GTP_WRS Leaderboard Discussion and Feedback

Paulie · Dec 27 2009, 7:21 PM #21

Better than I imagined, superb effort guys!

Mad94d · Dec 27 2009, 8:52 PM #22

Fantastic work!

LinPark · 9:26 PM

Truly outstanding stuff!

Any hints on how the parser works? Do we all have to put something like this each time:

T1 0'28.186
T2 1'03.019

Just curious being a programmer myself.

Again, Great Work!!!!

EDIT: Nevermind, found the FAQ on the site - this is really, really nice - the section with the replays is awesome as well - can't say it enough - GREAT WORK!!!

**JoostBaksteen** · Dec 28 2009, 1:07 AM #24

LinPark

Any hints on how the parser works?

Just curious being a programmer myself.

As a programmer I understand it's nice to know how the system works, so here's a little insight for any programmer on the inner workings of the system. (All the parsing is done with regexes to ensure maximum quality.) The system works as follows:

The system fetches this HTML to check for any new weeks, and if found parses the week data and inserts a new week in de db
Next the system fetches the HTML from all active weekly threads (that is, the ones not in the archive forum yet)
Then the system extracts every post from the weekly thread, stripping all the HTML, quotes and strikethrough text
Now some post info is extracted like the PSN, the post ID etc
After that any time prefixes like 'T:', 'S1: ' etc are stripped from the beginning of the lines
Now the times can be extracted from this preprocessed posts, this is done with this regex /^(([0-9])?[\':,\.]+)?([0-9]{1,2})[\':,\.]([0-9]{3})/
The database is now checked if the run exists, if it doesn't (or if it's edited) it is inserted in the database and the old run is removed from the overview

Besides this there are a lot of other things going on. Like fetching of new drivers, division updates, information about the new weeks (tracks, cars, deadline etc), parsing of the official results, fetching of the replays and extracting the data from the replays etc.

But this is how the system works in a nutshell.

steven · Dec 28 2009, 3:49 AM #25

Nice background Joost

I'll paste it into the next version of the FAQ in the WRS Leaderboard in case anybody else is interested.

dranddad · Dec 28 2009, 5:42 AM #26

Well done guys, It was a pleasure to view and comment on this new leader board format before its release. I’m sure the members will have great pleasure from keeping track of their results, which is all due to your hard work.

Fantastic addition to GTPlanet .

NielsG · Dec 28 2009, 6:06 AM #27

Great work, Joost. Just what the WRS has needed for many years.

OnlyMe · Dec 28 2009, 6:36 AM #28

Big hand for all involved. The new board looks fantastic.

Fantastich werk geleverd, jongens!

Also a big thank you for Luke and all volonteers who updated our previous board. Once I created and maintained a (very, very simple) leaderboard for another race-series here on GTP, so I know that it can be very timeconsuming! Thanks for all your efforts over the years!

maximumattack · Dec 28 2009, 9:37 AM #29

Good work chaps

The board is looking good

nuclearfire · Dec 28 2009, 1:45 PM #30

Great Job with the new leaderbord

Aderrrm · Dec 28 2009, 3:16 PM #31

Great work, thanks guys!

Anghammarad · Dec 29 2009, 7:09 AM #32

How about adding a "Gap" column for the results page as well?

**JoostBaksteen** · Dec 29 2009, 7:29 AM #33

Anghammarad

How about adding a "Gap" column for the results page as well?

That's a good addition, thanks!

Will put it on the todo list.

LinPark · Dec 29 2009, 8:06 AM #34

Since this is part of GTPlanet now is there any chance we could get a direct link to it added to the forum somewhere?

**EDK** · Dec 29 2009, 8:23 AM #35

LinPark

Since this is part of GTPlanet now is there any chance we could get a direct link to it added to the forum somewhere?

I'll ask Jordan if he can do something like the Live Racing Chat.

**Jump_Ace** · Dec 29 2009, 9:52 AM #36

Truly Amazing work guys, you've really out done yourselves!

Jerome

Fuzzy · Dec 29 2009, 12:40 PM #37

Very impressive, thanks for your hard work put into making the new leaderboard.

steven · Dec 29 2009, 1:41 PM #38

Anghammarad

How about adding a "Gap" column for the results page as well?

JoostBaksteen

That's a good addition, thanks!

Will put it on the todo list.

LOL in fact it was already on the todo list (tho not in writing) because Nigel suggested it in his prebeta feedback.

Nonetheless a good suggestion Cohiba

**Synwraith** · 4:45 PM

A monumental amount of work and a fantastic achievement, you should be widely credited with bringing something so positive to the community.

In case you haven't guessed, I love it

EDIT: I've just noticed the results for week 24 (F430 @Eiger) aren't included in the individual driver stats

All the best
Maz

spyrrari · Dec 29 2009, 4:40 PM #40

EDK

I'll ask Jordan if he can do something like the Live Racing Chat.

Its up!!!

Thanks Jordan

spy.

Premium QLD, Down Under 7,574	Dec 27 2009, 7:21 PM #21 Paulie Bathurst Pilgrim 2012 Better than I imagined, superb effort guys!

Premium Sydney 3,008	Dec 27 2009, 8:52 PM #22 Mad94d Taking it to the world! Fantastic work!

haarlem (nl) 3,603	Dec 28 2009, 3:49 AM #25 steven Diamond Member Nice background Joost I'll paste it into the next version of the FAQ in the WRS Leaderboard in case anybody else is interested.

Premium UK 1,858	Dec 28 2009, 5:42 AM #26 dranddad Diamond Member Online Now! Well done guys, It was a pleasure to view and comment on this new leader board format before its release. I’m sure the members will have great pleasure from keeping track of their results, which is all due to your hard work. Fantastic addition to GTPlanet .

Denmark 1,913	Dec 28 2009, 6:06 AM #27 NielsG OLR Enthusiast Great work, Joost. Just what the WRS has needed for many years.

newcastle, england 704	Dec 28 2009, 9:37 AM #29 maximumattack is getting slower :( Good work chaps The board is looking good

Havertown P.A. 804	Dec 28 2009, 1:45 PM #30 nuclearfire Don't Starve! Great Job with the new leaderbord

England 2,156	Dec 28 2009, 3:16 PM #31 Aderrrm Work hard Play hard Great work, thanks guys!

Premium Stockholm, Swe 2,248	Dec 29 2009, 7:09 AM #32 Anghammarad Feet of Clay Online Now! How about adding a "Gap" column for the results page as well?

Premium Bradenton, FL 1,128	Dec 29 2009, 8:06 AM #34 LinPark Diamond Member Since this is part of GTPlanet now is there any chance we could get a direct link to it added to the forum somewhere?

Super Moderator Portland, OR 4,721	Dec 29 2009, 9:52 AM #36 Jump_Ace Honda Fanboi Truly Amazing work guys, you've really out done yourselves! Jerome

Premium United Kingdom 1,004	Dec 29 2009, 12:40 PM #37 Fuzzy Diamond Member Very impressive, thanks for your hard work put into making the new leaderboard.