The Juggling Edge - New modifiers for the records.

KStruthers - 2014-06-20 22:12:05 UTC #

New modifiers for the records...

Would it be possible to have flat fronts as a modifier for ring and club records?
I'm also wondering about lying on your back and juggling as a modifier?

I don't know if these sort of questions have come up much before as I don't follow the small talk that closely so maybe it's already been discussed, but could there be an option for us to create new modifiers as/when we need them or is it easier for us to just ask here?

Thanks :)
Katie

Mïark - 2014-06-20 22:56:07 UTC - Наверх #

Hi Katie,

You might not see questions in Small Talk as most feature requests are posted in Meta Talk.

I don't know if flats or lying down juggling has been discussed before though.

KStruthers - 2014-06-21 07:51:24 UTC - Наверх #

Aha, I did have a feeling there was somewhere else for this sort of thing but I couldn't find it. Thanks :)

Orinoco - 2014-06-23 17:39:26 UTC - Наверх #

Quick test, nothing to see here.

Rob van Heijst - 2014-06-23 20:33:52 UTC - Наверх #

Allright.

Rob van Heijst - 2014-06-23 20:34:38 UTC - Наверх #

Not *alright :(

Orinoco - 2014-06-21 10:45:13 UTC - Наверх #

Hi Katie. Of course, new modifiers are:

ff - flat fronts
laidup - lying down. I had always thought that the over head modifier would cover this but I think there is a greater limit to mobility while lying down so I guess it is a different trick & worth its own modifier.

There is no place to create your own modifiers at the moment, but it could be done. I'm trying to keep a tight control over this mostly because I want the number of ways of describing a trick to be as limited as possible. One of the main points of the records section is to allow you to compare your records with other people. This breaks down if people are able to describe the same trick in different ways. The precise wording of modifiers also needs to be controlled so that the full description of the trick when combined with all the other modifiers makes sense. The text for tricks is stored across 9 different arrays & without an understanding of the code that manipulates them it is very easy to get it wrong!

For the time being if there is anything that you would like to be added it would be easiest just to let me know, either here (especially if there may be alternative names for a pattern so other people can stick their oar in), on Meta talk or by email.

Congratulations on qualifying 5 rings & flashing 6!

You do know festival organisers aren't supposed to practice right?

KStruthers - 2014-06-23 07:40:12 UTC - Наверх #

Thanks Orinco :)

The lying down thing is because I've been working on that but can't really do overheads stood up yet. Keeping control over the modifiers seems pretty sensible, I see that it wouldn't be a good idea to have duplicate names.