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Black Box

A device, system or object which can be viewed solely in terms of its input, output and transfer characteristics without any knowledge of its internal workings. -Wikipedia

Competition Rules

In this competition, you have access to a black box extension; you have actions, conditions, and expressions, but you do not know what they do. It is your goal to figure out what they do.
How does one do this? By using problem solving skills and logic. You can design interfaces within MMF2 to allow quick input and output, for example. It is easier to check input and output by using an edit box rather than manually entering it into MMF2 code and running your application for each input.
How you figure the extension out is up to you. Solving as many functions as you can before the deadline is the challenge. Whoever has the most points at the end is the winner.
There is of course no way to regulate "cheating," but it would be to your advantage not to let your competitors in on secrets if you would like to win.
I, Eliyahu, am the sole judge of this competition. I will disqualify you if it is necessary, but I can't see this happening, so let's keep it fair and friendly, all in good fun.

The Extension

You may download the extension HERE.
There are 5 actions, 20 conditions, and 30 expressions.
Your application will not need to be compiled for the extension to work.

Scoring

You may see the scoring guidelines HERE.
I, Eliyahu, will be the judge in determining your score. I will take my time to do it right, so there will be no recounting. Feel free to question my scoring, it'll take a lot for me to change it, though.

Hints

A function's point value hints at its difficulty.
Some functions work together.
Expressions 1 through 10 are in f(x)=________ form.
A lot of functions are math based, but not all.

Prizes

ClickTeam has donated a copy of the SWF Exporter for Multimedia Fusion 2 to go to the first place winner. If you already have this, please compete anyway, you can talk to Jeff about switching the prize, if you win.
More prizes may come ;)

Submitting Your Entry

You can either email me your entry or send it through private message on the ClickTeam forums to user Eliyahu.