I'm thinking about creating a database (probably just a Google doc) for people's information across various gaming platforms (League, Battle.NET, Sony, Xbox, Nintendo ID, etc., etc.). There have been some threads (Steam ID thread for example) for specific platforms across the years, but some of them have faded into the abyss of the forums, some aren't kept current, and it can be a pain to try to track down information on an individual basis. I want to do it right so I'm soliciting feedback first.
1) Assuming you plan on participating, would you rather have such a resource listed here in the Arcade (a public forum), or in GTKAS (protected from viewing from bots/non-registered people)?
2) What information would you like to share? Platform IDs only? Games? Day/Time availability? Something else?
3) Should I allow for public editing? (Note: I would probably only even *consider* this if the database/link were kept hidden in GTKAS)
4) How would you like it hosted or presented?
5) Any other thoughts, or comments?
Cheers, all!
Arcade Friend/Platform Database?
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Eh, Scum of the Earth (scummers location thread) got trolled eventually so I am cautioned against the possibility of letting anyone edit at will. I don't have any problem updating the document regularly so at this point I'm somewhat inclined to keep it read-only.
Alternatively, I could make it public for like a month (or X amount of time) and then close it down so that only I can update it over the long term.
I was thinking just MS username and columns for various platform handles would be sufficient, but I just threw out the idea of other things in case it held anyone's interest.