ColumbusOHGamer Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 In reply to a previous thread (Free Combat Mission fan site hosting!), I want to know how many of you would want to see a CM-only AAR website. Would you use it? Would you post your games on it? It wouldn't take too much programming on my part, although it would take a little time as I have other RL priorities right now. Maybe able to implement in 2-4 weeks. What do you all think? I need to hear from both sides of the argument please. Thanks! COG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 I'd love to see it. A site covering AAR's and possibly tactics, how-to's etc would be great. If you need any help with coding or graphics, just let me know! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Yes, AAR site would be tres cool. An AAR/Tactics site is the main thing the community is missing at this point as most of the other bases are touched quite well. I have played around a bit with some OO PHP article type things, and will throw what I have into helping to code the thing up. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Oh yeah!Im for one!It might even be possible to get some of the Cheery Wafflers to post AARs from some of our battles. A question.Will there be enough space for smallish pics to be uploaded with them?As you know,a picture is worth a thousand words,especially when it comes to AARs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokossovski Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 While I love the sites with scenarios and mods, a tactical hints/AAR site would be a wonderful addition. Some of the other fan sites HAVE a section for such matters, but as they are focused elsewhere, the AAR selection is typically sparse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Having the possibility of adding comments to other people's AAR's ("I would have rather saved that artillery for spotted targets" etc.) would be great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanonier Reichmann Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Adding comments to such a site might be useful but I can just see such an attribute being abused along the lines of "you bloody imbecile...I would never have moved that platoon of Shermans over that ridge because I'm a super CM god". If it could be kept abuse free and monitored to be for contructive comments only then it would be great. How you'd do this and who would have the time for it I've no idea. Regards Jim R. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monwar Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Wow, I'd absolutely love such a site! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 I can add about 2-3 dozen ROW AARs to start things off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salkin Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Go for it ! //Salkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 I envisioned something like this... ROW #1 AAR ---Turn 1, Axis ------Pic1 ------Pic2 ------Pic3 ---Turn 1, Allied ------Pic1 ------Pic2 ------Pic3 ---Turn 3 Axis ---Turn 4, Axis ------Pic1 ---Turn 4, Allied ------Pic1 ------Pic2 The Main document would have the following: Title (70 Char max??) Game Description Game Axis Country Allied Country Game Type (ME, Allied Attack, etc.) Axis Opponent Name (cmmods.com name) Allied Opponent Name (cmmods.com name) Terrain Weather Time of Day Points ??? The Turn documents would have the following: Turn number Opponent Type (Axis or Allied) Description of Turn Button to add pictures Picture documents would have the following: Picture u/l field All docs would only be editable by the creator of the main doc and the two opponents. I could try to get fancy with locking out READ access for each opponent, but it would be easy to defeat. Picture docs would be opened in seperate window so you could toggle between picture and description text Have I missed anything? Does anyone have any other suggestions? I only want to do AAR's for now. Tactics would have to come later, but would be in a similar format and should be a fairly easy add-on. I'm thinking of calling it aar.cmmods.com...what do you thnk? Thanks for the input! COG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 [ February 02, 2004, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: nevermind ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Originally posted by Kanonier Reichmann: Adding comments to such a site might be useful but I can just see such an attribute being abused along the lines of "you bloody imbecile...I would never have moved that platoon of Shermans over that ridge because I'm a super CM god". If it could be kept abuse free and monitored to be for contructive comments only then it would be great. How you'd do this and who would have the time for it I've no idea. Regards Jim R. I thought about it, too. There's all kinds of people here... Maybe if you have to be a registered user to write AAR's/responses, the likelihood of verbal abuse is lessened. Further tactical discussions would be held elsewhere. Allowing comments would also be good if you wanted to congratulate on a well-written AAR or notify of an unclear sentence ("Which platoon did you mean this was?"). Of course if it doesn't work, then leave it off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 COG, maybe arrange the interface so that you can see before opening an AAR if it's based on a particular scenario. But I'm sure you will include good indexing options like at CMMods! The turn documents should be arrangeable so that if for instance I don't want to write separate descriptions for turns 1, 2, 3 & 4, I can just make one Turns 1-4 doc. This because not all turns contain events worthy of separate mention. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 Originally posted by Sergei: COG, maybe arrange the interface so that you can see before opening an AAR if it's based on a particular scenario. But I'm sure you will include good indexing options like at CMMods! Yes, you will be able to view by different fields and search the entire database, just like cmmods. Originally posted by Sergei: The turn documents should be arrangeable so that if for instance I don't want to write separate descriptions for turns 1, 2, 3 & 4, I can just make one Turns 1-4 doc. This because not all turns contain events worthy of separate mention. Yes, the turns will be a selectable field (1-100), so you could have turn 1, turn 2, turn 5 turn 7, turn 10, etc. As for adding comments, that would open a HUGE can of worms. WAY too much coding to get done in a short amount of time. Maybe for v2.0 I'll put it in.... COG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Looks pretty good. One change I would suggest--normalize the scenario names. Encourage people to pick from a list, or add a new one. Then attach the scenario details to the scenario record rather than having all kinds of double entry of that data. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_God Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Yes but we would need to be able to have accounts on your website so we could store the pics we need in the AAR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJK Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 CoG: Will you be making this in Domino or PHP or other? If PHP, I have a PHP version of my content editor that might be of use for creating the AAR's: LINK Only problem is this works only on the PC and with IE and the latest version of Netscape only (possibly Mozilla, haven't tested that yet). Let me know if interested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 Originally posted by WWB: Looks pretty good. One change I would suggest--normalize the scenario names. Encourage people to pick from a list, or add a new one. Then attach the scenario details to the scenario record rather than having all kinds of double entry of that data. WWB I'm a big fan of data consistency(sp?), so yes, I will be using a list built from scenarios already entered, but with the capability to add another. COG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted February 3, 2004 Author Share Posted February 3, 2004 Originally posted by GJK: CoG: Will you be making this in Domino or PHP or other? If PHP, I have a PHP version of my content editor that might be of use for creating the AAR's: LINK Only problem is this works only on the PC and with IE and the latest version of Netscape only (possibly Mozilla, haven't tested that yet). Let me know if interested. Actually, I have this already. In fact, it has the option to use standard text input, or the java applet for colors, fonts, etc. The pics will still be u/l'd to a seperate document. COG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Security-wise, the general public should never be allowed to enter straight HTML. I would force them into something like UBB code then regex it out of there myself rather than risk cross-site scripting attacks, etc. WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 One idea would be to have some sort of system in which the two players could post the AR as they go, but not have immediate access to their opponent's. Maybe something like a password system. It would rely to a certain extent on honor, because if someone really wants to cheat they could do so, but if you trust the opponent not to try looking it might be alright. Is this workable? On the tips and tricks forum we had a couple of fascinating matchups working, with an ongoing AR which worked on an honor system. If we could find a way of formalizing this it would be worthwhile indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Sinister Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 How about a "Clinic" area where losers like me could upload saved games mid-way through a battle when things are going REALLY badly? Then other players can load up the game and get out of the mess that the original player has got themselves into with as few casualties as possible and post a reply with tactics/solutions? just a thought. I'll shut up now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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