Something new

[Lax]

Hey everyone!

So it's been a couple months since the site ownership change and as promised, nothing has really changed around here and you've all carried on your business as usual.

I have something really cool to share that I've been working on for dual-boxing.com. I think it's really cool anyway. And I hope you guys will too. Feedback so far has all been positive. I'm going to try to do this quietly so that too many people don't rush it at once (hence not front paging this or the link yet)... it hasn't blown up yet, but we'll see. ;) It's still kinda a work in progress, but it's far enough along for you to join in!

I call it.... The Commons: http://www.dual-boxing.com/commons

What is The Commons? The Commons is an area, tied to your dual-boxing.com forum account, for multiboxers of *many games* to share their characters and teams, screenshots and videos. Other multiboxers -- and our rivals who decide to log in -- can vote and comment on everything including your favorite servers or whine on your team page if you killed them. Your characters and teams can be tagged in your videos and screenshots, so that when viewing your screenshot you get links back to the characters, or when viewing your characters you get links to the screenshots they're in. You can search the content, filter it by games, check out everything on specific realms, etc. You can also permanently delete anything you add to The Commons.

Some games provide an API for communities like ours to show additional information about characters and things in that game. So far we're keyed for the the WoW community API (multiboxing is, after all, not prohibited), and using the EVE Online non-keyed API to check character names (might add the other public information as well - character profile picture, bloodline, etc). It's not hooked up to any API for any other game, so any suggestions are welcome. You can still add your characters and teams for other games, we just won't have the extra data.

Anyway, it'll be great fun, and it'll help connect us multiboxers together in new ways!

Your feedback is humbly requested.

[valkry]

Can't wait to utilise this, could be potentially awesome, good luck to it.

[Littleburst]

Looks interesting.

[moosejaw]

So far so good. Make sure you add the characters first before making the team or it may fail the team creation.

This will be a nice addition to the website. BZ Lax.

Edit: I tried adding 10 characters at once and it only took the first five. Spelling was correct. Added the rest as groups of five with no incident.

[thefunk]

Looks great LAX - any way of laying out top content smaller for smaller monitors (like mine), especially the +/-?

Also, why call it internet points, why not LAX points? ;)

[ebony]

it have to be joe points in anything,

anyway i was one of them to help beta test this and its a great i really like it now its live even better. I was helping beta test this for the EU ;)

[EaTCarbS]

Definitely needs work, but looks very promising.

You have a record of putting out quality, so just keep doing what you're doing.

[drarkan]

LAX = The next Steve Jobs! You release quality content I have faith in its success much like ISBoxer!

Looks great, keep it up, sure once the beta is over and the Commons is in 1.0, Millions of multiboxers (lol that'd be nice) will come from around the globe to come sit back, and chill in the Commons!

You should consider is making an IPhone/IPad, and other smartphones App so people can post and view the Commons content from their smartphone device. I'm sure that would probably take some time to get put together as there is much to work on still.

[valkry]

Would it be wrong to link that to haters who rage whisper me so I can get as many negative votes as possible?

Kinda like a performance review :P And sweet as, already got some negatives lawl!! Bring it haters!

[Lax]

Would it be wrong to link that to haters who rage whisper me so I can get as many negative votes as possible?

Kinda like a performance review :P And sweet as, already got some negatives lawl!! Bring it haters!
lol.

Well, when I requested the wow API key I did mention that people we kill might like to search for our teams and say mean things to us over the internet (in comments, or by voting, etc). Google already indexed The Commons recently, so if you were to google for, say, atox multiboxer, the top hit is your character in The Commons: http://www.dual-boxing.com/commons/wow/character/us/frostmourne/Atox and now that person can whine at you and/or vote if they log in. Or maybe they're just curious and they can check out your screenshots, etc. :) Link away.


Anyhow, The Commons seems to be going well so far, so I might spread the link a bit more. Several people have posted their characters, teams and screenshots, and everyone seems to like MiRai's IWT video ;)

[Apps]

Any "for Dummys" instructions for posting your team, characters, or info? I've done it... but I dont see anything.


NVM... I figured out whats going on. I didnt notice the [top] vs the [recent]. The "Top" must only show the top 10 with the highest votes?

[Lax]

There will be filtering for top content in the last 1, 3, 7, 30 days and such, but at the moment it's all pretty fresh so top is just showing top of all time.

I'm working on additional views as well, like realms with the most teams. I can also add more information about WoW teams, like PVP ratings or something.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Can't link new images unless they're on one of the popular sites, apparently.

[Lax]

Can't link new images unless they're on one of the popular sites, apparently.
I just want to avoid hotlinking images on sites that don't want images to be hotlinked from. Also, these sites are less likely to substitute images...

[valkry]

There will be filtering for top content in the last 1, 3, 7, 30 days and such, but at the moment it's all pretty fresh so top is just showing top of all time.

I'm working on additional views as well, like realms with the most teams. I can also add more information about WoW teams, like PVP ratings or something.
Will there be a kiss of death viewing option (person with lowest rating)?

[Quiding]

Hmmm, someone on the internets doesn't like me :(... Well atleast we now know the - feature works :D

Also is there a "All screenshots" implemented, if not it would be a suggestion! :)

[Lax]

I've added pagination to the top and recent views as of now, so you should be able to easily browse through all of the screenshots, characters, teams, etc now ;)

[Quiding]

I've added pagination to the top and recent views as of now, so you should be able to easily browse through all of the screenshots, characters, teams, etc now ;)

Yes! thanks :)

[blast3r]

Lax, I had no idea you took over the site. Had my head buried in RAF #3 during the transition. Great news! The Commons looks interesting.

[Emo?]

Shared my Mage and Dk movies, enjoy.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/commons/member/Emo

[fcha]

The 4DKs videos makes me speechless....GODMODE!!
Thanks for sharing, dude~ :D

[Lax]

The 4DKs videos makes me speechless....GODMODE!!
Thanks for sharing, dude~ :D

The proper response to content in The Commons is to click the up button above the number of points, and/or click on the title to add a comment :P

Anyone logged into dual-boxing.com forums should be able to vote on things with one click now. I just removed the "Registration" step you previously had to do in order to even vote in The Commons, so there shouldn't be any barriers anymore ;) Voting is encouraged!

[Eloxy]

The proper response to content in The Commons is to click the up button above the number of points, and/or click on the title to add a comment :P

Anyone logged into dual-boxing.com forums should be able to vote on things with one click now. I just removed the "Registration" step you previously had to do in order to even vote in The Commons, so there shouldn't be any barriers anymore ;) Voting is encouraged!

Logged me straight in so i guess its working ;)

[fcha]

Done~ :D

[Shodokan]

Good job, shame i won't be able to take advantage of it.

[Toned]

Good job, shame i won't be able to take advantage of it.
You won't come back for PokeMon in MOP?

[Ualaa]

Having a hard time uploading an image to the commons.

Cannot upload a screenshot.
Doesn't work, from the space on my internet provider (which was in my original post, Vial of the Sands x5).
Doesn't work from the file in "The Blog", which is now on dual-boxing.com.
Also doesn't work from Imgur.com, which is the first site suggested amongst the "approved" sites.

Trying to upload:
http://imgur.com/LdFIH

[valkry]

hey mate, easy fix, try this link instead
http://i.imgur.com/LdFIH.jpg

[Ualaa]

Thanks, that works.

[Shodokan]

You won't come back for PokeMon in MOP?

I thought my girlfriend of a few months was the one... i was dumped today and have no reason NOT to play. So i am re-starting on a new server with new games after pawning my old stuff.

Lets hope i can get decent people to play with this time.

[Oatboat]

Hey Lax, dont know if its been requested yet but can you add a Next page link to the bottom of the commons page also. hate scrolling back to the top of the page to hit next :)

yes i'm lazy dont hate.

[Oatboat]

Thanks! :)