submissions:
Week 3: Kenai River, AK, USA
Week 4: Sabah, Malaysia
Based on what everyone is reporting, I assume they counted my AK abbreviation as incorrect. It looks like they need to review the submissions for that week. Someone at PC doesn't know their state abbreviations!
Interesting that they've posted the number of winners for Malaysia, but the grand prize winner has not been announced.
Week 3: Kenai River, AK, USA
Week 4: Sabah, Malaysia
Based on what everyone is reporting, I assume they counted my AK abbreviation as incorrect. It looks like they need to review the submissions for that week. Someone at PC doesn't know their state abbreviations!
Interesting that they've posted the number of winners for Malaysia, but the grand prize winner has not been announced.
Oct 13, 2010, 5:22 pm
#88
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
I made this precise observation (albeit a bit more diplomatically) in my missing-points report, and recommend that others drive this home as well.
Oct 14, 2010, 8:24 am
#89
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: PHX
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On the winners page, they have the post cards with one part of the location written in large letters: e.g., "Aruba," or "Alaska," and then the specific information in little letters.
Is it possible that, in the end, that is all that's really needed in the answer to win? For example, is there anyone who had an answer that had "Aruba" or "Malaysia" or "Alaska" that did NOT get credit due to specific information that was incorrect?
This might also explain why "AK" does not seem to be getting credit, at least for some.
I realize that some are not getting credit at all for obviously correct answers, like "Sabah, Mayalsia," which I think is likely a different problem. I'm asking a different question.
Is it possible that, in the end, that is all that's really needed in the answer to win? For example, is there anyone who had an answer that had "Aruba" or "Malaysia" or "Alaska" that did NOT get credit due to specific information that was incorrect?
This might also explain why "AK" does not seem to be getting credit, at least for some.
I realize that some are not getting credit at all for obviously correct answers, like "Sabah, Mayalsia," which I think is likely a different problem. I'm asking a different question.
Oct 14, 2010, 9:08 am
#90
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: DTW
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Posts: 405
For me (and my sister's acct), only 1500 points posted on Oct 12 and I believe it is for Wk 4. I submitted AK all 4 days of Wk 3.
Our submissions:
Wk 3: Day 1 - Kenai River, AK, USA
Wk 4: Day 2 - Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo
I wonder, since they adjusted the winning numbers for Week 3, if they will post the points for the people who submitted AK at a later date.
Our submissions:
Wk 3: Day 1 - Kenai River, AK, USA
Wk 4: Day 2 - Pulau Tiga, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo
I wonder, since they adjusted the winning numbers for Week 3, if they will post the points for the people who submitted AK at a later date.