Jean-Pierre Vidal wrote: > I like Yanick's "Zen approach", supported by Peter.
So do I. Jean-Pierre Vidal wrote: > The "Beginners'Leaderboard" helped me to go on stage unashamed, > and this is its part (do you think so, Andrew ?). I was shocked at how successful the Beginner's Leaderboard was. I did not have one in Santa's game and stole the idea from Ton. I honestly was not thinking about being people being ashamed. I just wanted to stimulate competition and excitement for the average golfer who had no realistic chance of beating Eugene. It worked wonderfully in this game because Peter Makholm, Jason Parker and Stephen Turner staged an epic duel right up to the final minutes (Jason unluckily posting a winning bid 20 minutes too late). That happened by chance, however, and you cannot expect such excitement in every game. You might even have a third "novice" section to generate some excitement for the golfer who is both a Perl beginner and a programmer beginner. You will notice that Peter, Jason and Stephen are all accomplished programmers and very bright too (one has written a scheme interpreter, and at least one of them has a PhD). It is very hard for a beginner programmer to compete with them. /-\ndrew
