Auction-House App Interest?

[Kich867]

Originally Posted by tristantio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Try it out! (or if you like registering + posting on a forum type thing, try that ectunnel.org site as it sounds like exactly what you made).

I've been noodling the idea of upgrading the p99-patcher + realtime map application that I wrote to have Ahungry EQAuction Logger tie ins, but haven't done it yet.

Hrm, I haven't actually made anything yet it was just a gauge to see if people would be interested. I'm getting the "no" vibe given that there have been other tried and failed attempts at this apparently =/.

[Thatt]

I didn't realize people had already tilted at this particular windmill. I guess I'll leave any peer based auction functionality out of my app.

[tristantio]

Never hurts to innovate!

I think the biggest impediment to a web based auction tool similar to forums (with posting etc.) is people are often too lazy to register for a site (even if its a super simple registration) so avoid requiring any type of registration would help.

Then if you have something that automates between game and your website (via reading /log for instance) you'd probably have people use it.

If I could, for instance, have any app I ran locally scan for my own /auctions (vs general /auctions) and parse it out + make a web based post for them without having to post on the web, it'd be useful.

[Nubben]

Originally Posted by Rooj [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Where's all this auction stuff coming from suddenly? We already have EC tunnel, EC tunnel forums, and ahungry (although more people need to start using the plugin for it). Shit's weird.

People who are into development (either as a career or just a hobby) enjoy doing projects related to their current interests. In this case, their current interest is EQ/P99. Doing hobby projects like this can help you stay sharp, or even better, can be a good way to learn a new thing or two (or even a new language!). I bet a lot of these people are doing these projects for those reasons, and decided to share just in case other people find their work useful. I doubt that any of these people are trying to come up with the next big thing or change the way the game is played.

[Thatt]

Originally Posted by Nubben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

People who are into development (either as a career or just a hobby) enjoy doing projects related to their current interests. In this case, their current interest is EQ/P99. Doing hobby projects like this can help you stay sharp, or even better, can be a good way to learn a new thing or two (or even a new language!). I bet a lot of these people are doing these projects for those reasons, and decided to share just in case other people find their work useful. I doubt that any of these people are trying to come up with the next big thing or change the way the game is played.

Bingo.

[salimoneus]

Originally Posted by Nubben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

People who are into development (either as a career or just a hobby) enjoy doing projects related to their current interests. In this case, their current interest is EQ/P99. Doing hobby projects like this can help you stay sharp, or even better, can be a good way to learn a new thing or two (or even a new language!). I bet a lot of these people are doing these projects for those reasons, and decided to share just in case other people find their work useful. I doubt that any of these people are trying to come up with the next big thing or change the way the game is played.

Pretty good summary!