Hi all,
Everyone knows that FM13 is harder than previous issues, but how much of that is in the mind? Well, I thought of an objective measure - the ratio of posts in this forum's "Post Your Frustrations" thread to those in the "Post Your Successes" thread, compared with previous years.
So, going back to FM10, the first year in which these threads appeared:
FM10: 60% as many successes as frustrations
FM11: 60% as many successes as frustrations
FM12: 54% as many successes as frustrations
FM13: 25% as many successes as frustrations
So there you have it - FM13 is not only the hardest ever, it's literally twice as hard as FM12. Proven by science. I was sort of expecting it to have the lowest ratio of successes to frustrations, but I'm honestly surprised at how much the difference was.
I was also surprised that the second-hardest was FM12 - wasn't this meant to be too easy? I skipped that one myself.
Everyone knows that FM13 is harder than previous issues, but how much of that is in the mind? Well, I thought of an objective measure - the ratio of posts in this forum's "Post Your Frustrations" thread to those in the "Post Your Successes" thread, compared with previous years.
So, going back to FM10, the first year in which these threads appeared:
FM10: 60% as many successes as frustrations
FM11: 60% as many successes as frustrations
FM12: 54% as many successes as frustrations
FM13: 25% as many successes as frustrations
So there you have it - FM13 is not only the hardest ever, it's literally twice as hard as FM12. Proven by science. I was sort of expecting it to have the lowest ratio of successes to frustrations, but I'm honestly surprised at how much the difference was.
I was also surprised that the second-hardest was FM12 - wasn't this meant to be too easy? I skipped that one myself.