TrickerBattle started out as an idea to solve the confusion and whatnot with online battles which were being created and managed through forum threads on TrickSession and Club540. Battles were disorganized and became chaotic when more than a handful of trickers wanted to join. The rules were also sporadic: Ex: Provide a 30 second clip featuring a kick, a flip, a twist, and a combo. How is that supposed to help trickers improve if they don't win?
This website offers a solution to that madness. While trickers CAN host win/loss battles in exactly the same style mentioned above, we encourage users to get more technical and organized with their battles by providing various scoring methods, judging methods, opponent/roster setups, and more. For example, say a tricker loses a battle which has opted for Technique Breakdown Scoring as its scoring system. That tricker can clearly see how judges scored him/her and see where he/she needs to improve. Maybe his or her kicks are not being chambered well enough and points are being lost there. Maybe his/her twists are off-axis. Our judging system allows for such analyzation to help all trickers improve and learn what their strong and weak points are.
TrickerBattle.com is integrated with Facebook's API as a tricking app to provide users
with a rich and interactive experience. For example, as you may notice, there is no manual registration here at TrickerBattle. Simply click the button
on the top right of the screen and accept the permissions request. We will automatically sync your Facebook account with our database and register you on the fly. The only
information we store is your Facebook uid, your name, and the url to your profile picture. That's it! We don't store your email address because the reality is
not only do we not need it, we don't want it! We hate how many sites out there have our personal emails, and we want to be one of the few who don't add to the
problem. That being said, the only way we can contact you is through your Facebook wall. Another example of how we utilize Facebook integration is when another user
challenges you to a battle on TrickerBattle.com, you will (by default) receive a notice on your Facebook wall. This is one of a few cases where our site notifies you of some
event or update on your wall. Before you freak out, let us be perfectly clear about something. We HATE Farmville and Mafia Wars and all those fucking annoying apps which spam
your wall and your friends walls and make sifting through status updates a total pain in the ass. This is why we have gone above and beyond and implemented a yes/no switch for
all automated Facebook wall notifications. You can turn off the ones you don't want and leave on the ones you need. It takes about 5 seconds.
TrickerBattle.com was coded in PHP5 on a custom framework. jQuery dominates the client-side and the AJAX calls. The site is optimized for a browser other than Internet Explorer. Everything works in IE except that it ignores our rounded corners.
My name is Matt and I am a tricker and a coder - 'nuff said. This site is for you to use and enjoy, not for me to gloat or sit up on some throne.
Our moderators are still being screened out and trained in, and many of the moderation functions are still being coded during beta phase. If you think you have what it takes to be a moderator here and have a lot of free time to help out other people here on TrickerBattle.com, then email me at breezephp@aim.com or PM me on Facebook and I will see what I can do.
I couldn't have made this site without the help of the following people:
There are a few things that we just couldn't finish before Beta launch. They will be implemented when the time is right:
Official beta launch.
We are aware of these and are still trying to track down the causes so we can fix these for you asap:
For some reason, sometimes a video from YouTube just will not embed. It returns an error on the back-end but the error is vague and does not tell us WHY it will not embed. It happened with two videos during testing, and one of the videos had opted to not allow embedding (so that one was obvious). The other allowed embedding but would not embed (through our oEmbed api). With all of our videos after beta launch being home videos of tricks, I don't foresee any issues, but just be aware and PLEASE let us know when you run into this bug.
Go figure. We will eventually fix the styling bugs for these browsers but they are a low priority. In the meantime use a real browser.