PFS session entry desperately needs improvement

[pauljathome]

I know that this will be ignored. For whatever reason, getting the PFS session entry to be actually useable is either a really, really low priority or the implementation is so bad that changes just can't be made. But I failed my Will save and so have to tilt at this windmill. Again.

The interface for entering PFS games is utterly atrocious. No, thats not true. It would have to improve a lot to get up to atrocious. Its worse than that.

The one thing that is absolutely essential is better feedback from the website as to what the current state is.

Given that a Core game with Core characters suddenly becomes Regular if anybody is regular (which is about the stupidest thing I've ever heard of right there) I REALLY REALLY REALLY need to know when it is safe to hit enter.

I was entering a CORE game. When I entered one of the character numbers no name came up. I haven't a clue if this is just one of the reasonably regular glitches with the database or I'm misreading the number or what. I also haven't a clue whether the character defaults to Core or Regular if it isn't found.

So, I delete the character entry.

Turns out that is a REALLY bad idea. Now. NONE of the characters show whether or not they are Core.

Try reloading page. Nope. Same issue.

So I pretty much have to go back and restart the entire page. Oh, after logging in again, of course, since my bloody session has expired. AGAIN.

All to avoid a problem that may or may not be there.

I'm really curious how many Core games just aren't being reported since its such a royal pain to do so. I'm a volunteer and I REALLY don't like wasting my time like this. Entering games is an awful time consuming chore that I constantly put off.

Edit: Before somebody says something like "you don't know the problems" I'll point out that while I do not know anything about their particular implementation I DO know a reasonable amount about web sites interacting with databases (which is all this is). This is very, very much very, very significantly behind the current state of the art in useability. I don't know why it is but it inarguably is.

[Cpt_kirstov]

It sounds like the player hadn't created that character on the web site. That is the only time a name will default in. It should still tell you if you are reporting a core game and the character has played non core events

[Cort Odekirk]

Adding a regular character doesn't make everyone else regular. If the core characters are added to a scenario that is regular (not core) that converts the characters. Unfortunately the interface makes it easy to accidentally add a regular scenario to your event instead of a core one. This is a problem we are aware of and there are.... plans.

That's all I can say for now.