Man Points League

NO SNACKS??!

2009-08-19T11:05:00.000-07:00

We'll never be productive now.

MPL Joins Twitter... -12 Man Points.

2009-07-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Get Money, Get Paid

2009-07-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

So clearly we are some classy dudes. So classy that we've decided its about time for us to make $100K in this upcoming year. So watch out folks. We might be making $100K with MPL. Who knows. Look for a lot of updates starting Aug 15th, as that is when I return from my summer job in MI. Man Points League WILL launch BEFORE Sept 21, 2009. That is all. More from the men soon.

Off The Grid... No More

2009-05-19T21:35:00.000-07:00

So tonight we decided to take a snack break, and not really get anything done. It's been quite a fair amount of time since we've gotten any work done, partially because the website we've been using to construct MPL denied my credit card and stopped hosting us, and my laptop got stolen, but nonetheless, we simply suck at life.

But times, they are a-changing. The men are back, and I have a $200 IBM ThinkPad. Tonight I managed to muster up $25 and am now waiting for Doteasy to give me access to the hosting site. Now that my schedule has settled down, we plan on cranking out MPL, and not being such bitches.

Tell your friends. THE BOYS (MEN) ARE BACK IN TOWN!

2009-04-20T22:51:00.001-07:00

Return from Hiatus

2009-02-04T20:44:00.000-08:00

At long last, the Men have returned.

Before Winter Break we were making serious progress. We were motivated and we had momentum. Then, we both got our wisdom teeth out (I had 6 because it's manlier) and then we both went on (different) vacations. When we returned to school we got caught up in our respective duties but really there's no excuse; we fucked up.

But we're back and more determined [read: manly] than ever before.

Our next goal is to get some skeletal version of the site up and running so that some of our friends can join a group and post information about each other. There probably won't be a rating system yet, but we're taking baby steps. Giant, earth-quaking baby steps.

Tonight we're going to get back in the swing of things and get oriented as to where we left off. Tomorrow we're really going to dive in headstrong and make a calender to determine when we need to get shit done by so we'll stop procrastinating. If there's one thing men do really well, it's foregoing work in order to drink and eat steaks. Also lift heavy things.

That's all for tonight, but keep your eyes open. We're in this for the long, brutish haul.

Aur revoir, bitches.

P.S. Snacks tonight are white cheddar popcorn.

Our Dearest Intern, Chris

2008-12-20T23:35:00.001-08:00

Day 3, (or night 2)

2008-12-12T22:47:00.000-08:00

"Look at the four dipping quadrants!"

Well, we're drawing to the end of another long day. Perhaps not as much to show for our efforts as the last two days, but we managed to stay much more on task than usual. For my part, I advanced leaps and bounds in my knowledge of ActionScript and XML. Andy worked programming miracles as usual and got some of the League play online.

Unfortunately, I'm going out of town and Andy is going into dental surgery, so we'll be off the grid for awhile.

Never fear, it's still Winter Break and we have a lot more work left in us before 2008 winds to a close.

Stay tuned.

Day 2

2008-12-12T16:38:00.000-08:00

Big changes in the "office" today. I decided that our "workplace" needed some snacks, so I stopped at 7-Eleven before coming in to work. Needless to say, Joe was pretty excited.

In terms of progress, we made great strides today. Joe has been hard at work learning the intricacies of Actionscript, while I have been busy setting up league capabilities/features. We also spruced up the look of the sight with some nice changes to the CSS.

On a side note, people still seem to have some confusion about how this site will eventually work. The leagues will consist of two teams each, and both will be competing to be the most "manly." Players will receive (or lose) points for their actions in their everyday lives, and at the end of the season, the team with the most points wins.

Examples:

Eating a steak: +3 points
Eating a wrap: -2 points
Watching Fight Club: +2 points
Watching The Notebook: -4 points
Watching The Notebook with a dime and then hitting: +5 points

Hope you all get the picture. We'll keep you all posted!

Day 1 (of the blog)

2008-12-11T15:23:00.000-08:00

To begin, a brief background.

ManPointsLeague was conceived on an ordinary day by two extraordinary individuals. Andy Day and myself, Josef Sipkins, were just freshmen at Northwestern University when we decided that we were capable of much more than what our studies were offering at the time. We knew that combined, our engaged interest in design, programming, and entrepeneurship was a surefire recipe for success. Eventually, we knew, we could be bigger than Zuckerberg.

We just didn't know how we were going to get there.

The answer came not in the form of a brainstorming session, but rather the two of us taking a well-earned study break and playing some Smash Bros for the N64. After audibly recognizing our own skill levels, we started dreaming of an online Guitar Hero-esque leaderboard system that could track people's successes with old school video games. That idea soon dissipated when we realized how difficult it would be to verify winnings without an online connection or some other 3rd party source of judgment.

But it led to a bigger idea, and we like to think a better one.

Man Points League is a fantasy sport site more interactive than any other, because instead of just watching and drafting, YOU get to play. You and your friends start a team, add pictures, videos, and anecdotes relating how manly you are, and the anonymous online community decides just how much those exhibits are worth. You can also submit anti-man-ecdotes about players in your league who aren't on your team, and at the end of the day the manliest team stands alone.

The idea has since expanded and changed in a number of ways, and at this point we don't know exactly how it's all going to turn out. But we're getting closer every day, and we decided to create this blog to document the process.

We'll keep ya updated.

-The Men