Current Competition
From today (Sunday 10th June) we have started our first
artist specific competition. All the question types are still
available as normal but in order to win the cash prize you must attain the
most artist bias points in one game, up until Saturday 23rd June.
In order to get 1 artist bias point you must answer all 3
questions correctly on the artist questions chosing the highlighted
artist.
The artists in play for this competition are The Beatles,
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and The Rolling
Stones.
Please note in order to
qualify for the hall of fame you must score 1 artist bias
point.
Winners and Rankings
The last competition, Freestyle 2, resulted in some tremendous scores,
so here are the winnings will rankings below ;
Stewart Lennox from
Suffolk retains his number 1 ranking and is the first person to break 1
million by scoring 1,007,890.
Si Harris from Derbyshire moves back
in to the top 2 from 4, with again another massive score of
515,150.
Paul Gilbert from Cambridgeshire drops a place to 3, with
the 3rd place score of 128,720.
This time 22 players qualified
for the hall of fame, here is the top 10 ranking with the last
competition's position in brackets. Please note when we do the next
rankings in a fortnight they will be based on the overall scores,
not the artist bias
points.
1 ( 1 ) Stewart Lennox
2 ( 4 ) Si
Harris
3 ( 2 ) Paul Gilbert
4 (13) Michael
McCarthy
5 (RE) Gary Egan
6 (RE) Steve Cann
7 (
5 ) Matthew Clegg
8 ( 3 ) Howie Ross
9 (10) David
Longstaff
10 (RE) Michael Hallows
Where RE is player
coming back into the rankings.
Now
that Stewart has broken the 1 milllion points boundary let's take stock of
major milestones since the on-line UltQuiz started last
August.
Michael Hallows from Flintshire was the first to win and
break 40,000, in August 2006. (Actually scored 41,480).
Gary Egan
from Northants broke 60,000 in October 2006. (Actually scored
67,020).
Robert Richland from Herts broke 80,000 in December 2006.
(Actually scored 83,470).
Alan Bland from West Yorkshire was
the first to break through the 100,000 mark, in January 2007, with a
score of 126,300.
Robert Richland from Herts then broke through the
300,000 mark in February 2007 with a score of 301,250.
Si Harris
from Derbyshire in March 2007 scored our then highest score of
343,010.
Si Harris from Derbyshire then did it again by being the
first to break through the 500,000 mark in May 2007 with a score of
515,150.
Stewart Lennox from Suffolk maanged to break through the
700,000 mark in May 2007 with a score of 719,450.
Finally and
bringing us up to date, June 2007, Stewart Lennox from Suffolk broke the
million with a score 1,007,890.
Game News
Please note when playing the game you are currently unable to see your
current artist bias points, these are only visible on the hall of fame.
Next week we will be addressing this by adding in the artist bias count
and an appropriate sound effect when you successfully get a
point.
The game strategy will also be addressed in the next couple
of weeks. This will stop these enormous scores that are being created and
allow a fairer chance for all players. These changes include reducing the
time on higher levels and not awarding so many bonus lives.
Site News
We are also changing the way we are awwarding prizes. The top prizes
will go to the top scorer, but if that person has won a previous
competition in the last 60 days then the prize falls to the next person. I
will also be awarding another prize for the highest scorer who has never
won a prize on any of these competitions, and I will no longer give
out free credits as prizes. For a list of the current prizes check
out :
http://www.ultquiz.co.uk/prize.php
For
the revised terms and conditions, see :
http://www.ultquiz.co.uk/TandC.doc
We
are now only taking payments from Paypal, the Netbanx contract finished on
the 31st May.
Competition Schedule
10/06/2007 - 23/06/2007 -- The Beatles
and The Stones
24/06/2007 - 07/07/2007 -- Class of 84
08/07/2007 -
21/07/2007 -- Five In Five Out (1965 - 2001)
In 1984
the best selling groups were Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Duran Duran,
Wham! and Culture Club. These 4 artists will be the focus of
the Class of 84 competition. If there is a tie on the
artist bias points then the overall score will be taken into
consideration.
On the 8th July we will go back
to the prize years again, using the new strategies.
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