by schmittd on Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:43 pm
ok, im relatively new to the forums also. (i jumped in back in about may i think). but the most popular section of the forums is obviously the challenges and games section. there are mainly three types of topics in the challenges and games section:
1. shuffles - shuffles are based on the idea that after you beat a level, you expand it and make it harder. so each shuffle has its own rules but essentially every post of a level consist of a solve of the level and an edit of the level. so after you beat a level in the shuffle, you post your solve. then you copy the url of the level into your address bar and where the url says "levelId=" you change it to "editId=". obviously, this allows you to edit the level. then you save your new level and post it as the edit so that now people are trying to solve the level that you have made (which is really just the same level as before except you changed it)
2. competitions - this is relatively self-explanatory. anyone can host a comp. all comps (should) have rules listed within their post so this shouldnt be too hard to figure out. someone makes some levels, then describes the requirements to win. this can include least pieces, fewest ticks, most ticks, or scoring comps where score is based on badges. if you look at my recent comp in the challenges and games section, A Schmittd Hap Comp!, this should help you understand these types of competitions
3. challenges - this is also pretty self explanatory. the rules of of the challenge is stated in the post and people post their replies to the challenge. pretty simple
if you have any questions, you can PM (private message) me. just click the PM button under my name over there -->