Hi all,

With all this free time I\’ve done some quick and fun analysis of the numbers from cush2011! To start with, here\’s a histogram of how many teams attempted each item:

There were 412 items attempted out of a possible 500 (82%), and 329 items had maximum points awarded to at least one team.

The following items were not attempted by anyone:

The most popular items (attempted by 8 teams) were:

338 points were awarded for superlative entries, out of a total of 4288.5, for 8% of all points going to superlatives.

Here\’s a chart of the number of items attempted by each team:

And to finish off, here\’s the money shot: the scores of each team over the two days!

Hope you enjoyed these stats!

We\’re now back in the Union (well, we\’ve been back a little while judging some of yesterday\’s digital submissions, to our delight and amusement) and are all ready to receive your efforts for day two!

If you haven\’t checked the tumblr, it\’s got a load of great stuff on it now – see the sidebar link. Equally, if you haven\’t been checking the twitter you\’ve been missing out on some fun special items! You should check that. We had a secret meeting at midnight where a mysterious stranger from the past even turned up and donated items to one team!

See you all soon!

Hey everyone, we\’ve been getting loads and loads of great stuff, check out the Twitter or Tumblr for what we\’ve uploaded so far:

http://cush2011.tumblr.com/
Tweets by cush2011

It\’s out! Below and on the sidebar. Only a little late!

cush2011_list

We\’re actually only going to be open until 9pm, not 10pm! Just so you know.

We\’re nearly set to start! Here\’s how things should unfold:

Wednesday:

9.00 a.m.: We\’ll be outside Great St Mary\’s with printed copies of the list for anyone who turns up with any kind of cape (open to interpretation!). It might be worth your while getting a paper copy!

10.00 a.m.: The list goes up online. We\’ll post it here and it\’ll go on the sidebar.

10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.: We\’ll be in the Union\’s Mountbatten room (there will be signs from the street), sitting tight and waiting to be brought your excellent items.

Thursday:

9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.: We\’ll be in the Union\’s Mountbatten room for the second day to be wowed and delighted by your finds.

9.00 p.m.: Doors close. If you\’re in the room by 9, we\’ll judge your stuff, but not if you\’re late!

approx. 9.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.: Results! Depending on how long final judging takes, we\’ll publish the results on the blog, twitter etc as soon as possible and tell anyone who\’s stuck around in person. Hint hint, the bar\’s next door!

Some stuff to bear in mind:

• Completing any whole section of the list will net a 20% bonus on that section\’s points
• You should bring stuff as often as you can! Leaving it all until the end makes for busy busy rooms and bored judges!
• Points on the list are the approximate maximum for that item — great attempts will get the maximum points, merely mediocre will still get some points. Going above and beyond the call of duty is likely to net you bonus points.
• Be sure to check the Twitter feed (@cush2011)! Who knows what we\’ll post?
• Unless you ask us not to, we\’ll probably post your exciting/entertaining photos and videos, and may photograph items and post them too. They\’ll end up on the website or Twitter.
• We\’ll have computers with us, so please bring digital items on USB sticks if you can!
• Any questions, email or tweet us

See you all tomorrow morning and best of luck!

If you can\’t find a team to go scavenging with, don\’t worry – drop us an email and say so, and we\’ll put you in an exciting team of people in a similar situation!