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sc2enhanced.com

27 pointsdracoli19 comments

Is it such a good idea to use "SC2" in the name of an unofficial app? I imagine that's entering a legal minefield.

It's fine (probably). While you can trademark and copyright an abbreviation, my searches turned up no matches. Additionally, there are dozens of other sc2-related apps in the App Store.

I would worry less about the name, and more about using Blizzard's assets ... The player's avatars and the units/races/leagues icons are ripped straight from them.

More yikes. This goes to my main concern that Blizzard might take issue with it, because people could confuse it for an official app.

At least it's free. :)

Yeah there might be some issues with it if it became very popular. However there are already so many StarCraft apps in the app store that I thought maybe Blizzard is okay with it.

Looks cool! Have you considered adding a Smart App Banner? http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AppleA...

Thanks for tip! Will add it as soon as I get the chance.

awesome. where did you get the data from? specifically, wins, losses, league info, etc. i wanted to try to make a program that reasoned your best chances of winning based on who you are facing and how they play, but the proper APIs didn't exist to get any of this data.

given the reason i was attempting to access the data, i could see why they don't expose it. :)

far be it from me to shamelessly self promote, but i'm not sure i'll ever find a more apt route for promoting this one, so i don't mind. a few months ago i finished a node library that scrapes Blizzard and exposes unit attributes through an HTTP api: https://github.com/catshirt/sc2-unit-api

I'm scrapping player data (achievements, ladders, history, etc) directly from Blizzard. As for units/buildings information I had to update them myself right now which is a bit of a pain. Last for rankings, I'm taking data from sc2ranks.

Not a Starcrafter (term?) at all so I can't comment on the app itself, but your site looks beautiful on my laptop - the parallax effect is great, and the scrolling takes advantage of it despite being only a few screens long (which is for the best). Nice work!

Is there a Korean-language version?

The app is ready for internationalization but I dunno Korean and I don't have funds to get someone to translate it for me... So no right now.

I'm your primary target. The site isn't mobile friendly and I can't really tell what your app does since I can't read the site.

I play SC2. I'm on an iPhone. Your site is broken for me, and made it do I didn't download the app.

Thanks for letting me know! I'll see if I can write up a more mobile friendly version as soon as I get some free time.

Let's get an Android port!....and a more attractive mobile website :)

You should add support for watching Starcraft streams on twitch.

If you watch and follow pro SC2 you may like this old app I knocked up while initially learning iOS and Objective-C: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starlive/id456029193?mt=8

I don't play SC, nor am I interested in the app, but I have to say... your site is GORGEOUS.

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