Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-11 Thread Dave Hoover
Rafael wrote: >Dave Hoover wrote in perl.golf : >> >> 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 >>

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-11 Thread Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Dave Hoover wrote in perl.golf : > > 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" Bri

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-10 Thread Ton Hospel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Red Squirrel: >> 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. > > PGAS sh

RE: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-10 Thread Dave Hoover
Andrew wrote: > PGAS should be designed so that it can take an arbitrary > number of divisions and with arbitrary names. Requests like this give me a mighty twitch o the eyeball. To help my (somewhat fragile) sanity, if you have ideas about changing PGAS, please do not just post something that b

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2002-05-10 Thread Jasper McCrea
damn reply to, meant to reply to list. (apologies Andrew) --- Begin Message --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Red Squirrel: > > Perhaps a better way to do it would be through community pressure. > > I may be one of the few Perl Golfers who has played serious > competitive

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-10 Thread Lars Henrik Mathiesen
> Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 23:21:04 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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 th

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-10 Thread Lars Henrik Mathiesen
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:50:25 +1000 > > PGAS should be designed so that it can take an arbitrary > number of divisions and with arbitrary names. These are > things we will definitely want to change in the future. > > Yet I think the most pressing need is for a "newb

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread Andrew . Savige
En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Peter: > Personally, I'd prohibit people competing in Team mode _and_ > in individual mode for obvious reasons. Yes. Teams should perhaps be kept completely separate. If each player were allowed an extensible set of optional attributes (such as age, country, gender, years

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread Peter BARABAS
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:50:25PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have always hated the terms "Veteran" and "Beginner". > I prefer to have an "Open" division in which *all* players > are listed. On top of that, you can have various categories, > such as: Teams, Countries (I might be in wit

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread Andrew . Savige
En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Red Squirrel: > 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. PGAS should be designed so that it can take an arbitrary number of divisions and w

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread mewrenn
> 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

Re: Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread Andrew . Savige
En op 10 mei 2002 sprak Red Squirrel: > Perhaps a better way to do it would be through community pressure. I may be one of the few Perl Golfers who has played serious competitive real golf also. Here in Sydney, we use the term "sand-bagger" to describe someone who repeatedly performs badly in min

Alternative to newbies category...

2002-05-09 Thread Dave Hoover
ty wrote: > Peter wrote: > > Isn't the possibility of an O'Reilly book sufficient > > motivation for people > > to promote themselves? > > It may be preferrable to be first in the beginners list rather than 10th in > the veterans. > I think automatic progression (of some sort) is a good idea. Per