On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:51:56PM -0400, Stephen Trigg wrote:
> How about only publishing scores to people once they've submitted?
>
> The high scores could be dicouraging people from submitting. When you have a
> monster 130 and the current top is 34, it all gets a bit depressing. Perhaps
> why there are so many one-time contributors.
>
> By giving people their ranking after submission, you still get the
> competition (you can resubmit later with a better score), but more people
> might get involved.
There's a fail in there: the public that doesn't participate
but still want to witness the event will never have a chance to
see anything before the event if over. This is Not Good(tm).
> Public shame and ridicule is good for the soul.
Might I suggest that for the next tournament,
when an entry is submitted, if it's above a certain
score, a .wav file of the laughter of the bully kid
from the Simpsons ("aw AH!") is to be played.
As a bonus, any entries by Ton, Rick, Eugene or
the other dudes from the Golf partheon should trigger
the scream of that shower girl in Psycho.
Heck, we could even mix this with the all-new
SMS services. Picture this: it's 3 am. Your head hurts,
and 6 hours of continuous golfing only managed to shave
two strokes from your solution. Exhausted, you submit
your entry. Five minutes later, your cell phone rings.
You flip it open and
"aw AH! You suck! *click*"
Wouldn't that be grand?
(yes, it's a rethorical question; don't feel forced to answer)
Joy,
`/anick
--
My fear is greater than my faith but I walk the missionary way.
- Suede, Tori Amos
