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How HN took it
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and addictive gameplay
From 2 comments
I played to 37 wins with a friend to decide who buys the drinks tonight. By the end, he couldn't choose rock or scissors, and I couldn't choose lizard, and sometimes he would…
thelucky41 on HNGood game! Quite addictive I might add.
giles on HN
Clean implementation and nice Spock animation
From 2 comments
Lovely implementation, extremely forgettable URL. Can you please comment on what kind of stack you've got going on? Is this operating on websockets?
clicks on HNI wanted to try it out but "find random opponent" never found a random opponent. If there is no "random opponent" to be found within say 20 seconds, you could fake the "random…
justx1 on HN
Objections
Random opponent matchmaking often fails to find or pair players
From 4 comments
I wanted to try it out but "find random opponent" never found a random opponent. If there is no "random opponent" to be found within say 20 seconds, you could fake the "random…
justx1 on HNThe random function never seemed to match me with anyone.
nthitz on HNI get matched pretty fast, but the opponent never does anything. =/
jpatokal on HNAh. Sorry about that. I haven't had a chance to test the lobby/random opponent matchmaking feature under stress, and it's not working as I'd hoped. You should be able to send the…
modernerd on HN
Scores not preserved on reconnect and can be cheated client-side
From 2 comments
Neat. Bug report: score is not preserved among reconnections. Example: I close my browser by mistake when we're 4 - 2, when I load the URL again scores are back at 0 - 0 (but the…
JoeAcchino on HNThanks. Right now, scores are kept independently by each client and never pushed to the server. This is simply to prevent cheating; cunning players could update their score…
modernerd on HN
Random outcomes or frozen play reported in some browsers
From 2 comments
Seems to randomly declare a winner without me ever choosing anything. Presents me with a choice half the time, otherwise it just declares a random winner.
jjcm on HNIt continually and randomly decided what the outcome was for about 5 minutes before freezing for me. (On Chromium)
Stealth- on HN
Lizard option disappeared for one user
From 1 comment
Another bug: I can no longer choose lizard (or at least lizard no longer shows up as an option). FF on Win7
dizzystar on HN
Requests
Fix random opponent matchmaking
From 2 comments
I wanted to try it out but "find random opponent" never found a random opponent. If there is no "random opponent" to be found within say 20 seconds, you could fake the "random…
justx1 on HNThe random function never seemed to match me with anyone.
nthitz on HN
Add webhook support to Firebase
From 1 comment
This is a quick side project I built to try Firebase. I was surprised how easy it was to put something together. Their onboarding process is fantastic, the docs are well-written,…
modernerd on HN
Add a memorable URL
From 1 comment
Lovely implementation, extremely forgettable URL. Can you please comment on what kind of stack you've got going on? Is this operating on websockets?
clicks on HN
Questions
What stack does it use, websockets?
From 1 comment
Lovely implementation, extremely forgettable URL. Can you please comment on what kind of stack you've got going on? Is this operating on websockets?
clicks on HN
Why were the two extra options added?
From 1 comment
Why were the two extra options added?
t0 on HN
Alternatives named
Roll20 built on Firebase for tabletop games
From 1 comment
Yep, it could. There's a lot of potential for realtime gaming of a more 'traditional' nature. Some guys have built a tabletop boardgaming environment called 'Roll20' that's…
modernerd on HN