I remember seeing
this presentation on the aD webpage sometime ago.
Does anyone know what came of this?? Maybe we could borrow a few ideas.
Docs on how to get this "reference implementation" as they called it would go a long way to helping us newbie get up to speed with the ACS.
All the great things(games?) have an easy mode (chess, baseball, soccer) and almost anyone can take part. If you are really serious though, you can dig deeper (grandmaster, world cup etc). I think if we all think of the greatest games/tools, you could get involved in a couple of hours. If you were committed, you could eventually be miles ahead of the competition.
Striking this balance between ease of use and power will not even happen overnight, but is where we should be heading.