Program used for ipod contest?

Grant · 12-13-2006, 01:57 PM

hey could anyone let me know what program is being used, or any similar type of program that randomly draws names. Ive been looking for something similar for an upcomming beer pong tournament. Thanks to anyone who can help in advance...

Rhian · 12-13-2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Grant

hey could anyone let me know what program is being used, or any similar type of program that randomly draws names. Ive been looking for something similar for an upcomming beer pong tournament. Thanks to anyone who can help in advance...

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TheGrundle · 12-13-2006, 02:11 PM

its probably and application that chemda's brother wrote specifically for the contest

send me details about what you want and i might be able to write something for you

gumby013 · 12-13-2006, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGrundle

its probably and application that chemda's brother wrote specifically for the contest

Correct.

klang · 12-13-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGrundle

its probably and application that chemda's brother wrote specifically for the contest

something along the lines of:

Put all contestants in a list, select random entry between beginning and end of list, show selected entry on the screen.

Not really that complicated to cook up.

Grant · 12-14-2006, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGrundle

its probably and application that chemda's brother wrote specifically for the contest

send me details about what you want and i might be able to write something for you

basically what i was looking for is a way to randomly take a group of lets say around 20 and put them into a number of groups of 2. The ol fashioned names out of a hat could work but if there was a program around I could dl I would use that.

elmacgato · 12-14-2006, 01:28 PM

<?php /* this is a php code that will work... just change the names in the names array */ ?>

<table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3">
<?php $names=array( "Creepy Guy",
"Lucy Nutzenbals",
"Chemda",
"Jane_Doe",
"hellokittygrrl",
"klang",
"buckawheat",
"Keith",
"rellek",
"djchickenstrip",
"ryanknapper",
"benvh",
"MichaelG",
"Sexy_Potatoe_with_an_E",
"Canuck",
"Coconut",
"The Godfather",
"stjoe",
"Wrathchild",
"matt B" );

shuffle($names);
$c=count($names);
for ($i=0; $i<$c; $i++)
{ ?>

<tr>
<td><?php echo $names[$i]; ?></td>
<td><?php $i++; ?>Vs.</td>
<td><?php echo $names[$i]; ?>;</td>
</tr>
<?
}
?>
</table>

Mr. Moon · 12-14-2006, 05:52 PM

elmacgato's solution will work, but only once. If people tried to visit the page to see the lineup then they'd get a new pairing each time. Best thing would be to use that script to get the order, and insert those in a mysql table. Then on a seperate webpage extract and display the values. If this is too complicated then copy down the table displayed in gato's code and manually construct a table in HTML.

Grant · 12-15-2006, 04:05 PM

wow, well thanks for all the replies. My basic computer skills stop me from going through with any of these suggestions but thanks for all of the replies anyway. Hey fuck it the ol name in a hat routine always worked before who am I trying to kid by making things look more professional lol.

lucky · 12-15-2006, 04:27 PM

I think its part of myspaces contest thingy.

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elmacgato Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: @ home. Posts: 59	<?php /* this is a php code that will work... just change the names in the names array */ ?> <table border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3"> <?php $names=array( "Creepy Guy", "Lucy Nutzenbals", "Chemda", "Jane_Doe", "hellokittygrrl", "klang", "buckawheat", "Keith", "rellek", "djchickenstrip", "ryanknapper", "benvh", "MichaelG", "Sexy_Potatoe_with_an_E", "Canuck", "Coconut", "The Godfather", "stjoe", "Wrathchild", "matt B" ); shuffle($names); $c=count($names); for ($i=0; $i<$c; $i++) { ?> <tr> <td><?php echo $names[$i]; ?></td> <td><?php $i++; ?>Vs.</td> <td><?php echo $names[$i]; ?>;</td> </tr> <? } ?> </table>
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Mr. Moon Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 81	elmacgato's solution will work, but only once. If people tried to visit the page to see the lineup then they'd get a new pairing each time. Best thing would be to use that script to get the order, and insert those in a mysql table. Then on a seperate webpage extract and display the values. If this is too complicated then copy down the table displayed in gato's code and manually construct a table in HTML.
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Grant Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 29	wow, well thanks for all the replies. My basic computer skills stop me from going through with any of these suggestions but thanks for all of the replies anyway. Hey fuck it the ol name in a hat routine always worked before who am I trying to kid by making things look more professional lol.
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lucky Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 90	I think its part of myspaces contest thingy.
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