Iron Edge
Iron Edge => General Discussion => Topic started by: delling on November 19, 2007, 06:14:04 pm
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Okay, so I think it's about time I/we (fellow programmers/designers) give something back to the WoW community.
I know Tyler mentioned that he was interested in some kind of WoW-related application, and I'm sure Goza can do some funky stuff too.
So... what would people like to see on a WoW-related website?
Census stats of servers? Players with highest loot level? Some kind of tool for guild management? Pre-fab DKP systems?
Basically, I have the resources to host/design any of the above, so it's more a matter of working out what the community might want.
Pre-fab DKP systems are probably best as we seem to have found a good one at last.
What would raiders like to see? Spec calculators? What's your best spell rotation? (This one's for Daekesh to do...)
We could wrap this all into one nice site, maybe in Elitist Jerks format...
We could have a movies section, and an addons section. Etc., etc.!
So, what does the WoW community want in a website? Really, throw any ideas out there.
Email addresses @theirrealm.com?
Commercial ideas also welcome. A secure character-swapping tool? Doo doo doo...
Think!!
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Census stats are kind of already so well covered I think, but a pre-frab DKP sounds good.
An addon that displays the DKP cost of an item using our system in the tooltip would be awesome, and fairly simple I'd have thought since all the info it'd need to deal with is the ilvl and slot.
Email addresses sound good, but would be pretty spammed I'd have thought?
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Well there'd be anti-virus/spam stuff in place... web-based email, etc.
Yeah, thought about the DKP-in-tooltip thing. There's already one or two DKP systems that do that I think (and might even be the same as the one we use, or similar...) so we could modify that add-on, no problem.
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secure char swapping^^
Some kind xfaction buy and selling options through trusted individuals .
At war zone..... who's at war with who , guild vs guild player vs guild , player vs player.
competitions / interviews ...
Noxiouz Tip of the day!!!
strategy pages that different guilds / factions can discuss...
ooohhhhh
"Land of Lego" a daily detailed view of the day to day life of Lego ( ok i'm finnished getting carried away )
Moderators who unstand that heated conversations arnt all bad!!
Leg
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post reserved for ideas *putting thinking cap on*
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A webbased wowviewer, so people can log into a site a watch as we rape illidan live
200 dollar per ticket
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Delling doing something really humiliating in real life, pulling over 40k viewers.
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An addon that displays the DKP cost of an item using our system in the tooltip would be awesome, and fairly simple I'd have thought since all the info it'd need to deal with is the ilvl and slot.
My old guild has a system similar to this, except a bit more involved. They have this whole dkp system thing for raids. At the start the raid leader imports the current dkp into the addon and then everything (except the actual act of looting the item to the player) is automated via whispers and stuff. At the end the updated dkp information is exported by the addon and fed into the dkp site. It's really quite good.
By pre-fab dkp system, are you implying that you might host these systems yourself? Or that you'd just supply/install a system that you've written on somebody elses hosting? I think the hosting idea could go a long way. Something similar to WWS, where you could get a guild account. With that comes dkp system, a small private forum and so on.
And one thing that you really need to focus on (I dread saying this) is synergy. The site needs to flow well, each part integrated into every other part. And stuff. If you have a dkp system, for instance, that would link into some sort of item stats database which would be linked into dps charts and rotation suggestions which is linked into your personal profile that you've uploaded, etc etc.
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@ Cwave, not a bad idea at all.
Streaming WoWTV... Not baaaaad! Can have a schedule... and you can push a button when you actually reach a boss and start streaming. With a voice stream too...
Mmm...
@ Daek - yeah, the pre-made guild forum/dkp/hosting thingee already exists, and it sells quite well I think. We'd have to offer something more to the equation tho', through some other funky services.
Combat log evaluation might do it... Or constant updates/other monthly services, yadda yadda.
@ Lego - interviews always good.
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I'd love a server-side type of spread sheet so I don't have to bug my self with Microsoft Office crap, most of EJ spreadsheets always lack some data and/or options. I never realised how to add ring enchants to sheet...
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Streaming WoWTV... Not baaaaad! Can have a schedule... and you can push a button when you actually reach a boss and start streaming. With a voice stream too...
That was awesome in Tribes 2. You could load up the game and look through the eyes of the observing shoutcaster as he broadcast the game. It was awesome.
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Shout if you need more programmers :)
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I'd love a server-side type of spread sheet so I don't have to bug my self with Microsoft Office crap, most of EJ spreadsheets always lack some data and/or options. I never realised how to add ring enchants to sheet...
Oh yeah. Plox... I hate using MS office etc. if I can at all avoid it. A web-based alternative would be so welcome I'd cry living doves.
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WoWTV definitely workable...
Will experiment more tomorrow.
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IRC guild chat.
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Google doc already has online spreadsheets.
No fun trying to compete with google.
http://docs.google.com (http://docs.google.com)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_spreadsheets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_spreadsheets)
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I'd love a server-side type of spread sheet so I don't have to bug my self with Microsoft Office crap, most of EJ spreadsheets always lack some data and/or options. I never realised how to add ring enchants to sheet...
Oh yeah. Plox... I hate using MS office etc. if I can at all avoid it. A web-based alternative would be so welcome I'd cry living doves.
http://www.openoffice.org/
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Openoffice is horrid too :P
Just less corporate.
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... and back to topic.
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Maybe something regarding the guild bank with a possible request function that could forward peoples request in public or in private just with the click of a button. Then maybe even make one guild tab available for non-guildies so they can request(buy or show interest) by using that function but also if it's possible keep guild bank logs longer and it's also easier to watch over those things outside of the game.. Just some ideas. I'll post some other ideas later. :)
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Oh yeah, the topic!
regarding the wowTV thing, it'd be pretty cool if we could stream live video of raids to a website page :) Maybe or maybe not have vent sound play though.. haha :D
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The trouble with that is... it's not very fun to watch people wiping :(
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Interesting topic which I'll think more about for the next couple of days. I like the idea of a hosted pre-fab DKP system, as I really approve of the one we're using at the moment. I don't really think we can compete on the addon site compared to places like Curse and such, and I don't think we can compete with stuff like EJ when it comes to spreadsheets and theorycrafting.
However, we could, as suggested, make the spreadsheets webbased in some Java stuff perhaps? I don't really enjoy the way they work in office, and if you could even somehow make them import your own data from the WoW-EU armory, that'd probably rock.
Will return with more ideas (if I get any) maybe Monday...
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Okay, WoWTV is totally workable.
Upgrading my internet connection in the next week or two will make the stream a lot nicer...
Would estimate you need 1mbit+ to stream a decent quality at 2-3FPS. No problem for most of the non-UKers in the guild I guess -- but more interested in other raid leaders around EU, and what their connections might be...
Well, I'll have to create a sign-up service and find out...
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The trouble with that is... it's not very fun to watch people wiping :(
Actually, I'm sure wiping is a hell of a lot more fun when it's not you who's wiping ;D