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inglor11y ago· 4 in thread

Please stop stealing my back button - if I press back it means I want to go back to where I was.

This pattern is really annoying in new sites.

I agree, but different people have different ideas on 'where I was' means, depending on how their site loads. The previous fight? or back to HN because you are bored with the whole thing? Sometimes I've wanted to step back one link within the same site, only to get dumped out to the previous site I visited because the whole thing was JS-driven. this is especially annoying with the endless scroll sites that are so popular these days.

mastefOP11y ago

You're playing a game in this case. Similar to scrolling to the right in a side-scroller. The game doesn't want to let you go back to the left - or in this case to re-answer the previous question.

However that doesn't mean that the back-button is broken. It behaves like it would behave on other websites as well - and actually doesn't register multiple guesses separately.

If you'd elaborate more clearly where this behaviour is broken - as generally it's not - I'd be happy to look into fixing it for your comfort...

bpicolo11y ago

He means that, if you play through the game, you shouldn't have to click back 20 times to return to hacker news. : )

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graeme11y ago

I see this comment frequently. What browser/device does it work on? I'm on chrome on osx and my back button works fine.

normloman11y ago· 3 in thread

Is the elevator pitch game actually scored? Are there right and wrong answers?

mastefOP11y ago

It's only scored for the startups themselves ( hi-score list on frontpage )

Sakes11y ago

Ya, this confused the hell out of me. I was trying to figure out if "I" was right or not. So I just started spamming left answers trying to figure out what those result messages actually meant.

Maybe you could add a message clarifying that there are no official right or wrong answers and that this is a community driven game, like a poll.

Displaying polling results would also be a plus.

Regardless, great idea, smart use of an api.

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normloman11y ago

That could be confusing misinformation for startups. The only opinion that matters in an elevator pitch is the investor you're pitching to. The people who play this game are other startup people. They don't know any more about pitching than the founders in the game. I hope nobody seriously uses this for testing their pitch.

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billhendricksjr11y ago· 2 in thread

Cool idea, clever roll out. How did you collect the pitches? I was surprised and flattered to see my company (Common Form) included.

mastefOP11y ago

Your company is in the top 5! Congrats!

We added all Startups exclusively through the AngelList API - it exposes Startups currently marked as fund raising. Also people can submit their suggestions as long as the Startup is listed on AngelList itself and matches a certain quality score.

And then we also went ahead and added promising startups manually ourselves :)

billhendricksjr11y ago

Thanks and nice work!

mastefOP11y ago· 2 in thread

As part of a 7 days product challenge we got this small idea about a startup game, which pivoted itself into 2 games... :)

An experiment with Firebase + AngelList API and too many childhood memories on the SNES

etw11y ago

what's your twitter id? This is trending on Product Hunt

mastefOP11y ago

It's the same, I commented there too :) Thanks!

GBond11y ago· 1 in thread

I can't get enough of the dancing Carlton loading images.

bonzoT11y ago

long live the Fresh Prince

aselzer11y ago· 1 in thread

The /#/guesses page made Chrome eat 100% CPU on one core :) Might want to truncate it.

mastefOP11y ago

Thanks! Will look into it :)

pearjuice11y ago· 1 in thread

Is the game broken for anyone else? Playing the elevator pitch gives me two text balloons with pitches, clicking on one of them changes the text and the one I didn't click on always says "...". The LinkedIn profile pictures stay distorted and the only thing I can do is click "NEXT". Score is not showing up et cetera.

Any minimum browser requirement? I am on Chromium 39.

mastefOP11y ago

There's 2 games :

a) Which pitch is better - no player scoring there, only scoring for the startups b) Guess the startup - One slogan, 3 choices

You can switch between the games in the top navigation

neil_s11y ago· 1 in thread

Running incredibly slowly for me. I guess its the HN/PH effect.

mastefOP11y ago

yes in the beginning we were loading in the whole data from firebase, of course it got a bit big with 250-300 people playing non-stop for the past hours :)

we have optimised it now and it should be much better - remember to ctrl+refresh to clear your browser cache

laex11y ago· 1 in thread

This game helped me find out about Moltin, which is kinda what I was looking for. Basically, I was looking for shopify alternative.

galfarragem11y ago

I'm waiting for a JS alternative. This one is based on Meteor. I hope it gets traction.[1]

[1] https://reactioncommerce.com/

MoOmer11y ago· 1 in thread

Crashes latest mobile chrome on iOS.

mastefOP11y ago

you could try ctrl+refreshing for latest version

iamthepieman11y ago· 1 in thread

sometimes both pitches are horrible.

mastefOP11y ago

pick the lesser evil

mastefOP11y ago

Here's a live feed of the current guesses : https://startupfighter.com/#/guesses

angersock11y ago

A lot of these pitches are, well...there's a reason a lot of people like to make fun of sanfranistan and the global startup ecosystem, right?

ionforce11y ago

There's something so endearing about the pixelation. Reminds me of Sierra games!

quickdraw4611y ago

Your UI is err, pixelated ;)

mayrun11y ago

Helped me find tindie, a DIY hardware store.

caherrerapa11y ago

good job, some good product discoveries

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35 comments · 17 top-level

inglor11y ago· 4 in thread

Please stop stealing my back button - if I press back it means I want to go back to where I was.

This pattern is really annoying in new sites.

anigbrowl11y ago

mastefOP11y ago

You're playing a game in this case. Similar to scrolling to the right in a side-scroller. The game doesn't want to let you go back to the left - or in this case to re-answer the previous question.

However that doesn't mean that the back-button is broken. It behaves like it would behave on other websites as well - and actually doesn't register multiple guesses separately.

If you'd elaborate more clearly where this behaviour is broken - as generally it's not - I'd be happy to look into fixing it for your comfort...

bpicolo11y ago

He means that, if you play through the game, you shouldn't have to click back 20 times to return to hacker news. : )

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graeme11y ago

I see this comment frequently. What browser/device does it work on? I'm on chrome on osx and my back button works fine.

normloman11y ago· 3 in thread

Is the elevator pitch game actually scored? Are there right and wrong answers?

mastefOP11y ago

It's only scored for the startups themselves ( hi-score list on frontpage )

Sakes11y ago

Ya, this confused the hell out of me. I was trying to figure out if "I" was right or not. So I just started spamming left answers trying to figure out what those result messages actually meant.

Maybe you could add a message clarifying that there are no official right or wrong answers and that this is a community driven game, like a poll.

Displaying polling results would also be a plus.

Regardless, great idea, smart use of an api.

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normloman11y ago

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billhendricksjr11y ago· 2 in thread

Cool idea, clever roll out. How did you collect the pitches? I was surprised and flattered to see my company (Common Form) included.

mastefOP11y ago

Your company is in the top 5! Congrats!

And then we also went ahead and added promising startups manually ourselves :)

billhendricksjr11y ago

Thanks and nice work!

mastefOP11y ago· 2 in thread

As part of a 7 days product challenge we got this small idea about a startup game, which pivoted itself into 2 games... :)

An experiment with Firebase + AngelList API and too many childhood memories on the SNES

etw11y ago

what's your twitter id? This is trending on Product Hunt

mastefOP11y ago

It's the same, I commented there too :) Thanks!

GBond11y ago· 1 in thread

I can't get enough of the dancing Carlton loading images.

bonzoT11y ago

long live the Fresh Prince

aselzer11y ago· 1 in thread

The /#/guesses page made Chrome eat 100% CPU on one core :) Might want to truncate it.

mastefOP11y ago

Thanks! Will look into it :)

pearjuice11y ago· 1 in thread

Any minimum browser requirement? I am on Chromium 39.

mastefOP11y ago

There's 2 games :

a) Which pitch is better - no player scoring there, only scoring for the startups b) Guess the startup - One slogan, 3 choices

You can switch between the games in the top navigation

neil_s11y ago· 1 in thread

Running incredibly slowly for me. I guess its the HN/PH effect.

mastefOP11y ago

yes in the beginning we were loading in the whole data from firebase, of course it got a bit big with 250-300 people playing non-stop for the past hours :)

we have optimised it now and it should be much better - remember to ctrl+refresh to clear your browser cache

laex11y ago· 1 in thread

This game helped me find out about Moltin, which is kinda what I was looking for. Basically, I was looking for shopify alternative.

galfarragem11y ago

I'm waiting for a JS alternative. This one is based on Meteor. I hope it gets traction.[1]

[1] https://reactioncommerce.com/

MoOmer11y ago· 1 in thread

Crashes latest mobile chrome on iOS.

mastefOP11y ago

you could try ctrl+refreshing for latest version

iamthepieman11y ago· 1 in thread

sometimes both pitches are horrible.

mastefOP11y ago

pick the lesser evil

mastefOP11y ago

Here's a live feed of the current guesses : https://startupfighter.com/#/guesses

angersock11y ago

A lot of these pitches are, well...there's a reason a lot of people like to make fun of sanfranistan and the global startup ecosystem, right?

ionforce11y ago

There's something so endearing about the pixelation. Reminds me of Sierra games!

quickdraw4611y ago

Your UI is err, pixelated ;)

mayrun11y ago

Helped me find tindie, a DIY hardware store.

caherrerapa11y ago

good job, some good product discoveries

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