gistfile1.txt

//works
_name = "LouD";
{    
if (isPlayer _x && (name _x == _name)) then {    
	  _unstuck = [(getPosASL _x select 0), (getPosASL _x select 1), (getPosASL _x select 2) + 1000]; 
	  _x setposATL _unstuck
}  
} forEach playableUnits;


//doesnt work (_name would be the variable supplied by the script)
_name = _this select 0;
{    
if (isPlayer _x && (name _x == _name)) then {    
	  _unstuck = [(getPosASL _x select 0), (getPosASL _x select 1), (getPosASL _x select 2) + 1000]; 
	  _x setposATL _unstuck
}  
} forEach playableUnits;