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Hello everyone,
(Short version) - Get live real time League of Legends results with this new application. Now available for FREE on Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharedscores
(Long version) - I started this project because something like this was severly lacking on the e-sports scene in general and I wanted to know the results of certain tournaments without logging into twitch / wiki + hitting f5 + scrolling down. I started programming it and when it was more or less functional I made a post on the teamliquid sc2 forums. If you're interested you can view the thread (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/starcraft-2/449090-get-live-sc2-scores-on-your-android-phone-free)
I started looking at other games since the basic framework for Starcraft 2 components were polished and I knew I had to make one for the other game that I watch very often - League of Legends. Currently I'm only displaying the scores of the results of the games, along with the push technology (so you don't have to keep hitting f5 to refresh). But over time I hope to further develop the app to also display match specifics such as champion selection and KDA. If you look over on the Starcraft 2 part of the app you'll see more details for each game such as mappicks and vod links. Of course all three games (along with Dota 2) are different so each game would have to managed separately.
I've been monitoring some games such as the EU LCS going on now. Both client and servers seem to be updating fine. I'll of course be ironing out any issues both on the app, and the server backend over the next few days to polish it up. Oh, it should also be already translated to German for the German speakers.
Please let me know what do you guys think. Feel free to rate my app on google play / comment below / send me an email etc on any questions or comments.
Thank you.
Regards, Pembar
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I just wanted to drop a note saying that I'll be on vacation the next 4 weeks. I'm going somewhere where internet is near impossible to get so definitely won't be bringing my laptop with me. I have another week of being online or so to make sure that everything works the way it is now, but once I'm "offline" there won't be anything I can do. Nevertheless, the app and my servers should still function fine as they are, so go ahead and enjoy. Any additional features to the app will have to wait till the end of August.
Thanks all for the downloads, and clicks and messages. I really appreciate it. I see my logs everyday and I'm glad that people are finding the app useful. Enjoy the summer, and see you guys in a month.
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Maybe put this in blogs?
Either way feels like blatant advertisement
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Thanks for the comment JSH.
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On July 28 2014 22:13 JSH wrote: Maybe put this in blogs?
Either way feels like blatant advertisement
It's a free app without ads that seems very relevant to this forum.
Seems like great work anyway Pembar!
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Thanks, just got back to my laptop and made a bug fix. Some of the LoL games weren't appearing but they should be fine now. Glad that the servers was still running find the past 3 weeks when I was pretty much online. I'm still technically on holiday at the moment so won't be looking into features but just making sure that there aren't any major bugs. Things should be better next week.
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hmm, just checked my source's webpage seems to be down. That's why the app wasn't get updates. I'll monitor the website and make sure that the updates come in once the webpage comes back up. Sorry about it. (Yes, I know the world championships is going on, I watch it too).
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Source is back up so my app is getting updated now. yeay. Enjoy the games and updates!
I pushed a new version earlier, mainly for the Dota2 people. I'll look into making the app look prettier and improve the data as usual. Thanks for the comments.
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Pushed a new update this morning which allowed match details to be viewed directly from the custom searches for Dota 2. I'll look to see what other details I might be able to get from my LoL source. The games and sites are different so quite a bit will have to be hardcoded. Feel free to update to the latest version when you can.
For the next few weeks I would really like to improve the user interface. I know it's fugly. Transition animations between each screen should make things more smooth as well. Stay tuned. I'll continue monitoring the events and games to make sure that everything works, basically.
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Just thought I'd drop an update. The interface looks a lot cleaner now but my carpel tunnel is not getting any better. I think for my own sake I should stop programming and just chill for a bit. I'll update this thread again when I can get back to it.
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Dear all,
Thank you for your kind patience and support over the past few weeks. Carpal tunnel is quite a *^#& and I was trying to balance the amount of programming I could do with the condition. Eithercase, I just pushed out a new version with an updated interface. Do enjoy the new cleaner interface.
While updating the interface I looked into push notifications for teams or players. The implementation did not look too bad and I already have a rough idea how to get it done. I'll probably look more detail into this the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned.
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Thought I'd drop another update on this. My carpal is annoying but I've been trying to pace development with the condition. The push technology is definitely do-able and I hope to have an update by some time next week.
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Hey guys,
Just wanted to let you guys know that I am still working on the push technology. I had originally planned to push it out before today because of a sc2 tournament but unfortunately there were some small details that had to be polished before I felt it was ready. I generally don't like pushing out a new update when there is a big tournament going on, and I have 3 games to cater for, so during the week is usually where it's at. I've been using it the past few days and I'll have to say it's quite exciting to receive an update of results. Whoever originally suggested to incorporate this, I thank you. It's really great. Eitherway I should be on schedule to push it out on Sunday or latest early next week.
Cheers.
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Hey guys,
As promised. New update with push notifications is live on google play. Team / Player specific notifications are now available I used it over the weekend for Starcraft 2 - Homestory cup and I got to say, it's really handy. The experience made me think about implementing event specific notifications, at the moment it is only restricted to teams and players. For Homestory Cup I basically subscribed to everyone past the quarterfinals. I'll have to think about bigger events though, since events like dreamhack can consist of 400+ games. I'm not sure how many people would want to keep getting notifications for each updated score.
Anyhows, do enjoy the new feature, and sign up for your favourite teams / players. I'll monitor the new version over the next few days as usual to make sure everything is going fine.
Oh, I also changed the name of the app to something more accurate - "Live eSports Scores".
Cheers
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Pushed out a new version a couple of hours ago, it's live on Google play now. Added German translations and highlighted two events for each game as a featured event. There was a small bug fix I did as well when closing the app. Have fun and enjoy. I'll probably look into LoL data next, but that's on the server side. I'm quite happy with the stability of the SC2 and Dota games at the moment. Push notifications seem to be working well, at least from what I see on the servers. (There's an option in settings to turn it off entirely if it's bothering you).
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Hey guys,
I just pushed a new version 1.11.3 with some minor bug fixes when reopening the app. Mainly an issue when switching between games but it should crash a bit more gracefully now to the main page if it does occur. I'll look into it a little more over the weekend after Dreamhack is over. Meanwhile, enjoy the app and the push implementation.
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Hey guys,
I pushed out a new update this morning. Should be available on Google Play now. Glad to see many of you using it for Dreamhack Winter. I was using the push updates myself when at a friend's party while trying to keep up with the final results. This is just a small update on a bug fix when restarting the app. Sometimes the app cannot load the type of game so some of you have been seeing "Unable to connect to server" errors. It was resolved when you went to the main screen and selected a game again. I think this small update would fix that problem.
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This is awesome! I'm def getting this! Ty!
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Hey guys,
Pushed the update yesterday morning but didn't have time to post. The update fixed a persistent bug that was bothering me, and a few of you when reopening the app. It should work much better now. I also re-added the bold font when a winner has been declared. Not sure when that was accidentally removed, but it's there now.
Looking forward (just a few weeks), I'll probably try to finish up the event subscription and something Starcraft 2 specific before the holiday season, then I'll start thinking about further implementations next year. I'm quite happy with the way the app has progressed overall and I'm also glad and thankful that so many of you find it useful.
Cheers
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