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Author:  TuffSkull [ Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:13 pm ]
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Hi ya,
Just looking through the players index and came across something that could possibly do with an upgrade at some point (nothing major, just a thought :cool: )

Having signed up a while ago, I cant remember how its laid out, but would it be possible to dictate options for the Country entry on listings?

I ask since searching for "UK" on the list comes back with only about 4 options which I was dissapointed to see, but having done a basic search for epic, I see there are games who have their country down as UK, England, Scotland/UK etc so didnt get picked up in the original search. I wonder if Gamers could be missing possible opponents by this inonsistency.    

One to ponder in your free time anyway (sometime next century then... I know the feeling!)
Author:  CyberShadow [ Thu Mar 13, 2003 5:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
Thanks for the comment. This was something that I considered originally. The trouble is, that I could not do this for every country, so it would have had to have been only the major countries. And which ones are they? The easiest thing to do, would be to go through by hand and change all UK and US entries to one thing, but then what happens if someone searchs for England!  :p

It is a difficult problem, but I agree that there must be something that would make it easier. In the end I left, based on the fact that I would enter my local area more often, as I am not too worried about players in Liverpool as I am close to London.
Author:  primarch [ Fri Mar 14, 2003 12:31 am ]
Post subject:  Players index
Hi!

I have always thought a player index is one of those "crucial" resources we desperately need. While the present on is okay, it is still very small.

Are there any thoughts on how to expand it?

Primarch
Author:  CyberShadow [ Fri Mar 14, 2003 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
In what way? Do you mean getting more people registered, or changing it in some way? I would be interested in either, but changing the Index is a bit of a task as the existing records are of a particular format now.  :;):

I would like more people involved, it would be great to get the majority of people in on it, but the only way that I can think of doing that is advertising it in a Fanatic way (Epic/Gothic mag, Fanatic web site, etc). Anyone got suggestions?
Author:  primarch [ Fri Mar 14, 2003 11:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
Hi!

I guess a propaganda campaign to get more people to register to it would be easier.

I could do it on the net epic list, are there people who can do it on other lists?

Primarch
Author:  netepic [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Players index
As for changing the data, I am pretty handy with the old SQL so I could probably do it very quickly if you want a hand?
Author:  CyberShadow [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 12:34 pm ]
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Could do, except that it does not use SQL.  :D  It should not be a problem for me to do in a short (there are not that many entries). I just dont want to do it a lot.  :cool:
Author:  netepic [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:00 pm ]
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You use a text based database? How does that work with scalability issues? If you need an SQL server, then mail me off list, I have a spare one if you want a connection to it :).
Author:  CyberShadow [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 2:20 pm ]
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Scalability is really not an issue at this level. I can get access to various SQL servers, but I will keep it in mind, thanks. To be honest, the text version serves me fine. I simply backup the entire database in notepad, and I can see and alter very easily. It may not have the power of SQL, but it works for the current needs.
Author:  netepic [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
Cool :), just remember to keep uploading the changes in ASCII Mode or it all goes pair shaped! Lol.
Author:  CyberShadow [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:45 pm ]
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Oh yes. That, I found out!  :D
Author:  netepic [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:05 pm ]
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Lol, if only FTP programs could automatically determine the type... some look at the last three chars of the file name but really, there has to be a better way!
Author:  CyberShadow [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
I use CuteFTP, which will actually autodetect quite well.
Author:  netepic [ Tue Mar 18, 2003 4:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Players index
I use WS_FTP, gotta love it  :O
Author:  primarch [ Wed Mar 19, 2003 1:38 am ]
Post subject:  Players index
Hi!

Having used both, I agree with Tom, that WS FTP is somewhat better, at least I have had less problems with it.

Primarch
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