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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html>
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<head>
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<title>About scoring</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="ctf.css" type="text/css">
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<meta charset="utf-8">
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>About scoring</h1>
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<p>
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The contest is made up of multiple categories. Each category is
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worth one point toward the total score; the percentage of the
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total points held by your team is the percentage of one point your
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team has for that category. The team that has 30% of the points
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in each of five categories has 1.5 points, whereas the team that
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has 80% of the points in only one category has 0.8 points. It is
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typically better to have a few points in many categories, than
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many points in a few categories.
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</p>
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<p>
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There are two main ways to make points: <em>puzzles</em>
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and <em>tokens</em>. Your contest may have other ways to make
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points: these will either be automatic, or explained elsewhere.
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</p>
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<h2>Puzzles</h2>
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<p>
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Many of the categories are in the form of
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multiple <em>puzzles</em>: for each puzzle presented, a
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case-sensitive answer must be found to recieve the amount of
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points that puzzle is worth. Any team may answer any puzzle
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question at any time. A new puzzle is revealed when a team
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correctly answers the highest-valued puzzle in that category.
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</p>
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<h2>Tokens</h2>
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<p>
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Tokens are strings redeemable once for a single point each. A
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token for the "example" category might look like this:
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</p>
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<pre>example:xenon-codex</pre>
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<p>
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Tokens are typically associated with "live" categories, such as a
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network-based service or a treasure hunt. Tokens can be submitted
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with the form on the <a href="index.html">welcome page</a>, or you
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can write your own script to automate token submission.
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</p>
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<p>
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Some tokens change periodically, typically once a minute. If you
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find a token, it's worth looking in the same place again later to
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see if the token changes.
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</p>
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<h2>Reading the scoreboard</h2>
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<p>
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The <a href="scoreboard.html">scoreboard</a> shows total score on
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the left, and scores within each category. If you have a smaller
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or more novice team, you may wish to ignore total rankings and
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strive to do well within only a few categories.
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</p>
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<p>
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If your browser supports the HTML5 canvas (Firefox, Safari,
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Chrome, Opera, iPhone, Android) and JavaScript, the scoreboard
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will also have a graph of scores over time. Additionally,
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JavaScript-enabled browsers will highlight all point blocks
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belonging to a team, and a team's line on the graph, when the
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mouse cursor is over a point block.
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</p>
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<h2>About time</h2>
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<p>
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Many Capture The Flag contests attempt to reward teams who answer
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quickly with more points, by adding a "quick answer" bonus or
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decaying point values over time. Our contest doesn't work this
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way.
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</p>
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<p>
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We believe that given enough things to work on, quick-moving teams
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will emerge with more points by answering more questions; while
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providing novice teams a realistic picture of how they're doing.
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In addition, when the game infrastructure goes down—which seems to
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happen a lot in anybody's CTF—there's no losing points while the
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organizers struggle to get things back up.
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</p>
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</body>
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</html>
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