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Title: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 09:35:18 am
Program Of The Year voting has started over at www.ticalc.org! Head over and check it out!

This year, for the first time ever, there are TI-81 and TI-Nspire surveys going along with the usual TI-83 and 68K ones. Don't forget to vote on their front page!
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Yeong on December 02, 2010, 10:09:58 am
LOL!
I'm voting for Illusiat  :angel:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 02, 2010, 10:40:01 am
Yay! Let's see what I'll vote for
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: ASHBAD_ALVIN on December 02, 2010, 11:18:30 am
I voted republican  

 :crazy:  :hyper: :love: :mad: :crazy: :hyper: :evillaugh: <_< :devil: ._. :angel: :banghead: >B) ^-^ O.O >:D :thumbsup: :'( :thumbsup: :-* :-\ :-X :-[ :P ::) ??? 8) :o :( >:( ;D :D ;) :)

New smileys celebration ^
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: yunhua98 on December 02, 2010, 01:11:29 pm
cool!  new smilies!  er...

I mean, I wanted to vote for Illusiat, but I have to verify my password, but I'm not getting the email.  which is why I made two acounts on ticalc in the first place.   :banghead:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: aeTIos on December 02, 2010, 01:40:53 pm
I dont know how to vote :mad:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: adamac16 on December 02, 2010, 01:49:23 pm
I have never heard of the POTY award.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: aeTIos on December 02, 2010, 01:52:31 pm
Program Of The Year, most ambitious calc award: you get a banner under you screenshot and >9000 downloads of your program (lol)
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Hot_Dog on December 02, 2010, 01:56:24 pm
I'm definitely voting Illusiat.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: ASHBAD_ALVIN on December 02, 2010, 01:56:27 pm
It's doubtful that someone besides Quigibo, calc84maniac, or kerm will win this year in the ti8x field :P

ALSO DJ:  add this smiley, made meself:

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/976/lolgif.gif)

EDIT: should be called :eatthisn00b:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 02:03:44 pm
What has calc84 released?

Also, Benjamin moody stands a decent chance because of mimas.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: ASHBAD_ALVIN on December 02, 2010, 02:05:53 pm
that's true, mimas is pretty great, in fact I'm using it now :D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 02:18:37 pm
You're typing with mimas!

:P
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Happybobjr on December 02, 2010, 03:52:33 pm
Yay! Let's see what I'll vote for

scout,  are we going for it?  I worked out a major bug with the sound.


Note: Feature driven ;)
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 02, 2010, 04:03:31 pm
Yay! Let's see what I'll vote for

scout,  are we going for it?  I worked out a major bug with the sound.
Note: Feature driven ;)

What do you mean?

I'll voe for Illusiat, a good RPG :)

EDIT: hahahahah DJ made it? lol, had no idea he still made games
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 05:16:12 pm
It's doubtful that someone besides Quigibo, calc84maniac, or kerm will win this year in the ti8x field :P

ALSO DJ:  add this smiley, made meself:

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/976/lolgif.gif)

EDIT: should be called :eatthisn00b:

Do you have a transparent version so it shows up well in quotes? If so, could you maybe post a topic with the new emoticon in the suggestions section in case I forget?

I dont know how to vote :mad:
You need to make an account on ticalc.org. The survey is located on the sidebar in the middle somewhere.
Yay! Let's see what I'll vote for

scout,  are we going for it?  I worked out a major bug with the sound.
Note: Feature driven ;)

What do you mean?

I'll voe for Illusiat, a good RPG :)

EDIT: hahahahah DJ made it? lol, had no idea he still made games

Yeah I did, but it was 2 years ago. It just got uploaded 1.5 years later.

I voted for Unity because I am uber amazed at how they managed to make ASM possible on a calc that has no link port. Maybe next year I could attempt an 81 ASM port of Illusiat 81 ;D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 02, 2010, 06:04:27 pm
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(...)It just got uploaded 1.5 years later.

The ticalc staff didn't accept it or you only uploaded 1.5 years later? Eitherway, I could not wait for such a long time :P
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Builderboy on December 02, 2010, 06:08:46 pm
Arg i want to vote but i need to confirm my email and its not sendinggg  :banghead:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 02, 2010, 06:11:36 pm
Arg i want to vote but i need to confirm my email and its not sendinggg  :banghead:

Weird.

I have a problem with ticalc too.

How to create a page for your project and not just the download. Or it needs to be featured?
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Happybobjr on December 02, 2010, 06:48:03 pm
on ti-calc a program is so insignificant unless it is featured.
I say that anything of the sort you post is going to be spam compared to what they want posted.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 07:11:15 pm
Hmm you guys are not the first ones to report e-mail verification issues. You should maybe e-mail them directly, because maybe their verification system broke.

Quote
(...)It just got uploaded 1.5 years later.

The ticalc staff didn't accept it or you only uploaded 1.5 years later? Eitherway, I could not wait for such a long time :P
I only uploaded it 1.5 years later. Here's why:  http://ourl.ca/4804
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Deep Toaster on December 02, 2010, 07:34:20 pm
Arg i want to vote but i need to confirm my email and its not sendinggg  :banghead:

Weird.

I have a problem with ticalc too.

How to create a page for your project and not just the download. Or it needs to be featured?

What do you mean? Every program uploaded to ticalc has its own page. Just click the little page symbol next to the program name.

And that reminds me, I think ticalc should make that link a bit more obvious. No one sees screenshots this way :-\
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: jnesselr on December 02, 2010, 08:59:45 pm
Hmm you guys are not the first ones to report e-mail verification issues. You should maybe e-mail them directly, because maybe their verification system broke.
Nope, voted for Unity, successfully. And I had to re-verify and everything.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 10:05:13 pm
Hmm you guys are not the first ones to report e-mail verification issues. You should maybe e-mail them directly, because maybe their verification system broke.
Nope, voted for Unity, successfully. And I had to re-verify and everything.
Good to hear, I was worried their system broke or something. It would have sucked if only like 4 people could vote. X.x
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 10:07:16 pm
Arg i want to vote but i need to confirm my email and its not sendinggg  :banghead:

Weird.

I have a problem with ticalc too.

How to create a page for your project and not just the download. Or it needs to be featured?

What do you mean? Every program uploaded to ticalc has its own page. Just click the little page symbol next to the program name.

And that reminds me, I think ticalc should make that link a bit more obvious. No one sees screenshots this way :-\

There's a link on the downloads page?  :banghead:

I was doing manual searches to see screenshots...
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 10:09:30 pm
There are no project page system on ticalc.org. You need to upload a demo of the game as a regular file as well as screenshots. The upload form is located at http://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/file_upload.pl?a=1
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Deep Toaster on December 02, 2010, 10:11:25 pm
Arg i want to vote but i need to confirm my email and its not sendinggg  :banghead:

Weird.

I have a problem with ticalc too.

How to create a page for your project and not just the download. Or it needs to be featured?

What do you mean? Every program uploaded to ticalc has its own page. Just click the little page symbol next to the program name.

And that reminds me, I think ticalc should make that link a bit more obvious. No one sees screenshots this way :-\

There's a link on the downloads page?  :banghead:

I was doing manual searches to see screenshots...

Heh. I think a lot of people miss that little icon since most people would take it to just be another label.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 10:12:09 pm
I'll need to make an account before I can view that page. Maybe when I get ready to release the program form of my current project.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 10:13:14 pm
Yeah true. You see a link so you kinda expect it to be a file info page with descriptions or that there may be no file info page, but the small icon finally has them.
I'll need to make an account before I can view that page. Maybe when I get ready to release the program form of my current project.
Yeah you need to create an account. Btw you can also upload in the Omni downloads section but the files have to be games or programming utilities/helpers.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 10:15:08 pm
It's definitely not a programming utility, but game isn't quite the right label. Would a "random time-waster based on addictive simulations with no purpose" count as a game?
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 10:16:26 pm
It depends, is it possible to win and/or lose the game?

EDIT: I actually lost ._.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 10:18:05 pm
Nope. It's a port of this (http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/).

I've actually been meaning to write one for some time, since the improvement schedule on the real one is too slow for my taste.

EDIT: Aaaaahhhhh! Creepy frog face  O.O
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 10:20:43 pm
Oh awesome! I loved that game. I'm not sure if that would be a game but I think it might be fine under puzzle, kinda like game of life. MTV Music Generator for the Playstation 1 was considered as a game, after all, and you couldn't win nor lose. :P
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 02, 2010, 10:23:44 pm
I like it too and I managed to get Darl addicted to it  ;D

I'll post a screenie and a topic once I fix these block errors in my water code. I tried to emulate the real thing as much as possible, even down to the mouse.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 02, 2010, 11:56:01 pm
Cool, I would like to see it in action. :)

How are you gonna handle colors, though? Since you only have 4 shades of gray it will be hard to distinguish everything from each others.

Also Nitro is awesome. :evil:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 03, 2010, 12:01:26 am
Imagination  :P

That's the only real way to do it. I could do dithering or something, but it wouldn't work for individual particles and would looking confusing for liquid mixtures.

And no nitro either. The calc simply isn't powerful enough to handle the potential fields necessary to make explosions in real time. Maybe on the Prizm, but not the Z80.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 03, 2010, 12:03:05 am
Aw no nitro, it's ok, though, it will be awesome nonetheless. :D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 03, 2010, 12:04:53 am
With the current menu layout, I have room for... this is way off topic. I need to make a separate topic for this.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 03, 2010, 12:10:46 am
Indeed you should probably post a new topic in the projects sections ;D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: AngelFish on December 03, 2010, 12:12:41 am
Done.

http://ourl.ca/8142/148457;topicseen#new (http://ourl.ca/8142/148457;topicseen#new)
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 03, 2010, 12:45:10 am
Yay :P

On a side note, this year POTY started early. I remember some years it started around mid-December and results got announced in February. X.x
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 08:56:11 am
Yay :P

On a side note, this year POTY started early. I remember some years it started around mid-December and results got announced in February. X.x

FEBRUARY? That makes it the POTPY!!! (Program of the Previous Year)
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 04, 2010, 05:18:45 pm
Nah, Ticalc.org was just kinda dormant at the time. Ultima V got featured 3 months after it came out, that year, and I remember sometimes they had no news for 3 months and it took over one month to get files processed.

They never got to 1300 files in the pending queue again since 2003, though. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/7/78/78717.html

I think they reached 1371 or 1381, or something...
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 05:20:38 pm
Nah, Ticalc.org was just kinda dormant at the time. Ultima V got featured 3 months after it came out, that year, and I remember sometimes they had no news for 3 months and it took over one month to get files processed.

They never got to 1300 files in the pending queue again since 2003, though. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/7/78/78717.html

I think they reached 1371 or 1381, or something...

That's terrible!!!! I think they need WAY more staff...

Also, I've written 7 reviews and none of them showed up.

(latest one was 1.5 weeks ago, last one was today)
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Builderboy on December 04, 2010, 05:26:42 pm
I haven't seen a review get posted in over half a year unfortunately :(
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 05:28:51 pm
I haven't seen a review get posted in over half a year unfortunately :(

Probably that's because they have no review editor
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: TC01 on December 04, 2010, 05:37:04 pm
I haven't seen a review get posted in over half a year unfortunately :(

Probably that's because they have no review editor

They have one, but he (chronomex/Duncan Smith) is just lazy and/or rather busy.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 05:39:06 pm
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They have one, but he (chronomex/Duncan Smith) is just lazy and/or rather busy.

That's what I meant, they have one but he's probably too busy :S
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Ashbad on December 04, 2010, 05:39:13 pm
or just forgot about the site O.O
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 05:40:19 pm
or just forgot about the site O.O

That sutff happens, but I hope they fix, I'd like my prgorams to be reviewed and also to review others :D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Ashbad on December 04, 2010, 05:41:14 pm
the last updated review was for Graph^3, and I wrote it O.O  months ago
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 04, 2010, 05:42:18 pm
the last updated review was for Graph^3, and I wrote it O.O  months ago


I bet I've had 1000000000 reviews on Racer3D: replay, saying AWESOME things, but they are not published, how bad!!
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 04, 2010, 10:20:56 pm
Nah, Ticalc.org was just kinda dormant at the time. Ultima V got featured 3 months after it came out, that year, and I remember sometimes they had no news for 3 months and it took over one month to get files processed.

They never got to 1300 files in the pending queue again since 2003, though. http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/7/78/78717.html

I think they reached 1371 or 1381, or something...

That's terrible!!!! I think they need WAY more staff...

Also, I've written 7 reviews and none of them showed up.

(latest one was 1.5 weeks ago, last one was today)
They're doing much better now. Back then they would have needed much more active staff. Now they would probably need one, like a co-news editor, because the two current ones are doing a great job, but when they're busy news starts falling behind considerably. 1381 files was a record set in 2003 I think. I never saw the pending queue reach 600 afterward, although it happened quite often. I remember when new files would be approved, the front page had like 200 listed. I wouldn't be surprised if this was why they started losing traffic, too. I'm glad ticalc got their act together 2 years ago and added Nikky and Travis. I hope Duncan/Chronomex starts processing reviews again, though...
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 05, 2010, 02:49:56 pm
Quote
They're doing much better now. Back then they would have needed much more active staff. Now they would probably need one, like a co-news editor, because the two current ones are doing a great job, but when they're busy news starts falling behind considerably. 1381 files was a record set in 2003 I think. I never saw the pending queue reach 600 afterward, although it happened quite often. I remember when new files would be approved, the front page had like 200 listed. I wouldn't be surprised if this was why they started losing traffic, too. I'm glad ticalc got their act together 2 years ago and added Nikky and Travis. I hope Duncan/Chronomex starts processing reviews again, though...

I have a doubt, all featured programs run automatically to POTY?
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 05, 2010, 08:28:07 pm
As soon as a program is posted in a news article there, it gets a green icon besides its name. All programs from December 1st of the previous year until November 30th of the current year are eligible for the current year POTY. They used to feature files even if no news were posted about them, though.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 06, 2010, 07:49:08 am
As soon as a program is posted in a news article there, it gets a green icon besides its name. All programs from December 1st of the previous year until November 30th of the current year are eligible for the current year POTY. They used to feature files even if no news were posted about them, though.

News should be made, like the Exodus, the Ndless 1.7 and Simul.

So, random people visiting the website could just go WOW, gotta download this.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 06, 2010, 12:47:00 pm
Well, the issue back in the days is that ticalc pretty much featured anything, even stuff that were not that feature worthy. In 1999 there were text-based RPGs being featured. Back then, ticalc.org posted news every day, sometimes 3 times a day. If they made news about every single features, their news would have been cluttered fast.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Builderboy on December 06, 2010, 02:07:17 pm
Woot i got my confirmation and voted for illustat! :w00t:
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 06, 2010, 03:32:49 pm
When did you request one? I hope it doesn't take 3-4 days O.O
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Builderboy on December 06, 2010, 04:46:21 pm
It was in my spam  (http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/facepalm.gif) lol i fail
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 06, 2010, 07:07:51 pm
Oh, phew. I remember a site that took days to send me confirmation e-mails.

I also remember when e-mailing ticalc.org it used to send an auto-responder, but not long before they got rid of them, we would get about 10 when e-mailing ticalc.org once. One auto-responder would be sent every day or so.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 07, 2010, 03:46:55 pm
Oh, phew. I remember a site that took days to send me confirmation e-mails.

I also remember when e-mailing ticalc.org it used to send an auto-responder, but not long before they got rid of them, we would get about 10 when e-mailing ticalc.org once. One auto-responder would be sent every day or so.

Probably because people do that. PHP is supposed to do it automatically these days
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 07, 2010, 11:50:02 pm
I'm not even sure if Ticalc.org uses PHP. I think it uses CGI or Perl. Also the backend coding of the site is so ancient you were probably not even born when it was coded.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 09, 2010, 01:48:48 pm
Yay, ti-83+ series POTY Awards!!
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: FinaleTI on December 09, 2010, 03:18:20 pm
I voted Axe.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 09, 2010, 03:19:27 pm
I voted Axe.

So do I, a program that allows us to make more programs. And On-Calc Applications? Sweet.

DoorsCS is a good contestant too :D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: KermMartian on December 09, 2010, 03:21:38 pm
I voted Axe.

So do I, a program that allows us to make more programs. And On-Calc Applications? Sweet.

DoorsCS is a good contestant too :D
Thanks! I think my biases are clear, but I think all the contestants are great projects, and I wish all the authors good luck.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 09, 2010, 03:22:15 pm
I voted Axe.

So do I, a program that allows us to make more programs. And On-Calc Applications? Sweet.

DoorsCS is a good contestant too :D
Thanks! I think my biases are clear, but I think all the contestants are great projects, and I wish all the authors good luck.

I also like The Impossible Game :D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: FinaleTI on December 09, 2010, 03:23:44 pm
Yeah, it was a tough decision and I almost voted for DCS, but Axe won out.
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Builderboy on December 09, 2010, 03:40:39 pm
I voted for Axe as well ^^
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: ztrumpet on December 09, 2010, 05:03:47 pm
To me it wasn't even close, I had to vote for Axe.  If Axe hadn't have been featured, again it wouldn't have been close, as Doors would have won for me.  Beyond that, it would be hard.

As of right now, I hope the votes for the 2011 POTY are all for Exodus.  Let's make it unanimous! ;D
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 09, 2010, 05:04:36 pm
To me it wasn't even close, I had to vote for Axe.  If Axe hadn't have been featured, again it wouldn't have been close, as Doors would have won for me.  Beyond that, it would be hard.

As of right now, I hope the votes for the 2011 POTY are all for Exodus.  Let's make it unanimous! ;D

What about KnightOS? XP
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 09, 2010, 07:03:50 pm
Lol Ztrumpet :P

Also so many good 2010 programs and some great oldies in there. It was a hard choice to make for me between Doors and Axe, but a lot of the other entries were amazing too. Good luck to everyone!
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Deep Toaster on December 09, 2010, 07:09:23 pm
Axe. If not, I'd've voted for Doors, but then a third of the featured programs are made with Axe...
Title: Re: Ticalc.org gets POTY again
Post by: Munchor on December 10, 2010, 10:07:40 am
Axe. If not, I'd've voted for Doors, but then a third of the featured programs are made with Axe...

Just like me!! I think that Axe and Doors together allow me to do ON-CALC programming but Axe is unique and a shell, there are a few and I can always Asm( and download Celtic III and xLib. Since Axe is unique, I'm going for Axe :D