Awards for player/teams
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:17 pm
As mentioned elsewhere I want to give awards out to players/teams. I'm concentrating on players for now - teams will come later. These will be visible on the player's own page on BBDB and will be something for their coach to be proud of! It's also a form of data visualisation - it's all well and good to see lots of numbers but to look up Gertrude and see all those awards she has won means more - and feels more real - than a list of numbers.
I have 3 broad categories in my mind.
- Seasonal, given for the top 3 in various charts. This would apply only to leagues, not cups, as number of games played per team is too skewed, one team's players would probably take over half of the awards.
- Longevity - bronze, silver and gold awards for reaching certain landmarks in touchdowns, casualties etc. I have set the levels based on the data currently visible on BBDB. Gold is supposed to be a real challenge - in some categories some players have achieved gold, and in others no-one has yet. Sometimes the gap between gold & silver is bigger than that between silver & gold as they are supposed to be that more challenging. The "getting hit" awards are less than the "being hit" ones as there is only so many times you can be hit and still survive. eg the gold award for injuries sustained is set at 10, achieved by 3 players so far, it's going to be hard to get beyond that as you've probably suffered some career-ending injury by then. I could always add a "Platinum" tier above gold later on if that makes sense.
- Other - these won't be added initially but are an aspiration for a future development run.
I want the details of the awards to be visible on the website so I've put the list of proposed awards there rather than here. Eventually you'll be able to click through from there and see what players have what awards, as well as viewing them from the individual player pages.
Thoughts?
I have 3 broad categories in my mind.
- Seasonal, given for the top 3 in various charts. This would apply only to leagues, not cups, as number of games played per team is too skewed, one team's players would probably take over half of the awards.
- Longevity - bronze, silver and gold awards for reaching certain landmarks in touchdowns, casualties etc. I have set the levels based on the data currently visible on BBDB. Gold is supposed to be a real challenge - in some categories some players have achieved gold, and in others no-one has yet. Sometimes the gap between gold & silver is bigger than that between silver & gold as they are supposed to be that more challenging. The "getting hit" awards are less than the "being hit" ones as there is only so many times you can be hit and still survive. eg the gold award for injuries sustained is set at 10, achieved by 3 players so far, it's going to be hard to get beyond that as you've probably suffered some career-ending injury by then. I could always add a "Platinum" tier above gold later on if that makes sense.
- Other - these won't be added initially but are an aspiration for a future development run.
I want the details of the awards to be visible on the website so I've put the list of proposed awards there rather than here. Eventually you'll be able to click through from there and see what players have what awards, as well as viewing them from the individual player pages.
Thoughts?
You also have the most injured player 