#168182 - 2006-09-21 06:36 PM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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Gargoyle
MM club member
Registered: 2004-03-09
Posts: 1597
Loc: Valley of the Sun (Arizona, US...
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It should be set up as contest to see the best solution to a problem.
For example there recently was the one submitted by Tony72 http://www.kixtart.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=167996&an=0&page=0#167996, that would be a great way for those of us that are not guru's to come up with differing solutions and then the guru's judge as to the best offered solution and provide critique as to the methods used, and what works and what does not.
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#168187 - 2006-09-21 09:21 PM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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Lonkero
KiX Master Guru
Registered: 2001-06-05
Posts: 22346
Loc: OK
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here's a task...
create a script that will scan the board user tables and from all those who have over 1000 posts, return the username of the one, who's closest to nice value.
nice value is a even thousand or a value where all numbers are same. 
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#168194 - 2006-09-22 02:26 AM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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Benny69
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Registered: 2003-10-29
Posts: 1036
Loc: Lincoln, Ne
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Doc,
I think this is a great KiXtart starter challenge, the knowledge gained from the ability to read/write to the registry is important and very useful to the novice/master scripter.
Gargoyle,
I agree blocked documentation of the process as it proceeds thru the script is key to the ability of the scripter to follow along as well as making it easier to go back to the script at a later date and decipher what you did.
Edited by benny69 (2006-09-22 02:30 AM)
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#168195 - 2006-09-22 04:12 AM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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NTDOC
Administrator
Registered: 2000-07-28
Posts: 11624
Loc: CA
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This was posted by "therob" in the Mini-Golf thread so I deleted it and I'm posting his comments here.
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ok this is more microgolf ;-). Nah, dont get me wrong, thanks for taking my suggestion serious. But what i had in mind was something that average scripters can play and starters can learn from.
So, the challenge could be to write a script about a realworld task, (or maybe more motivating: to write a script to find a solution to a riddle).  The focus wouldnt be as much on the script length, but on the best way to implement that task (short, proper written) so one could learn about the different possible ways to implement a task.
edit: ops, this should be in the other thread. sorry.
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#168198 - 2006-09-22 07:44 AM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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Björn
Korg Regular
Registered: 2005-12-07
Posts: 953
Loc: Stockholm, Sweden.
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Doc, Jochen, Sealeopard - Yes - perhaps the 'golfing' should be removed - and yes doc, your 'task' you linked to is really in the terms my mindset was asking for right now.
Therob - Sorry to have stolen your idea and that it somewhat came out easier then what your plan was - but I know there's a lot of us out here that need to bump our common knowledge about these things - and like doc said - (or, think he said ) the task can become more.. challenging.
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#168199 - 2006-09-22 07:55 AM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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Björn
Korg Regular
Registered: 2005-12-07
Posts: 953
Loc: Stockholm, Sweden.
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Your Golf isn't really perhaps 'complicated' in the way to find a solution - but, for unexperienced users, kixing it can prove very uneasy. Like the last one, I knew how to move the marbles, but no idea how to make it scriptable at all, no matter the language 
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#168200 - 2006-09-23 03:08 AM
Re: OT (off)/ OT (on) : Golfing / Minigolf
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therob
Starting to like KiXtart
Registered: 2005-05-19
Posts: 150
Loc: Frankfurt/M., Germany
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Quote:
Therob - Sorry to have stolen your idea and that it somewhat came out easier then what your plan was - but I know there's a lot of us out here that need to bump our common knowledge about these things - and like doc said - (or, think he said ) the task can become more.. challenging.
Ideas are free. I'm perfectly fine if there are "microgolf" challenges for starters (also).
I just came up with the idea because i saw that kixgolfing is a fun way to train your scripting capabilities, but the original kixgolf was just for them who dream about UDFs at night. (no offense, its just over my head )
And i thought there might be a lot of people out there -like me- who have some scripting experince, who are able to come up with a solution for most of the every day tasks, but know that most of the time there are better, simpler, faster -whatever- ways of doing that.
So i would be nice if it would go this direction. I do realize that its not that easy to come up with a minigolf game like that, but hey, that would be the challenge for the mods.
Nah, i try to think about something a little bit more concrete myself and suggest it then...
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