Want Live Access to Competition Results? Introducing BTF Live?

[Saleem]

via the BTF Blog
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Distribution of Competitions Results has been pretty basic up until now. A handful of people are on the phone, trying to figure out what happened. Different people are giving different results. At some point, something gets posted to a forum, true or not. People have to visit the forum to see if something is posted yet.

BTF Live is a new service I am excited to announce that will immediately broadcast results to you via text, IM, and web-update.

Here?s how it works:

• Responsibilities: Before the competition, one person who will be there is identified as the ?source?. A person not at the competition will be the ?poster?.
• Competition time: After the results are announced, the source gives the poster the placings.
• Broadcast: The poster uses the BTF Live account on Twitter to post the results. Follow the BTF_Live user to receive results via text, IM, or if you visit the site online. They will also post the results in a new topic on BTF.

What are the goals behind BTF Live?

• Quick/Modern Distribution of Results without a hundred phone calls and visits to BTF. (text updates to your mobile, IM, etc). We will be using the framework and membership already in place at Twitter.
• Accurate news (a trusted source at the competition gives the news directly to a trusted poster)

We hope you enjoy this new service! The first run for BTF Live will be the upcoming Groundshaker 2 competition on August 30th. Please let us know if you can serve as the source for this competition.

- Saleem (ps - i?m on twitter too)

 

[Meistro]

This is a great idea. I was actually pondering about this a few days ago. I'm glad this idea has been carried out. i'd love to recieve text messages with competition results. Where do I input my mobile number?

 

[Jeeti]

I'm already addicted Saleem...but live updates really dude?

ur gonna make us all go to group therapy to beat this addiction.

 

[Meistro]

ur gonna make us all go to group therapy to beat this addiction.

lol

group therapy session #1 (sitting in a circle)
Me: Hello my name is Shan
The group (in unison): Hello Shan
Me: I have an addiction. I am addicted to a website called BTF, and it has taken over my life...
Jeeti: I believe we all share the same affliction Meistro.
Shrink: Jeeti, please don't speak out of turn. And who is meistro?
Jeeti: My imaginary friend.

................................................

 

[rajkaran]

ur gonna make us all go to group therapy to beat this addiction.

lol

group therapy session #1 (sitting in a circle)
Me: Hello my name is Shan
The group (in unison): Hello Shan
Me: I have an addiction. I am addicted to a website balled BTF, and it has taken over my life...
Jeeti: I believe we all share the same affliction Meistro.
Shrink: Jeeti, please don't speak out of turn. And who is meistro?
Jeeti: My imaginary friend.

................................................

lol

 

[Saleem]

1) Sign up for twitter at http://www.twitter.com and track http://twitter.com/BTF_Live
2) Refer to Twitter Help for the rest.
Adding your mobile number
Adding your IM account (currently Twitter IM is down, hopefully will be up by Aug 30th)

lol Jeeti sorry for feeding the addiction... but BTF Live should just be pretty infrequent (just for competitions), we won't be sending hourly updates of "whats new on BTF" lol

 

[Jeeti]

ur gonna make us all go to group therapy to beat this addiction.

lol

group therapy session #1 (sitting in a circle)
Me: Hello my name is Shan
The group (in unison): Hello Shan
Me: I have an addiction. I am addicted to a website balled BTF, and it has taken over my life...
Jeeti: I believe we all share the same affliction Meistro.
Shrink: Jeeti, please don't speak out of turn. And who is meistro?
Jeeti: My imaginary friend.

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HAHAHAHAHAH. excellent.

 

[musafir12]

DAMN! THTS NICE!!!
WULD LOVE THT!!!

 

[sulmoney]

woohoo! more followers/followees on twitter!

 

[faizan]

clutch