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RichK · 09-29-2007, 09:52 AM

This is a no-brainer.

I have developed a web-based Game of The Week "Game Cast" so that our online league can do a by a pitch-by-pitch "simulcast". I have combined an ESPN-like gamecast (no video, just a self-refreshing web page with play-by-commentary, score, count, #outs, and line score) with a chatroom so we can all gather and "watch" the live gamecast.

However, in order to do so, I have to run the pitch-by-pitch SIM, and after each pitch, recreate the play in a home-written desktop "control program" that writes text to a SQL database on my website, which the gamecast web-page reads when it refreshes every 7 seconds.

OOTP needs an option to write the play-by-play text , roster, lineups, and situation data to an MS Access, SQL Server, or MySQL database as the game is played. That way, it would be child's play to develop and run a live play-by-play simulcast web page for online leagues. OOTP already generates the data, now all it needs to do is give us the option to output it to a data store realtime.

I would be more than happy to develop the page and distribute it for use by any online league that has access to a SQL Server or MS ACCESS database if OOTP is willing to provide optional data output from the game cast.

09-29-2007, 09:52 AM	#36 (permalink)
RichK Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 13	Play-By-Play Text This is a no-brainer. I have developed a web-based Game of The Week "Game Cast" so that our online league can do a by a pitch-by-pitch "simulcast". I have combined an ESPN-like gamecast (no video, just a self-refreshing web page with play-by-commentary, score, count, #outs, and line score) with a chatroom so we can all gather and "watch" the live gamecast. However, in order to do so, I have to run the pitch-by-pitch SIM, and after each pitch, recreate the play in a home-written desktop "control program" that writes text to a SQL database on my website, which the gamecast web-page reads when it refreshes every 7 seconds. OOTP needs an option to write the play-by-play text , roster, lineups, and situation data to an MS Access, SQL Server, or MySQL database as the game is played. That way, it would be child's play to develop and run a live play-by-play simulcast web page for online leagues. OOTP already generates the data, now all it needs to do is give us the option to output it to a data store realtime. I would be more than happy to develop the page and distribute it for use by any online league that has access to a SQL Server or MS ACCESS database if OOTP is willing to provide optional data output from the game cast.