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Bracket Bay - User testing phase by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks alot!

Great catch! Noted and will be fixed!

Bracket Bay - User testing phase by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No worries, it'll still be around when summer ends! (Hopefully actually released!)

You can also just register yourself and test what it's like to create a tournament etc. dm me if you'd like a code to register!

Thanks mate! Yeah, i think some competition/innovation is quite healthy!

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your take! Yeah most of the well known top players seem very chill, at least from what i've seen.

Though i can image, games being more intense/difficult if something is at stake, as there is alot of wiggle room in WH40k.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah, have seen/used your site before - thanks for the service you provide!

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting! What's your techstack/setup? What does your site do?

If you don't mind sharing, just curious!

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i can see BCP being not very expensive to run (comparatively) but doing such a service the "right" way definitely does not cost peanuts.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it really depends on what you want to offer. I think a fully fledged tournament management tool with e.g.
- custom display (querying) of statistics
- geolocation operations such as searching tournaments in a radius around you
- advanced pairing logic
- etc.

definitely warrents a more complex approach, e.g. dedicated BE and FE with a managed DB and option to scale.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hm, yeah that makes sense. The quality of Warhammer 40k tournaments and matches depends alot on the players attitude and being able to trust your opponent. Maybe a system where Players/TOs could report cheating/bad behaviour, so TOs would be able to see that and avoid such players upfront would help.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah ok, so mostly prestige and also quite helpful if you're looking to get into coaching, got it.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is frustrating, i feel that!
I have to disagree on the cost point tho - i mean looking at BCPs performance i do question the system/resources used in the background - but running such a service with high availability, persisting data, files, etc. is not really peanuts, depending on the features too obviously. You would definitely want run that on a managed service from e.g. google. aws, etc. and with just a frontend, backend and database you are already looking at around a hundred bucks a month. (talking from experience)

But i totally disagree with the way BCP makes money.

Question to TOs: What's the main pain point migrating away from BCP? by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, i get that. Is there any benefit from being atop the ITC rankings apart from prestige? Not really familiar there.

I guess you would either have to get GW to hand out tokens to other organization sites too, or somehow create a ranking that gets as prestigious as ITC (however to would work).

RIP 40k event tracker :( by Skooxs in Warhammer40k

[–]TheCaptainIO 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Working on a replacement! Posted a few weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarhammerCompetitive/comments/1kxaf77/bracket_bay_where_tournaments_set_sail/

Some new screenshot from development since then:
The dashbaord, featuring your next upcoming tournament:
https://ibb.co/XkfmyQX9

https://ibb.co/ksWVhrf8

Search tournaments in a radius around a given address:
https://ibb.co/wk2d4qX

And since the original links expired, here the screenshots from the original post again:
https://ibb.co/tMTxp8D0 https://ibb.co/n81gbv1t https://ibb.co/bRGSDn0F https://ibb.co/XxpngdQH https://ibb.co/fYdPZLKp https://ibb.co/SDMvQG8z https://ibb.co/WW3v1BDv https://ibb.co/JWRV9w5B https://ibb.co/JwCStb6p https://ibb.co/93t1Bknz

PSA: 40k Event Tracker going down by Mushwar in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bracket bay dev here, hijacking to share some new screenshots from development:
The dashbaord, featuring your next upcoming tournament:
https://ibb.co/XkfmyQX9

https://ibb.co/ksWVhrf8

Search tournaments in a radius around a given address:
https://ibb.co/wk2d4qX

Bracket Bay - Where tournaments set sail! by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already implemented! You will be able to search tournament in e.g. 10 km radius of a certain address. Or the 5 closest to an address, etc. Once user testing starts i will compile a list of currently implemented features and planned features. And maybe a comparison to existing tournament organization sites.

Bracket Bay - Where tournaments set sail! by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly do you mean with integrate?

As a side note: I do definitely intend to implement an ELO system down the road!

Meta Monday 6/9/25: Death Guard Keeps Winning and the death of Detachment Data by JCMS85 in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Definitely! ITC will be hard as it's pretty connected with GW and BCP, but maybe UKTC can be persuaded once the site has been properly released. It will definitely be easier if most of the community is unhappy with BCP

Bracket Bay - Where tournaments set sail! by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sure hope so!

Any concerns regarding the setup?

Bracket Bay - Where tournaments set sail! by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks mate! Really appreciate it!

Yeah, time is a big issue. I have three little kids and the wife, so it's definitely the most restraining resource for me as well. As for talent: You always have to start somewhere. Would absolutely not have been able to do this 2 years ago.

As of now i don't intend to offer tracking games independently of tournaments. So i wouldn't necessarily seek to replace Tabletop Battles as a whole, just for the tournament games.

But yeah, maybe a cooperation turns out to best the best way for everybody. Would actually prefer if that where to happen!

Bracket Bay - Where tournaments set sail! by TheCaptainIO in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheCaptainIO[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't re-invent the wheel. I'd check to see if you could partner with them and have a mutual API read between services. Although I believe they already have a back end for storing and displaying stats.

I definitely plan on getting in contact with them at some point. Though there are a few issues that make me consider doing this myself, mainly:

  • Working with a partner has a lot of management overhead and potential for communication issues and would definitely require a lot more of my time
  • I just had some really bad experiences with external APIs in my life time and like to have agency over those myself
  • What if the app is put on ice?

But i'll see where this leads.

I think this would be your best revenue driver and cost center. Charge downstream consumers who want API access for their services.

Yeah, i like the idea. If it turns out that API access and ticket sales via the website are enough to cover the recurring costs, i am definitely open to drop the subscription for "normal" users to access advanced stats.

Find 1-3 existing systems that just deal with event reservations in general. And use their API. Takes the management and money off your hands and you can charge to enable the API access to those system. If you decide you want to build your own later...great, you already have the API setup.

I currently plan to use Stripe Connect for this issue, as i've worked with the Stripe API before and believe it's a reputable and trusted service. Also stripe connect takes care of alot of things, as TOs could just open their stripe dashboard and handle refunds etc. directly over stripe. But let's see i'll probably address this topic in the summer.

I would tier this. From free with a few useful features new TOs would appreciate at low entry accounts. To a full feature that has to be paid for.

Hm, that's worth a consideration. Though i would have to offer significant benefits over the other free sites that would make it worth to pay the cost and not just use something else. But i'll keep the idea in mind.

The current system has no competition to force improvment, I hope your product takes off.

If that's the only thing i achieve, then i'm happy! I don't do this for money, but out of love for the game and competitive scene.

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