Calgarypuck's PS3 NHL 13 Connected GM League

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by Stealth22

If no one wants to use it, then there's no point in doing it, I agree. But there are benefits to it.

And regardless, I think everyone should at least be on textPlus.

Oh, and I didn't spend a dime.

What is this textplus, how do I get it and does it cost me money?

[silentsim]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

What is this textplus, how do I get it and does it cost me money?

Free, available on your local iPhone or Android App Store

[Stealth22]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

What is this textplus, how do I get it and does it cost me money?

What is textPlus, and why the hell should I use it?

And since I'm in the habit of posting things from the other forum...

LA is listening to offers on Alex Semin. See my trade block on the other forum for details.

[king_amonte]

I'm using this thread, the new thread and now textplus, all work good but agree a decision needs to be made sooner than later as to what we are going to use because I like others don't feel I should have 3 things on the go to talk trade or things like that......for my 2 cents textplus is cool but for it to really work good we would need everyone on board

[silentsim]

When's the rollover?

[zukes]

I am in agreement, the CP/TextPlus combo seems to be the way to go. Thanks to Stealth though for trying to get everybody on the same page.

[jschick88]

I like the new forum b/c you don't have to scroll through this thread to check another team's roster. During the day when I'm at work I like to go through team rosters and think of possible trade offers.

I say we take it to vote. Why not just use the new thread for everything including discussions, etc.. I don't find it a hassle to have CP and the new forum open at the same time. All browsers these days allow you to have as many tabs open at once.

[zukes]

In the end I am fine with either, but I do not see why we can't open a few more threads here, clearly this site is mmuch better run and set up than that free one is.

[CsInMyBlood]

I like the idea of our own forum, I mean just trying to find out who belongs to which team when I have to play someone is a nightmare of trying to find the correct page in this thread.

I'd say link the new site on the first page for those that don't want to bookmark it for some reason.

Also, about text plus, I have a Blackberry so am I out of luck?

[Stealth22]

Originally Posted by zukes

In the end I am fine with either, but I do not see why we can't open a few more threads here, clearly this site is mmuch better run and set up than that free one is.

Well of course it is. When you're on a budget of $0.00, it kind of limits your choices!

We had some hiccups yesterday, but eventually I got it going on a better host. If it wasn't for something so small/lightweight, I would have just said lets pay a couple bucks a month for a real server to throw it on. But it just didn't make any sense for anyone to pay out of pocket for this. And its running fine now.

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

I like the idea of our own forum, I mean just trying to find out who belongs to which team when I have to play someone is a nightmare of trying to find the correct page in this thread.

I'd say link the new site on the first page for those that don't want to bookmark it for some reason.

Also, about text plus, I have a Blackberry so am I out of luck?

Yeah, Jobo can do that. And unfortunately, yeah, there's no TextPlus app for BlackBerry. I checked into that, and apparently they are waiting to see what happens with BlackBerry 10 before they spend any time/money on development.

Do you have an iPad/iPod or any kind of tablet, be it a BB PlayBook or Android? I thought I read somewhere that someone got the Android TextPlus app working on the PlayBook's Android player.

Other than that, you've only got two alternatives.

1) Post your cell number so we can all text you from textPlus, and you'd get a phone number to text back...but I wouldn't do this, so I wouldn't expect you to!

2) Stick to forum PM's and have your Berry nearby so you'll get your PM's via e-mail.

[jgardz]

Once I've got text plus on my iPhone, what do we do from there? Sorry if this was already covered, but I'm super pressed for time at work and just wanna get on board.

[Stealth22]

Well, you register for an account, and you get issued a textPlus number, which people without textPlus can use to text you (free) or call you, if you buy minutes from textPlus.

textPlus users can use either your number or your username. For simplicity's sake, we'd like to try using our CP usernames, or a "PS3<Team>" format, if you're creating an account solely for our league. Like, I created a personal account, and then I created one with the username "PS3LAKINGS".

We've got a thread on the new forums where people can post their textPlus usernames, and I add them to the master list in the first post of that thread. I'd also recommend throwing it in your forum signature as well.

So far we've got 7 textPlus usernames on that list.

http://cpconnected.x10.mx/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48

[Joborule]

Originally Posted by jschick88

I like the new forum b/c you don't have to scroll through this thread to check another team's roster. During the day when I'm at work I like to go through team rosters and think of possible trade offers.

I say we take it to vote. Why not just use the new thread for everything including discussions, etc.. I don't find it a hassle to have CP and the new forum open at the same time. All browsers these days allow you to have as many tabs open at once.

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

I like the idea of our own forum, I mean just trying to find out who belongs to which team when I have to play someone is a nightmare of trying to find the correct page in this thread.

I'd say link the new site on the first page for those that don't want to bookmark it for some reason.

Also, about text plus, I have a Blackberry so am I out of luck?

Both of these concerns can be addressed with new threads.

A roster thread will have the first several posts reserved for up to date rosters of all 30 teams. Each post would be rosters of each division. So you would be able to have a quick reference to team rosters.

As for arranging games, a match making thread can be made. Though it would look cleaner on a separate forum, one megathread should be suitable.

[jgardz]

Thanks for the text plus tips! Can't we create a league community in the app?

[Russic]

PS3LAKINGS? You put the city in your username. For shame. SHAAAAAMMMMME.

Text+: PS3COYOTES

In all seriousness though, I move that any sweeping change like that perhaps go through a trial period to explore the potential issues before moving multiple people over. Text+ and the new forum were pushed through seemingly overnight. It's confusing for people who aren't in this thread 24/7 and will prove obnoxious if we are announcing "ok that didn't work, now everybody over here" every few weeks. Personally I'm not even sure the text+ system works all that great on account of it not being available on all platforms and that people actually use it as a texting service so they don't want to have a username consistent with the league. There are options out there that would work for us, but at this point I think text+ is already the direction we're headed.

My feeling is that if a change is desired several members give it a whirl as an exploratory committee for a few weeks to see if there are issues. Then we can bring in a transition period with a drop dead date of when everybody needs to be moved over.

[jgardz]

textPlus:
JGARDZ
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Canucks GM

[Stealth22]

Created a community on TextPlus.

[Joborule]

What's the benefit of text+ compare to GroupMe since the latter has better compatibility for all?

[Stealth22]

I'm not too sure, but it looks as if groupme needs your actual phone number, and you have to have everyone in your contacts (with real cell numbers) already. That's what I interpret it as, anyway. It looks similar to WhatsApp. With Text+, you don't need to divulge your real phone number, and several of us have dedicated accounts for this league.

The only reason that there's no BlackBerry version is, like I said, they are waiting to see what happens with the new BlackBerry 10 platform before they spend any time/money on development. Because if BB10 takes off as well as RIM is hoping, then any BB platform before that will be instantly obsolete in the consumer world. Developing BB apps for older BB's once BB10 is out will be completely pointless because you'd get no return on your investment.

How big of an issue is the BlackBerry compatibility thing going to be? How many guys with Berry's (and without iPods/iPads or Android tablets) do we have?

[jgardz]

K, set up a NEW account

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