# Quicksand in desert duel
**URL:** https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869 "2022-05-02T11:34:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/1 "2022-05-02T11:34:52Z")
if I use a quicksand on a path does it block it for me and my opponent or just my opponent.
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/2 "2022-05-02T11:35:44Z")
@Bryukh can you help because im pretty sure most people dont even know this exists yet.
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### Author:  [@qwerty](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/qwerty)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/3 "2022-05-02T11:44:17Z")
It’s all players in the lane; including yours.
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/4 "2022-05-02T12:25:57Z")
Also what are all the specials i know quicksand and boost are there others
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### Author:  [@Bryukh](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Bryukh)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/5 "2022-05-02T13:00:27Z")
Im working on documentation, it will be soon. Sorry, it was really hectic month.
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/6 "2022-05-02T16:14:28Z")
can someone help me with this
```python
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
**if theirPlayers >= 3 and hero.isReady("quicksand")**
hero.play("quicksand", targetLane)
```
It says there’s an error on the bolded line
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### Author:  [@moonwatcher348](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/moonwatcher348)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/7 "2022-05-02T16:31:30Z")
You need to indent anything in the `if` and add a colon (`:`) to the end
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/8 "2022-05-02T18:02:32Z")
like
```python
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3 and hero.isReady("quicksand");
hero.play("quicksand", targetLane)
```
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/9 "2022-05-02T18:02:52Z")
cause for me it says that its still wrong.
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### Author:  [@qwerty](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/qwerty)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/10 "2022-05-02T19:23:37Z")
> [@Chadder](#):
>
> `;`
This is a semicolon change it to `---> : <---`
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/11 "2022-05-02T19:42:24Z")
also how do you like reset your code because its telling me that its an infinite loop but I cant get in to it in any way to edit it.
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### Author:  [@moonwatcher348](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/moonwatcher348)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/12 "2022-05-02T20:43:48Z")
and indent everything IN the if, not the if statement itself
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/13 "2022-05-03T13:28:51Z")
why doesn’t this work
```python
while True:
hero.summon("big", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", 0)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 2
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
if theirPlayers >= 3:
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
targetLane = 1
theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(1)
if theirPlayers >= 3 :
hero.summon("big", targetLane)
hero.summon("charger", targetLane)
hero.play("boost", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("driver", targetLane)
hero.summon("threat", targetLane)
```
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### Author:  [@Aya](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Aya)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/14 "2022-05-03T13:50:23Z")
> [@Chadder](#):
>
> ```python
> theirPlayers = hero.findTheirPlayers(2)
> if theirPlayers >= 3:
>
> ```
this is a list, so you might want to check the length of the list, not the list itself, hint: len(theirPlayers)
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### Author:  [@Chadder](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Chadder)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/15 "2022-05-03T13:54:27Z")
so how do I look at the list sorry im bad
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### Author:  [@Aya](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Aya)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/16 "2022-05-03T14:18:23Z")
It’s okay, dont say that, we all still have things to learn 😉 😄
so instead of saying `if theirPlayers >= 3` you just make it this way: `if len(theirPlayers) >= 3`
if you want more explanation, i suggest you read the documentation for the method `hero.findTheirPlayers()` in the methods tab, if you still need help after that, then just reply back here 🙂
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### Author:  [@Justin\_Zhang](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Justin_Zhang)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/quicksand-in-desert-duel/32869/17 "2023-06-07T02:24:36Z")
Cab someone write code for me to win a lot?