It'd be great if we had an actual upcoming walks list that select users (mainly those that have proven they can differentiate time zones correctly
) can add known upcoming walks to.This would do two things primarily:
1) It'd replace the two upcoming walk forum links and the by now massive topic(s) about it, resulting in one consolidated place to find walks for all game types in a consistent, easy to read format.
2) It'd to a large extent replace the prior suggestion here for auto-time- Conversion as that very much came from a desire to make walk announcement posts easier to read/not need to manually convert all the time.
It'd basically just be a list with the following information for each entry:
- Hardcore/Softcore
- Ladder/Non-Ladder
- Region
- Date
- Time
- Host (ideally not just the name but with the option of entering a stream link if known which would then turn the name into a hyperlink to the stream)
The list would be sorted chronologically from closest upcoming at the top to furthest away at the bottom. Completed walks (walk time < now) would be filtered out but could ideally be toggled on again/viewed separately so we actually have a walk history covered at the same time (if new entry isn't limited by time/future, we can "easily" back-fill that information with all known walks).
Have an "add" button (with restricted access, see above) that allows for entry of a new item with the above information with time for that entry being required in UTC. Have an "edit" button for each one (same restricted access) in case updates are needed (walks do get moved on occasion and the region is often times TBD for quite some time until voted on before the walk).
With this as a custom module, it should then be a lot easier to make that time display localized, converting automatically from UTC to whatever time zone the viewing user has set.
As baller as ShadowHeart's summary posts have become, this would take it to the next level.
Alternate suggestion for the entry restriction for 'add' ('edit' def. needs to be restricted as noted):
Leave it open (not to everyone but at least to older users/users with a minimum of trust) but have those entries be submitted for review before appearing on the list. That way, we can follow up on hints of walks that may otherwise be missed even by us who follow them closely.
Bonus suggestion:
Make the whole thing available in the API!
Edit:
Just a quick last thought, knowing how often I've cancelled a forum post because ShadowHeart once again beat me to it while I was typing, the whole thing would ideally include the same feature as the forum and notify you upon submission if someone else submitted a walk while you were entering a new one, just so we can cancel ours and don't keep double-posting them.
Extra edit:
Ok, true last thought this time (maybe), if you want to make it even more convenient for entry, keep a history of prior hosts (including entered stream links!) so they can be directly clicked/selected for new entries (similar to buyer selection from posting users in the closing of a trade). Saves us from re-entering that information each time as the stream typically remains the same for each host but may have to be manually looked up again each time otherwise.
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