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Post Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:51 pm

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

Depending on when the competition is, it seems to me that shorter deadlines for entry tend to be better so that it's not forgotten about. I mean in the sense of about 2 weeks compared to 1 month. Granted that around the holidays, people tend to be far busier, so longer deadlines make more sense now than in January.
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Post Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:21 am

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

well the middle ground then?

around 3 weeks or between >14 days and <30 days
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Post Sat Dec 19, 2015 2:09 am

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Hmm - that's a good point. Two weeks seemed too short for the Hoon Competition, but a month does seem a lot longer. I'll give myself some more time to prepare while I think it over.
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Post Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:13 am

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

Okay, at the moment I'm thinking that the info I'll give for each demographic in the image will be:
  • Weights for each of the 9 scored non-price criteria.
  • Mileage multipliers (higher for commuter cars, lower for sports cars).
  • Number of customers per car entered & (in parentheses) number of customers assuming 40 entries.
  • Sticker prices affordable to 95% and 25% of customers in demographic.
I figure the 95% number will let you know how cheap to make a cheap car, the 25% number will tell you when a car is pretty much too expensive to consider, and the width of the interval will give you an idea of how many customers you lose by bumping up the price. The spreadsheet has 95%, 75%, 50%, and 25%, but that seems like a lot of numbers to put on the chart.
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Post Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:33 am

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

Okay, I think I'm ready to go live ... would anyone be willing to look over my draft ruleset to see if I missed anything? Reply here or PM, I'll send it to you.
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Post Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:05 pm

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

Posting the competition thread shortly. Meanwhile, here's a table of all* the information on the nine market demographics in hand-formatted ASCII text:

* Not actually all.
  Code:
    Demographic |  Commuter      City        Family      Sport       Luxury     Offroad     Utility    Muscle/Super    Track
===============================================================================================================================
Customers/Entry |    84,000      48,000      16,000      14,000       12,000      10,000       8,000        6,000       2,000
   (40 Entries) |(3,360,000) (1,920,000)   (640,000)   (560,000)    (480,000)   (400,000)   (320,000)    (240,000)    (80,000)
----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     95% Budget | $8,081.24   $6,419.15   $7,729.16  $11,373.38   $22,879.21   $8,081.24   $6,934.73   $11,366.06  $10,511.96
     25% Budget |$22,292.21  $17,707.33  $25,025.79  $48,096.36  $102,060.37  $22,292.21  $20,178.92  $101,517.47  $35,903.16
----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Drivability | $4,200.00   $4,600.00   $4,300.00   $8,500.00    $8,000.00   $4,000.00   $4,000.00    $4,500.00   $3,800.00
     Sportiness |   $500.00     $500.00     $500.00  $10,000.00    $3,700.00     $250.00     $250.00    $7,900.00  $10,000.00
        Comfort | $3,600.00   $1,700.00   $3,300.00   $5,000.00    $9,700.00   $3,200.00   $3,300.00    $3,200.00     $800.00
       Prestige | $1,300.00   $1,000.00   $1,200.00   $3,600.00   $10,000.00   $2,800.00   $2,800.00    $9,500.00   $1,100.00
         Safety | $3,700.00   $2,100.00   $3,800.00   $5,300.00    $7,000.00   $2,000.00   $2,700.00    $5,300.00     $900.00
        Utility |   $500.00     $500.00     $500.00     $250.00      $500.00   $1,500.00   $4,500.00      $250.00     $250.00
   Practicality | $2,000.00   $3,200.00   $3,700.00     $350.00      $800.00   $1,300.00   $2,500.00    $2,000.00     $250.00
        Offroad |   $500.00     $500.00     $500.00     $250.00      $500.00   $5,500.00   $1,000.00      $500.00     $250.00
    Reliability | $2,000.00     $900.00   $1,800.00     $250.00    $1,000.00   $3,700.00   $3,000.00      $500.00   $1,300.00
----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Mileage |    150%        100%        100%         50%         100%        100%        100%          50%         25%
   Idiosyncrasy |   $550.00     $450.00     $600.00   $1,000.00    $1,250.00     $750.00     $700.00    $1,000.00     $550.00
===============================================================================================================================
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Post Tue Dec 29, 2015 7:46 pm

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

what does mileage and idiosyncrasy means here?

nvm i just read your competition thread.
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Post Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:12 am

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

No problem. (There's also a more technical explanation in the OP, if you love math.)
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Post Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:18 am

Re: Planning my first Car Tycoon Challenge

which i dont. i tolerate them...
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