Alright SYTYCD-FDLers, here’s what I’ve got for you. Right now it’s very basic. By clicking on a username you get the person’s picks compared to the actual show’s placings next to them. 99% of the work has just been math and plugging in everyone’s picks. I haven’t really spent any time on the look of this. But I have some plans for including more information like bonus totals, leader board, etc. I also want to link to all of your twitter streams from here.

Oh and please, please, PLEASE, double check your picks. It’s totally possible that I mistyped something. Rather than going over it a bunch of times, I figured everyone could lend a hand by listing any discrepancies they see with their own. You can just post it here as a comment. I’ll compare them to the email you sent me and make the changes right away.

For those who decided to start following others in the game, I just want to note that I had @sorano916 linked incorrectly in my last post.

Right now @LN84 is in the lead (She’s the only one to receive a 3 point bonus for guessing Paris in the pre-game challenge). She’s followed up close behind by @raelee and @BabsiS. I know @thayerf is totally pacing himself…

…cause at this point… it’s anyone’s game.

This post will remain in my POPULAR category in the sidebar so you can all revisit it easily.

Not the Holy Scripture… but rather holy ActionScripting! Good Lord, I had no idea what I was getting myself into with this math. I’ve been staring at the computer for hours trying to figure out the code that’ll make this sucker work. Math math math math math. But I finally got it.

I’m no longer in my office, but I think I can remember a small piece of it… check this out:

function lame(g) {
y = 0
score1 = 0
for (w=1, w<8; w++) {
s = "b";
y = y + 1;
if (eval("win"+w+s) == eval("p"+g+"_"+s+y) {
score 1 = score1 + 11;
} else {
for (x=1; x<12; x++) {
if (eval("win"+w+s) == eval("p"+g+"_"+s+x) {
if (x < w) {
a = w;
b = x;
} else {
b = w;
a = x
}
score1 - score1 + (10 - (a - b));
}
}

So You Think You Can Code? Mmm… it’s mostly delusion. *sigh*

Anyway, I’m not sure if I’m gonna have this baby up by the results show tonight, but if I do, I have to warn you that it’s not gonna look very pretty. Just the basics: each of our picks and our current score. Once I’ve nailed down the backbone, I’ll spend my free time putting in the bells and whistles.

Oh, and something occurred to me while I was working on this… what happens if there’s a tie? What happens if there’s multiple ties??! @seangunn has assured me it’s very unlikely, but I’m gonna be safe anyway (we’re in a recession after all).

So what I’ve decided is to use the tweet bonuses for such a situation. In the event of a tie, it’ll be broken by comparing the number of bonuses accumulated by the tying players. So it makes the bonuses a little more important than for just upping your score.

And to be clear, they’re available for us to nab every episode. Even if you’re happy with the pick you have for that week, you can still tweet the same two contestants you think are going home… if you’re right, you get the full 11 points as well as the half point bonus.

So, yeah……….

…….. does my voice sound strange to you? It sounds kind of staticky… digital. Oh right, you can’t actually hear my voice. Well, it does… hmm.

(Whoa, I just noticed that my Zemantha plugin has suggested some tags for this posts… I’m assuming based on the biblical nature of the first few sentences… Good Lord, Religious text, Army National Guard, American Military University, Sports, and Sarah Palin… which to pick, which to pick).

I’m actually listing this in reverse order from the way I had you all do it… just for the suspense element. So peep this!

11.) Jonathan, Asuka
10.) Vitolio, Karla
9.) Ade, Janette
8.) Brandon, Mellissa
7.) Max, Ashley
6.) Jason, Randi
5.) Kopono, Jeannie
4.) Caitlin
3.) Phillip
2.) Evan
1.) KAYLA

And here are our players:

@johncabrera (that’s me)
@sorano916
@LN84
@MusicQueen87
@passingprozac
@GMMR
@melissathomson
@mytakeontv
@raelee
@Reneemarie26
@missgiggly
@Chia_Wombat
@seangunn
@BabsiS
@chadrullman (3rd guy in this competition)
@Vanalam
@MandyKerr
@glitterbubbles
@kelseroo
@jennhoney
@reladams
@shadoukat
@xina
@caermile
@jasmined
@Caryl_not_Carly
@thayerf (4th guy)
@RealBadRobot
@eirinn22

So clearly, johncabrera.com’s SYTYCD-FDL… a great place to meet girls. Yessss!!!

I’ve had a bunch of folks email me for the links to last week’s episode, so I’ve decided it would be easier to just embed them in a post.

Here are the 10 dances from last week in the order they performed. Both dancers in team 5 were eliminated, and I’ve marked the two other teams that were put in the bottom 3… just for more info.

Continue Reading »