> ty wrote: > > It may be preferrable to be first in the beginners list rather than 10th > in the veterans.
Could be. But with another Lars or Lolly Pop waiting in the wings to claim the prize, first may not be worth playing for each week. I speak from experience :) Dave Hoover wrote: > Perhaps a better way to do it would be through community pressure. <SNIP> > If that is acceptable to Yanick, I think it might help the situation > and prevent the addition of yet another category (newbies) that would end up > with too much disparity. Much better idea than automatic progression! And we set a limit of one beginner prize (unlimited veteran prizes, but only one allowed by using one's *alien* powers). > BTW, here are Perl Golf's three most wanted beginners. According to the LoG > (which does not include TPR(0,3) data), all three have normalized Y-indexes > of -4. > > Zephyr "the snake" McLaughlin > Rafael "el ladrón" Garcia-Suarez > Philippe "le renard" Bricout > > Congrats to Michael Wrenn for promoting himself during TPR(0,3). Thanks, Dave. I promoted myself when I caught myself watching the veteran leaderboard in TPR(0,2) to see where I would stack up. I was unable to keep up this round, but there is always next month. Let people play where they want to with no restrictions (except prizes). Want to be king of a small pond? Play against your neighbors' 5 year old (must be non-alien). But let's keep the overhead down. If newbies can't play with beginners (because they aren't happy to be far behind), maybe we can set up a non-refereed driving range with no prizes and no review (simple test script only). Andrew can post a 5,000 to get things started. Bowling can take place :) Anything goes. Hit a good shot? Go ahead and post your score. Ashamed at your lack of Perl skill (even though you can outshine people in other ways), then use a pseudonym! Let's see... Lolly Pop, pizza milkshake, MeowChow, MtvEurope. Everyone does it! Having fun is the name of the game. Remember we got kicked off the other list for having *too much* fun :) Michael Wrenn (pseudonym)
