Evaluation of Maxwells: By Maxwell

It's 50-50 between wanting to start the thread for the content, and wanting to type the subject line.

But here is what it takes, as of this writing, to earn a Maxwell in the primary Mega Milestone categories. Note that I'm listing, in order, the category, how many you need to earn a Maxwell, what place you'd have to attain to earn a Maxwell, the current leader, and how many of that category the leader currently has.

For example, to earn a Maxwell in the number of projects in which you have credit, you would need 82 projects with credits, which would get you 405th place, the leader of which is zombie67, with 164.

Projects: 82 (405th place) [zombie67] {164}
1k's: 80 (248th place) [zombie67] {159}
10k's: 76 (125th place) [zombie67] {151}
25k's: 74 (74th place) [zombie67] {147}
50k's: 71 (56th place) [zombie67] {142}
100k's: 70 (35th place) [zombie67] {139}
250k's: 59 (21st place) [zombie67] {117}
500k's: 51 (17th place) [zombie67] {101}
750k's: 47 (17th place) [zombie67] {93}
1M's: 45 (17th place) [zombie67] {90}
2.5M's: 32 (10th place) [Mumps] {64}
5M's: 24 (9th) [Mumps] {48}
10M's: 22 (6th) [Mumps] {43}
25M's: 12 (6th place) [Mumps] {24}
50M's: 10 (5th place) [Mumps] {19}
100M's: 8 (18th place) [Mumps] {15}
250M's: 5 (20th place) [Ste\/e] {10}
500M's: 4 (7th place) [Beyond / Ste\/e] {7}
1B's: 2 (14th place) [james ying / Robert7NBI / Ste\/e / ThrasherX-17] {4}

So yeah - with the exception of the 1M category (which I know zombie curses), SETI.USA has every category cornered. Boo yah!

I'm going to continue my quest to reach it (the Maxwell) in 100k when it cools down enough outside that I'm not stressing out my struggling A/C. I might reach it (the Maxwell) by next summer.

And this is why I periodically curse zombie67/Mumps/Mr. Hankey. They make these damn Maxwells super hard to come by. The only reason I'm not cursing Ste\/e is that I don't have the firepower to play at that level...

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Originally Posted by trigggl

I'm going to continue my quest to reach it (the Maxwell) in 100k when it cools down enough outside that I'm not stressing out my struggling A/C. I might reach it (the Maxwell) by next summer.

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I hear that. I'm going to be working on the 250k (I'm one away) and 500k (I'm 12 away) levels myself...

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1M's: 42 (13th place) [Ralfy] {84}

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RALFY!!!!!!!

Just updated these numbers for the new year, in case anyone is interested.

Wow, your namesake and you're 3rd loser on the team and 8th loser on Projects. I hope you can do better next year... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Sphynx

Wow, your namesake and you're 3rd loser on the team and 8th loser on Projects. I hope you can do better next year... :rolleyes:

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Careful now... you're talking to the #1 Bozo in the world! =))

Bozo? He was a clown....right?

I have no chance at Maxwell's, so I kind of go after Viao's.

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Originally Posted by Sphynx

Bozo? He was a clown....right?

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He was a clown, best known for getting at least 100M in a project, but less than 101M. =))

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Originally Posted by Maxwell

He was a clown, best known for getting at least 100M in a project, but less than 101M. =))

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Obviously those big feet make pretty good brakes.

Numbers updated for Q2.

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Originally Posted by Maxwell

Numbers updated for Q2.

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Maybe we could set up a new stat called Midwells. That would be 25% of the leader in the categories for those of us mortals that can't get to 50 in 1M,2.5M, etc.

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Originally Posted by trigggl

Maybe we could set up a new stat called Midwells. That would be 25% of the leader in the categories for those of us mortals that can't get to 50 in 1M,2.5M, etc.

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Seriously... they were a lot easier to chase a few years ago...

Updated the first thread with the latest data. New fun facts: zombie67 owns all the top MM spots up to 1M, and Mumps owns them all from 2.5M to 100M. Congrats to both of them!

Hey Maxwell, silly question, but what is a Maxwell? :-? I have looked over the forums and can't find anything about it. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by BlackFox1

Hey Maxwell, silly question, but what is a Maxwell? :-? I have looked over the forums and can't find anything about it. Thanks!

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Hah! Oh yes...

So, a Maxwell applies to the Mega Milestone categories on Free-DC. What a Maxwell assesses is whether you have at least half of the number of the #1 person in a given category. For example, the top person (zombie67) has 139 projects with at least 100k credits. To earn a Maxwell in this category, you would need at least 70 projects (139/2 = 69.5, rounded up).

It's named after me because I knew I could never compete with the top folks, but I though I might be able to get half of what the top folks could earn.