Sorry Syzygy for not checking that email on time. I now do see your submissions. Without any extension on the deadline, this would mean you would win the competition. I'll see if I can come up with a fair suggestion for all parties on how to proceed, and I'll edit that into this post later today.
EDIT:
I have now sent in my own scores to a secure location for storage so I was able to look at the other times submitted. Unlike I assumed, if I scored the competition now with all the submissions before the real deadline, it is not a given that Syzygy would win. J.B. has solved five of the ten levels, and Syzygy has solved six, with J.B. having some faster times. Syzygy also sent in several solutions to other levels in the set, so I am not entirely sure if I was clear enough on which levels exactly were used in the competition. Apologies for this, and for royally messing up and missing your submissions in the first place.
I think it's fair to allow Syzygy a say in whether or not the extension is fair. Feel free to not allow it, in which case we'll just use the submitted times and maybe for fun report what times we scored during this week. If you allow the extension for J.B., I will deduct 35 chips from his February score, which is half the maximum possible for the month. If you solve more levels yourself, I wouldn't penalize you because you already worked on extra levels. This means that if you go back and solve three of the remaining four levels you would most likely win in any case. If you solved two more, but J.B. submitted perfect scores on all the levels, he would probably win. To me this feels like a balance leading to a competition that would be exciting to follow. Additionally, you could allow me to enter my scores as well, and I would also procure a penalty of 35 chips, allowing a battle between J.B. and me regardless of where you end up. If others send in solutions, they will also be charged severely for not being on time, but it might be worth it for them because of the large number of Chip Cup points being awarded. Of course this all depends on if you still wish to work on these levels this week. How does this sound?
Does someone else know about Linux and tws files?
EDIT:
I have now sent in my own scores to a secure location for storage so I was able to look at the other times submitted. Unlike I assumed, if I scored the competition now with all the submissions before the real deadline, it is not a given that Syzygy would win. J.B. has solved five of the ten levels, and Syzygy has solved six, with J.B. having some faster times. Syzygy also sent in several solutions to other levels in the set, so I am not entirely sure if I was clear enough on which levels exactly were used in the competition. Apologies for this, and for royally messing up and missing your submissions in the first place.
I think it's fair to allow Syzygy a say in whether or not the extension is fair. Feel free to not allow it, in which case we'll just use the submitted times and maybe for fun report what times we scored during this week. If you allow the extension for J.B., I will deduct 35 chips from his February score, which is half the maximum possible for the month. If you solve more levels yourself, I wouldn't penalize you because you already worked on extra levels. This means that if you go back and solve three of the remaining four levels you would most likely win in any case. If you solved two more, but J.B. submitted perfect scores on all the levels, he would probably win. To me this feels like a balance leading to a competition that would be exciting to follow. Additionally, you could allow me to enter my scores as well, and I would also procure a penalty of 35 chips, allowing a battle between J.B. and me regardless of where you end up. If others send in solutions, they will also be charged severely for not being on time, but it might be worth it for them because of the large number of Chip Cup points being awarded. Of course this all depends on if you still wish to work on these levels this week. How does this sound?
Does someone else know about Linux and tws files?