niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts Last Edited: 2011-11-30 03:24:11 #1



Right now, when people want to find barcrafts, they have to go through TeamLiquid, Reddit, maybe facebook...

Same for people trying to organize barcrafts, they have to create a facebook page to get an estimate of the number of people interested... (hard to do in a forum).



My point is, there is room for improvement



So I thought I would create a website to list them all.

It would make it easy for people to search by location, date etc...

It would also make the life of the organizers easier: nice form to create their barcrafts, people could rsvp, comment, upload pictures etc.



Here is my first try! http://ibarcraft.com



IT'S IN BETA! (maybe even alpla )

The reason why I post it here so early is that I need feedback from you guys. It's really hard to get things exactly right the first time, especially when you're working alone. So I need your help. It's not been tested in IE (argh), and right now, with just a few users, the performances are good, but I'll have to optimize it if enough people are interested.



Don't hesitate to talk about anything you don't like or just share ideas. You can create fake barcrafts to see if the experience for organizers is good.



Thanks!



ps: I just used random data found on reddit or TL to add some barcrafts, so that the site is not empty, don't pay too much attention

Hey guys,Right now, when people want to find barcrafts, they have to go through TeamLiquid, Reddit, maybe facebook...Same for people trying to organize barcrafts, they have to create a facebook page to get an estimate of the number of people interested... (hard to do in a forum).My point is, there is room for improvementSo I thought I would create a website to list them all.It would make it easy for people to search by location, date etc...It would also make the life of the organizers easier: nice form to create their barcrafts, people could rsvp, comment, upload pictures etc.IT'S IN BETA! (maybe even alplaThe reason why I post it here so early is that. It's really hard to get things exactly right the first time, especially when you're working alone. So I need your help. It's not been tested in IE (argh), and right now, with just a few users, the performances are good, but I'll have to optimize it if enough people are interested.Don't hesitate to talk about anything you don't like or just share ideas. You can create fake barcrafts to see if the experience for organizers is good.Thanks!ps: I just used random data found on reddit or TL to add some barcrafts, so that the site is not empty, don't pay too much attention ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

Torte de Lini Profile Blog Joined September 2010 Germany 30668 Posts #2 Awesome! Definitely tweeting this! https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #3 Maybe I'm just overreacting, but don't promote it too much for now, my current hosting platform can't handle much traffic I think ^^. Haha niceMaybe I'm just overreacting, but don't promote it too much for now, my current hosting platform can't handle much traffic I think ^^. ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

StarStruck Profile Joined April 2010 24097 Posts #4 Someone finally had the balls to make an official website.



Not bad.

mki Profile Blog Joined November 2010 Poland 866 Posts #5 Good stuff! Head of New Business at Team Kinguin :: https://www.teamkinguin.com

chesshaha Profile Joined March 2010 United States 1112 Posts #6 Nice work man, I'll probably use this site next time we're planing for barcraft.



Thanks! "Hopefully you're not the real TLO so it's not casted" - SpecialK

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #7

Btw, I'm not sure I've been clear: you can test stuff out, create fake barcrafts etc so that I can improve the experience based on your feedback. AwesomeBtw, I'm not sure I've been clear: you can test stuff out, create fake barcrafts etc so that I can improve the experience based on your feedback. ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

indigoawareness Profile Joined October 2010 Slovakia 273 Posts Last Edited: 2011-11-30 03:28:45 #8 very very good! Nice resource, of course the key to successful functionality is getting everyone on board.



Next step is to try to get some people to back you. Blizzard itself was interested in barcraft, as are mlg and others. Get your name associated with them.



Or better facebook integration/facebook app. idk, just throwing out some ideas. To sleep, perchance to dream.

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts Last Edited: 2011-11-30 03:31:03 #9



I dont think I want to turn it into a facebook app, but a better integration with facebook would be a good idea indeed. Yes! I will begin to promote the site and contact influential people as soon as I feel like it is good enough. There still some work to be done before thatI dont think I want to turn it into a facebook app, but a better integration with facebook would be a good idea indeed. ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

BlueBoxSC Profile Blog Joined October 2011 United States 582 Posts #10 Nothing for Vegas. BwCBlueBox.837

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #11 So create one ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

fuzzy_panda Profile Blog Joined November 2010 New Zealand 1329 Posts #12 we so need to do a barcraft in New Zealand...

EscPlan9 Profile Blog Joined December 2006 United States 2777 Posts #13 Wow really well done! I'll play with it a bit more later Undefeated TL Tecmo Super Bowl League Champion

BlazeTSR Profile Joined November 2011 United States 218 Posts #14 Fantastic idea!! keep up the good work! Fan of ........... Protoss: Hero, iNcontroL, Nony Zerg: CatZ and Sheth Terran: Demuslim

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #15 It's cool to see that you all like the idea!



(good night) ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

GenesisX Profile Blog Joined February 2010 Canada 4257 Posts #16 Great idea! 133 221 333 123 111

Joefish Profile Joined July 2010 Germany 312 Posts #17

In the last few months the Barcraft events really skyrocketed (at least that's how I feel)

and really hard to keep track of all of them and see if there is actually one near you.

If people use your site to announce and organize their events

I can see that you did there something really good for the community Excellent idea!In the last few months the Barcraft events really skyrocketed (at least that's how I feel)and really hard to keep track of all of them and see if there is actually one near you.If people use your site to announce and organize their eventsI can see that you did there something really good for the community

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #18

Yeah, I hope it will be useful to the community!

You mentioned that it's hard to keep track of all of them. I was thinking about allowing you to create groups. I would be great for people organizing several barcrafts, and users could "follow" the group and be notified of the next barcrafts automatically. ThanksYeah, I hope it will be useful to the community!You mentioned that it's hard to keep track of all of them. I was thinking about allowing you to create groups. I would be great for people organizing several barcrafts, and users could "follow" the group and be notified of the next barcrafts automatically. ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

niuage Profile Joined October 2011 United States 174 Posts #19 How do you think I should handle events?

Should I maintain a list of the main events myself?



Should I allow users to create their own? In this case, I'd have to be careful about duplicates...



What do you think? ibarcraft.com | poexplorer.com

lithium- Profile Joined October 2011 France 3 Posts #20 Really great and useful website to find a barcraft around New York city ! Thank you niuage !

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