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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On January 16 2024 17:05 dr0pship wrote:
i appreciate the time/work you put into this site
but that being said
1) you should provide a link to the original website where the download was scraped (ygosu, yaoyuan, reps.ru, etc)
2) especially if you are going to charge for downloads due to "increasing abuse"
3) or, how about a simple captcha to prevent unwanted downloads? im not going to pay USD for replays for a 25 year old game
thanks
1) I don't have source links for replays, especially if users upload them. But most of the replays are not coming from any site but from the Blizzard ladder.
2-3) I put my time and expertise to create and run the site, and guess what, it costs money to run it. So I put my money into it, for years. So the situation is that I put my time and effort to help the community, and I pay for it. Shouldn't it be otherwise? That someone who helps the community gets rewarded?
Do as you wish. You do not have to pay as there's (although little) free download limit every day. But do you think I'm making money from RepMastered™? I'm spending like a hundred bucks from my pocket on it each month, and many hours of my time. Would you like me to also pay you for downloading replays?
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again, thank you for your work
the site is able to download from the blizzard server. where? can your website provide an external link? how are these replays acquired from the server? i dont understand the need for your site as a "middle man" which means you have to pay for file hosting.
On January 16 2024 23:24 Dakota_Fanning wrote:
2-3) I put my time and expertise to create and run the site, and guess what, it costs money to run it. So I put my money into it, for years. So the situation is that I put my time and effort to help the community, and I pay for it. Shouldn't it be otherwise? That someone who helps the community gets rewarded?
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On March 03 2020 21:21 Dakota_Fanning wrote:
Is there a need for an online replay analyzer / replay sharing site for StarCraft Brood War?
I might be willing to create one, but before I put any effort into it, I'd like to perform a market research.
On April 17 2020 19:18 Dakota_Fanning wrote:Following my survey just a couple of weeks ago about creating an online replay analyzer / sharing site, I've decided to make it a reality. After a month of work, I'm presenting to you ...
On April 17 2020 19:45 Dakota_Fanning wrote:Show nested quote +On April 17 2020 19:29 2Pacalypse- wrote:
Thanks Dakota, this looks great!
Do you have any other planned features, or do you consider it "complete" for now? I consider this a "starting point". I can add a whole lot of new features if people find it useful and there is interest. What you see is "just" one month of work.
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On January 17 2024 00:05 dr0pship wrote:
the site is able to download from the blizzard server. where? can your website provide an external link? how are these replays acquired from the server? i dont understand the need for your site as a "middle man" which means you have to pay for file hosting.
It's no accident you don't know of an official Blizzard site to download replays from, because there isn't one. RepMastered does so by interacting with the StarCraft client, and in a way similar to how you can watch / download your most recent replays in StarCraft. But this only provides the 25 most recent ladder reps at most. To get older replays, a "middle man" is required because you can't do that even from within StarCraft.
And I don't know what you want to imply with my quotes from the past.
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On January 17 2024 00:05 dr0pship wrote:Show nested quote +On January 16 2024 23:24 Dakota_Fanning wrote:
2-3) I put my time and expertise to create and run the site, and guess what, it costs money to run it. So I put my money into it, for years. So the situation is that I put my time and effort to help the community, and I pay for it. Shouldn't it be otherwise? That someone who helps the community gets rewarded? ???
Such a question for TL's community, and times three. Here's my answer: !!!.
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Here are some other valid responses (pick as you like):
1) ***
2) ###
3) %%%
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On January 16 2024 17:05 dr0pship wrote:
im not going to pay USD for replays for a 25 year old game
Cool, then use the free option or don't download. It's that simple, no need to make a mountain out of a molehill.
I was more than happy to support this project with USD, and that was before it had pay-to-use options. I don't even really download replays anymore, as I am not active. Still do not regret my decision.
Downloaded one replay I myself uploaded previously now just for fun though.
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Hi, What is my percentage share if someone pay to download one of my replay?
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On January 18 2024 07:10 Jealous wrote:Show nested quote +On January 16 2024 17:05 dr0pship wrote:
im not going to pay USD for replays for a 25 year old game Cool, then use the free option or don't download. It's that simple, no need to make a mountain out of a molehill. I was more than happy to support this project with USD, and that was before it had pay-to-use options. I don't even really download replays anymore, as I am not active. Still do not regret my decision. Downloaded one replay I myself uploaded previously now just for fun though.
i was just asking the question was directed at the website owner. IF replays are scraped from external website, THEN why not provide link to that website, instead of hosting it yourself and charging for downloads.
maybe it is a molehill for you. or a mountain. i do not care what you think.
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Dominican Republic627 Posts
Where is the download button in this website?
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On January 18 2024 14:01 BonitiilloO wrote:
Where is the download button in this website?
On the 📹Games page there's a ⬇Get link for each game.
When viewing a game details page, there are also ⬇Download Replay and ⬇Download .scx map links in the game info bar.
You can also download maps from Map profile pages, there's a download most played variant link at the top, and ⬇Download .scx map links for all variants at the bottom of the page.
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Dominican Republic627 Posts
On January 18 2024 16:18 Dakota_Fanning wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2024 14:01 BonitiilloO wrote:
Where is the download button in this website? On the 📹Games page there's a ⬇Get link for each game. When viewing a game details page, there are also ⬇Download Replay and ⬇Download .scx map links in the game info bar. You can also download maps from Map profile pages, there's a download most played variant link at the top, and ⬇Download .scx map links for all variants at the bottom of the page.
i see, this website seem to be made for people with widescreen desktop xD
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On January 20 2024 00:15 BonitiilloO wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2024 16:18 Dakota_Fanning wrote:On January 18 2024 14:01 BonitiilloO wrote:
Where is the download button in this website? On the 📹Games page there's a ⬇Get link for each game. When viewing a game details page, there are also ⬇Download Replay and ⬇Download .scx map links in the game info bar. You can also download maps from Map profile pages, there's a download most played variant link at the top, and ⬇Download .scx map links for all variants at the bottom of the page. i see, this website seem to be made for people with widescreen desktop xD
There's a Tables listbox on the top right corner of all pages (just below the menu bar):
If you select Wrap, the site will try to shrink tables to fit on smaller screens too. The default No wrap does not limit the width of tables (tries to render rows without line breaks).
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
📦Download replay packs!
Added replay pack download options:
On event profiles, there's a new ⬇Download full replay pack📦 link which downloads all replays of an event as a zip file.
On the 📹Games page there's a new ⬇Download 20 reps 📦 link which downloads all replays of the listed games on the page as a zip file.
Downloading replay packs counts towards the daily download limit with the number of included replays, and if downloading the pack would exceed the download limit, the download will be denied.
Visit the ⛑️Donate page for details about how to upgrade your account to increase the daily download limit.
Downloaded replay file names now include the game timestamp as a prefix.
More replay pack options may be added in the future.
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Thanks! That is a great update. I donated to be able to download more reps.
The timestamp is good, but in the past it used to download with the name of the players too, now it just puts there a code. Would it be a hassle to set it back to players' names?
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I'm not getting the login email. Can we do OTP via authenticator instead?
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On February 19 2024 16:51 iopq wrote:
I'm not getting the login email. Can we do OTP via authenticator instead?
Email is the only option for now. Did you check your spam folder? Maybe the email ended up there.
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On February 19 2024 09:54 zimp wrote:
Thanks! That is a great update. I donated to be able to download more reps.
The timestamp is good, but in the past it used to download with the name of the players too, now it just puts there a code. Would it be a hassle to set it back to players' names?
Repmastered never put names into file names, but that's something not hard to do.
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On February 19 2024 19:11 Dakota_Fanning wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2024 16:51 iopq wrote:
I'm not getting the login email. Can we do OTP via authenticator instead? Email is the only option for now. Did you check your spam folder? Maybe the email ended up there. I did, nothing in either inbox or spam
by the time it arrived later it was already invalid
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
On February 19 2024 21:09 iopq wrote:Show nested quote +On February 19 2024 19:11 Dakota_Fanning wrote:On February 19 2024 16:51 iopq wrote:
I'm not getting the login email. Can we do OTP via authenticator instead? Email is the only option for now. Did you check your spam folder? Maybe the email ended up there. I did, nothing in either inbox or spam by the time it arrived later it was already invalid
Try sending it again. If it gets delayed again, I'll raise the validity time.
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Dakota_Fanning
Hungary2368 Posts
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