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Show HN: RosterMonitor - Real-time injury/news updates for NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL

18 points by lgclrd 13y ago

mynmyn 13y ago
You should implement an import feature for hardcore fantasy players to import their various teams - your paid subscriptions are gonna come from these guys, it should be easy as possible for them to use.
- lgclrd 13y ago
  Thanks for the feedback and I agree 100%, the biggest new features will include integrating with existing fantasy services.
- jameszhang 13y ago
  I agree that this would be really cool, although as a hardcore fantasy player, I use twitter as my number 1 source for game-time decisions. It has the most up-to-date information, which is crucial for making roster changes on gameday. May I ask what the source of the injury news is for this app? I'm guessing it's ESPN.
- glanch 13y ago
  Fantasypros.com has this feature. They allow you to import 1 team for free, and pay if you want more. You could definitely compete with them, though. Their site has become fairly cluttered. Keep this one simple and focused on injuries is your best bet, imo.
muxlab 13y ago
Nice work! Any plans for a public API?
- lgclrd 13y ago
  Yip, the site right now is AngularJS with a RESTful API powered by ServiceStack (.net web services). It won't take much to expose it publicly.
JimmaDaRustla 13y ago
It'd be nice to search with just last name - found that it will only match if I type the first name too.
- shonuff 13y ago
  Agreed, this would be a nice feature.
- lgclrd 13y ago
  This is high on the priority list.
plcancel 13y ago
Nice! A great resource for anyone who has bloody Ersan "The Turkish Teacup" Ilyasova on their team. Always giving me fits. Push notifications to my mobile device on a status change would be most excellent. (Ask HN: HNBA fantasy bball league anyone?)
- dombili 13y ago
  You kind of asked for it if you picked Ersan, though. He gets injured quite often. (Sure, why not. A bit late though, isn't it?) -- As for the website, it looks good. Maybe I'm missing something but do I have to search for players specifically? Can't I just browse player information league by league? (Sort of like what Rotoworld does here: http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nba/basketball-player-news/ http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nba/basketball-player-ne...)
  - plcancel 13y ago
    So true. He's not even the worst. My team would be rocking a fantasy hospital league right now. Yeah. Suppose so. Maybe next year we can get one going. Good to know there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, though.
    - dombili 13y ago
      Yeah, lots of devastating injuries this year. I don't know if there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, but I'm sure there are a lot of NBA fans. I've seen a few instances where people built something regarding the NBA. I don't know a lot about other sports, but analytics is also a very hot topic in the NBA for a couple of years now, so I'm sure there are NBA nerds reading HN (Wouldn't be surprised to see someone from APBR, for instance).
- ddw 13y ago
  I'd be up for a HNBA fantasy league this year or next.
  - FantasyMVP 13y ago
ledbettj 13y ago
Where are you getting the player images from? I had a project recently where I wanted to pull NBA player images but couldn't find any freely available. Ended up hotlinking to NBA.com and hoping noone noticed.
- rscott 13y ago
  Looks like he downloaded them all from ESPN.
riccardoforina 13y ago
Can I suggest putting image size information directly in the html (or at least in a css class) to avoid end-user dizziness?
- lgclrd 13y ago
  Great suggestion, I've noticed it too...thanks!
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heinbau 13y ago
One thing that I noticed was when signing up the password is sent across (with the username) in the query string in plain text. After that gets updated I would be very interested in spending more time with this!
- lgclrd 13y ago
  Thanks a lot for the feedback, I will definitely get that form doing a true POST, note the site is run over SSL so there is transport security.
jydarche 13y ago
Nice work. It seems that you can only search by entering the first name. It will be cool to search with last name only. For the players pictures, did you think about the potential legal problem?
xpose2000 13y ago
Nice job, hope to see more features down the road. I run FantasySP, which has been monitoring rosters for years now. Though the biggest difference is that we want our users to sync their fantasy league so their rosters are always up to date. When big news happens, injury or otherwise, we email the user immediately. In fact, we also monitor the waiver wire for you. http://www.fantasysp.com http://www.fantasysp.com
- adamfrank321 13y ago
  Looks awesome but I'm having trouble adding my MFL league to sync. The URL works fine and all the teams are listed. I select mine and it appears to accept it, but then tells me I don't have a team selected for the league. When I go into Fantasy Assistant and try to select my team there, only 3 of our 12 teams are listed in the drop-down, none of which are mine.
  - xpose2000 13y ago
    Very odd! Sorry about that. Email me brant [at] fantasysp.com with your league URL and username so I can take a closer look.
rohitv 13y ago
Great job! Would be nice if searching by last name was implemented...

18 points by lgclrd 13y ago

You should implement an import feature for hardcore fantasy players to import their various teams - your paid subscriptions are gonna come from these guys, it should be easy as possible for them to use.

lgclrd 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback and I agree 100%, the biggest new features will include integrating with existing fantasy services.
jameszhang 13y ago
I agree that this would be really cool, although as a hardcore fantasy player, I use twitter as my number 1 source for game-time decisions. It has the most up-to-date information, which is crucial for making roster changes on gameday. May I ask what the source of the injury news is for this app? I'm guessing it's ESPN.
glanch 13y ago
Fantasypros.com has this feature. They allow you to import 1 team for free, and pay if you want more. You could definitely compete with them, though. Their site has become fairly cluttered. Keep this one simple and focused on injuries is your best bet, imo.

muxlab 13y ago

Nice work! Any plans for a public API?

lgclrd 13y ago
Yip, the site right now is AngularJS with a RESTful API powered by ServiceStack (.net web services). It won't take much to expose it publicly.

JimmaDaRustla 13y ago

It'd be nice to search with just last name - found that it will only match if I type the first name too.

shonuff 13y ago
Agreed, this would be a nice feature.
lgclrd 13y ago
This is high on the priority list.

plcancel 13y ago

Nice! A great resource for anyone who has bloody Ersan "The Turkish Teacup" Ilyasova on their team. Always giving me fits. Push notifications to my mobile device on a status change would be most excellent. (Ask HN: HNBA fantasy bball league anyone?)

dombili 13y ago
You kind of asked for it if you picked Ersan, though. He gets injured quite often. (Sure, why not. A bit late though, isn't it?) -- As for the website, it looks good. Maybe I'm missing something but do I have to search for players specifically? Can't I just browse player information league by league? (Sort of like what Rotoworld does here: http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nba/basketball-player-news/ http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nba/basketball-player-ne...)
- plcancel 13y ago
  So true. He's not even the worst. My team would be rocking a fantasy hospital league right now. Yeah. Suppose so. Maybe next year we can get one going. Good to know there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, though.
  - dombili 13y ago
    Yeah, lots of devastating injuries this year. I don't know if there are other fantasy NBA fans on HN, but I'm sure there are a lot of NBA fans. I've seen a few instances where people built something regarding the NBA. I don't know a lot about other sports, but analytics is also a very hot topic in the NBA for a couple of years now, so I'm sure there are NBA nerds reading HN (Wouldn't be surprised to see someone from APBR, for instance).
ddw 13y ago
I'd be up for a HNBA fantasy league this year or next.
- FantasyMVP 13y ago

ledbettj 13y ago

Where are you getting the player images from? I had a project recently where I wanted to pull NBA player images but couldn't find any freely available. Ended up hotlinking to NBA.com and hoping noone noticed.

rscott 13y ago
Looks like he downloaded them all from ESPN.

riccardoforina 13y ago

Can I suggest putting image size information directly in the html (or at least in a css class) to avoid end-user dizziness?

lgclrd 13y ago
Great suggestion, I've noticed it too...thanks!

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heinbau 13y ago

One thing that I noticed was when signing up the password is sent across (with the username) in the query string in plain text. After that gets updated I would be very interested in spending more time with this!

lgclrd 13y ago
Thanks a lot for the feedback, I will definitely get that form doing a true POST, note the site is run over SSL so there is transport security.

jydarche 13y ago

Nice work. It seems that you can only search by entering the first name. It will be cool to search with last name only. For the players pictures, did you think about the potential legal problem?

xpose2000 13y ago

Nice job, hope to see more features down the road. I run FantasySP, which has been monitoring rosters for years now. Though the biggest difference is that we want our users to sync their fantasy league so their rosters are always up to date. When big news happens, injury or otherwise, we email the user immediately. In fact, we also monitor the waiver wire for you. http://www.fantasysp.com http://www.fantasysp.com

adamfrank321 13y ago
Looks awesome but I'm having trouble adding my MFL league to sync. The URL works fine and all the teams are listed. I select mine and it appears to accept it, but then tells me I don't have a team selected for the league. When I go into Fantasy Assistant and try to select my team there, only 3 of our 12 teams are listed in the drop-down, none of which are mine.
- xpose2000 13y ago
  Very odd! Sorry about that. Email me brant [at] fantasysp.com with your league URL and username so I can take a closer look.

rohitv 13y ago

Great job! Would be nice if searching by last name was implemented...