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Deadcode's KDice add-on (beta)
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deadcode wrote
at 9:59 PM, Sunday May 15, 2011 EDT
I've created a KDice add-on that allows you to keep track of users and their game play.
My motivation behind creating this tool is that I often forget users and their tendencies. Some players stab; some players are abusive, some players are friendly, etc. It is a huge advantage to know this information before going into the game. Unfortunately my memory is not strong enough to recall all previous games I've played with people. So I created a tool that remembers for you. Here is an example of it in use: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/screenshot20110515at300.png/ The add-on currently allows you to store information about individuals while in game. But I plan on expanding it to also allow you to see the opinions voiced by your friends/trusted users. I know some people are thinking; "Hey isn't there already a review section to kdice?". Yes there is; however, as many veterans to this game have come to realize; the review section is pretty much just a wall for angry beginners to voice their angst and real quality reviews by yourself/friends are quickly lost in the vast ocean of non-actionable reviews. This is the first version of this add-on and I hope to continue improving it over time. At this point; I'm looking for some early adopters to start using it and voicing opinions about features they would like to see. Ryan is currently unavailable to improve this game; so I figured why not have community sourced improvements in the meantime. Requirements: 1. Firefox (Chrome will be supported eventually; please tell me if this is important to you) 2. Greasemonkey (A simple extension for firefox; easily installed at the following link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/) Once you have the above requirements; my Kdice add-on can be installed at the following link; very simple; just press "Install". http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/102923 Please feel free to contact me via this thread; in game (deadcode); via the userscript website; or via email (dustin at nov8rix dot com). Usage Instructions: 1. Press "Update Players" while in a game. 2. Green boxes will appear on the upper left of each players avatar. 3. Click the green box and a dialog will appear allowing to you view the current notes you have taken on the users; as well as the ability to modify them and save. Please excuse the crude nature of this release. I literally started on this tool yesterday. Let me know when you encounter bugs (giving me detailed information about how you encountered the bug will help me fix it swiftly and is much appreciated). Also please give me feedback. What direction would you like this tool to grow in? As a side note; if there is anyone out there with graphics knowledge that wants to collaborate on this project please let me know. I could definitely use some help making this product easy on the eyes. I hope everyone finds this tool as valuable as I do. Thank you and enjoy! |
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CuteKittens wrote
at 10:18 PM, Sunday May 15, 2011 EDT Looks great. Looking forward to using it with chrome in the future.
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MadHat_Sam wrote
at 10:59 PM, Sunday May 15, 2011 EDT Looks interesting, I would caution against the ability to see other players reviews as it could just get as watered downed as the current review wall is.
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deadcode wrote
at 11:03 PM, Sunday May 15, 2011 EDT My intent is to allow the users to filter by only his friends or people he flags as trustworthy.
I find it would be useful to know who stabbed your friends; or who your honest friends call racist. |
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Barack H Obama wrote
at 12:27 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT chrome> anything else. I will be waiting :D.
Thanks man! This was fast! |
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kdiceplaya! wrote
at 1:38 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT Good addition to kdice, we need more stuff like this.
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 4:53 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT it did not work on my firefox, I did not get the update player button. maybe its only firefox 4?
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 4:56 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT nevermind, works now
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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 5:01 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT idea, you can add color codes,
the green box could be yellow if he is intermediate and red if pro. colorboxes (that can be user defined), will be a quick judgement on how good he is. you could also maybe add the checkboxes; timid/weakflag will revolt/have revolted no chat recognise silent truce |
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Crazy Smurf wrote
at 7:33 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT chrome please!!!, fire fox use's enough cpu/ram as it is...
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jurgen wrote
at 8:07 AM, Monday May 16, 2011 EDT so far it works like a charm, well done!
some suggestions: if you tag as pga, it might be helpfull if you could pick the name of the pga buddy from a popup list of the other players at the table. If all these links could be saved on a server and would be searchable for me, it would be awesome from a mods perspective some categories might be a bit too black and white, it could be helpfull to add "potential pga" or even "fishy moves" or "high degree of otf" to have a more balanced way of rating. it would be nice if the rating you made about someone would also automatically be "translated" into a real review on the profile page (so you don't have to do it twice) if you get that server up and running, you could have a leaderboard page with stuff like : most bad reviews overall, most bad reviews today, most reported pga duo, etc (but still, don't forget to include search functions for the mods :D) |