Techical Information (How It Works)

[Mobbs]

I wrote a simple QBasic game some years ago, whereby I enter team lists for a bunch of clubs, turn it into a league, and play a season.

The whole thing is based on random numbers. Therefore, anybody can play well or bad, anybody can win or lose, and all these roles can reverse themselves.

Some notes :
* Teams are of twenty players, a bench of two, that was the AFL system when I first wrote the game.

* The game isn't perfect. Sometimes a full forward ends up with 3.3 from his four kicks for the day! Please keep an open mind. The results always match total player scores, that's ok. It's just the player stats that can sometimes be a little skewiff.

* The game plays footy matches ENTIRELY AT RANDOM, eg, when a player kicks a ball to a teammate, its about 50% his teammate gets possession, 30% his opposition gets it, and 20% ball spills free (these aren't the exact ratios but its sort of like that). It's more complicated than that BUT IT IS SIMPLE.

* To have a shot at goal, a player must be a forward, half-forward, centre-liner or follower. But fear not, defenders or benchwarmers, because :

* The game randomly initiates positional changes, both between players on the ground, and between the ground and the bench.

* The STARTING LINEUP is always the same unless teams advise me of a change to the STARTING LINEUP.

Technical questions will be answered on this board.


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[Richmondfan#1]

I was wondering what a QBasic is??
Can you download it??

 

[Mobbs]

It's a simple programming language that buggers up halfway through football matches

 

[GoEagles]

I'm sure I had QBasic on my Old PC - we had games like 'Nibbles' and 'Gorilla' - does this ring any bells with anyone?

 

[TheGlove]

Yeah I used to play Gorilla when I got really bored at work. Was a way basic game but was enjoyable. Had to catch bananas. Hhmmmm... Sounds like the perfect game for Darren Jarmen.

TheGlove

 

[Mobbs]

Since the inception of the Sweet F.A. I had updated the game to write a text file of the commentary. That's the Play by Play report that I post now on this board.

I've just altered to include a score update after each score, and at each quarter's end. Previously, I'd manually typed in the quarter time scores.

I also found one error in my original explanation (top of this thread).

The starting lineup is not always exactly what it seems. There is sometimes a random switch of the full-forward with any other player before the game starts. I remember now that I added this just so that players who always start down the backline can sometimes get a run up forward. If the player performs well in his temporary position, then it may be worth the team selection committee considering a lineup change.

Some people have asked how it works, and stated that the info in this thread doesn't explain enough. Please post more specific questions here and I will attempt to answer them.

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[SpecialBruce]

Originally posted by GoEagles:
I'm sure I had QBasic on my Old PC - we had games like 'Nibbles' and 'Gorilla' - does this ring any bells with anyone?

I had those 2 games aswell. When I was bored I played gorilla.



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[Mobbs]

There is now a section listed on the Sweet F.A. website dedicated to Frequently Asked Questions about how the whole thing works.

You can visit this page directly via http://www.lexicon.net/POTOC/SweetFAFAQ.html

Please keep the questions coming (if you still have any). The answers will be placed on the website now, as well as in this thread.

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