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Got this in the review stack and though it was pretty borderline. The question asks about a basic implementation of applying an acceleration based on a key press. Here's the answer:

you need to make the acceleration happens over time (per game tick) gradually.

you need to time the acceleration in such that every N seconds, it make your character moves faster until a limit is reached.

your while statement make it happen in a single tick, it make no difference than assigning X = 1.

It does very little to answer the question, and it's not written in a manner that's very readable, but it is technically answering the question and there is some guidance there about the correct approach (though very little assistance on implementation). Would this answer pass review for you?

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    \$\begingroup\$ At the very least it should be edited for grammar. \$\endgroup\$ – Tetrad Feb 26 '13 at 22:55
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Tetrad, my grammar correction is pending. But beyond that? \$\endgroup\$ – Cameron Fredman Feb 26 '13 at 23:08
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    \$\begingroup\$ I rarely delete answers unless its spam or not an answer at all, so I'm pretty lenient when it comes to that kind of stuff. \$\endgroup\$ – Tetrad Feb 27 '13 at 6:30
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After obvious edits, I'd call it done. A bad answer is still an answer.

As for how I'd vote:

  • If there are existing and clearly better answers, I'd downvote for unhelpfulness and explain with a comment.
  • Else I'd simply not vote. It's not directly harmful, but neither is it directly helpful.
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