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I'm writing a tournament scoring system for an up and coming BF2 tourney. I been given complete access to a non-ranked server for testing. I need to test several scoring scripts I've written like writing scores to a My-SQL database after each round, displaying the scoreboard using PHP and RCON in a browser, etc, logging stats, etc.
I want to give people a really cool interface / web UI to be able to see individual rounds, how they're progressing, leaderboards, etc. I know you can view this in the official stats or if you use ABR, etc but this is all meant for a tournment (or series of tournaments) and we want our own scoring system. So, I need to write and test it for the tournament but make it cool enough that people will want to come and play on the server to see their stats which will give them enjoyment (hopefully), publicise the tournament and let me test my scoring system.
So, imagine your were interested in playing on a server like that and wanted to see stats, etc - is there anything you can think of that'd make it really cool to play on that server stats and scoring wise? What would you like to see? Or even, imagine you are playing in a tourney - what would you like to see there?
I'm planning lots of stuff for the tourney but it would be nice to see it all in and working and destruction-tested way before time. I suppose I could attract clanners, etc by offering it's use for matches or practise matches and get their input on the scoring system, didn't think of that.
Anyway, if you'd be so kind...what would you think would be really cool (if there is anything) above and beyond what you get with the standard stat system in a tournament context?
Eg..
View detailed scoreboard via a browser (for people not playing)
View flag status via a browser (for people not playing)
Very near realtime stats (updated every 30 secs or so)
Leaderboards for pretty well everything (score, kills, deaths, repairs, tk's, etc, etc)
View scoreboard for every round ever played
Etc, etc.
Some of this is done already, eg..
This shows the scoreboard that you can access via a browser during a match and that'll be saved after each match for later viewing. NB this is fake data just for sample purposes, it doesn't connect to a live server (though that does work, I just don't want to publish the live URL - if you want to see it, email me).
The flag bit is very cool - you can actually see the game HUD through a browser using RCON so you can see what flags are team 1, team 2 or neutral - it's brill.
I know some of this has been done before but we want to use our own system as opposed to someone elses. Plus, I want to make it so that you're as close to actually "watching" the match as you can be without actually playing and spectating, using only a browser.
Any thoughts, general input, random mumblings, etc would be very much appreciated. If you think it all looks crap, PLEASE say so and say why, etc, etc.
Cheers all
K
I'm writing a tournament scoring system for an up and coming BF2 tourney. I been given complete access to a non-ranked server for testing. I need to test several scoring scripts I've written like writing scores to a My-SQL database after each round, displaying the scoreboard using PHP and RCON in a browser, etc, logging stats, etc.
I want to give people a really cool interface / web UI to be able to see individual rounds, how they're progressing, leaderboards, etc. I know you can view this in the official stats or if you use ABR, etc but this is all meant for a tournment (or series of tournaments) and we want our own scoring system. So, I need to write and test it for the tournament but make it cool enough that people will want to come and play on the server to see their stats which will give them enjoyment (hopefully), publicise the tournament and let me test my scoring system.
So, imagine your were interested in playing on a server like that and wanted to see stats, etc - is there anything you can think of that'd make it really cool to play on that server stats and scoring wise? What would you like to see? Or even, imagine you are playing in a tourney - what would you like to see there?
I'm planning lots of stuff for the tourney but it would be nice to see it all in and working and destruction-tested way before time. I suppose I could attract clanners, etc by offering it's use for matches or practise matches and get their input on the scoring system, didn't think of that.
Anyway, if you'd be so kind...what would you think would be really cool (if there is anything) above and beyond what you get with the standard stat system in a tournament context?
Eg..
View detailed scoreboard via a browser (for people not playing)
View flag status via a browser (for people not playing)
Very near realtime stats (updated every 30 secs or so)
Leaderboards for pretty well everything (score, kills, deaths, repairs, tk's, etc, etc)
View scoreboard for every round ever played
Etc, etc.
Some of this is done already, eg..
This shows the scoreboard that you can access via a browser during a match and that'll be saved after each match for later viewing. NB this is fake data just for sample purposes, it doesn't connect to a live server (though that does work, I just don't want to publish the live URL - if you want to see it, email me).
The flag bit is very cool - you can actually see the game HUD through a browser using RCON so you can see what flags are team 1, team 2 or neutral - it's brill.
I know some of this has been done before but we want to use our own system as opposed to someone elses. Plus, I want to make it so that you're as close to actually "watching" the match as you can be without actually playing and spectating, using only a browser.
Any thoughts, general input, random mumblings, etc would be very much appreciated. If you think it all looks crap, PLEASE say so and say why, etc, etc.
Cheers all
K
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