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#1267897 - Thu Jun 25 2020 04:21 AM Buzzy Bee
namrewsna Offline
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I just won the Buzzy Bee challenge with a matching quiz. I feel a little bad because even though it was a small category (~15 quizzes), another player had put in considerable time to play all but 2 quizzes with the requisite 70% or greater score. I assume one of the unplayed ones was just overlooked by mistake as it was a "regular" html quiz, but when I saw on recent scores that all the rest had been played today, I tried the remaining match game quiz just to be thorough and to my surprise, there was the bee.

Since the challenge text specifically says the quiz has to be in HTML format, I know many who take a systematic approach to the challenge skip photo quizzes and matching quizzes. If those are meant to be eligible, the challenge verbiage could use an overhaul.


Edited by namrewsna (Thu Jun 25 2020 04:25 AM)

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#1267903 - Thu Jun 25 2020 06:52 AM Re: Buzzy Bee
WesleyCrusher Offline

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The text on the buzz isn't wrong - it's stating "HTML version", which is the only available version for both photo and match quizzes.

What it means is that you need to use the standard HTML / page mode, not the timed or untimed interactive.

I've put a clarification in the challenge text.


Edited by WesleyCrusher (Thu Jun 25 2020 06:55 AM)
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#1268651 - Sat Jul 04 2020 11:29 AM Re: Buzzy Bee
namrewsna Offline
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Registered: Wed Jul 16 2014
Posts: 777
Loc: Utah USA
Thank you Wes! It may also be worth doing a similar clarification on The Buzz ("Happening now!" link) blurb for it as well since many have the badge already and don't use the challenge page/wouldn't see the note even if they did since they get the "challenge complete" version


Edited by namrewsna (Sat Jul 04 2020 02:09 PM)
Edit Reason: Delayed self grammar policing

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#1268739 - Sun Jul 05 2020 08:42 PM Re: Buzzy Bee
samak Offline
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Registered: Thu Dec 10 2015
Posts: 298
Loc: Ashgabat, Asia
"A Buzzy Bee scavenger hunt remains unsolved in the Sports : MLB Difficult category."

This has been unchanged for many days now and with 161 Difficult quizzes in the category it might stay there forever! Does it get automatically switched out after a certain time period? If not, can we please have it changed manually?

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#1268793 - Mon Jul 06 2020 03:25 PM Re: Buzzy Bee
Terry Offline
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I have given it a kick. Also have recoded it to change the category every time it provides an update.

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#1268885 - Tue Jul 07 2020 05:25 PM Re: Buzzy Bee
andymuenz Offline
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Registered: Sun Sep 14 2014
Posts: 356
Loc: Pennsylvania USA
Originally Posted By: Terry
I have given it a kick. Also have recoded it to change the category every time it provides an update.


Hi, Terry. Does that mean it will change every couple of hours when it displays? In my opinion, that is too frequently and will make the daily challenge much more difficult to complete. If it chooses a topic with a couple of hundred quizzes, it becomes a somewhat random guess as to which quizzes to play when you know you won't have time to play them all.

I know it's probably some extra coding, but I would appreciate it if there was a way to wait 24 hours before changing the topic unless someone gets it before then.

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