While the leaderboards show the most completed and the average time for completion, what's the shortest time for a completed StackEgg so far?
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1Could you also add an answer for arcade? – GiantCowFilms Mar 31 '15 at 22:44
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3You may consider accepting the current leader and updating that as lower scores come in. That way people can (quickly) see what the current target is without scrolling through them all. – Geobits Apr 1 '15 at 17:52
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That is an excellent suggestion, I second the motion :D – veryRandomMe Apr 1 '15 at 18:54
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Did anybody else think it said "StackEgg: Hack your Stack Exchange Site" at first? – veryRandomMe Apr 1 '15 at 20:47
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2Now that it's open source, it should be possible to calculate the minimum time. But it's still not simple. Due to the decaying rules, even private beta has a non-obvious strategy: alternate Ask and Answer for the first six days, then on the seventh day choose Answer instead of Ask. This reduces the private beta time from 19 days to 18. There could be an even better strategy, but from looking at the numbers I doubt it. – mmyers Apr 2 '15 at 16:14
Sustainable Living, 223 Days
Way to go Sustainable Living! They managed to hatch their egg (in record time, currently) and make their way on to the global leaderboard. Screenshot.
Come join The Nineteenth Byte if you want to talk strategy.
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1This post is a lie, since they did nothing, according to you. Correct yourself. – Jeremy Apr 1 '15 at 18:50
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1Now try it without using a flag, as that costs 10 virtual days in the official rankings. :P – Runer112 Apr 1 '15 at 18:56
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@Runer112 I intend to, if the game is still available for me to play in four hours. Even without a flag, I know I can beat this score. I made one mistake that really cost me. – Rainbolt Apr 1 '15 at 19:06
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@Rainbolt let us know how it goes! The game ends when it is no longer April 1st anywheres in the world – veryRandomMe Apr 1 '15 at 20:48
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@corsiKa I am not sure what hatching a StackEgg has to do with being in beta. – Rainbolt Nov 23 '15 at 14:04
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Oh... Right... Okay, I was thinking hatching a stack egg was slang for getting out of beta. doh – corsiKa Nov 23 '15 at 15:24
Reverse Engineering, 227 days
Happy early Easter/holiday of your choice, from PPCG. :)
Christianity, 250 days
Not the fastest, but to submit another contender, Christianity got 250 days.
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5@Rainbolt: Alas, I am not God. ... That's probably a good thing, come to think of it. – El'endia Starman Apr 1 '15 at 3:52
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Blender, 252
I'm submitting 252 from blender beta, the fastest beta-site time so far.
okay, now we aren't the fastest beta, but still... close
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@Yawus I disagree, the leading sites have the some of the most active chats – GiantCowFilms Mar 31 '15 at 22:47
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@GiantCowFilms I was referring to StackEgg mechanics. Most strats seems to value Users least of the four (five, if you count Traffic) metrics. – Yawus Mar 31 '15 at 22:51
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Until anyone shows that the number of users playing the game has a direct impact on the outcome of a given turn, it really doesn't matter whether the site is beta or not. – Air Mar 31 '15 at 23:10
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@Air yah... I just couldn't stop myself from posting a stat one under the highest, we are so proud of ourselves for clocking in such a competitive time... – GiantCowFilms Mar 31 '15 at 23:12
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1I would argue that the more people there are available, the more likely the game will be continued effectively, as they can take over when one person has to leave. On a beta site, quite often there is only one (or fewer) users who can devote time to hatching the egg. – veryRandomMe Mar 31 '15 at 23:14
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Obviously having a really big community like SO doesn't help because you get droves of people popping in for a few minutes/a game and voting inefficiently as a bloc. – TCPMAN.EXE Apr 2 '15 at 15:33