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Omnimaga => Site Feedback and Questions => Topic started by: Munchor on November 21, 2010, 03:09:32 pm
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Hey everyone, I'd like to tell you about my idea:
I know about POTY, but I think that we could have something bigger with some more awards.
I would suggeste:
POTY;
Best Game/Program Graphics;
Most helpful programmer in the forum;
Revelation Programmer of the year.
Okay, these are just 4, we could have more but I can only remember this ones.
I think it would be sweet to implement them this year :)
About the judge... Hum... Admnistrators?
Well, please tell me what'ya think!
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Hmm... most helpful member/programmer of the year sounds good. MaxCoderz used to have this. I wonder how we would nominate them, though. A poll with 600+ choice would be tedious to make. D:
POTY is something we considered, though, if Ticalc.org ever got slow again on features. http://ourl.ca/6253
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Yes, here's what I think is best:
A judge of 5 nomitaded by you DJ, chooses 4 persons for each prize and then a poll to decide the winner from each group of 4
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EDIT: 666th post! HOW EVIL
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Ah ok. It would be hard to choose, though. X.x There are just so many good forum contributors.
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I don't like it. I see no point in doing something like this. I really don't like the POTY awards, though, either. The way I see it, a feature is nice, but to say one program is considered better than the others should only be done as a competition. I'm usually a very competitive person, but I see no point if my name is up to be helpful or not. Sure, it might make people more helpful, but at what price? I could become the most helpful person in the world, giving pointless posts just to sound helpful and try and win the award.
Basically, the way I think about it, is that rewarding a great program is one thing, because it is a great program. But when you say one program or person is better/more helpful than another, it causes many repercussions. I think it would be great to win a POTY. But that should not be my goal, and I think that people might make the "helpful award" their goal. Just my two cents, though.
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I don't know. I think it's fun to have some competition sometimes. It's not meant to bash other programs. We all know that when they are featured it means they're extremly notable. POTY just shows the one that was appreciated the most in overall. Notice how no prizes are won anyway.
That said, I'm not as much a fan of the member awards, though, because it will be way too hard to manage. We did it in 2007 ( see http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=6 and http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=7 ) and I feel that people receiving no votes or very few might take it personal. Sure, someone would not mind if he came at 2nd place, but there still remains the issues with the ones at the bottom of the pile.
If we do awards, I think it might be best to stick to programming contests or POTY-like awards. If ticalc.org continues being active and won't keep missing features like in September and October, we won't be doing the POTY, though.
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I like the idea of having best graphics/programs, etc, but poty wouldn't be a good idea if ticalc is doing it - I think we should have more different categories to distinguish the two)
(Sudden ideas: most obfuscated/bizarrely written program (that still functions without bugs) and best plotline (for RPGs).
I think trying to nominate the most helpful person would be a bit complicated to do. With so many forum members, it would be tricky to carry out in a manner that is both fair and won't unduly offend anyone. I think that the respect system we have in place is a good (if rough) indicator as to people who are helpful. Of course, if somebody got a really clever idea and managed to carry this out right, it could be fun.
Not sure what 'revelation programmer' means.
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Well, the only reason we would have a POTY is if Ticalc.org started doing like in late 2006 until late 2008 and quitted featuring almost anything. This seemed to start happening a few times again this year, but now it still seems fine again.
A POTY in Omnimaga would only occur as an alternative to ticalc.org if the ticalc.org one began to decay. It would include games and tools only, though, since Omni is game-related, but it would also include stuff that was unfairly ignored by ticalc.org. In some ways, this competition could maybe convince ticalc.org to get their act together and get more staff to feature stuff if their current staff ever became too busy.
I kinda like the idea of having some sort of award system based on gameplay, graphics, replay value and that stuff, kinda like oscars, though.
As for revelation programmers, I think he means new members who improved considerably over the year.
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The best plotline looks really cool.
Okay, maybe not POTY; we could change its name to "Overall best program"?
We could have Best Platformer, Best RPG, Best Racer, Most dwnladed...
Well, a bunch of them could be made.
DJ, if this is going ahead, I think it should be done quickly :S
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If we do this, I think I'll wait until Jan 1st, else it will be weird if it starts at the very end of this year. Also I may need some help because I am a bit busier now.
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POTYs are nice, but in previous experiences people turn out hatin the winner cuz he beat them all. Also, best contributer is gonna be a popularity contest for sure.
I say we have a competition on its own that determines the year's best award.
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I do not recall seeing people jumping on the winner for winning before.
I think that to reduce such risks or popularity contest risks, we should maybe have some sort of end of the year competition where people submit a link to their game, the rule being that it must have been made before the end of the year, and once submissions closes, we start a poll to determine a winner. The problem, though, would be to detect if an entry for the year after is just a slightly modified version of a previous one.
That said, if nobody can agree with what shall be done and too many people think a POTY/award thing is not a good idea, then we might as well just stick to the ticalc.org, hoping they won't do like from late 2006 to mid 2009. Here I am refering to how it took half a decade for xLIB, Contra and Robot Wars to get featured.
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Not in calc programming DJ, in my C++ experience though.
Well, if the TI community respects the winners, then screw ticalc and let's do an omni POTY, it's plain anyways and they don't have forums.
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I like ticalc.org personally. Their layout must be well done considering they still got lots of visitors until about 2007. Slashdot layout is simple, yet they still get thousands of users online at once. I think just some parts of the site would need a redesign. Examples would be adding download stats to the file list on author profiles, an upload link on every file archive page, defaulting to that location when uploading (in the drop down menu), search engine searching through more stuff and at least one or two new staff to help the current ones on news editing and reviews while there are many files uploaded.
Also, they have forums, but they're so hard to browse that nobody uses them anymore.
http://www.ticalc.org/programming/ideas/
http://www.ticalc.org/programming/upcoming/
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Sorry but I had to rate down that post. I take offense to that because I have made BASIC grayscale games before and spent a lot of time on them. Just because a game is in grayscale doesn't necessarly makes it more bad than a 3D game. If the 3D game offers only one stage and is nearly unplayable because graphics are horrible, people are gonna look for the overall. And saying basic newbies would do that is generalizing. I think you should stop bashing entire group of users because it makes it sounds like you hate basic programmers.
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I meant Axe Grayscale. I don't think axe grayscale really makes the programmer deserve any respect unless they were able to make it haev almost no flicker in game; you're right though -- 3D in BASIC is easier than grayscale, but 3D in ASM is torture, and grayscale is a cinch.
But I get why you did that. Simply not really explaining my view on my part.
BTW post deleted to make sure no one else gets offended from my bad way of explaining.
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Oh I didn,t mean only in grayscale. The basic thing was more that it seemed like a shot at BASIC programmers for worshipping grayscale programs, which is simply untrue. If you said "because some newbies will vote for grayscale stuff even if there are even better 3D stuff around" it might have been better. That said you're right. If the game has grayscale (ASM, BASIC or Axe), if that's all that is good in the game and the rest sucks, it doesn't necessarly means the game good. Same goes with 3D, though, regardless of the language.
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I see what you said there. I agree, I should put my foot in my mouth. I was just lolzing over that wolfenstein 3D review that gave it a 5/10 for not being in grayscale and it was done before grayscale was common on calc games.
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Yeah there just some people who don't use common sense when reviewing calc games. They will bash an entire game if it's too large and prefer snake games to it, or they seem to think it's a Playstation 3. X.x
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omnomnom I will rate the impossible game 1/10 cuz it wan't in 3D and not in 16 color grayscale and it didn't have an epic ARPG plotline and 32 color gray cutscenes with some bluescale included that were 1 min long each and it didn't have 2048 bit sound with 666 channels OMNOMNOM
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That said, I think such thing is more common on Youtube nowadays, but since calc sites get traffic from there too, we can get that kind of people too. Often it's people who never coded before that are so narrow-minded/ignorant about calc work.
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unfortunately you are right.
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omnomnom I will rate the impossible game 1/10 cuz it wan't in 3D and not in 16 color grayscale and it didn't have an epic ARPG plotline and 32 color gray cutscenes with some bluescale included that were 1 min long each and it didn't have 2048 bit sound with 666 channels OMNOMNOM
No! The Impossible Game deserves a 9/10, for sure!
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Oh he was giving an example of how n00bs rate games. He would never rate it that low.
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Oh he was giving an example of how n00bs rate games. He would never rate it that low.
I know I was kiddin' too.
The problem with polls is that...
However, when voting for presidents and prime ministers, some noobs vote too so, there's nothing we can do about it :S
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but programming polls don't have to have those n00bs voting with them, we're controlling at most 200 people, not like 300 million. :P
We can control the voting reqs and stuff and make sure to highly inform the voters.
IF we can do that, then I think omnimaga award(s) would be great.
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but programming polls don't have to have those n00bs voting with them, we're controlling at most 200 people, not like 300 million. :P
We can control the voting reqs and stuff and make sure to highly inform the voters.
IF we can do that, then I think omnimaga award(s) would be great.
It's great you think so, 'cos me too.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to present 'Omnimaga Awards 2010'!" :ahlol:
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I'm sorry for all programmers and programs which are not here, but this is not to harm anybody, just to make a first move in order to start Omnimaga Awards.
Omnimaga Awards
Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-_________
(possible mobiletunes and ndless)
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
Programmer of the year:
-KermmMartin
-Quigibo
-SirCmpwn
-Merth
(Alvin?, Justcause?)
Best School Program:
-___________
-___________
-___________
-___________
Revelation programmer/program of the year:
-Ti-Dks
-__________
-__________
-__________
Best Calculator Game:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman?
-__________
-____________
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Keep in mind I'm the community for 30 days and all this may be very wrong, and I am limiting myself to a month time and not my own experience sometimes, what I read in the forums, so, well... Can you edit this, preferably add, remove anything?
I'm sorry for everyone who might be hurt with this, but I mean no harm.
Now, I think this may be a stupid thing to do, since people can get hurt, but I dont' want so, really
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You know you've been thoroughly (sp?) computerized when large font causes you to physically flinch and wince, lol.
*Michael_Lee winces
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You know you've been thoroughly (sp?) computerized when large font causes you to physically flinch and wince.
*Michael_Lee winces
When I read the thread to see what it looked like, I winced too hahaha
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wow... thats a lot of categories... :o
but yeah, these seem like a good idea. ;)
although maybe not the best program of the year, as the POTY already does that. also, for the best programmer, how about people nominate others, and the ones nominated get put on a poll? just as long as such a thing won't cause hard feelings/grudges. ;)
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wow... thats a lot of categories... :o
but yeah, these seem like a good idea. ;)
although maybe not the best program of the year, as the POTY already does that. also, for the best programmer, how about people nominate others, and the ones nominated get put on a poll? just as long as such a thing won't cause hard feelings/grudges. ;)
I agree, an anonymous poll, because what I want is no bad feelings
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maybe have the people who want to nominate someone PM somebody who will promise not to reveal who nominated who and will not be offended himself and sabotage the list? :P
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maybe have the people who want to nominate someone PM somebody who will promise not to reveal who nominated who and will not be offended himself and sabotage the list? :P
That's a great idea. I could be the PM receiver, if you don't mind. HOWEVER, someone who is the community for a longer time and spends more time online would be a better idea, since people don't trust me yet, I think.
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I don't really have enough time... plus system at school might still be down. :(
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I'm sorry for all programmers and programs which are not here, but this is not to harm anybody, just to make a first move in order to start Omnimaga Awards.
Omnimaga Awards
Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-_________
(possible mobiletunes and ndless)
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
Programmer of the year:
-KermmMartin
-Quigibo
-SirCmpwn
-Merth
(Alvin?, Justcause?)
Best School Program:
-___________
-___________
-___________
-___________
Revelation programmer/program of the year:
-Ti-Dks
-__________
-__________
-__________
Best Calculator Game:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman?
-__________
-____________
-____________
Keep in mind I'm the community for 30 days and all this may be very wrong, and I am limiting myself to a month time and not my own experience sometimes, what I read in the forums, so, well... Can you edit this, preferably add, remove anything?
I'm sorry for everyone who might be hurt with this, but I mean no harm.
Now, I think this may be a stupid thing to do, since people can get hurt, but I dont' want so, really
This is very incomplete. I think someone who's been here longer than both of us should be in charge. And that all programs notable enough should be pre-nominated.
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This is very incomplete. I think someone who's been here longer than both of us should be in charge. And that all programs notable enough should be pre-nominated.
Of Course, I was waiting for a 'senior' to look at this.
The 'School Programs' is quite empty. Maybe I should add Formulum! HAhaha, j/k
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At first I thought there was a spam post ahead but I was wrong. We should use smaller fonts when putting emphasis because it is hard to read on low resolutions.
Anyway, I think if we will do this award, I would encourage people to sometimes check other forums too to see if there might be promising stuff so we can know what might come out soon. Example, I'M particularly interested in that Final Fantasy Magic End remake on Cemetech. It's still not close to completion but I'm keeping an eye on it in case it is very good when it comes out.
I would do it alone, but it can be hard when I am busy or tired. X.x
Basicallty, this could be a group effort.
OR
People could submit feature suggestions to an email all admins can access, like ticalc.org. This is what people often do with ticalc.org. Of course we need to draw a line at which to not feature something, though.
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O.O
At first I thought there was a spam post ahead but I was wrong. We should use smaller fonts when putting emphasis because it is hard to read on low resolutions.
Anyway, I think if we will do this award, I would encourage people to sometimes check other forums too to see if there might be promising stuff so we can know what might come out soon. Example, I'M particularly interested in that Final Fantasy Magic End remake on Cemetech. It's still not close to completion but I'm keeping an eye on it in case it is very good when it comes out.
I would do it alone, but it can be hard when I am busy or tired. X.x
This would be an all-time-consuming-activity
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the school Programs' is quite empty. Maybe I should add Formulum! HAhaha, j/k
...why not? it's an excellent school program. Go for it, man :)
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if we have a "best programmer" award, we should have a best assembly programmer, best axe programmer and best basic programmer, because it's unfair to say an assembly programmer is better than a BASIC programmer because of game speed.
anyway, if we're nominating, here are my three for each:
asm:
Kerm
Calc84
Iambian
axe:
Runer
Sir Cmpwn
Quigibo
//they're all so equally good i don't know if i could pick just one...
Basic:
Builderboy
Eeems
Ztrumpet
i tried not to nominate the same person for two categories. for example, i'd probably nominate Sir in both Axe/ASM, but i like to give other people a chance.
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the school Programs' is quite empty. Maybe I should add Formulum! HAhaha, j/k
...why not? it's an excellent school program. Go for it, man :)
Yes, of course. When I update it again it will be an excellent, 4 pages with formulas and figures of the solids, but I need courage for it.
However, I was wondering about KnightOS, it will be released 1January, so we could never put it in here lol
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If we can nominate yourself...
asm:
Kerm
Calc84
Sircmpwn
axe:
Builderboy
nemo
ASHBAD_ALVIN
Basic:
Builderboy
Eeems
Raylin
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if we have a "best programmer" award, we should have a best assembly programmer, best axe programmer and best basic programmer, because it's unfair to say an assembly programmer is better than a BASIC programmer because of game speed.
anyway, if we're nominating, here are my three for each:
asm:
Kerm
Calc84
Iambian
axe:
Runer
Sir Cmpwn
Quigibo
//they're all so equally good i don't know if i could pick just one...
Basic:
Builderboy
Eems
Ztrumpet
i tried not to nominate the same person for two categories. for example, i'd probably nominate Sir in both Axe/ASM, but i like to give other people a chance.
hmm... SirCmpwn would go in ASM for me, but I would vote Quigibo for Axe, since he made, also, Eeems is misspelled. XD
but I actually thought no categories?
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wait it's Eeems not Eems?! they both sound the same... thanks for pointing that out though lol
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if we have a "best programmer" award, we should have a best assembly programmer, best axe programmer and best basic programmer, because it's unfair to say an assembly programmer is better than a BASIC programmer because of game speed.
anyway, if we're nominating, here are my three for each:
asm:
Kerm
Calc84
Iambian
axe:
Runer
Sir Cmpwn
Quigibo
//they're all so equally good i don't know if i could pick just one...
Basic:
Builderboy
Eems
Ztrumpet
i tried not to nominate the same person for two categories. for example, i'd probably nominate Sir in both Axe/ASM, but i like to give other people a chance.
This looks very fair to me, shall I update the list?
Yes, we can nominate ourselves, I think it's good.
For example, I would kinda like to nominate myself for revelation programmer, since I'm here for 30 days and have a few projects on hands right now, but I decided not to, because I don't know about who came during the rest of the year
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update with my list too please, I put more than just me in my nominations.
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btw, how bout one nomination in each category for each person? else the poll will be too big. :P
so don't nominate people already nominated, cause thats a waste of a nomination. since we don't count nominations, justs votes. ;)
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Omnimaga Awards
Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-_________
(possible mobiletunes and ndless)
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-_________
-___________
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
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for game of the year, also add in simul, exodus, and pyyrix.
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What about Hybrid? Games like Reuben Quest series :P
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for game of the year, also add in simul, exodus, and pyyrix.
seconded, but what do you mean by revelation?
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are there any more new ones this year? if so, I agree, add some of those hybrids in.
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if its finished in time: Nostalgia Origins. ;)
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for game of the year, also add in simul, exodus, and pyyrix.
seconded, but what do you mean by revelation?
I think he means some program that made you shit your pants when you saw it in action. methinks.
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That said, I get worried that if we start adding BASIC, ASM and Axe categories, it's gonna get messy when we also add Nspire C, Nspire ASM, 68K, Prizm, etc. X.x
By revelation he means a new member who joins the forum, most people think he's a newbie but he eventually wow us with amazing stuff.
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Omnimaga Awards
Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-_________
(possible mobiletunes and ndless)
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-Pyrixx Adventures
-Simul
-Exodus
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
Revelation is the person which is new and most surprises, I think Ti-DKS was not known around these parts, came here and we all went wow with Metroid graphics. In Oscars there is the revelation actor, usually young actors which are new and expected to be very good in a few years
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That said, I get worried that if we start adding BASIC, ASM and Axe categories, it's gonna get messy when we also add Nspire C, Nspire ASM, 68K, Prizm, etc. X.x
By revelation he means a new member who joins the forum, most people think he's a newbie but he eventually wow us with amazing stuff.
that's why I suggessted no categories. ;)
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Pyyrix's MOST EXCELLENT adventure ;)
and yeah it think it could possibly be messy, but that way we can see >9000 different awards handed out, which would be exciting :D
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Pyyrix's MOST EXCELLENT adventure ;)
and yeah it think it could possibly be messy, but that way we can see >9000 different awards handed out, which would be exciting :D
The chances of me getting one would be huge!
DJ, you're right at some point, but I think Asm(, Axe and TI_Basic, are, by far, the most used. C is used by few since few have ndless :S
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how about adding an on-calc Utilities section, which don't include axe or shells, so that really helpful utilities, overlooked because of the grandeur of Axe or DCS, will gain recognition? for example, Runer112 made a brilliant sprite editor when axe was at version 2.5 or so, but probably won't be nominated because it's old.
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yeah, seconded. I mean, shells ALWAYS seem to dominate. Why can't other utility programs get a chance for once?
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how about adding an on-calc Utilities section, which don't include axe or shells, so that really helpful utilities, overlooked because of the grandeur of Axe or DCS, will gain recognition? for example, Runer112 made a brilliant sprite editor when axe was at version 2.5 or so, but probably won't be nominated because it's old.
<2010 shouldn't be here, actually, is it that old?
Also, version 2.5, version 0.25 right?
On-Calc utilities like Mimas and Sprite Editors?
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also, take me out of Axe and put Runer in. there's no way i could let myself be nominated for an award while someone who is so much better than me isn't.
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0.2.5, actually, and as Axe was started in 2010, yeah, it was 2010. ;)
EDIT: was Axe started in 2010? just checking, but then again, Quigibo joined in Jan. this year.
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yeah, like that scout :) I nominate Mimas, and nemo's 4 level grayscale 8x8 sprite editor
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here's a competition:
Axe
DoorsCS7
Mimas
Ndless
they're all targeted at different groups it'll be interesting to see which one people think is best.
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Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-_________
(possible mobiletunes and ndless)
// This could be removed due to ticalc's POTY
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
On-Calculator Development Best Program:
-Mimas
-(nemo's 4 level grayscale 8x8 sprite editor) name?
-_________
-_________
// I don't think we can find two more :S
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
//One more
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
// One more
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
//One more
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-Pyrixx Adventures
-Simul
-Exodus
// 4 already, agree with these?
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
// 3 more
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shoot...
I'm afraid I'll have to go with Axe since I don't have an Nspire and I'm not that good with ASM and I on;y use DCS for the shell, currently
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Also, which Ndless, shall we wait for an Ndless 1.7?
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there already is one, right?
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there already is one, right?
Yes, Ndless as a global
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What does Revelation Programmer mean?
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What does Revelation Programmer mean?
The programmer which is new in community, usually just a few months, and is very good at what he does. Let's say, the best newbie?
For example, TI-Dks, arrived one day posted awesome epic GIFs a week after, so that's why I nominated him
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Kay, that makes sense.
And for BASIC, is that Pure BASIC or Pure and Hybrid BASIC?
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Kay, that makes sense.
And for BASIC, is that Pure BASIC or Pure and Hybrid BASIC?
I have no idea what the difference is, didn't even knew there were too, so I await a response from someone who is more acknowledged than I am, sorry.
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0.2.5, actually, and as Axe was started in 2010, yeah, it was 2010. ;)
EDIT: was Axe started in 2010? just checking, but then again, Quigibo joined in Jan. this year.
It started around then, but he announced it on Feb 1st.Kay, that makes sense.
And for BASIC, is that Pure BASIC or Pure and Hybrid BASIC?
I have no idea what the difference is, didn't even knew there were too, so I await a response from someone who is more acknowledged than I am, sorry.
Hybrid is when your BASIC program is assisted by tools like xLIB, CODEX, XCOPY or other ASM library to do stuff that BASIC alone cannot achieve. Pure BASIC is when your program source code contains no single line of ASM/Axe. It can contain weird tokens and lowercases, but no actual asm executables.
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Heh, I have to say that I read this thread with much amusement.
It appears that half the active programmers are going to be nominated, lol chuckle-softly out loud.
[random_thought]Does anybody actually laugh out loud during the moments that prompted them to add 'lol'? Because I usually just grin or kind of chuckle to myself in lieu of actual laughter.[/random_thought]
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Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Mimas 0.3
-Ndless
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
On-Calculator Development Best Program:
-Mimas
-(nemo's 4 level grayscale 8x8 sprite editor) name?
-squidgetx sprite editor
-_________
// I don't think we can find two more :S
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
//One more
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
// One more
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
//One more
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-Pyrixx Adventures
-Simul
-Exodus
//5 already, agree with these?
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
// 3 more
Updated list, HOWEVER, Dj said this could not be done this year, so hum... shall we stop? I don't know :S
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If it ends up being done this year, I nominate Quigibo for the asm category. He, umm, created Axe Parser.
Also, I don't think I should be nominated for any awards. I have a lot of in-progress projects, but what have I actually released?
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If it ends up being done this year, I nominate Quigibo for the asm category. He, umm, created Axe Parser.
Also, I don't think I should be nominated for any awards. I have a lot of in-progress projects, but what have I actually released?
I can't answer that, since I'm here for a month. However, I'd like to know what you released this year.
Another thing, shall we base nominations on releases? For example, Hot Dog could be in the Asm Programmer of the Year, agree? However, he is famous for a tutorial, not a program release, I think.
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For some reasons now this looks more like a member awards than a calc release award, but I guess we could always have both.
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For some reasons now this looks more like a member awards than a calc release award, but I guess we could always have both.
What would be a calc release award without members?
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If it ends up being done this year, I nominate Quigibo for the asm category. He, umm, created Axe Parser.
Also, I don't think I should be nominated for any awards. I have a lot of in-progress projects, but what have I actually released?
WFRNG OS?
but as for axe, nominate runer.
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yeah, seconded. an I'm sure we can have like 8 things for each category running, but give out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards. Also other ideas:
Ideal member
Ideal newbie member
Most helpful member
most annoying Troller/spambot
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yeah, seconded. an I'm sure we can have like 8 things for each category running, but give out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards. Also other ideas:
Ideal member
Ideal newbie member
Most helpful member
most annoying Troller/spambot
I don't like these, but I know you kiddin' :P
Now, the new list:
Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Ndless
// Mobile Tunes VS OmniCalc?
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
// Shall we shut this category, or anyone has anything else to add?
On-Calculator Development Best Program:
-Mimas 0.3
-(nemo's 4 level grayscale 8x8 sprite editor) name?
-squidgetx sprite editor
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
//One more!!
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
-Runer112
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
//One more
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-Pyrixx Adventures
-Simul
-Exodus
//List Finished, agree?
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
-ScoutDavid
// 2 more, agree?
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hot dog as another asm programmer of the year, and btw I was kidding on the last one, not the first three. I was thinking we could take the awards lightly with no meaning, but then people would be on their best behavior to win them (so then they get more popular and stuff and feel happy)
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Best Calculator Program:
-Doors CS7
-Axe 0.4.5
-Ndless
// Mobile Tunes VS OmniCalc?
PC Calculator Development Best Program:
-SourceCoder 2.5
-Tokens
-___________
-___________
// Shall we shut this category, or anyone has anything else to add?
On-Calculator Development Best Program:
-Mimas 0.3
-(nemo's 4 level grayscale 8x8 sprite editor) name?
-squidgetx sprite editor
Asm Programmer of the year:
-Kerm
-Calc84
-Sircmpwn
-Hot Dog
Axe Programmer of the year:
-Builderboy
-nemo
-ASHBAD_ALVIN
-Runer112
Basic Programmer of the Year:
-Builderboy
-Eeems
-Raylin
//One more
Game of the Year:
-The Impossible Game
-Jumpman
-Pyrixx Adventures
-Simul
-Exodus
Revelation Programmer/Program of the Year:
-Ti-DKS
-ScoutDavid
// 2 more, agree?
So, Bold are to finish and underlined are finished.
HotDog for sure!
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For some reasons now this looks more like a member awards than a calc release award, but I guess we could always have both.
What would be a calc release award without members?
Well, I mean that initially, we were supposed to have awards for calc releases, not for individual community members. I mean we were supposed to have categories like this:
Best TI-83+ series program
Best TI-68K series program
Best TI-Nspire program
Best pure-TI-BASIC program
Your idea sounds nice, but we should try to not have too many categories either, else people will get tired of voting after a while.
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What about BrandonW as additional Asm programmer? His knowledge is amazing, isn't it?
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Yeah I definitively think he should be there if there are member awards.
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Best TI-83+ series program
Best TI-68K series program
Best TI-Nspire program
Best pure-TI-BASIC program
I totally agree with this. But NSpire, we include ndless and ti.os?
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TI-Nspire OS would fall under pure TI-BASIC as a whole. To be honest, though, with OS 2.1 BASIC, I doubt any Nspire BASIC game will ever get featured. They would need actual graphics (even if just ASCII art) to be eligible.
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I added a poll, I needed to know what people think of this :S
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Voted 2, basically like how ticalc.org is setup.
And if there's a year where suddently there are TI-86 programs coming out, for example, or Casio Prizm stuff, then we can add those for that year, like ticalc.org does.
Also what do we do about the computer category? There are generally fewer utilties coming out every year and sometimes it's one linux and one Windows program. Such survey generally ends up into a Windows vs Linux survey rather than about the programs, because Linux users can't try the Windows program or vice-versa.
Also, remember: Omnimaga is game and programming oriented: such award would only be for programming tools, linking softwares, sprite tools, shells/kernels, OSes, games and packs of routines. If we do a math/science/misc category, it would be all calc models merged in one poll.
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Second is winnng: 5 to 1, how good!
Now, DJ if we nominate everyone until 10th December do you think we could be given a chance??? Please???
Or only next year?
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Next year, unless a staff volunteers for this year. I think it needs a bit more planning regardless, though, because we would need to add new site sections for that and I already have other stuff to add on the site too such as a page for cage matches.
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Next year, unless a staff volunteers for this year. I think it needs a bit more planning regardless, though, because we would need to add new site sections for that and I already have other stuff to add on the site too such as a page for cage matches.
:O Those sound like good arguments!
I guess you're right
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Second is winning 6-4. I like the second option, but with no computer poll, I had to choose the 3rd.
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I seriously want numbar 3
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Ticalc got poty again, if they have many categories, this would be useless I think :( Also, DJ wants this to be made by Staff. Anyone interested? Maybe I'll hire Staff real quick and then do this j/k
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Yeah they did but the reason why I planned to start #2 in the first place was because ticalc.org started to either ignore great programs like Mobiletunes, Tokens or Exodus or be very slow in news posting, like in 2006-07, and are heading in the wrong direction if the trend continues. Since this lasted for a while I decided to start planning an alternative. Of course they would continue the POTY, but still remains the fact a bunch of programs would be unfairly ignored.
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Yeah they did but the reason why I planned to start #2 in the first place was because ticalc.org started to either ignore great programs like Mobiletunes, Tokens or Exodus or be very slow in news posting, like in 2006-07, and are heading in the wrong direction if the trend continues. Since this lasted for a while I decided to start planning an alternative. Of course they would continue the POTY, but still remains the fact a bunch of programs would be unfairly ignored.
Exodus was featured today :D
Tokens is a great program, but I wonder why it is not featured, it's really good.
Mobiletunes is AWESOME!!
Anyways, any idea when new categories will be announced?
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I don,t know yet. If I am less busy after christmas I might announce them, but otherwise I might be hiring a news editor/file archiver prior starting this, to lower my task on Omnimaga.
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I could help with new and file archiving/testing, but I'm not sure if I'm completely qualified, otherwise I would totally help.
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I don,t know yet. If I am less busy after christmas I might announce them, but otherwise I might be hiring a news editor/file archiver prior starting this, to lower my task on Omnimaga.
I know a forum where there is a founder (admin) like you. There are three more admins which have the exact same powers than he has, except for deleting the entire forum (others can do this by FTP access though).
Despite of this, he does all the work, not that the other admins don't like to work, they do, but it's like something nobody can't control in forums. The founder will always do more stuff.
You can help this by setting each person to a set task, for example.
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^ good idea dude
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^ good idea dude
DJ should have less work, he's too stressed, I can hear him breathing 10000*100000 times per second in portugal
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>9000 times actually :(
Dj, you do need less stress...
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I don,t know yet. If I am less busy after christmas I might announce them, but otherwise I might be hiring a news editor/file archiver prior starting this, to lower my task on Omnimaga.
I know a forum where there is a founder (admin) like you. There are three more admins which have the exact same powers than he has, except for deleting the entire forum (others can do this by FTP access though).
Despite of this, he does all the work, not that the other admins don't like to work, they do, but it's like something nobody can't control in forums. The founder will always do more stuff.
You can help this by setting each person to a set task, for example.
Well, the reason why I do a lot more stuff is because unlike all other admins and staff, I am out of school. I have a full time job but it's 30-ish hours a week most of the time and no homework or school projects. While I work 20 more hours than everyone else, I save about 40 hours I would spend on school otherwise. As a result, I have a considerably higher amount of time to work on stuff and post. Hot_Dog, Ztrumpet and Eeems usually do a lot of admin stuff as well, and some staff edit/move topics, but they're all busy with school, now, leaving them no time to admin. As a result, I am left with the bulk of the work and now I am busier in general with work so I am more tired, feeling less like working on stuff (or even posting, sometimes).
This is why in the future I might set some tasks for some staff and/or admins.
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Well, the reason why I do a lot more stuff is because unlike all other admins and staff, I am out of school. I have a full time job but it's 30-ish hours a week most of the time and no homework or school projects. While I work 20 more hours than everyone else, I save about 40 hours I would spend on school otherwise. As a result, I have a considerably higher amount of time to work on stuff and post. Hot_Dog, Ztrumpet and Eeems usually do a lot of admin stuff as well, and some staff edit/move topics, but they're all busy with school, now, leaving them no time to admin. As a result, I am left with the bulk of the work and now I am busier in general with work so I am more tired, feeling less like working on stuff (or even posting, sometimes).
This is why in the future I might set some tasks for some staff and/or admins.
Hum, that explains everything (in the other forum too!!!!).
I'm sorry for you DJ :S
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No problem. Question, though (off-topic): Why do you use CODE instead of QUOTE? ???
EDIT: Nvm, fixed. I just noticed it the other day on another post, which I edited.
Also, I admit that I feel more tired than I did in the previous years because of the real life events that happened over one year ago. I am still recovering from them as those were a lot of stress.
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No problem. Question, though (off-topic): Why do you use CODE instead of QUOTE? ???
that is pretty weird...
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No problem. Question, though (off-topic): Why do you use CODE instead of QUOTE? ???
EDIT: Nvm, fixed. I just noticed it the other day on another post, which I edited.
Also, I admit that I feel more tired than I did in the previous years because of the real life events that happened over one year ago. I am still recovering from them as those were a lot of stress.
Stress (0) ... often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps (1) ... different names. These days we regard stress (2) ... a necessary evil of modern living. Yet stress is not negative and without (3) ... we would not enjoy some of the highpoints in life (4) ... as the anticipation before a date or the tension leading (5) ... to an important match. All these situations produce stress but (6) ... you can control it and not the other way (7) ... you will feel stimulated, not worn (8) ... Unlike these situations, which are generally positive and easier to deal with, sitting in a train (9) ... is late, (10) ... stuck in a traffic jam, working to a tight deadline are (11) ... harder to manage and control. Stress is now recognised as a medical problem and as a signficant factor (12) ... causing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and a high cholesterol count. Patients are often unwilling to admit to stress problems (13) ... they feel they are a form of social failure and it is important that symptoms (14) ... identified in order to avoid unnecessary suffering. So what should we be looking out for as danger signals? Common signs of stress are increased tiredness, irritability and (15) ... inability to cope with certain situations.
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dictionary definition?
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dictionary definition?
Nopes, I'm studying english:
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/ocltst3.htm (http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/tests/ocltst3.htm)
Making an exercise about Stress and he mentioned text, well it was the perfect timing
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I don't really get the purpose of the post, though. I guess it might be best to stay on topic, then X.x
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I don't really get the purpose of the post, though. I guess it might be best to stay on topic, then X.x
Back on topic:
DJ, do you think there could be 2011 Omnimaga Awards?
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I think we really should have them, EVENTUALLY, but maybe in 2011 like you said because by then many people will start deving for the prizm WHICH WiLl NoT Be CoVeReD By TiCaLc In A MiLlIoN YeArS!1!1!
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I think we really should have them, EVENTUALLY, but maybe in 2011 like you said because by then many people will start deving for the prizm WHICH WiLl NoT Be CoVeReD By TiCaLc In A MiLlIoN YeArS!1!1!
ticalc TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CALCULATORS
prizm is non-Texas, dude.
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I think we really should have them, EVENTUALLY, but maybe in 2011 like you said because by then many people will start deving for the prizm WHICH WiLl NoT Be CoVeReD By TiCaLc In A MiLlIoN YeArS!1!1!
ticalc TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CALCULATORS
prizm is non-Texas, dude.
Yes. That's what he said.
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so, ticalc will eventually die in a few years unless TI can get their act together. but, I'm sure casiocalc.org will still be inferior to us, we ARE a true powerhouse for coding (same with cemetech)
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I think we really should have them, EVENTUALLY, but maybe in 2011 like you said because by then many people will start deving for the prizm WHICH WiLl NoT Be CoVeReD By TiCaLc In A MiLlIoN YeArS!1!1!
ticalc TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CALCULATORS
prizm is non-Texas, dude.
Being non-Texas doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. Omnimaga awards could be for both TI and Casio. That was a bit rude IMHO, too.so, ticalc will eventually die in a few years unless TI can get their act together. but, I'm sure casiocalc.org will still be inferior to us, we ARE a true powerhouse for coding (same with cemetech)
It depends, maybe they'll eventually expand to Casio stuff or the Prizm, but personally I doubt TI calculators will get less popular anytime soon, unless TI discontinues the z80 and 68k lines and blocks every possible way to have Ndless on the Nspire.
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Then, i think Omnimaga should have a Casio-Forum.
I could program CASIO if had an emulator :D