The Last Poster Wins! [v23]

**Noblejanobii** · 02-01-2019, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Neo Emolga

Cool bits, you rock for hosting that!

Haha thanks! I learned a few things in a statistics class last semester about coding in Excel so fingers crossed it works and I don't have to count everything individually.

Otherwise, Best Female at 39 entries will be the death of me (and best male not too far behind).

**Neo Emolga** · 02-01-2019, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by Noblejanobii

Haha thanks! I learned a few things in a statistics class last semester about coding in Excel so fingers crossed it works and I don't have to count everything individually.

Otherwise, Best Female at 39 entries will be the death of me (and best male not too far behind).

Yep, I used Excel for doing PXFIRE score tallying. Way more accurate and organized. I also used it for building Magic the Gathering EDH Commander decks to calculate number of cards (you can only have up to 100) and the cost for each card (I compared three different sites and logged which had the lowest).

I use it all the time at work, as well. It's just rough to look at for the whole day and do nothing but data analysis, but I'm good at it while these toxicologists and biocompatibility peeps would rather focus on their studies. So I do all the study tracking, accounting/invoice for one of them, and stuff like that. I also manage the toxicology inbox as well and have stayed on top of that.

**Noblejanobii** · 02-01-2019, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by Neo Emolga

Yep, I used Excel for doing PXFIRE score tallying. Way more accurate and organized. I also used it for building Magic the Gathering EDH Commander decks to calculate number of cards (you can only have up to 100) and the cost for each card (I compared three different sites and logged which had the lowest).

I use it all the time at work, as well. It's just rough to look at for the whole day and do nothing but data analysis, but I'm good at it while these toxicologists and biocompatibility peeps would rather focus on their studies. So I do all the study tracking, accounting/invoice for one of them, and stuff like that. I also manage the toxicology inbox as well and have stayed on top of that.

Yeah we technically didn't use Excel in my class but the program we used was very similar so it shouldn't be too hard to apply my knowledge once all the data gets put in. It's probably one of the few things I took away from that class.

I will say one of the pros and cons of being the judge is like seeing it get neck and neck as you're tallying the votes. It's fun to see who comes out on top but it can be disappointing if it's not you. XD I had my eye on two categories and I was so close with one of them, but alas. There's always next year.

**Bulbasaur** · 02-02-2019, 03:42 AM

Excel is super easy but super amazing. I use it all the time for tasks.

And I mean it doesn't really matter who wins. I look at it more for fun then actually hoping to win something.

**Pokemon Trainer Sarah** · 02-02-2019, 03:52 AM

I use excel a lot for work. I really want to learn how to use it properly though and do amazing things like @Desolate Divine can xD It's on my to do list!

**Bulbasaur** · 02-02-2019, 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Sarah

I use excel a lot for work. I really want to learn how to use it properly though and do amazing things like @Desolate Divine can xD It's on my to do list!

It's not too hard; I just usually Google how to do things in it and there's usually a function for it.

**Noblejanobii** · 02-02-2019, 09:14 AM

Yeah this was particularly hard though because most of the usual counting functions don’t work since they’re not numbers. The values were names. But thankfully I managed to find a table that did exactly what I wanted so it’s all good.