Post by firecrow on Jul 14, 2012 21:47:52 GMT -5
It was suggested on another board by one of your members to let you guys know about a new site we've created for managing airsoft events. Its called OPS-Center and its designed from the ground up to enable airsoft hosts and players, free of charge, post games, automate joining and leaving game sides, and manage the event presentation and management process. The authors of the site are located in southern Ontario, so, we're not actually that far away from you - and I suspect our collective airsoft cultures are probably very similar.
If you don't like reading, go to this quick player video: vimeo.com/45707528
Information about the site can be found at www.ops-center.com and the actual site itself is www.ops-center.net.
What is particularly neat about it is that it uses google maps to provide you with a geo-location around your local community and from there you can see other players, events, fields, teams and vendors. It becomes a very local experience when your local community starts using it. We have about 400 (july 15, 2012) users on it in Southern Ontario and its really cool to watch it grow (about 10 new users a day at this point and accelerating).
The system is not designed to supplant or replace local community d-boards, and in fact, we have features that enhance and drive traffic to local sites by hosts using a game graphic embedding feature. Typically d-boards that are used to organize games use post #1 to organize the game. Those game details are actually in the graphic, which updates as the game information changed.
Some of the heavy lifting things OPS Center does for a host is:
- completely free to hosts and players
- Comprehensive event description
- Minimum Age Control
- Event Date Arrive/Start/End
- Autoscram the Event if not enough people sign up by a 'drop dead' date
- Host can create 'sides' and the number of players per side
- Players can join and leave events and the roster updates automatically
- Waiting list management
- Dispute Resolution System for Host & Player (warnings and bans)
- Post photos and videos and post game AAR Wall
- Events are SEO optimized so they are google-find friendly
- Friend system similar to Facebook tells you where your friends are playing
- Can use Facebook Login to establish an account
- NEW: Soon to be added - event payment collection and management!
The list goes on...
Anyways, please accept my personal invitation to check the site out and we'd love your feedback on the project. We hope you find it useful and use within your community in Michigan. Please feel free to contact us here or at our site - we have a feedback button on the site which you can use to give us any suggestions you may have. We welcome user input.
-- Jay
Updated user numbers
If you don't like reading, go to this quick player video: vimeo.com/45707528
Information about the site can be found at www.ops-center.com and the actual site itself is www.ops-center.net.
What is particularly neat about it is that it uses google maps to provide you with a geo-location around your local community and from there you can see other players, events, fields, teams and vendors. It becomes a very local experience when your local community starts using it. We have about 400 (july 15, 2012) users on it in Southern Ontario and its really cool to watch it grow (about 10 new users a day at this point and accelerating).
The system is not designed to supplant or replace local community d-boards, and in fact, we have features that enhance and drive traffic to local sites by hosts using a game graphic embedding feature. Typically d-boards that are used to organize games use post #1 to organize the game. Those game details are actually in the graphic, which updates as the game information changed.
Some of the heavy lifting things OPS Center does for a host is:
- completely free to hosts and players
- Comprehensive event description
- Minimum Age Control
- Event Date Arrive/Start/End
- Autoscram the Event if not enough people sign up by a 'drop dead' date
- Host can create 'sides' and the number of players per side
- Players can join and leave events and the roster updates automatically
- Waiting list management
- Dispute Resolution System for Host & Player (warnings and bans)
- Post photos and videos and post game AAR Wall
- Events are SEO optimized so they are google-find friendly
- Friend system similar to Facebook tells you where your friends are playing
- Can use Facebook Login to establish an account
- NEW: Soon to be added - event payment collection and management!
The list goes on...
Anyways, please accept my personal invitation to check the site out and we'd love your feedback on the project. We hope you find it useful and use within your community in Michigan. Please feel free to contact us here or at our site - we have a feedback button on the site which you can use to give us any suggestions you may have. We welcome user input.
-- Jay
Updated user numbers
