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Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#21
Brilliant! Loved the minimal interface. Awaiting graphs.

Would it be possible to provide a search bar to search for leagues on the homepage ?

"Keeping URLs safe" seems to be too geeky. I personally don't mind but my friends who join my league won't be so tech oriented.

EDIT: Also, you ask for the league name while creating it. might as well make it convenient for users to use that name. Separately, the URLs for the leagues could be simplified to contain the name instead of numbers.

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

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post #21

Brilliant! Loved the minimal interface. Awaiting graphs. Would it be possible to provide a search bar to search for leagues on the homepage ? "Keeping URLs safe" seems to be too geeky. I personally don't mind but my friends who join my league won't be so tech oriented. EDIT: Also, you ask for the league name while creating it. might as well make it convenient for users to use that name. Separately, the URLs for the l…

You're right. There's no real privacy to protect with the urls... I'll change it even for private leagues.

For the users however the "safe" url is useful otherwise people could guess other people's url and change their predictions!

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#23
post #20

what's the numbers on the average predictions mean (they are all 1.x)? also you've forgotten to translate some countries from French (Cameroun, Chil)

Well it means that on average people thought that this team would score 1.x goals during this game.

I was also surprised by the small differences between teams.

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#24
Hey. Nice job on the app.

I have a BIG concern:

Why don't you input our teams into the Round of 16???? Why wait until you have the REAL results to input them?

People who didn't predict the winners (those teams which will get into the round of 16) should be penalized for not getting the teams right!!!! So why let people make predictions on Round of 16 if they didn't even get the teams right!?

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#25

Hey. Nice job on the app. I have a BIG concern: Why don't you input our teams into the Round of 16???? Why wait until you have the REAL results to input them? People who didn't predict the winners (those teams which will get into the round of 16) should be penalized for not getting the teams right!!!! So why let people make predictions on Round of 16 if they didn't even get the teams right!?

Yes... I though about this ! But I though that was more fair ! I mean if you get everything wrong before the round of 16, then you have no chance at all to get back in the game !

Here, at least you can still save face for the final rounds, it will keep people who performed poorly at the group stage interested in the challenge I think, no?

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

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post #23
post #20

what's the numbers on the average predictions mean (they are all 1.x)? also you've forgotten to translate some countries from French (Cameroun, Chil)

Well it means that on average people thought that this team would score 1.x goals during this game. I was also surprised by the small differences between teams.

Funny not enough people want to predict more goals, WC recent average I think is around 2.5.

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#27

Hey. Nice job on the app. I have a BIG concern: Why don't you input our teams into the Round of 16???? Why wait until you have the REAL results to input them? People who didn't predict the winners (those teams which will get into the round of 16) should be penalized for not getting the teams right!!!! So why let people make predictions on Round of 16 if they didn't even get the teams right!?

This is pretty much what every pool on the internet does. Why be different?

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#28
post #25

Hey. Nice job on the app. I have a BIG concern: Why don't you input our teams into the Round of 16???? Why wait until you have the REAL results to input them? People who didn't predict the winners (those teams which will get into the round of 16) should be penalized for not getting the teams right!!!! So why let people make predictions on Round of 16 if they didn't even get the teams right!?

Yes... I though about this ! But I though that was more fair ! I mean if you get everything wrong before the round of 16, then you have no chance at all to get back in the game ! Here, at least you can still save face for the final rounds, it will keep people who performed poorly at the group stage interested in the challenge I think, no?

No, your way is unfair.

According to the current rules, the following scenario is possible:

A guy who guesses the "Round of 16" teams correctly might have the same amount of points (or even lower) than a guy who didn't get a single "Round of 16" team correctly (just because he/she got the scores right often).

So now, you are letting the guy who didn't get a single team right get even more points and surpassing someone who got the winners correctly (but unfortunately didn't get the scores right).

Basically, people who don't get the teams right should be weeded out. That's only fair.

Also, if you want to let someone make a comeback, you might want to consider giving different points for different levels.

Start from the top: Getting the champion right (16 points) Second place (8 points) Semifinalists (4 points)

This is just an idea. Please research how other websites do it but right now the award system is lacking.

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

#29
It's nice to have fun sport apps!! I'm a soccer (football) fanatic myself. Using meteor and "Discover Meteor" I built a fun app to have between friends:

Same concept as Hacker News but with GOOOAALLS instead of news. POST GOALS from your favorite players and vote for the best of them.

I cannot say that the site is ready for production environment but any feedback is appreciated: --===== www.goalgoalgoal.co ====--

ALLEZ LES BLEUS :)

Re: Show HN: Sports betting between friends

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Comme tu es Français, je me permets...) Je suis sûr que les friends vont aimer, mais les faire adhérer et suivre, c'est la partie difficile de cette affaire! As-tu prévu de mettre des notifs sur Facebook ?

Tu peux détailler ce que t'entends par là? Genre des notifications "X vous invite à jouer à Y"? Non j'ai tendance à détester les applis qui font ça ! Par contre je vais rajouter un bouton de partage facebook pour le site c'est une bonne idée.

non c'est vrai que c'est horrible. Je pensais plus à "une nouvelle victoire de X dans Nospronos (Brésil-Croatie). U reste leader." Un peu comme les commentaires sportifs quand on parle du classement.
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