Courtside.me
Consumer and social
sports game finder
SHOW HN2012
62points
26comments
#372of 1,677 in 2012
Top 23%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 5 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Concept is good and design is nice
From 3 comments
I like this concept a lot. NoFouls.com does something similar for basketball, but the regular games are never on there. It's always some guy trying to get a game by his house,…
cr4zy on HNGreat concept and very cool design! Two suggestions for improvement: - Let users play and organize before they have to log in - The home page was a bit confusing to me, as it…
pors on HNYour web app looks great, congrats on getting it live! We're tackling (pun intended) the same problem (it's an interesting one!) but from a mobile perspective and focusing solely…
scal84 on HN
Useful for finding rec league teammates
From 1 comment
Yea definitely. I signed up for NoFouls and found it to be of no use for me. A really good use for this type of app though is to find teammates for a rec league - especially in…
noname123 on HN
Objections
Login requirement adds friction
From 2 comments
You should lose the logins, it buys you nothing besides user friction which you definitely don't want at this stage in the game. If you add an api I'll hook it up to impromptudo.
djb_hackernews on HNGreat concept and very cool design! Two suggestions for improvement: - Let users play and organize before they have to log in - The home page was a bit confusing to me, as it…
pors on HN
Facebook and Twitter auth was broken at launch
From 1 comment
Just so you know: FB and Twitter auth doesn't work atm. Otherwise, it's a nice app.
hanula on HN
Exposed API keys in repository
From 1 comment
I hope these keys are fake... https://github.com/myusuf3/courtside/blob/master/courtside/keys/keys.py
ashchristopher on HN
Requests
Allow playing and organizing without logging in
From 2 comments
Great concept and very cool design! Two suggestions for improvement: - Let users play and organize before they have to log in - The home page was a bit confusing to me, as it…
pors on HNYou should lose the logins, it buys you nothing besides user friction which you definitely don't want at this stage in the game. If you add an api I'll hook it up to impromptudo.
djb_hackernews on HN
Add an API
From 1 comment
You should lose the logins, it buys you nothing besides user friction which you definitely don't want at this stage in the game. If you add an api I'll hook it up to impromptudo.
djb_hackernews on HN
Pull games from existing networks like Get a Game
From 1 comment
You should consider working with/pulling data from the Get a Game app. Their app sucks but they are doing a good job getting partnerships to pull in games from existing networks.…
derekdahmer on HN
Add more sports such as soccer and ultimate
From 2 comments
Ravens Nest? This an Ottawa project? hehe. if so/add Ultimate as a sport. hehe
ChrisArchitect on HNYour web app looks great, congrats on getting it live! We're tackling (pun intended) the same problem (it's an interesting one!) but from a mobile perspective and focusing solely…
scal84 on HN
Questions
Will Facebook proxied email addresses break the app
From 1 comment
Once FB auth is working, double check that Facebook proxied email addresses don't break the app. Django's default email field is max_length 75.
zgohr on HN
Alternatives named
NoFouls.com
From 1 comment
I like this concept a lot. NoFouls.com does something similar for basketball, but the regular games are never on there. It's always some guy trying to get a game by his house,…
cr4zy on HN
Get a Game app
From 1 comment
You should consider working with/pulling data from the Get a Game app. Their app sucks but they are doing a good job getting partnerships to pull in games from existing networks.…
derekdahmer on HN
ifives.net soccer app
From 1 comment
Your web app looks great, congrats on getting it live! We're tackling (pun intended) the same problem (it's an interesting one!) but from a mobile perspective and focusing solely…
scal84 on HN