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High-Tech Foosball Mod Project

JakeBullet writes: "Project: Take a standard foosball table and make it a little bit smarter. 1. The table should be aware of who's playing, the score and the status of the game. 2. Take the data from the game and use it to create a stats engine and player ranking system. 3. Project all relevant information about gameplay onto a flat screen. 4. Spend under $50.

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  1. Re:Step 5 by mackstann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "better"? what's better than having a little fun? don't be so damn serious.

  2. Re:Step 5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Couldn't you find something better to do than posting on Slashdot?

  3. Re:Spinning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haha, yeah, second post, fifth post, its all the same right!

  4. Re:Foosball ranking system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I found a way to post the sourcecode.
    Here's how to unpack it.
    1. Cut & Paste the following stuff into a file
    2. Remove all spaces (inserted by slashcode)
    3. mimedecode it: mmencode -u > file.tar.bz2
    4. unpack it: bzcat file.tar.bz2 | tar xpvf -

    Let me know if you get it to run. The ranking system is in "rank.cgi".

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  5. Foosball?! by nmg196 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the fsck is "foosball"?!

    It's Fußball, Fussball or Football surely - but not foosball! It comes from the German word.

    Nick...

  6. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Foosball tables mod YOU.

  7. Re:You forgot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    U SCK V MCH
    PLZ DIE
    K THX BYE.

  8. Teh Foosball?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Teh Foosball is teh Debil!!!!