Here's when the idea was conceived, as well as discussions of rules.

Schedule/Results/Replays:

Here's the final rules:

1. SC2 player - NFL team

Each player will play as an NFL team they choose. Whoever that team plays for the week, will play the corresponding player. For example, 0D1N who represents the Patriots, plays the Dolphins on week 1, represented by kaffinejo.

2. Homefield Advantage - map choice

Pats is at Dolphins, so kaffinejo has home field advantage meaning kaffinejo gets to choose the map (standard Blizzard map or IPL/GSL pro map). These 2 players will need to coordinate when to play their game, as long as it is played during week 1.

3. No opponent?

If an NFL team with an SC2 player associated with it is matched up with an NFL team with no SC2 player.. then the SC2 player will have to play a ladder game.

The player MUST post on the thread that they are about to play their ladder game. Then after that, upload the replay to this site's replay uploader.

The game will count towards the NFL-style standings, win or lose.

4. 2 NFL teams playing each other but no SC2 player?

Then the actual result of the NFL game will be used to determine winner.

5. Handicaps?

We have several different leagues here as far as skill.. from Bronze to Diamond. So to make it fair we *might* do handicaps after week 8.

But let's wait and see how things play out. So weeks 1-8 will be as is. If NO team has any upsets, then we WILL do handicaps based on level difference between the 2 SC2 players:

1 level = no handicap
2 levels = 90 (Bronze vs Silver, Gold vs Diamond,etc)
3 levels = 80 (Bronze vs Platinum, Diamond vs Silver)
4 levels = 70 (Bronze vs Diamond)

6. Late/missed game?

Email me I might make exceptions as long as you let me know. Otherwise, if you don't play your game you will get the loss. I would need to hear who tried to schedule and who couldn't.

LIST OF PLAYERS

Here are the list of players and teams so far. Those who are ready can start. We might have some catchup players in a bit.. games already played by NFL teams means catchup players cannot choose that team.

Contact the player on the forum: karljay.com/forum or on BNET. You can see their Bnet Name and Code Number here: http://www.karljay.com/main/sc2_ranks

BACKED OUT:
ladderman - Packers

Schedule/Results/Replays:

Week:
1
2
3
4
5

Now site members can see their world rankings for 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, etc. courtesy of sc2ranks.com API.

Register and put your BNET info now in your profile and you will show up on the list.

See it here:

http://www.karljay.com/main/sc2_ranks

using the replay library from phpsc2replay, a drupal module has now been created to support user uploaded replays.

Upload, share and discuss replays!

So go ahead and give it a try.. download from a list of current replays or
upload your own.

karljay.com is now taking advantage of the popular status messaging system.

Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/karljay.com

Posts on the KJ Forum http://karljay.com/forum will now show up on Twitter as status updates.

Since I'm new to Subversion (SVN), and command line calls, here's some sample commands and good practice to branch off a trunk, make changes, merge (dry run), merge, then test, then commit.

For good site on SVN basics: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html

Finally, the KJ Forum is now available as a Facebook app:

info: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=64103791063

Link to the app: http://apps.facebook.com/kjforum

Once you add it, you can have it as a TAB:

click to view large

And of course available in your bottom left application links:

And the full screen app:

When you post, a difference with the normal non-facebook app KJ forum is that this one shows your user profile pic:

It will also provide NEWS FEED updates to your friends when you post a new topic, or reply to a topic:

Enjoy!

Chess has now been layed out a bit better to maximize space usage, and put items in proper locations:

1. captured pieces are bottom right, and minimized since it is not often referred to
2. PGN is top right, but is not as high. To compensate, there is a scrolling bar, and the list is scrolled to the bottom automatically to show the last move.
3. messages are moved to be more visible, and is available with a scroll bar as well.
4. the chess board is smaller to let others have more room.

As you can see, things are squeezed more together, but is still a bit big for our normal page layout. Stay tuned for more adjustments as we play with improving the site!

The interface is still being modified, and the site is being redesigned. But the new webchess software is active and ready.

LOGIN: go to your account here and click on CHESS on the main menu: http://www.karljay.com/main/user

PASSWORD RESET: If you have an issue with your account password, go here to have your password reset by providing the email address you used to register: http://www.karljay.com/main/user/password
Mail will be sent to you to login using temporary link and ability to change your password. Make sure you check your SPAM/BULK mail folder. Sometimes your mail provider will move the emails there thinking it is spam.
If you're still having issues, here's the reset password thread you can post to ask for a reset:
http://www.karljay.com/forum/view_post.php?tid=153472

CREATE NEW ACCOUNT: If you want to start fresh, go here: http://www.karljay.com/main/user/register
Mail will be sent to you with your account name and password and activate link. Make sure you check your SPAM/BULK mail folder. Sometimes your mail provider will move the emails there thinking it is spam.

If you are still having issues, do not hesitate to contact us on the KJ FORUM