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Site Features June 3

In Development – HomeCrowd – Update & Preview

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HomeCrowd, the new comment system for Fantasy Football Scout, is due to launch in the next few days following a final test by our newly recruited team of moderators.

We have a few minor bugs to fix this week and are looking to launch either Wednesday or Thursday. This is subject to change – if we fail to make Thursday, we will likely slip over to Monday of the following week.

In preparation, a new Community Guide section has now been written and is available to read here. This outlines how you can get the best out of the new functions HomeCrowd has to offer in addition to re-iterating the rules regarding comment posting.

In addition, so that you can get an early view of HomeCrowd, we’ve created a preview movie below, outlining the features that will be available when we go live.

Our moderation team is still in training, limbering up and leafing through the community guidelines and moderator’s guide that we’re currently piecing together.

We are delighted to announce that our initial moderating team is: Spencer, Ryan, In Like Flynn, Gaz Downright, Evs, Green Windmill, Tinkerman, In Tommy We Trust, Applebonkers and TorresMagic.

All are well respected members of the community, who since being appointed have already provided sterling work behind the scenes in helping to launch HomeCrowd and ensuring its success.

HC Preview from Mark on Vimeo.

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  1. r0nh
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/8756455/Arsene-Wenger-says-Arsenal-made-a-mistake-not-signing-Gareth-Bale

    Wenger trying his best to ensure that Bale leaves Spurs 🙂

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    1. r0nh
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      Top of the page; what a great start to the morning 😎

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  2. FACUPARSE
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    How did Mario Gomez go to Napoli? 75 goals in 115 games and dumped by Munchen. Why did nobody in the prem get him?

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    1. r0nh
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      I would have thought a man like you could figure that out yourself 🙂

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      1. FACUPARSE
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 11 months ago

        Oooooo smart mouth.

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    2. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      He hasn't joined.

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  3. Sheep
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    5 hours 34 minutes on one page. Give yourselves a pat on the back 🙂

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    1. tw
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      I feel like we had an 8hr page at one point

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      1. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 11 months ago

        This

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      A couple of weeks ago there were 10 new comments in something like 8 hours or something

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  4. MDK
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    What app/tool would people most like to see available next season, I'm going to be bored this summer so may look to write something for the start of next season.

    How about an app that tries to tell you what transfer a rival has made?

    Any other suggestions? (Waits for the auto captain app suggestion)

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      Just ask TM, he'll tell you your rival's transfers.

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    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      a captain hindsight app

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    3. roscola
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      I get quite obsessive on matchdays about how well my rivals are doing while the games are being played. Every time a goal is scored I start diving into their live scores to see how each is doing.

      I'd really like something that would show me the ongoing scores of my rivals before the ML tables are updated.

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      1. MDK
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 11 months ago

        I like the sound of that, something to ponder as I do exactly the same.

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      2. The3rdTurd
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 11 months ago

        Razza's Greasemonkey script does that. Most of its functionality failed when they made some tweaks to the FPL website, but the live ML score updates was still working at the end of the season.

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  5. Count of Monte Hristo
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    TW

    Do you need to download the MessageCatcher when signing up to Chatango?

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    1. tw
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      don't need to. I haven't but you can if you want

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  6. Saniul
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    NEW POST:
    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2013/06/04/team-of-the-season-luis-suarez/#comment-5888483

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  7. Al Pacino
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 11 months ago

    I'd like to start off by saying this is just my opinion, none are facts or anything, so don't attack me :P.

    I think homecrowd is a bad idea. Why?
    - The reputation means that whoever posts lineups first will get loads of rep (*cough* Demi) for something that, in all honesty, is quite unworthy. Reputation should be given for actual contribution, not providing a lineup 10 seconds earlier than people can actually get if they really wanted to. I feel this system will be poorly handled by the community, including myself possibly.

    - Reputation invites popularity contests. While it's good for the 😎 people at the top, those that don't have any/many are left to have comments that aren't seen as much as the high rep people. This feature just makes it even more difficult for lower people, as, in essence, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. High rep members get their comments seen easier, leading to more rep. Lower comments will stay at the bottom. Obviously it could easily turn out to be fine, but it's still a possibility.

    - What's wrong with the current system? Seriously, i don't see a problem. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

    I would like to say this isn't a complaint, just thoughts I'd like to share. I support the change as much as any in terms of willing to give it a go, and having not been part of the testing perhaps my views aren't educated enough to hold true value.

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    1. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 11 months ago

      you used to post as someone else earlier?

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      1. Al Pacino
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 11 months ago

        Pardon?

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