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Halo 2 Stats via RSS… an interesting idea that I think could be improved
I like that Bungie is exposing your stats as RSS (see mine here), but it would be cooler if they had added some additional elements and attributes to the feed to describe the games in a more usable format, rather than just in HTML… instead of;
<item>
<title>Rumble Pit: Oddball on Ascension</title>
<link>http://www.bungie.net/stats/gamestats.aspx?gameid=8132172&player=Festive Turkey</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.bungie.net/stats/gamestats.aspx?gameid=8132172&player=Festive Turkey</guid>
<description>
Game played at Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:45:07 GMT<br/><br/>Playlist: Rumble Pit<br/>Oddball on Ascension<br/><br/>
<b>Gamertag (Team): Score, Kills, Deaths, Assists</b>
<br/>l obvious l (1): 59, 14, 9, 5<br/>ScottyAK (0): 52, 16, 10, 6<br/>
BK Assassin (2): 29, 6, 9, 1<br/>MAXODeeZ (3): 18, 7, 12, 4<br/>
BattlingWheel (4): 15, 10, 13, 5<br/>Festive Turkey (5): 6, 5, 11, 5<br/>
snackasaurus (6): 0, 6, 7, 6<br/>LionWrath716 (7): 0, 1, 0, 0<br/>
</description>
</item>
they could add a namespace reference for Halo or Bungie…. and end up with…
<item>
<title>Rumble Pit: Oddball on Ascension</title>
<link>http://www.bungie.net/stats/gamestats.aspx?gameid=8132172&player=Festive Turkey</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:45:07 GMT</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.bungie.net/stats/gamestats.aspx?gameid=8132172&player=Festive Turkey</guid>
<description>
Game played at Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:45:07 GMT<br/><br/>Playlist: Rumble Pit<br/>Oddball on Ascension<br/><br/>
<b>Gamertag (Team): Score, Kills, Deaths, Assists</b>
<br/>l obvious l (1): 59, 14, 9, 5<br/>ScottyAK (0): 52, 16, 10, 6<br/>
BK Assassin (2): 29, 6, 9, 1<br/>MAXODeeZ (3): 18, 7, 12, 4<br/>
BattlingWheel (4): 15, 10, 13, 5<br/>Festive Turkey (5): 6, 5, 11, 5<br/>
snackasaurus (6): 0, 6, 7, 6<br/>LionWrath716 (7): 0, 1, 0, 0<br/>
</description>
<bungie:game>
<bungie:datePlayed>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:45:07 GMT</bungie:datePlayed>
<bungie:playlist>Playlist: Rumble Pit</bungieplaylist>
<bungie:variant>Oddball</bungie:variant>
<bungie:map>Ascension</bungie:map>
<bungie:players>
<bungie:player>
<bungie:gamertag>Festive Turkey</bungie:gamertag>
<bungie:score>6</bungie:score>
<bungie:kills>5</bungie:kills>
<bungie:deaths>11</bungie:deaths>
<bungie:assists>5</bungie:assists>
</bungie:player>
</bungie:players>
</bungie:game>
</item>
still valid RSS 2.0, still works in aggregators, but suddenly useful to anyone wanting to consume this information for more than just directly viewing it…
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