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2014-08-21 23:20:32
16 votes, rating 5.6
16 votes, rating 5.6
Old Box Scheduler
This has nothing to do with the actual scheduling of teams, and I don't really care much about diversity at this moment.
What I really enjoyed in the old Scheduler was seeing the Races played in the last Month. It was in the top right corner when you went to activate a team into Box. I used to love that feature and would actually sit in the scheduler and read it while I waited to activate. It gave me something interesting to do and kept me there waiting. It was mainly Chaos, and CDs, but I was more interested in the lower results.
Also a lot of times I would start a new team with a race that was at the Bottom of that list. I think this was why I gravitated to ARR when it first started. I was sort of already doing what Happygrue Meta Grouped during that same time. Anyways, it doesn't change the world or anything, but it's something I felt I wanted to blog about.
Keggie.
What I really enjoyed in the old Scheduler was seeing the Races played in the last Month. It was in the top right corner when you went to activate a team into Box. I used to love that feature and would actually sit in the scheduler and read it while I waited to activate. It gave me something interesting to do and kept me there waiting. It was mainly Chaos, and CDs, but I was more interested in the lower results.
Also a lot of times I would start a new team with a race that was at the Bottom of that list. I think this was why I gravitated to ARR when it first started. I was sort of already doing what Happygrue Meta Grouped during that same time. Anyways, it doesn't change the world or anything, but it's something I felt I wanted to blog about.
Keggie.
Comments
Posted by Roland on 2014-08-21 23:38:26
+1
kind of miss that page too
where does ARR get their data from now?
kind of miss that page too
where does ARR get their data from now?
Posted by keggiemckill on 2014-08-21 23:52:42
AAR always got their info from Shraaaag's Fumbbl scripts. I'm sure that is where the active teams came from as well.
Posted by Overhamsteren on 2014-08-22 00:42:29
http://www.cmanu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bb/stats/stats.html
No per month sorting function though. Pretty sure ARR picked the 8 least played races post fix and just stuck with those 8 since.
No per month sorting function though. Pretty sure ARR picked the 8 least played races post fix and just stuck with those 8 since.
Posted by koadah on 2014-08-22 00:51:02
ARR data actually comes from the Fumbbl API.
ARR data was always different from the page Keggie mentions as it counts games played not number of teams.
ARR data was always different from the page Keggie mentions as it counts games played not number of teams.
Posted by fidius on 2014-08-22 03:41:31
Rated 6 for the new bio pic.
Posted by Garion on 2014-08-22 19:13:53
yeah that was cool
Posted by happygrue on 2014-08-22 19:36:57
I also loved that box, and used a screenshot of it in my HE team bio for a while, back when it existed (showing how no one was playing HE).
When ARR started, we looked at koadah's excellent long term data on box matches: http://www.cmanu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bb/stats/stats.html (then click "pre-scheduler fix" and sort by games played, then click "get data" hint: those bottom 8 races are really a step apart).
Now Zons are played FAR less and actually are one of the 8 least played races because the cheesy minmax zon teams are not played as frequently (A direct result of the box scheduler change). I'll put out some kudos to koadah for keeping all these great stats. I would *love* to get in on some of Shraaaaag's excellent scripts, but currently they don't work well with what we do in ARR (it's a metagroup so it doesn't run tournaments, and most of the cool stuff his scripts do can't work with our group as it's setup now). I have been meaning to PM him and ask about that...
When ARR started, we looked at koadah's excellent long term data on box matches: http://www.cmanu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bb/stats/stats.html (then click "pre-scheduler fix" and sort by games played, then click "get data" hint: those bottom 8 races are really a step apart).
Now Zons are played FAR less and actually are one of the 8 least played races because the cheesy minmax zon teams are not played as frequently (A direct result of the box scheduler change). I'll put out some kudos to koadah for keeping all these great stats. I would *love* to get in on some of Shraaaaag's excellent scripts, but currently they don't work well with what we do in ARR (it's a metagroup so it doesn't run tournaments, and most of the cool stuff his scripts do can't work with our group as it's setup now). I have been meaning to PM him and ask about that...
Posted by keggiemckill on 2014-08-22 20:36:50
Right. I said Shraaaag, but I meant Koadah. Sorry for that Koadah, I want to give you the props you deserve on this.