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Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
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#42> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams
As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re not good.
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#43I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?
I have a feeling that these sorts of questions will be answered if we look at the actual video from the finals. https://www.youtube.com/live/UDGdPE_C9u8
The puzzle description begins at 1:18:44.
But it doesn't feel like it's a complete description of the puzzle, just the data format. Do the competitors have a list of questions?
Re: Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
#44Link to the finals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGdPE_C9u8
Re: Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
#45Personally I'm a fan of MAKRO, I think his commentary on the meta is very insightful. https://youtu.be/xubbVvKbUfY
He was the one who introduced me to the pro scene.
Re: Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
#46Here's a great video about these Excel competitions: https://youtu.be/N2QC6VQXo8U
Make it into an e-sports competition.
But rather than try to hype it up like fighting game tournaments, have it be somewhat milder in aesthetics and tone, for the type of crowd it might draw. Like "Best in Show" or "Great British Bake Off" or what have you.
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#47> He says he is “not bad” at maths – by which he means he came top in the state of New South Wales in his year 12 maths exams As an Australian that has worked with American companies for a while, this is a behaviour I’ve had to overcome. If you tell an Australian you’re “not bad” at something then they’ll take that to mean that you’re actually quite good, whereas many Americans will understand it to mean that you’re…
Understatement is a cultural thing to the point that chatbots have to be retrained to understand it: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/agl-trains-its-chatbot-alfie-...
Re: Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
#48“…spreadsheet world championship” There’s a competition for everything now. What’s next? Most Compelling Deck Championship? edit; I’m convinced this is a just a massive MS excel advertisement. Smh
Most Compelling Deck Championship?
Not quite the same but I've attended a few barcamp conferences that have had "PowerPoint kareoke" competitions - the goal is to present a random deck from SlideShare that you haven't seen before, and the most entertaining (by judges or by the crowd) wins. It's very funny.
Re: Sydney man dubbed the 'Annihilator' wins spreadsheet world championship
#49I wish they would explain more about what the actual tasks are. They basically jus said 'you get data and you do calculations'. Well thanks, thats basically all excel. A link to the problem set would be interesting. Real time data from Eve is pretty cool, but whats the actual results they are trying to get? How do they do scoring?
I think 'People make games' did a video on it on YouTube.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a feeling that these sorts of questions will be answered if we look at the actual video from the finals. https://www.youtube.com/live/UDGdPE_C9u8
The puzzle description begins at 1:18:44. But it doesn't feel like it's a complete description of the puzzle, just the data format. Do the competitors have a list of questions?
Indeed they do get lists of questions (including bonus ones)! The puzzle description at 13 minutes explains a bit more.