[FSPA] High Score Tracker for Carpool (iScored)

[Joe P. Said]

Thats a great idea!

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:48 AM Dan Reynolds via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> Hey everyone -- a lot of you already know this, but I run a web app called
> iScored, for tracking high scores in your gameroom or bar or whatever.
> It's just a fancy digital version of the ol' whiteboard people sometimes
> use.
>
> Just for fun, I set one up for Carpool.  Please check it out!
>
> https://www.iScored.info?mode=public&user=Carpool
>
> Obviously, that's the "read only" version -- you can't enter scores
> yourself, at least for the moment.  The regular version lets you enter
> scores (and it works with either a touchscreen, phone, or mouse/keyboard)
>
> The app will take an unlimited number of scores per game -- each column
> scrolls down as far as it needs to.  So it's not just for the 5 or 10 or 20
> best players that can enter a score -- anyone can record any score they're
> proud of.  (Also, it only records one score per player -- it wouldn't be
> any fun if the top 25 slots on every game were AKM.  :)  )
>
> The idea is that it's just a casual, informal way for people to track and
> compare their person best scores, if they want to.  It's not meant as any
> kind of official ranking, or comprehensive list of the best scores ever, or
> anything like that.  Most people who play pinball are never going to make
> the top 5 on a machine, and therefore aren't ever going to get to enter
> their initials and have a score recorded either for bragging or personal
> achievement purposes.
>
> I filled in a few scores so you all can see what it looks like.  I did
> this by scraping the current high score lists of the games themselves, and
> then i also entered some of the better scores from Tuesday's Week 1.  So
> they're obviously not anyone's "best ever" yet.  just kind of a "demo"
> sampling.
>
> If anyone wants a score included, send me an email  (
> pezpunk at iscored.info  ) or tap me on the shoulder at Carpool or
> whatever.  Same goes if you want your name removed, of course!
>
> If response is positive, I figure i can give write access to the league
> officers (or even the bartenders at carpool if they're willing), and they
> can enter a score for anyone who wants their score memorialized.  entering
> a score through a phone takes like 10 seconds.  Heck, maybeeeee Carpool
> could even display this on one of their many screens, instead of that
> screensaver that advertises events that i don't think even happen (do they
> REALLY have a Game of Thrones viewing party every Friday?)  Seems to me
> like a colorful, scrolling billboard of high scores might encourage casuals
> to play more pinball, and ask what the deal is with competitive pinball and
> so on.
>
> -Dan
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