an idea for the forum.

[ninogenio]

now this might be a crapy idea but i thought of it so i thought i would share

i was thinking it might be cool to have some leagues ie beginer amuter and advanced that resembled football leagues then we could have home and away code offs between members.

who ever is the home coder gets to set the challenge ie make a fractall each in half an hour then when the admins come on they can judge whos routine is faster/cleaner and award three points to the winner then at the end of a season the first second and third places of each league gets an award karma and post boost.

we could have these code offs on certan days ie sundays and if some one doesnt turn up they fourfit if both people dont show its a draw.

just an idea that i thought might be fun what do other people think?

[slinks]

interesting proposal, but how could you judge the 'code a fractall in half an hour' part? It doesn't seem possibile. The leagues may be a good idea though, I guess it depends on how it would be implimented and treated.

[Shockwave]

Thanks for your suggestion Nino. At the moment, everyone seems to have dissapeared into the aether, I'm flummoxed by this, though traditionally things do quieten down at this time of year, there's quiet and there's dead.

It's great that you have a positive suggestion like this. Gives me a little bit of hope that the board will pick up again and you're probably right, a code challenge would help.

I like the idea of setting a challenge on the day and giving a certain amount of time to code it. I'm not too sure about how the leagues would work but it's something that we can work with.

To go slightly OT here, when I look at the logs of the board, I can see the IP's of guests who visit the board, the odd thing is that the traffic is still there and a lot of the membership is lurking and not logged into the forum, I was concerned at first that there might have been a technical problem with the board.

This forum is here for everyone, if there is some issue that's stopping people logging in, I'd really appreciate it if someone would tell me what's going on.

Anyway Nino, your idea is good and we can definately do something with it I appreciate the feedback.

[rain_storm]

Do winners get bragging rights?

[taj]

Thanks for your suggestion Nino. At the moment, everyone seems to have dissapeared into the aether, I'm flummoxed by this, though traditionally things do quieten down at this time of year, there's quiet and there's dead.

Two factors:
1. II compo
2. Arcade...add up the hours in arcade and divide by the time it takes to make a post and...well ok thats bollocks but you get where I'm going shockie. I think arcade has fundamentally altered the nature of this board.

[taj]

Nino,

I dont think its a crappy idea at all. I wonder how many people are like me though and couldnt commit to it. I dont know when I can fit in coding...wife,baby,realife(TM) plus other projects so I cant necessarily make a certain time.

[.:] Druid [:.]

Two factors:
1. II compo
2. Arcade...add up the hours in arcade and divide by the time it takes to make a post and...well ok thats bollocks but you get where I'm going shockie. I think arcade has fundamentally altered the nature of this board.

i'm not guilty!

More seriously, if the issue is linked to II, i'll reconsider the contest thingie on II, I'm not willing to make any shadow here

[Shockwave]

No Druid, it's not the II comp, even though it's really nice of you to say. I have enjoyed making my entry for it, there will be others who are enjoying it too. Indeed after Christmas a decision was taken to lay off the competitions for about a month to let everyone get adjusted into the new year.

Taj probably has the right answer when he says that the arcade has changed the nature of the board.. I don't think I'd want to remove the arcade because everyone likes it, maybe the novelty will wear off in the coming months

[Paul]

  ,I just want to show my support and I think the compo idea is really good.

[taj]

Just to be clear I wasnt criticising the compo or this boards support of it. I do however know how many people here are working, sorry having fun,  hard on it :-) which helps explain a lack of posts for sure.

Taj

[Rbz]

More seriously, if the issue is linked to II, i'll reconsider the contest thingie on II, I'm not willing to make any shadow here

Noooooo please

I'm having fun coding my entrie for II