Error rate in ME

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#1

Hi - since taking over the game we have had a few queries and questions
about error rates and the like so I thought we would do a 2 week study to
find out what the case was.

Here's the results:

7 errors asked to be corrected by players of which 4 were player error.
50% of players turns have at least one mistake which we correct before
hand.

We processed some 28 games with around 20 players per game with say 15
characters per turn (average). So some 16,800 orders with 3 actual GM
error makes 1/50% (1 in 5000). (Big grin)

Clint

#2

Cool, now fix the error in my turn I reported to me@harlequin this
afternoon :wink:

#3

Will check into it - even though it was a player fault... :slight_smile:

Clint

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#4

Mmm. According to the police, most crime goes unreported. I imagine I
should comment in more detail.

Hi - since taking over the game we have had a few queries and questions
about error rates and the like so I thought we would do a 2 week study to
find out what the case was.

Were the people inputting the turns aware that the 2 week study was
taking place? If they were, error rates will have been reduced
significantly - they always are in such short term studies when people
are aware of the study.

Here's the results:

7 errors asked to be corrected by players of which 4 were player error.
50% of players turns have at least one mistake which we correct before
hand.

Part of the reason must surely be that you have not established a
standard e-mail format. In most of my team games now, draft orders are
circulated for mutual checking. We eliminate some of the player errors
before they get to you. But what I notice, is that every chap seems to
use a totally different format! This cannot help.

For your information, this is the method which I use and prefer:
I use the Cut&Paste facility of Adobe Acrobat to paste the entire form
part of the turnsheet. I then delete the _____ lines (as I go) and put
the orders down in the relatively short, one line style which is used in
the "orders given" section. So my orders look like this:

Laurence Tilley (a/c:102456) Game # : 74
Player # : 9
Turn # : 51
Security # : 5578
Return this turnsheet before APRIL 9 1998

Astelle (ID: astel) @ 3426 Emissary
525 InfOthr
810 MovChar 2424

Asvina (ID: asvin) @ 3707 Emissary
215 RfsPers
500 Double Aa-Lethal

Atina (ID: atina) @ 3426 Emissary
215 RfsPers
525 InfOthr

Aythar (ID: aytha) @ 3426 Command Agent
820 MovCmpy 4025
920 ScoPop

Lanthir (ID: lanth) @ 3223 Command Mage
925 Recon
820 MovCmpy 3925

Nelar (ID: nelar) @ 3707 Emissary
215 RfsPers
500 Double Fazgrime

Nimrodel (ID: nimro) @ 3223 Emissary Mage
525 InfOthr
940 CstLoSp 428 7

And so on. This has the advantage of giving the location and the
classes of the characters. I miss off order type, but that's because
I'm confident that I know them by heart. Players whose bizarre formats
I see, often miss off location, classes and/or order code word, all of
which make it much less likely that I will be alerted to possible errors
(both actual, and ones which are errors in terms of desired tactical
outcomes). So I wish everyone would use exactly the same format...
trouble is, I would be reluctant to give up mine!

We processed some 28 games with around 20 players per game with say 15
characters per turn (average). So some 16,800 orders with 3 actual GM
error makes 1/50% (1 in 5000). (Big grin)

That's just over 0.5% of turnsheets then which contain an error. I'm
afraid it does not really match with experience. I'll start keeping my
own count - hey, tell the hamster who inputs my turns, and he'll have it
in mind every time he sees my name. Could be goodbye to errors in MY
turnsheets for ever! :wink:

Regards,

Laurence G. Tilley http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk/

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SAS/ALLSORTS <allsorts@compuserve.com> wrote

#5

Ha, that's jolly, announce it to the list when they make an error eh?
Trouble is, we shall be chortling at you instead, if it turns out to be
YOUR error.

Regards,

Laurence G. Tilley http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk/

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Oystein Tvedten <oysteint@ifi.uio.no> wrote

Cool, now fix the error in my turn I reported to me@harlequin this
afternoon :wink:

#6

>Hi - since taking over the game we have had a few queries and questions
>about error rates and the like so I thought we would do a 2 week study to
>find out what the case was.
Were the people inputting the turns aware that the 2 week study was
taking place? If they were, error rates will have been reduced
significantly - they always are in such short term studies when people
are aware of the study.

Nope - and they won't have bothered. You don't know our lot - :slight_smile: The 50%
error rate for players was a quicky study I guess and in no way rigorous.
:slight_smile: (Good enough for me though).

>

>Here's the results:
>
>7 errors asked to be corrected by players of which 4 were player error.
>50% of players turns have at least one mistake which we correct before
>hand.

Nope generally because players (and I speak as one that make mistakes) rush
their turns often.

Part of the reason must surely be that you have not established a
standard e-mail format.

We have set one - see the example we have sent out to the MEPBM list on many
occasions - suitably modified. I can but send it again if you want... :slight_smile:

For your information, this is the method which I use and prefer:
I use the Cut&Paste facility of Adobe Acrobat to paste the entire form
part of the turnsheet. I then delete the _____ lines (as I go) and put
the orders down in the relatively short, one line style which is used in
the "orders given" section. So my orders look like this:

Good idea.

Laurence Tilley (a/c:102456) Game # : 74
Player # : 9
Turn # : 51
Security # : 5578
Return this turnsheet before APRIL 9 1998

Astelle (ID: astel) @ 3426 Emissary
525 InfOthr
810 MovChar 2424

That's just over 0.5% of turnsheets then which contain an error. I'm
afraid it does not really match with experience. I'll start keeping my
own count - hey, tell the hamster who inputs my turns, and he'll have it
in mind every time he sees my name. Could be goodbye to errors in MY
turnsheets for ever! :wink:

Your format of turn is fine btw
Okay we'll agree to differ - I have not kept as extensive a record as you no
doubt have here... :slight_smile: Just a good ball park figure.

Clint

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Regards,

Laurence G. Tilley http://www.lgtilley.freeserve.co.uk/

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