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Visual Foos 2005 Update

So the article I wrote for MSDN's Coding4Fun got posted over here and the installation instructions are over here.  This could be the begining of a monthly column.  Now if only I could think up 11 more topics and the motivation to write more than 8 sentances.  I predict that this could increase my readership from 12 to 16 readers.  Speaking of predictions, I made some updates to the foos prediction engine aka The Swami to track prediction accuracy.  Right now its about  90% accurate in predicting the winner, 70% of the time it gets the score within +/- 1, and 50% of the time it gets the score perfect.  It's so good it's almost erie.  I'm thinking of transfering the logic into an NCAA predictor.  It can't be any worse than my current bracket picking skills.  Typically my grandma's brackets out perform mine and I don't think she has watched a college basketball game since she was in college.  Here is a screenshot of the player admin site and the Swami.
Other updates include the Shutout monkey which starts appearing when you're up 5-0.  It's tough to keep the shutout going with the monkey taunting you.

Yes, I probably do have too much free time invested in this game.  I'm also in the process of rewritting the Instant Replay engine to use only DirectX.  Unfortunately DirectX isn't the easiest API to work with.  I found a good start over here though.  I also added All-Time Losing Streak to the stat categories.  Now I'm finally in the Top 5 in a category.  I'll update the code posted here with the changes sometime tonight.
Posted: Mar 13 2006, 02:25 PM by kmarshall | with no comments
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