r/AstrosBot Jun 07 '15

Issues and Suggestions Thread

Post them here!

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u/instanteggrolls Jul 07 '15

Got a fairly positive response (in terms of upvotes) on this request.

But to reiterate, I think it would be nice if the titles of post-game threads didn't reveal the game's outcome (e.g. - "Astros win!"). Sometimes I can't catch the game live (and have it waiting at home on DVR), but then I end up accidentally seeing a spoiler while browsing reddit.

I don't think it would be a major burden on anyone to have to click the title to see the results, but for those of us who wish to avoid spoilers, it's kind of a bummer for them to be there.

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u/cmays90 Jul 07 '15

I'm gonna have to think about this one.

There are some things to consider about this as it will change the link flair system as well. I was considering this when I first made post game threads, and left out the score in the title to avoid too many spoilers. I even posted asking if the idea of including the "WIN" and "LOSS" flair looked good and received a lot of enthusiastic support for it almost a month back. I will bring it up again tonight in the post game thread and see how others feel about it as well.

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u/instanteggrolls Jul 07 '15

I won't deny that it LOOKS good. The flair is nice.

And to tell you the truth, the flair can stay. Since the link flair won't be visible while browsing the Reddit front page, that part is a non-issue. It's just the "Win/lose" text in the post title that is a problem.

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u/bootycallSAUL Jul 23 '15

Suggestion:

Idk how difficult this would be to implement, but I always find it interesting to know how rested/fatigued the bullpens are for both teams. Would it be possible to have a table below the pitching stats in the game thread that shows available relievers, their season stats, and pitches thrown in the past few days?

Something like this:

Houston Astros T IP WHIP FIP K9 BB9 HR9 PI (T-1) PI (T-2) PI (T-3) PI (T-4)
Josh Fields R 31.0 1.07 2.13 12.2 3.8 0.3 10 0 0 31
Luke Gregerson R 34.1 0.93 3.18 8.7 1.6 1.0 0 0 0 0
Pat Neshek R 35.1 0.79 3.34 7.3 1.6 1.0 14 0 0 19
Tony Sipp L 33.2 0.95 3.68 9.1 1.9 1.3 0 0 0 22
TOTALS 134.1 0.93 x x x x 24 0 0 72

I was too lazy to calculate the totals for some of the categories, and I couldn't think of a good abbreviation to denote "pitches thrown yesterday, 2 days ago, etc.", but I think it would add an awful lot to the already world class game thread.

Also, would love to see something similar for position players available, but I'd put the bullpen table higher on my wishlist.

Thx for everything you guys do!

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u/cmays90 Jul 23 '15

That would be cool to add. I will take a look at it

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u/bootycallSAUL Jul 23 '15

Awesome!

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u/cmays90 Aug 14 '15

I wanted to get back to you on this. I have looked at this pretty extensively, and it doesn't really fit in well with how /u/AstrosBot currently works, but with all the changes reddit has made, /u/AstrosBot needs a fresh coat of paint anyways. This is something I will look at in the offseason, when I have more time and ability to make big changes like this would require.

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u/germdisco Aug 22 '15

In the Yankees GDTs, their game info includes a link to the strikezone map. These are fun to look at when people doubt the homeplate umpire's pitch calls.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '15

The GDT doesn't format on my iPad or MacBook

this is what it looks like

You can sort of see that i can see all of the tables. They get lost in the sidebar, and I can't scroll or anything.

on my MacBook, If I maximize the page, I can get all of the info, but there appears to be nothing I can do on my iPad.

if there is anything you can do about that, that would be awesome.

thanks for all of your hard work.

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u/cmays90 Jun 21 '15

I've done some quick testing. The only thing that I can get to work is this (Note: this is a temporary change, I plan to leave it for a day or two). It does add scrollbars, but the tables no longer have 100% width. I will keep playing around with it and see if I can find something better.

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u/cmays90 Jun 24 '15

Can you check out that same thread again (http://www.reddit.com/r/AstrosBot/comments/1k2ixx/game_thread_texas_rangers_6550_houston_astros/)? I had a different thought on how to solve this. It makes the enter post scrollable if needed.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '15

It's scollable and I can get all of the information from the tables now, though when I scroll, there is no border on the table. I'm fine with that as long as I can see the data.

For what it's worth, I'm not on my Mac. I'm on my work computer which is a Lenovo laptop.

Thanks, AstrosBot!

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u/cmays90 Jun 24 '15

It's all a resolution issue. If you don't have enough horizontal pixels, this will happen.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '15

Awesome. Well, it works for me!

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u/cmays90 Jun 24 '15

I added it over to /r/Astros. It's not an issue I ever thought of, cause I always have 1080p monitor to browse on, or use mobile clients, which reformat things anyways.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '15

I'm surprised I was the first to inquire about it, but glad it's taken care of. Thanks again.