Introducing Game Management System

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

This was fantastic last year. This was a much better way for teams to request spare parts than over the loudspeaker.

The less-than-stellar thing about it was that we had to dedicate someone's personal device to it all day... not to mention that god-awful notification noise in the middle of matches/music. *whirrrrrr* Message for you, sir! still makes me twitch.

Personally, I'd rather stick with the loudspeaker requests - because then everyone's going to hear it instead of having to actively check the website. That definitely wouldn't have worked, though, in MARCMP's all-in-one-room venue.

If there were a way to 'subscribe' to the event's notifications (think FRCMega-style) I'd be all over it, but the way it was implemented at MARCMP wasn't very helpful at all. I know we had to give up on it because logging into it from people's personal cell phones ended up locking them out of all other data traffic on their device (something with the specific wi-fi network, IIRC). Not good when kids' parents were trying to reach us.

[solopilot]

Originally Posted by Libby K

The less-than-stellar thing about it was that we had to dedicate someone's personal device to it all day... not to mention that god-awful notification noise in the middle of matches/music. *whirrrrrr* Message for you, sir! still makes me twitch.

Personally, I'd rather stick with the loudspeaker requests - because then everyone's going to hear it instead of having to actively check the website. That definitely wouldn't have worked, though, in MARCMP's all-in-one-room venue.

If there were a way to 'subscribe' to the event's notifications (think FRCMega-style) I'd be all over it, but the way it was implemented at MARCMP wasn't very helpful at all. I know we had to give up on it because logging into it from people's personal cell phones ended up locking them out of all other data traffic on their device (something with the specific wi-fi network, IIRC). Not good when kids' parents were trying to reach us.

Hi Libby & Mike, perhaps you are commenting on something else, not GMS. GMS was not used for Pit Administration last year.

However, GMS does have a new Team Notification function that addresses your valid concern. It will not lock out data traffic from cell phones and it does not require team members to connect to an event WiFi. It gets its data from the Internet. This feature was initially tested at your MidKnight Mayhem, though I did not publicize it.

A description is at: http://gms.pejaver.com/UserGuide-TeamNotification

--raj

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by solopilot

This feature was initially tested at your MidKnight Mayhem, though I did not publicize it.

In fact, you didn't even tell the Event Coordinator about it! (Granted, I was a little busy...)

I kid - but that's a really good solution. Thanks for explaining the separation there.

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by solopilot

Hi Libby & Mike, perhaps you are commenting on something else, not GMS. GMS was not used for Pit Administration last year.

However, GMS does have a new Team Notification function that addresses your valid concern. It will not lock out data traffic from cell phones and it does not require team members to connect to an event WiFi. It gets its data from the Internet. This feature was initially tested at your MidKnight Mayhem, though I did not publicize it.

A description is at: http://gms.pejaver.com/UserGuide-TeamNotification

--raj

Ah, now that I think about it, the app I am talking about is called "Pit Helper" I believe.

[markmcgary]

Originally Posted by Libby K

*whirrrrrr* Message for you, sir! still makes me twitch.

Monty Python?

[John Retkowski]

not to mention that god-awful notification noise in the middle of matches/music. *whirrrrrr* Message for you, sir! still makes me twitch.

Yay I'm not the only one!

[Brandon_L]

Having used this for queuing all last season, it's absolutely fantastic. No more scribbled notes and messy match schedules. It shows us queuers if the team is on the way to the field or not or already there, or if they've been given a warning to get their butts out there. It just makes the process a whole lot smother.

Originally Posted by Libby K

Personally, I'd rather stick with the loudspeaker requests - because then everyone's going to hear it instead of having to actively check the website.

I'd have to agree with this, I'd be more likely to hear a part request over the pit loudspeaker and just grab it and walk over to the team rather then be constantly checking my phone (which I don't have a smartphone anyway sooo...)

Edit:

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Ah, now that I think about it, the app I am talking about is called "Pit Helper" I believe.

Welp, nevermind then. Let's just not use whatever it was again

Keep up the awesome work, Raj

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

I'd have to agree with this, I'd be more likely to hear a part request over the pit loudspeaker and just grab it and walk over to the team rather then be constantly checking my phone (which I don't have a smartphone anyway sooo...)

Ideally they would do both. Not that it matters but it is a web app so you could use a laptop as well.