Spectate games: search or jump to one directly
With thousands of games running, it's impossible to find a friend's game. If they provide the 4 digit ID, there is no way to join that game directly.
We should be able to:
(a) search by the game ID, username, or host username, or
(b) jump to spectate the game directly (i.e. colonist.io/spectate/#xxxx)
Added:
If there's a ranking system, maybe it's possible to either:
1) Search by rank (highest to lowest ordering from top to bottom)
2) Filter based on elo-ranges
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admin edit: feature live, v96
JUAN
Comments: 17
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04 Apr, '20
Demiculus Admin Mergedhttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/609234833373265932/695841152716242984/unknown.png
The rooms tab is okay but it is impossible to find anything on the games tab. It should be removed and replaced with a search fucntionality. -
20 Apr, '20
Tirth MergedWhen clicking on a game link like colonist.io/#### and the game has already started, open the game in spectator mode so you don't have to search for the game in the active games list.
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22 Apr, '20
JUAN MergedBetter yet, let a sign show up saying game has already started, and asking if you would like to join as an spectator or not
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30 Apr, '20
IwannaRock Mergedspectators can enter room via link.
if game has started, the normal invite link allows spectators in.
at the moment, it throws an Error - room already started playing.
it is currently difficult to find a specific game to spectate (game tab -> ctrl-F thru 1000+ current games) this assumes you know the title. -
07 May, '20
Chrisfantastic suggestion!
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22 May, '20
paradox MergedAbility to share a link to spectate a game
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31 May, '20
Lauraif you know the name of the person that started the game just ctrl S and type your friend name you ll be able to find it in the game list
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09 Jun, '20
GPShorts MergedThis would be incredible, as of now it's pretty difficult to manage to find the game you want to spectate
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11 Jul, '20
Austin Admin Merged"spectators can enter room via link" (suggested by IwannaRock on 2020-04-30), including upvotes (4) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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30 Jul, '20
Austin Admin Merged"Spectate games from link" (suggested by paradox on 2020-05-22), including upvotes (11) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.
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30 Jul, '20
Austin Admin"Join as spectator when link is clicked if game has started" (suggested by Tirth on 2020-04-20), including upvotes (20) and comments (6), was merged into this suggestion.
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18 Aug, '20
Satoshi Admin"agregar buscador en partidas activas" (suggested by seba m on 2020-05-24), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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25 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin"Remove the game tabs and add a search functionality" (suggested by Demiculus on 2020-04-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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07 Sep, '20
Joyce MergedI'm hosting a catan tournament across 20 or so people and so they create private games to play in their game blocks. I would like the ability for other people who aren't playing but are in the tournament to join to spectate directly using the same game link.
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07 Sep, '20
JUAN Admin"Spectate private games through game link" (suggested by Joyce on 2020-09-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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05 Nov, '20
JUAN Admin"Search Bar for on going games" (suggested by Benedict on 2020-10-29), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Feb, '21
Eric NAmazing suggestion and implementation from Colonist :claps: