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based on the discussion in this thread, i have created a web extension that provides a big red VOTE button that navigates you to a random unvoted major battle entry.

here is a video on how 2 use it.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq9D_VsUQxo



detailed instructions are in the link at the top



current browser support:

chrome/base chromium
works!

firefox
cannot load, also firefox does not support permanent loading of unpacked extensions

, so would need to Actually package this as an extension

safari on ios
works??????????????????????

vivaldi
does not serially navigate to pages for some reason

currently i have 2612.02 boons (now 2587 bc i double posted)

i will give 200 boons to the first 7 people who download my extension and comment feedback in this thread
EDIT: OFFER EXPIRED, ALL TESTING REWARDS CLAIMED
(7/7)
1. Tex
2. kleeder
3. arceus413
4. retrokid104
5. big lumby
6. MoxieCat
7. blockblockblock

and for the first person to post firefox instructions with proof of it working (screenshot is fine), i will tack on another 200 boons
EDIT: all testing prizes have been claimed. i will give 200 boons to whoever gets this to work on firefox in a PERMANENT way (not the temporarily unpacked extension loading way). this will probably just be packaging it up or something.

It would feel weird for me to be compensated for trying something I would on my own, out of mere curiosity. Keep your boons.

It works, yeah. Although, you have to be logged in for it to jump to any unvoted entry, of course lol

Quick video demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK2_7tlpVI8

But also a full test would probably require someone to have voted on everything and then clicking on the extension would do nothing.

EDIT: oh yeah, you wanted it tested on Firefox, too.

@Tex
gave you boons for naturally just wanting to try the tool anyway!

tested in chrome.
i already voted on all entries so it just drops me on a random ongoing battle entry page and stays there

doesn't install on firefox but works p well on edge methinks

GOLGI YOU LEGEND this is great! even works right on safari for iOS

whoa you can add "unpackaged" extensions on safari ios?

@retrokid104, can you provide some instructions?

i’m using an extension that lets me use extensions, if that makes sense. i honestly have no idea how it works, my dad set it up lol

I'll probably test it later.

using on vivaldi 7.0.3495.26

it seems to just either send me to the majors page or a random major only? there was only one time where it sent me to a random entry so it could be that that's the default behavior when it hits an entry already voted on? that said, it did this even with majors where i hadn't voted on at all so...??? asjdlfkjaslkdj idfk. it could be how vivaldi interacts with chrome extensions

even though it's technically bugged the way it is on vivaldi, i still think it's useful just to have a button that's just "press here to vote!" makes getting to the major i want to vote on a ton more convenient :D

@big lumby

thanks for trying it out!

i downloaded vivaldi and got the same issue. the web scraping code (chooseMajorBattle.js and getRandomUnvotedEntry.js) seem to work fine but the background.js script itself is b0rked. looks like the "chrome.tabs" api doesn't work properly in vivaldi for some reason.

Just gave it a try on Firefox (version 133.0.3), loaded as a temporary extension following these instructions.

I'm getting the same issue as lumby - the button either sends me to the Major Battles page, or a random Major, but not any entries.

@goluigi dont forget firefox also has derivatives (a lot better than original!) like librewolf and waterfox!

Wow you pay your testers better than SIE ever paid their QA. (We got paid in prior years' MLB "The Show" discs and leftover 1/2 donuts and 1/2 bagels from teh Naughty Dogs.)

wuh oh

> Manifest version 2 is deprecated, and support will be removed in 2024. See ttps://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/migrate/mv2-deprecation-timeline for details.

aside from that - it takes me to a major battle, but not an individual entry, which I assume is a bug - this is in

OS Win 10 (Pro)
Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
Chrome 131.0.6778.205 (64-bit)

but also yay good job making it!

@blockblockblock

this was more of a proof of concept and ideally i'm hoping it's added to the site natively so i can deprecate the extension itself

also hoping the manifest v2 phasing out is just a false flag lol

regarding the bug, for me that seems to happen like 1 in 15-20 times but is it just always happening for you?

Would it be possible to jump directly to an unvoted entry after a click? Or is it always a requirement for them to be preceded by the MajorBattles/MajorPage path?

@Tex

it's possible to skip the battles listing page because i can probably use the botb API instead of web scraping, but i'm not sure if i can skip the entry listing page because i don't think you can get a user's unvoted entries via the API (my understanding of the API is it can only get "public" info, but feel free to correct me)