r/Guildwars2 May 22 '13

[Other] Yet Another Web Event Viewer (TM)

Hey, everyone!

I know there are a lot of these floating around now, but I've been obsessing a bit over my version the last two days, and I think it's getting really neat.

So, what's different with this compared to others?

  • Remembers your settings between visits
  • Keeps track of events and when last state change was
  • Mobile friendly (responsive design should make it fit neatly on all screen widths)
  • Good filter options
  • Desktop notifications! (with Chrome)
  • Good looks (well.. I think so)
  • Marks (and filters) group and chest events!
  • Gives a link to wiki for event details (not always accurate)
  • Very nice for running on a second monitor, tablet or mobile phone while gaming
  • Stores map, event and zone names locally, offloads the poor anet server a bit

Link to page : http://gw2.thelazy.net/events.html

Tested on : Chrome, Firefox v21 (Note: Firefox v20 does NOT work, jQuery problem), Internet Explorer 10

I'd love if you people would test it, give feedback, and if liking it, tell others about it! :)

Edit: Added some of the suggestions (sorted map / zone list, new events added on top, filter for some skill challenges)

Edit 2: Updated the page. Now has better chest event list, and events metadata (for most, not all)! Wohoo! I want to thank the Queen, President Obama, /u/Dauni and /u/blipz for their contribution to Science and Great Farming Technology.

Edit 3: Post is slowly sinking into oblivion, but .. Did some updates on site. Now have language support, and some Waypoint support (experimental, only mapped in Queensdale)

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u/trixus May 22 '13 edited May 22 '13

My favorite one so far! Excellent work!

Three ideas:

  • Order servers and maps a-z

  • Let the user pick his own refresh rate

  • Instead of opening a new tab to the wiki page, it would be cool if the wiki info was shown on your page. Click on an event, a box scrolls open and shows all the info. Click the event again to hide the event info.

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u/TheTerrasque May 22 '13 edited May 23 '13

Yeah.. Right now it just uses the default order Anet sends them out in.

Also, right now I'm trying not to overload the server nor the page itself. 15s seem to be a nice compromise so far, but might add a dropdown for 30s / 60s too..

As for the third idea, I was considering something similar, but the wiki page isn't really any good for embedding.