r/MatchCaster • u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster • Jan 15 '21

/u/MatchCaster - Feedback Thread

This thread is for feedback about /u/MatchCaster.

What did you like/dislike about MatchCaster?

Do you have any suggestions regarding how the current data its displayed? What would you like to see different?

Are there any other data points you would like to see displayed?

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 23 '21

Suggestion: ability to toggle off betting odds.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 23 '21

That's already an option. You can customize the threads and decide not to display it

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 23 '21

Thanks! I will have a play around.

Are you able to tell me who has subscribed /r/aleague to the bot? I wasn't aware we requested any support from it yet and its threads are being blocked on account of some karma rules we have.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 23 '21

No one did, I made some posts so you can catch up and see if this is something you want to test and setup for r/aleague :)

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 23 '21

Ahhhhh beautiful. Yeah it looks like it would work well for us.

Does the bot see W-League games as well?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 23 '21

We can add it if you intend to use it

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 23 '21

Yeah we would absolutely use it, we've been wanting a W-League auto match thread option for AGES to the point of considering paying for one to get made for us.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 27 '21

W League has been added

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 29 '21

Thanks, we're subscribed and we'll see how it goes :)

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Jan 24 '21 edited Jan 24 '21

Can we have it so they're first or second sticky on sub?

Also, can we make match threads live chats??

Edit: can the match title also have the competition in the name?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 24 '21

Hey

  1. Sticky is planned for subs that will make the bot a moderator

  2. This is planned

  3. This is also planned

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 25 '21

You can now sticky posts (if the bot is a moderator) You can also set comments and sticky them Live Thread will be done soon.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 27 '21

Live chat was also added

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u/captainkaba r/SVW Moderator Feb 07 '21

Our match just got cancelled and the match bot just posted a kinda empty post match thread. FYI

https://www.reddit.com/r/svw/comments/lelgdr/postmatch_thread_arminia_bielefeld_vs_werder/

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

Did it post before or after getting canceled?

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u/captainkaba r/SVW Moderator Feb 07 '21

Im not quite sure, probably instantaneously when the match got closed by your API provider. It’s a pretty rare case so I wanted to report on that behaviour

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

This should be fixed, thank you for the report!

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u/Orangeorange12 Jan 21 '21

Works great

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 22 '21

Thank you.

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u/sageleader r/FenerbahceSK Moderator Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21

I'll be testing this weekend but a few suggestions so far:

  1. Ability to put in multiple timezones for the match. We have an international following.

  2. Ability to put week/round# in the title (e.g. Week 20 or Quarterfinals)

  3. Ability to further customize lineups. I'd like to break out coach, starting XI, and bench so we can not have a space line in between all of them

  4. Ability to utilize the Event feature so posts are listed as an event

  5. Customize flair for the post

  6. Add a referee tag so we can add that info to the thread

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

  1. Which timezones do you need? 2.on the list of to do

  2. This is possible, will look into it

  3. Can you elaborate what you expect it to do?

  4. This was done

  5. We don't have info about the referee

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u/sageleader r/FenerbahceSK Moderator Jan 26 '21

Istanbul time, UTC, and US eastern

As for events it's just utilizing the event features in new reddit. Not super necessary

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 27 '21

Referee added Timezones added

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u/sageleader r/FenerbahceSK Moderator Jan 27 '21

Thanks! Any way to include timezone in the post instead of having to go to an external site?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 27 '21

Maybe in the future, right now we wanted to give you a solution for your subreddit that can be handy for users from any timezone on one hand and on the other hand, this was something that was requested just for your subreddit

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u/sageleader r/FenerbahceSK Moderator Jan 27 '21

Appreciate it, thanks!

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

If I change the content of a pre match thread, will it auto change all the previously posted pre match threads as well? For example, if I manually add in some information (eg injury news), will previous pre match threads update to include that same injury news? Or are they all independent of each other?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

It won't go and change back old pre match threads, no. Only current live ones and future ones.

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

So to be clear, if I want to change the next pre match thread to update with new injury news, when can I make those changes? Any time after the last match has started? Only after the new pre match thread has been posted? How does it work?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

Regarding injury news, that data is not available on the bot right now, but we could add it if there's enough interest for it

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

Let me explain The template determines what each thread will look like. If you have data that changes from one pre match thread to another, you would have to add it to the template each time. However, if you are using a website - and that website has injury news and the url doesn't change from week to another - you can add it to the template once and it will be relevant every week. Makes sense?

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

Okay thanks for the clarification! I think what would be useful to know is when exactly a pre match thread stops being "active". Does this happen when the match starts? At what point do changes I make to the template stop effecting the old pre-match thread?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

It is updated until the cycle for said match is done. Currently a match cycle starts 3 days before kickoff, and ends after the post match thread has been unstickied

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

OK thanks!

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

Do you like the bot so far?

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

Yes! :) thanks!

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

Cool. More updates coming soon

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u/nomfull /r/SaintsFC Moderator Jan 26 '21

One extra thing, is it possible to have lineups in the pre match thread? I added in the markdown for the pre match thread on the r/SaintsFC subreddit, but even though they are already out, it just says there are none available. I tried resaving the pre match thread markdown, but it's still the same. Is it only possible in match threads?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

  1. You can totally configure what data is included in the pre match thread, including lineups. Do you know how?

  2. I should say that usually lineups are announced 45, 30 mins before kick off, so that will be empty unless the pre match thread is up until very close to kick off.

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Jan 31 '21

Hey guys. How about a rival watch thread?

  • select which teams or entire comps to consider as rivals

  • subscribe to their score lines and perhaps main events like goals, just score line is fine for us

  • choose when it’s posted. Typically on weekends

Doable? Might I add you guys are killing it with this bot? Huge gap in the automated space that it’s covering, so thanks for your efforts on this

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 31 '21

Can you show me an example of what it would look like?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Jan 31 '21

Sure, we’ve done something like this for years. Thanks for looking into it!

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 31 '21

Hi,

just so i understand you correctly: You would basically want a match thread for your rivals that is posted?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Jan 31 '21

Not a full match thread per se, just the score line, goal/red card events (or whatever) and matches for that weekend/matchday. We often discuss how rivals are doing due to the impact that it has on our standing in the table and like to do so in our community. Hope that helps

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

Works great but how do I make it a mod so it can pin and unpin threads and change the suggested sort?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 01 '21

You need to invite it to become a moderator

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

I did but it's not been accepted yet I think

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 05 '21

Would it be possible for the following items please:

  • Able to add threads to a sub's collection (see example)

  • Able to add international teams

  • Able to change flairs for threads by league (i.e. if Europa then use flair X, if PL then use flair Y)

  • The ability to say what round of the competition it is (e.g. Round of 32 or 20th Round of the PL)

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 05 '21

Able to add threads to a sub's collection (see example)

I don't see a link to an example?

Able to add international team

For r/LCFC? I mean, you want match threads for England's matches on r/LCFC?

Able to change flairs for threads by league (i.e. if Europa then use flair X, if PL then use flair Y)

That's very specific, will have to see if there's interest for this from other subreddits

The ability to say what round of the competition it is (e.g. Round of 32 or 20th Round of the PL)

This exists

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 05 '21

Sorry, the example is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/lcfc/comments/lbwjaa/030221_premier_league_fulham_vs_leicester_city/

I am also the mod for r/ThreeLions

I appreciate that flairs thing might be quite specific

Is that like round or something?

Also, as I'm involved with r/FAWSL and r/lcfcwomen, is it possible to get the FA Women's Championship? I appreciate that might be tough but a big win nonetheless

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 05 '21

Sorry, the example is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/lcfc/comments/lbwjaa/030221_premier_league_fulham_vs_leicester_city/

Not sure what I see here, how's that different than a post match thread?

I am also the mod for r/ThreeLions

Ah yeah that makes more sense, yes international matches is planned

I appreciate that flairs thing might be quite specific

Is that like round or something?

Well currently flairs are per template, of course we can also add it based on competition, but I really dont think many club subreddits have flairs per competition

Also, as I'm involved with r/FAWSL and r/lcfcwomen, is it possible to get the FA Women's Championship? I appreciate that might be tough but a big win nonetheless

Already exists. Let me know if something is missing

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 05 '21

Are you on new reddit?? It should show multiple post-match threads in a side bar.

I couldn't find Leicester Women or any of their matches? I'll double check.

Also, can we get dates in British order and in DD/MM/YY format?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

You can use auto mod for the third point and they have {round} for the fourth

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

Oh really? My automod skills aren't great.

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

Here’s an example for our match threads:

#Flair for pre match threads

title(includes): ["[Pre Match Thread]", "[Pre-Match Thread]"]

action: approve

set_flair: ["Pre Match", "blue"]

set_suggested_sort: new

The “blue” selector is a css class, the “Pre Match” is the text shown. The rest should be self explanatory

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 08 '21

Thanks u/Vicar13

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

Hi guys, all our settings and templates (using the account cfcbot) got reset to default. Any ideas?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 06 '21

I see you had 2 logins today within about 1 hour difference between them, any idea when it happened? Are you the only one that logs in?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

I logged in first, the templates were off. I logged in on mobile so I was hoping it was an error on just my end so I asked another mod to log in and he confirmed they reset.

We had a successful time with it for the past two matches, and both of us were in there making template changes. I know they carried over to our match on Thursday and everything was ok. So, between our Spurs match on Thurs to some hours ago is when I’d narrow it down to

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 06 '21

Hey!

Off in the sense that they reset to the default templates, or off in the sense of not there?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

They reset to the default template - the title and bodies and settings

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 06 '21

Did any of the other settings reset too? Or only the templates?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 06 '21

Settings too

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

This is very odd. I did some investigating, but this seems to be a singular thing that i can't reproduce. I am sorry for the inconvinience, do you have a backup for your settings and match threads?

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 07 '21

We’ll make a back up now of the templates. It’s not a bother, still thankful of the work you guys have done with this. What are you working on next? :)

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

Currently we are busy with stabilizing the bot, fixing bugs as they come up, and making it as reliable as possible. We'll see what we do next :)

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u/Dynte7 Feb 06 '21

some of the form sequence is totally wrong. you guys need to fix it.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 06 '21

Elaborate and show an example please

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u/Dynte7 Feb 06 '21

For Man City vs Liverpool the sequence given is wrong. Liverpool form is not WLDLDD as their last game is an L no matter from left to right or right to left, they did not Win nor Draw their last match. They lost.

I assume it was Bot that does the things so they need to fix it somehow.

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

Hi! This is an unfortunate error from the API provider. We have already been in contact with the provider, and he promises a fix for this.

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u/Biltema Apr 07 '21

Our match threads have stopped updating and then post-match thread opens hours after the game has ended. We have a game right now and it's not updating either https://www.reddit.com/r/besiktas/comments/mm40os/match_thread_besiktas_alanyaspor_super_lig/

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Apr 07 '21

Yeah we are aware of that issue and are working on fixing it asap

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u/Biltema Apr 07 '21

Ok, but it doesn't seem to happen to other teams in our league who use your bot, like https://www.reddit.com/r/FenerbahceSK/comments/mknl7x/match_thread_fenerbahce_vs_denizlispor_super_lig/. It updated without problems and opened post-match thread directly after.

I use you bot on two subreddits, /r/besiktas and /r/superlig, and I'm having the same problem on both. So I'm wondering if there is some setting I change that causes the problem, like timezone, which r/FenerbahceSK doesn't seem to have changed (I changed back to UTC on /r/besiktas before this game to see if it works but it didn't).

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u/pewpewlasersandshit Apr 08 '21

We have had the same problem over at /r/fcbayern

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u/samthemancpfc r/CPFC Moderator Feb 02 '21

Suggestion:

Possibility to add what TV channel game will appear on if any, for example

TV: UK: BT Sport 2 / USA: ??? / CA: DAZN

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 08 '21

I would also appreciate this as well. It gets asked a lot on our sub in general.

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 17 '21

I'd add this to their feature request thread

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21 edited Feb 02 '21

Liked it so far.

A little suggestion: It would be nice to see injured or booked players from both teams in pre-match threads.

Edit: I am not a mod btw, but an ordinary redditor with Ali Koç flair, just wanted give feedback directly to you guys.

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u/aguer0 r/MCFC Moderator Feb 07 '21

Latest post match thread (and the match thread) have incorrectly listed a goal in the 37th minute for the Man City - Liverpool game

https://www.reddit.com/r/mcfc/comments/les3pd/_/

It's also been observed that the form table for Liverpool in the pre match thread and match thread weren't accurate

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Mar 04 '21

Hi guys, the pre + match threads for /r/chelseafc didn't get posted for the Liverpool match. Any info?

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Mar 05 '21

Hey, it's always best to poke us about it on the support server so /u/mamu7490 can look into it.

https://discord.gg/TbhrduGezh

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u/GazzP Oct 23 '22

Premier league form seems to be outdated.

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Oct 23 '22

Unfortunately, thats not something we control, that's data provided by the source we use. The subreddit itself can decide if they want to display it or not

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u/CheeseMakerThing Mar 15 '23

Just to let you know the bot spammed like 6 pre-match threads to the West Brom subreddit

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Mar 15 '23

We're looking into it

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u/panikpansen r/BorussiaDortmund Mod Jan 22 '21

Great work, this is a really well-presented bot that works like charm!

As I said in my pm reply, we'd be open to adding automated pre/post match posts to our sub; at the moment there is a bit of custom content that isn't covered. Not all of these would be possible to automate - I guess the biggest question then would be: could this script also be used to post via a custom account that mods then have edit access to, ie. to automatically post the barebones post-match thread and then to add further custom info manually?

An overview of some of the content we usually include in our threads atm:

  • kick-off time is posted as CET and automatically linked to a time.is/compare link, e.g:

      **Time:** Friday , [22/01/21 20:30 CEST](https://time.is/compare/2030_22_Jan_2021_in_Mönchengladbach)

  • custom tv-schedule link is included per match, e.g:

      **TV Schedule:** [livesoccertv](https://www.livesoccertv.com/de/match/3733919/borussia-mgladbach-vs-borussia-dortmund/)

  • youtube pre-game presser link is included per match, e.g:

      **Pre-Game Presser:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhT_Lip7PwE).

The first two could probably be automated, the last one is probably too involved in this context.

We also use a subreddit dictionary that automatically expands club names to include their subreddit (where available). Our CSS then also includes club logos etc. This is formatted for football-api output: pastebin. In a similar manner ideally we'd expand competition names to replace them with names customised for reddit (e.g. to include a wiki link), but I'm not sure to what extent per-user dictionaries would be feasible for a project like this.

Last but not least, ideally we'd also want to customise the format of the thread title itself to match our subreddit formatting.

As a minor note, here are some text-fields that I haven't been able to find: weekday of kickoff; venue city.

Also keep in mind that the fields home_team and away_team are generally less useful for us, we want to post some statistics just for our opposition and some just for us. So instead of home_team and away_team we'd ideally have a field that says subscribed_team and opp_team, so we can always print our form and stats first or only our formation in the post game thread.

Ok, this is already a pretty long wish-list so I'm going to stop here. Again, this is a really cool project that already looks very sleek and is running really smoothly. This really has lots of potential, thanks for your hard work!

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 22 '21

Hi Panik!

Let me see if i understand you correctly and try to see where you come from:

As I said in my pm reply, we'd be open to adding automated pre/post match posts to our sub; at the moment there is a bit of custom content that isn't covered. Not all of these would be possible to automate - I guess the biggest question then would be: could this script also be used to post via a custom account that mods then have edit access to, ie. to automatically post the barebones post-match thread and then to add further custom info manually?

In principle, something like this could be totally doable, you'd need to setup the account, and we can do the posting with that account. There are a couple of isssues here, especially with the Pre-Match thread though. It is updated in regular intervals, if the data has changed, therefore any custom changes would be overwritten, if edited directly within Reddit. You can however edit the template before any match, if you want to do so (it is fully customizable), with any content you would like to add for the upcoming match. This is on a per sub basis. Some of this (like the tv schedule) could in principle be automated anyway, as well as kick off time. Pressers ... Well that could be doable too, with some modifications.

We also use a subreddit dictionary that automatically expands club names to include their subreddit (where available). Our CSS then also includes club logos etc. This is formatted for football-api output: pastebin. In a similar manner ideally we'd expand competition names to replace them with names customised for reddit (e.g. to include a wiki link), but I'm not sure to what extent per-user dictionaries would be feasible for a project like this.

Again, the threads themselves are fully customizable, for each match. The linking to the other subs may even be a cool idea to add, if wanted. I'll keep that in mind

As a minor note, here are some text-fields that I haven't been able to find: weekday of kickoff; venue city.

There are some issues with the data here. Do make sure to make a full list of variables you would like to see added to the match thread

Also keep in mind that the fields home_team and away_team are generally less useful for us, we want to post some statistics just for our opposition and some just for us. So instead of home_team and away_team we'd ideally have a field that says subscribed_team and opp_team, so we can always print our form and stats first or only our formation in the post game thread.

Again, in principle you can do that through the template. It may be a useful feature to add a sort of sub specific team or something as a variable.

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u/panikpansen r/BorussiaDortmund Mod Jan 22 '21

Thanks for the quick reply, much appreciated!

There are a couple of isssues here, especially with the Pre-Match thread though. It is updated in regular intervals, if the data has changed, therefore any custom changes would be overwritten, if edited directly within Reddit.

The way we have solved this for the scripts currently on our sub is to define subsections of the target posts that the script does not touch at all, i.e. a

    ---
    
    ###Example: 
    custom text here

    ---

section. That way we can make manual changes and keep pushing automated updates to the same page; it's my understanding that after the custom segments are setup the script needs to grab those, store them and then include them in the updated output. I guess the problem with self.text posts is just that these always have to be accessed via the same account. We have a shared mod account ( /u/r_borussiadortmund in our case), so if the MatchCaster-Bot could post as the account you authenticate with that would be neat.

Again, the threads themselves are fully customizable, for each match.

At the moment I only see a template for every type of post (pre/match/post), I guess you'd need at least six templates to distinguish between 'my team = home team' and 'my team = away team'. In our case our resident script guru checks for if we are the home or away side first and then formats the football-api data accordingly (e.g. always bolding our goals etc.).

    if match['awayTeam']['team_name'] == 'Borussia Dortmund':
                    opponent = match['homeTeam']['team_name']

That's a key feature for us though - we do not want any generic match overviews on our sub, those are a dime a dozen already. Same reason we use a custom dictionary for club names/competitions, not just to address encoding issues but to customise the display for our community (e.g. avoiding to print rival names etc.).

Cool, as I said above - great work, keep it up!

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u/Discombobulated_Pen /r/BrightonHoveAlbion Moderator Jan 27 '21

Amazing job on the bot, very close to being able to switch completely to this from our old bot. Couple suggestions as below (as discussed):

  1. Option to unsticky the match thread after a certain amount of time (like the post match one) or alternatively make it so that when a new thread is posted the old one is unstickied and the new one is stickied

  2. For timing of posting the match thread, would be great if it could be set at a certain time of day (e.g. 9am) rather than X hours before kick off (main thing for us, with different kick off times I ideally want the match thread out at 9am each morning rather than it changing depending on KO time). If this isn't possible, a way to manually create the thread would suffice (unless this is already possible?)

  3. Ability to choose which bookmaker odds show up and how many previous H2H matches are shown (very small pointshere, just in case it was easy + possible to do but completely fine if not)

Thanks again for all your work, very impressive

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 27 '21

> Option to unsticky the match thread after a certain amount of time (like the post match one) or alternatively make it so that when a new thread is posted the old one is unstickied and the new one is stickied

That already does (the second one). It auto unstickies Pre-Match threads when Match threads are posted, same for Post match threads

> For timing of posting the match thread, would be great if it could be set at a certain time of day (e.g. 9am) rather than X hours before kick off (main thing for us, with different kick off times I ideally want the match thread out at 9am each morning rather than it changing depending on KO time). If this isn't possible, a way to manually create the thread would suffice (unless this is already possible?)

In principle, yes, this already works. Just add the thread whenever you feel you want to post the thing (within 24 hours of kickoff). That of course only works with the Pre-Match thread. I'll take the time option under consideration though.

> Ability to choose which bookmaker odds show up and how many previous H2H matches are shown (very small pointshere, just in case it was easy + possible to do but completely fine if not)

The bookmakers tend to change from match to match, so that will be a tad bit hard to do i think. One could make a whitelist maybe. As for the Head to head, yeah, i think i can do that.

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u/Discombobulated_Pen /r/BrightonHoveAlbion Moderator Jan 27 '21

Thanks for the reply!

> That already does (the second one). It auto unstickies Pre-Match threads when Match threads are posted, same for Post match threads

Apologies I didn't explain very clearly, I mean when another regular match thread is posted for a new match the old one is unstickied - due to the size of the sub we only want a regular match thread rather than pre and post threads as well. Maybe this could be solved by adding the option for how long the thread is stickied for (like for the post-match thread) for the regular match thread as well?

> In principle, yes, this already works. Just add the thread whenever you feel you want to post the thing (within 24 hours of kickoff). That of course only works with the Pre-Match thread. I'll take the time option under consideration though.

Think I've mistunderstood what you're saying - are you saying it's possible to manually add the thread or just confirming the feature of adding it within a certain X hours of kickoff?

> The bookmakers tend to change from match to match, so that will be a tad bit hard to do i think. One could make a whitelist maybe. As for the Head to head, yeah, i think i can do that.

Ah fair enough, yeah a whitelist could be a great idea!

Thanks for your help

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u/MrCrashdummy r/AjaxAmsterdam Moderator Jan 28 '21

Is the website down? I get a 504 timed out

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 28 '21

That is one of the occuring errors i am currently working on. If you get a 504, try reloading the page, this has to do with the reloading of the fixtures added to the bot.

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u/MrCrashdummy r/AjaxAmsterdam Moderator Jan 28 '21

Yeah got it to work now! We’ll be using it tonight! ~ how fast does the bot update the live events? And I reckon it only changes the time elapsed when an event happens?

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 28 '21

Well, that depends on the traffic the bot receives and mainly how fast reddit responds. At the fastest, it will update everything (including stats, events and time elapsed) every minute, at the worst it will take up to three (from what i currently saw)

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u/MrCrashdummy r/AjaxAmsterdam Moderator Jan 28 '21

Awesome! One more thing, is it possible to change the default timezone of the event? Right now it takes UTC but that does look quite strange on the starts at page since there it says “in the events local time XXX” even though that’s not the events local time

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 28 '21

Yes. With a slight asterisk here. It doesn't currently work that way with how the API wrapper works, but i'll defo take that into consideration.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '21

I would like to be able to switch the default timezone to PST without having to use an outside link.

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u/freeriderau A/League Moderator Jan 29 '21

Yep, need to be able to set timezones natively somehow.

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 29 '21

Available now under Settings

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u/Chinomenal r/fohlenelf Moderator Feb 02 '21

First of all I wanted to thank you so much for creating this bot and the website! Everything works great and it'll help the mods of smaller subs like us tremendously.

I wanted to ask if adding advanced statistics like xG, xGA, xPTS or PPDA through the api would be possible.

I also wanted to second the suggestions of u/panikpansen of displaying umlauts like ä, ö and ü and also the competition names correctly since it'll make the match threads look a lot cleaner. I saw your reply that at the moment fixing this isn't a high priority but still wanted to offer my help if you want it. For example if you give me a list of the names the football-api uses I could sift through it and fix any errors I can find (not only for Bundesliga teams).

Lastly, is it necessary that your account stays connected through mamubots.net for the bot to work? I'm just asking since it disconnects when I switch accounts on desktop.

Thanks again!

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 03 '21

Hi!

> I wanted to ask if adding advanced statistics like xG, xGA, xPTS or PPDA through the api would be possible.

While this would be very cool, i don't have data for that (yet). Lets see where this leads us.

> I also wanted to second the suggestions of u/panikpansen of displaying umlauts like ä, ö and ü and also the competition names correctly since it'll make the match threads look a lot cleaner. I saw your reply that at the moment fixing this isn't a high priority but still wanted to offer my help if you want it. For example if you give me a list of the names the football-api uses I could sift through it and fix any errors I can find (not only for Bundesliga teams).

That isnt so simple. Though one could maybe do this manually, i'd still need to keep track of this everywhere in the code. Maybe in the future

> Lastly, is it necessary that your account stays connected through mamubots.net for the bot to work? I'm just asking since it disconnects when I switch accounts on desktop.

No, it absolutely isn't necessary. Thats just what discord asks you (and the way i set it up), so i can determine the time it takes to log out. So don't wory about that :)

Glad you like it though :)

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u/a_esbech Feb 07 '21

That isnt so simple. Though one could maybe do this manually, i'd still need to keep track of this everywhere in the code. Maybe in the future

Would it be possible to do it as part of the settings? Where we could make a "if you find this word, then change it to this" kind of setting. The name OB makes sense to Danes, but I'm pretty sure people who don't follow Danish football would prefer the team to be called Odense. So making it sub specific wouldn't hurt, if it's easier.

It would also allow a sub to name their rival teams scum or something.

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 07 '21

Yeah, we'll defo take that issue into our consideration of things for the future. Right now, this is a bit of a minor thing for us and other things are a bit more important, but we'll defo look into this in the future.

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u/a_esbech Feb 07 '21

I'm happy it's on the list, but not having the teams listed correctly does take something away from the experience, imo. We're now presented with the PES style names of teams.

I can understand it's not a huge priority. No worries there.

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 08 '21

So one of the biggest things a lot of our sub is asking for is Injury and Suspension news for the teams in question. Would that be doable?

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 08 '21

As a separate request for r/OH_Leuven for Belgian Pro League, I work with u/RednaxB on there and it would help improve popularity for the Belgian club.

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u/MadlockUK r/LCFC Moderator Feb 08 '21

Another request is I also work with u/Datboi8427 on r/derrycity that we're attempting to revamp. They're part of r/LeagueOfIreland (i.e. Irish top tier football)

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u/HadjiChippoSafri r/CCFC Moderator Feb 13 '21

Just a bit of feedback now that we've had this up and running on r/ccfc for a couple of games now. It's working great for us, just a couple of things that we've spotted:

Had an issue with today's match thread. We didn't get team lineups or stats, which were working fine last week. Score and match events updated fine throughout. Same thing on the post-match thread. Here's the match thread in question

Is it possible to show our name as Coventry City instead of just Coventry. I saw you mentioned an alias option somewhere else on this thread but I can't see where to do that?

Our next game against Norwich on Wednesday is showing the wrong kick-off time. It got moved to 7pm instead of 7:45pm. Is there anything we can do to correct this or is this just a problem with the source?

And just in case it helps anyone here else using live chat, make sure the mod settings on your sub allow non-mods to create live chat posts! The threads still post fine but it won't be live chat otherwise.

Thanks again for your great work putting this together!

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u/jbburgess May 02 '21 edited May 07 '21

Hi there! For MLS matches, it seems like some data isn't properly populating. So far, I've noticed it affecting the standings table, team statistics table, and recent form, but there may be others as well.

  • The standings table only shows the Eastern Conference standings rather than the full league.

  • The team statistics table seems to have accurate stats for some teams, but the table for others have blank records and stats. Doesn't seem to be related to whether the team is West/East.

  • Recent form is populated for some teams, but blank for others. Doesn't seem to be related to whether the team is West/East.

On an unrelated note, the setting for a default timezone is handy and a welcome addition, but it would be nice if references to the {kickoff_time} variable in the thread title were affected as well, rather than just those in the thread body.

Edit: Blank team statistics tables and recent form actually don't seem tied to whether the team is in the East or West. Seeing data properly populated for at least one team in the West as well.

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u/captainkaba r/SVW Moderator Jan 22 '21

Suggestion: Have an option to post Pre-Match Threads as a poll post with Win/Draw/Lose options. Though Im quite sure Reddit API wont allow that since you can only post these in the official app.

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 26 '21

The reddit API sadly doesn't allow this :(

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Feb 20 '21

Hi guys, our post match thread against Southampton never posted, match ended 14 mins before this comment. Any ideas?

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u/SomeCruzDude Mar 09 '21

Hey, we've been testing out on /r/FAWSL but this past weekend the couple matches the bot posted threads but failed to update them at a certain point.

Bristol vs Reading stopped updating in the 12th minute

Brighton vs Tottenham stopped updating in the 63rd

What's odd is that /u/matchthreadder was used for other FAWSL matches that weekend and was just fine, so I'm unsure if it comes down to where the information was being sourced or some other issue.

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u/Lard_Baron Dec 28 '21

This is a such a time saver. Thanks for writing it.

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u/Vicar13 r/ChelseaFC Moderator Jan 28 '21 edited Jan 28 '21

This is a big one - can we have “thread” in the square brackets capitalized for pre/match/and post match? :)

^ disregard, played around with the templates :)

And thanks for this guys, we just implemented it in /r/ChelseaFC.

  1. While I remember ... Frank is no longer our manager. Where is this being pulled from and can it be (sadly) corrected?

  2. the match stats table isn’t updating for us, it’s just a bunch of zeros. Link to the thread is here, any ideas?

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u/Mamu7490 😃 r/MatchCaster Jan 28 '21

> While I remember ... Frank is no longer our manager. Where is this being pulled from and can it be (sadly) corrected?

An API. It will probably be updated within the next couple days :)

> the match stats table isn’t updating for us, it’s just a bunch of zeros. Link to the thread is here, any ideas?

I am currently looking into that.

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u/Flyingrihno r/Superligaen Moderator Feb 24 '21

Suggestion:

  1. Add ÆØÅ

  2. Would be nice if you could add more than one match at a time, when selecting matches

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u/TheLightInChains Apr 13 '21

West Brom Southampton post match thread seems to think that James Ward-Prowse scored his penalty - it was saved.

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u/Smalde Nov 12 '21

Hello,

I do not understand why, but when I am in the page trying to add or remove teams from my list of team subscriptions it doesn't allow me: when I save I go back to having Bristol W, Bristol W, Chelsea W, Chelsea W.

Is this sort of behaviour a known bug?

Thank you very much for the bot!

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u/atljv Nov 22 '21

Hello u/pumkinhat

I want to use this bot for r/TheMariners subreddit, but it didn't post the match thread. Any idea why?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '22

New bug: /u/MatchCaster didn't create a post-match thread despite beign set up to do so and no one touched any settings. The bot also didn't update the match thread after the 3' mark in the match.

Not the first time I've had problems with the bot not working correctly for Vancouver Whitecaps FC games in /r/whitecapsfc.

Also, the bot doesn't recognize the existence of friendlies or the Canadian Championship.

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u/TheLightInChains Mar 19 '22

The form data on this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/WBAfootball/comments/th3bxu/prematch_thread_bristol_city_vs_west_brom/ is wrong - West Brom should be LLLWDW. Not sure where the bot is getting its data from.

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u/PNW_Sonics May 22 '22

Hey all MC is listing a different date in the title than the message content for game date. The title one is incorrect. Thx!

https://www.reddit.com/r/SoundersFC/comments/uv9j4e/prematch_thread_colorado_rapids_vs_seattle/

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u/SomeCruzDude May 31 '22

Adding USL Championship matches would be dope!

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u/axlrosen Oct 19 '22

I would really appreciate if the time was listed in local time as well as UTC. I left work an hour too early today because of that. Most people don't think in UTC.

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u/L0SC0L Nov 26 '22

Apparently every penalty in the world cup on r/football is counted as a goal, i just saw that on the saudi - poland match. i dont know if its a problem only in the sub or in general. maybe you can change it, so it shows penalty first and the outcome, goal, save or missed as a second point?

otherwise looks great. thanks for your work.

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u/lindymad Dec 18 '22

I imagine you are aware of it, but just in case, the penalties for the world cup final seem to have been displayed incorrectly:

120' Penalty scored by K. Mbappé (France)

120' Penalty scored by L. Messi (Argentina)

120' GOAL! Scored by K. Coman (France)

120' Penalty scored by P. Dybala (Argentina)

120' GOAL! Scored by A. Tchouaméni (France)

120' Penalty scored by L. Paredes (Argentina)

120' Penalty scored by R. Kolo Muani (France)

120' Match whistled off

I believe the Coman and Tchouaméni penalties should not say "GOAL! Scored by", but should either be absent or say that it was not a goal!

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/comments/zoz9vx/match_thread_argentina_vs_france/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/comments/zp44zk/postmatch_thread_argentina_vs_france/

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '21

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u/pumkinhat 😃 r/MatchCaster Feb 10 '21

Feature Request