02/02 - Wish You Were Here Saturday

[Cereal Bar]

That's very kind of you, thanks. I just had another one say I was already connected. Perhaps it's best to wait a few minutes after finishing to start another?

I'm honestly not sure why that's the case. This only happens when you have already loaded a game with another partner. Basically, we mark the assignment ID as "used" for your worker ID when both players press "ready to start game". So maybe MTurk is somehow duplicating the assignment IDs? Make sure you're clicking the link from the HIT page itself rather than simply reloading the game page -- I actually realized we have an instruction at the very end saying to reload... I should probably remove it at some point.

 

[Cereal Bar]

Hi @Cereal Bar welcome to the forum. Thanks for joining us.

Hi all!

 

[IndividualRace]

Oh ok, I think you emailed me about this. I'll remember to add your bonus from the high paying game from another game you played (if you submitted other HITs).

Edit: I quoted the wrong thing, but the right person.

 

[Amon]

Has anyone else had luck with that negotiation chat game - requester Katsuhide Fujita? I can catch it and then it sits forever trying to find another player.

Just read and saw it isn't just me. Been not working for awhile now.

I did a good bit of those a while ago, totally not worth it. Never got the bonuses out of it either. Just my two cents, but I would avoid.

 

[ChristopherASA]

I think the problem with the Cereal Bar game is the problem with everything else. I'm not on the East Coast and I don't get up at 5am. Everyone else is quitting, I got here too late.

If I could get up at 5am I would. I'm not kidding. I caught 25 of the CB game and I may get 4 done and none of them are high scoring, the only high scoring one bugged. Can't catch any more.

So............. ya wanna have me call you every morning?!?!?

 

[Concise]

I did a good bit of those a while ago, totally not worth it. Never got the bonuses out of it either. Just my two cents, but I would avoid.

Thanks for feedback. It really chaps my hide, when requesters entice you to do their work with false bonus promises. I just noticed a group of 2 cent hits paid days ago, 10+ cent hit each bonus promised... they didn't bonus. I hear you.

 

[Merovign]

So............. ya wanna have me call you every morning?!?!?

Then I would have to sleep in later because you woke me up while I was sleeping.

There is basically a mountain of reasons why I can't keep that kind of schedule, and it just sucks, that's all. Basically I have poor control of my sleep schedule when I'm on my heart medicine and my heart keeps failing when I'm not, so I get to keep living but I mostly miss prime Turking hours. That's just the way it is

I will occasionally get salty about it, tho.

 

[IndividualRace]

I think the problem with the Cereal Bar game is the problem with everything else. I'm not on the East Coast and I don't get up at 5am. Everyone else is quitting, I got here too late.

If I could get up at 5am I would. I'm not kidding. I caught 25 of the CB game and I may get 4 done and none of them are high scoring, the only high scoring one bugged. Can't catch any more.

I totally get loading your queue with HITs you like/prefer, but I'm not sure if it's advantageous for CB? They take what - 15-20 minutes each if you have a good partner, and it's keeping HITs away from those potential partners. Without loading up at all, I grabbed 7 throughout the day so far (when I'm actually able to focus my full attention).
I'm in Oregon and wake up at 8-8:30, so I totally hear you re: missing the good East coast morning stuff!

 

[Merovign]

I'm honestly not sure why that's the case. This only happens when you have already loaded a game with another partner. Basically, we mark the assignment ID as "used" for your worker ID when both players press "ready to start game". So maybe MTurk is somehow duplicating the assignment IDs? Make sure you're clicking the link from the HIT page itself rather than simply reloading the game page -- I actually realized we have an instruction at the very end saying to reload... I should probably remove it at some point.

Well thanks for your help and for staying on top of problems. Maybe the next round will go better for me.

Hope you got useful results this time!

 

[Cereal Bar]

I'm about to release another batch of Cereal Bar games (I see the current one is quickly running out), and will release a batch of qualifiers (HIT group ID will be 3K3YEJM750EIYDAV0VCB99W6VAZ5WX) probably in about a half an hour.

 

[Merovign]

I totally get loading your queue with HITs you like/prefer, but I'm not sure if it's advantageous for CB? They take what - 15-20 minutes each if you have a good partner, and it's keeping HITs away from those potential partners. Without loading up at all, I grabbed 7.
I'm in Oregon and wake up at 8-8:30, so I totally hear you re: missing the good East coast morning stuff!

Oh I released them as soon as it became clear what the schedule was going to be. I didn't actually grab that many intentionally either, sometimes it grabs things like 1 a minute and sometimes it goes mad.

I'm not trying to hoard them, obviously you need partners so that wouldn't work very well.

 

[Merovign]

I'm about to release another batch of Cereal Bar games (I see the current one is quickly running out), and will release a batch of qualifiers (HIT group ID will be 3K3YEJM750EIYDAV0VCB99W6VAZ5WX) probably in about a half an hour.

Just FYI I submitted one while it was still running because the timer was running out because I wanted the other person to get theirs. I hope that works out for both of us but mostly I didn't want to quit on them because people have done that to me.

Whether or not I get a bonus for that I wanted to make sure they got the most they could.

I hope that works and submitting while the game is running doesn't break anything horribly.

 

[K'Lee]

What exactly are these cereal bar games? I just got here.

 

[lolkatB]

I'm about to release another batch of Cereal Bar games (I see the current one is quickly running out), and will release a batch of qualifiers (HIT group ID will be 3K3YEJM750EIYDAV0VCB99W6VAZ5WX) probably in about a half an hour.

Can we do another qualifier if we did one in december but failed it?

 

[Cereal Bar]

Just FYI I submitted one while it was still running because the timer was running out because I wanted the other person to get theirs. I hope that works out for both of us but mostly I didn't want to quit on them because people have done that to me.

Whether or not I get a bonus for that I wanted to make sure they got the most they could.

I hope that works and submitting while the game is running doesn't break anything horribly.

Submitting a HIT early should not be a problem, especially if you already have an idea of the feedback for your partner.

 

[Cereal Bar]

Can we do another qualifier if we did one in december but failed it?

It depends on how many you have done already (the maximum is three attempts), but if you haven't done too many attempts you can do another! (If you did too many, you will have a qual of 0 for Cereal Bar).

 

[lolkatB]

It depends on how many you have done already (the maximum is three attempts), but if you haven't done too many attempts you can do another! (If you did too many, you will have a qual of 0 for Cereal Bar).

oh great, I can have another go

 

[Katia2019]

oh great, I can have another go

Good luck. Hopefully we can get the qual this time.

 

[K'Lee]

Good luck. Hopefully we can get the qual this time.

Has the qual been posted yet?

 

[Cereal Bar]

Has the qual been posted yet?

I'm waiting until 7pm EST.