SOAP GameDay

[Matt Keller]

It is with great pleasure that I introduce what I've been working on all day -- SOAP GameDay. To put it simply, it is an in-browser event viewing portal. Event information, embedded webcasts, scores, and rankings are all displayed in real time, at the same time, so you never need to rummage through dozens of URLs to get your daily FIRST results. And to top it all off, Meebo's embeddable chat is included for all of those watching to chat it up before, during, or after events. Everything is automated, so it will take care of itself and move onto the next week when the time comes.

This is an idea I have always had but never sat down to actually put together. I started working on it when the NJ regional kicked off, and 2 hours later had something for those watching the NJ webcast to experience. Since then I've been working on a more polished product, which is what you will see when you visit the site.

Several of you saw it in action earlier in an ugly and simple prototype with only the NJ regional. I appreciate all of the feedback I got. This is merely a "beta" and many more features will be added in the upcoming week. (expect a lot tomorrow during the events) I wanted to do as much as I could and release it so we could all use it for the last day of week 1.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I'm too beat to get my thoughts together. So please, snoop around, check it out, and spread the word. I am open to any feature requests and ideas. Thanks!

http://gameday.soap108.com/

Notice: The main page is meant to display all of the webcasts that are streaming on the current week. Its simple, sloppy, and broken in IE. I will have a better "week dashboard" by next week. Click on an actual regional to dive deeper.