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The First College Hockey iPhone App!

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I just downloaded the app onto my vzw iphone4 with ios 4.2.6. I have not been seeing the crashing issues upon launch that some others are seeing with iOS versions prior to 4.3. Great App! I wish I had this earlier in the season. ESPN Scorecenter's college hockey score board is terrible. This app is much better. Thanks!
 
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Alright I've spent about a day with this now and I have to say it's great... Couple of things...

It's pretty traditional for free iPhone apps with adds to also be accompanied by a 99 cent *pro* version that removes those adds, would that be an option here? I'd easily pony up the dollar and you could make some money!

Also, the scores page should have a refresh button (though I've noticed it auto-refreshes from time to time) and maybe an option to set how often it auto-refreshes.

The scoreboard is very up to the minute and assuming it stays this way for the regular season next year (it must be a bit easier to keep the scores at this point when there are rarely even two games at the same time) it would easily be the BEST way ever to get college hockey scores online OR on a phone.

Additionally it would be nice in the future if pressing the individual games brought up a box score or something like that instead of just highlighting the game... just a thought.

Thanks for this great app!
 
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No plans for a paid version at this point. I specifically didn't include a refresh button for the score page to keep people from pounding it. It refreshes every minute, which should be faster than updates are likely to come in anyway. There is a game detail view in the works but didn't get done in time to make it into the first release. I may add an option to set how often the scoreboard updates, but the payload (and really all data sent to the phone) is as tiny as I can make it (on the order of bytes for the scores) so it should be fast and a minuscule impact on data.

The server hasn't gone down, but I have noticed that if the update gets interrupted mid-stream it may not show all the information until the app is restarted (double click the home button from the dashboard, hold on the icon in the app switcher, then click he minus sign). It's supposed to account for that, but obviously there's still an issue I need to look at.
 
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Oh yeah, and about the updates, due to NCAA regs, staff is doing score updates for the tournament. During the regular season, score information is provided by the individual schools, and the frequency of updates will obviously vary, but they're generally pretty good. There are still a few schools that aren't participating, but hopefully that will change. If not, we'll try to fill in the blanks.
 
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cowbellguy said:
No plans for a paid version at this point. I specifically didn't include a refresh button for the score page to keep people from pounding it. It refreshes every minute, which should be faster than updates are likely to come in anyway. There is a game detail view in the works but didn't get done in time to make it into the first release. I may add an option to set how often the scoreboard updates, but the payload (and really all data sent to the phone) is as tiny as I can make it (on the order of bytes for the scores) so it should be fast and a minuscule impact on data.

The server hasn't gone down, but I have noticed that if the update gets interrupted mid-stream it may not show all the information until the app is restarted (double click the home button from the dashboard, hold on the icon in the app switcher, then click he minus sign). It's supposed to account for that, but obviously there's still an issue I need to look at.
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Interesting about the refresh button... does it damage the app or the information payload for people to be mashing it? I guess from as aesthetic point of view it's just nice to have, I'll admit during tense situations I find myself mashing a lot of refresh buttons during March Madness and the NHL playoffs.

Noticed the interruption as well, the screen kind of goes to all white and you have to restart the app, like you said. This is the kind of time I would look towards the refresh button... though I'm not sure that would actually help in this circumstance.

Game detail would be awesome, completely understandable it's not ready yet and great that you put out some app anyway for the tournament.

Also the favorite team function is great.
 
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Could you add notifications in a future release? Such as setting a favorite team and receiving notification when a game is about to start, when a goal is scored, end of periods, end of game.
 
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Im trying to load it to my IPod Touch (looks sweet). It goes to the CHN Rink and then switches back to my menu screen. It's possible that it could be on my end, but I thought I would let you know.
 
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RonWolf said:
Im trying to load it to my IPod Touch (looks sweet). It goes to the CHN Rink and then switches back to my menu screen. It's possible that it could be on my end, but I thought I would let you know.
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You're almost definitely running something older than iOS 4.3. There's an update to fix that problem that should hopefully be approved before next weekend.
 
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If there is a running list of things to add to it, please include the beer songs a fight songs.
 
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Great App, helped a lot yesterday following the other games while we were in Manchvegas (figuring the Scorecenter app from ESPN is pathetic for college hockey).

Some things that would definitely help is stuff like roster information or a live boxscore when you tap on a game, making the app more like a mobile program. Overall a great app and I can't wait to see what you add to it.
 
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Yep, rosters will definitely also be added before next season. Thanks for the feedback, and keep it coming. Unfortunately there are APIs being used in the app that were not available before iOS 4, so I'm afraid 3.x will never be supported.
 
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Version 1.0.1 is now available for download/update. It should now run on any iOS 4.x device and I've taken care of a bunch of bugs that could cause updates to fail, scoreboard to stop updating, and games to not appear on the calendar on first launch. Have at it!
 
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