Forum:Racing Frogs - Best Of

Trippet writes:

So, I started with what I thought was going to be a fabulous idea, and it's fallen flat. I have an Access table with all the patterns, pattern levels, primary and pattern colors. I was filling this table in, thinking it was going to be super useful to the Wiki, but I came to find that my notion that text would post just fine, because it makes for small files, was wrong. It bogged down the site for me and the page hung for 3 minutes before it actually posted (see Froggydex Levels 1 - 4). I have a gaming computer and the cable connection that's hyped up on speed, so I know it's not my hardware or pipelines - it was just the sheer mass of the data I was uploading.

So, great in theory, poo in execution, darnit.

Now, I know there is a spreadsheet for frog values, but it's outdated now that racing has been introduced. I'm looking for ideas on how to populate a list of the speeds and staminas for the breeds so we can compile a comprehensive 'Who's Who' of racers. Thonky has a good start over at thonky.com, but no way in which to contact him / her, and I have no idea how to create anything similar to what they have going on.

I've also noticed that up until about level 9 there's little difference between the frogs as far as advantages go (i.e. Anuras are either 6 / 6, 6 / 7, 7 / 6 or 7 / 7 so it's a matter of who eats the most flies when determining who wins).

Ideas? Suggestions? Comments? I know I've flooded the forums (and about doubled the posts, lol) tonight, but I'm hyper and in the mood to do some geeking out. These moments are fleeting so I'm hoping to get something done before it's passed!

Trippet 02:40, December 3, 2010 (UTC)