by N Texas Widowmakers » Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:06 pm
[quote:cdea46128c="derfs"][quote:cdea46128c="Voovits"]There is an alternate way to view the game replay without knowing the results ahead of time.
Each game has a unique URL, just like the boxscores.
For example, this is the URL to the first game my 90s team played tonight.
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=527
the id=527 is the game number. The second game my team played has the same URL, but with the ID changed to 533. In other words:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=533
Thats 6 higher than the last (12 teams = 6 games), so naturally, the URL for the 3rd game will be 539.
Now this won't help me for tonights games, but it will help for tomorrow, and each day afterward.
Each team in my league has played 90 games. That's 540 total games played so far this season.
So, in my case, if I entered the URL: http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=541
I wont get anything (blank page) because that game hasn't played... yet.
Tomorrow, after the games have played, that will be a valid URL and there will be a game there. So instead of visiting the league homepage, I'll plug in that URL. If it's still a blank page, the league hasn't run yet. If it's got a game in it, the league has run.
Game 541 may not be the game my team played. If it's not, I'll just keep adding 1 to the ID until I find my teams first game. Once I do that, I can watch the game without having seen the scores in advance. Then just add +6 to the ID to view game #2, then the same again to view game #3.
For example, lets say tomorrow my teams first game is at:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=544
That means the URL for the other 2 games will be at:
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=550
and
http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/game_replay.html?group_id=138671&g_id=556
So I can watch the games without ever visiting the homepage and seeing the results ahead of time.
It's a lot of work, but it'll suffice until a more permanent solution is put into place.[/quote:cdea46128c]
In the words of my favorite all-time Chargers broadcaster's, that is bleepin brilliant!
Gotta keep you around.[/quote:cdea46128c]
Josh lewin ?