I just made a new thread because this affects both the PS3 and Xbox leagues.
A lot of us are finding that we need more than just one thread per league, and that PM's are a bit cumbersome to communicate with other GM's.
I'm in software development for a living, and I've recently branched my skills into the mobile device side of things. I thought about exploring the possibility of an app, that we could all use to instantly IM with one another (provided our phones are nearby) regarding trade proposals and such.
Mitch also suggested that we have a mini forum/site, just for GM Connected.
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Originally Posted by Mitch
Here's an idea- make a mini forum (website) for the CP GM Connected?
That way we could organize our things into threads instead of crowding CP. We can have an individual trade block thread, polls for changes, trades, etc. It would be a lot better instead of trying to navigate through 30 pages of it in 1 thread.
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There could be trading blocks, polls, like he said, and even rumour threads, for those of us that enjoy doing that. Hell, let's even designate someone to be Eklund!
Anyway, rather than go out and spend two weeks making an app just for this purpose, I've thought the best way to do this is the following.
- With permission of the mods, I can get a mini forum set up pretty quickly. CP Mods would have Admin access, as would the Commissioners of each league. That's the easy part. Once we're all done with it, which would be when NHL 14 comes out, it'll be gassed.
- For the communication thing, we could use something like Google Talk, if we want to stick to a free solution. However, it won't be as good.
There's two possible solutions for this, and this is where I get into technical terms, and could use input from other IT guys or software developers on this forum.
- Build a mobile app for iPhone and Android that would connect to a server via a web service, and we would all message one another that way. I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to mobile programming though, so I'd have to learn how to do push notifications.
- We find a Linux host to put an XMPP server on (same principle that Google Talk runs on), and that way, we have a chat server to ourselves. Everybody signs up for their own account, set their display name to their team, and the PS3 and Xbox guys would each have their own groups. I can talk to my boss to see if they would be willing to share some server space for a small Ubuntu server or something. Or if someone else owns a server, even better. This way, each person can use one of the multitude of XMPP/Jabber clients out there for their device, and its all instantaneous. Only problem is, it might be tougher to get an XMPP server going than a regular web server for solution #1. That wouldn't be too hard at all for no cost.
Any ideas/suggestions?