How to embed the Oldhammer Opponent Finder on your blog.

Hi All,

Since I had a question about how to embed the opponent finder on one's own blog, I made a little video.


I decided to have this one unlisted as the last video I put on youtube was not very well received, and it hurt my feelings. ;)

Anyway, I edited it down so that it's not quite as rambling. Hopefully you will find it instructive. If you already know how to do this you don't need to watch it and tell me how I did it wrong. :)

I'll try to summarize the steps in case the video doesn't make sense.

1. Navigate to the opponent finder.
2. Click on the Share icon.
3. Choose the embed option and copy the code.
4. Determine the size of the area you are putting it in (this can also just be done by trial and error, the width to height ratio is 1.33, you can manipulate it how you like.)
5. Paste the code into your HTML post body text or HTML gadget added to your layout.
6. Done.

So hope that works out for you, and that you can bring more friends into the fold.

Cheers!

So you've listed yourself on the Oldhammmer Opponent Finder...

So now what?


Hi All,

  Entered another person onto the N. America list and I thought it was time to do a follow up post. Like some of you, I missed the early adoption of the opponent finder. After asking around a little I got it re-instated but I think some of the same issues that caused it to fall into disuse still apply.

  People who are already geographically close to one another or in a group that meets semi regularly don't feel the need to reach out to others. While my attempts have gotten some people to become more interested/ active it hasn't seen my invitations to play increase.

  I still think knowing roughly where in the world people are is useful, but it is not the be all end all. It still requires effort on one's own part. You need to actively search out people on the interwebs, be it the forum, facebook or google and you need to be willing (at least in principle) to travel to play.

  I'm not saying you have to be insane like Airborne and myself and give up hours to travel but just be willing to accept the fact that people are not necessarily going to be falling over themselves to drive/fly to your town to play with you.

  So here's what I'm asking you to do. If you blog or have a website, social media etc. mention the opponent finder. If you're on facebook join a regional group. type Oldhammer in the search and hit the group tabs. I recently learned there is an Oldhammer New England group for instance. Finally, make a group if there isn't one. Right now I'm trying to decide if I should do a Desert Southwest one or  West of the Rockies one?

Good luck with your hobby endeavors!

Looking for Oldhammer opponents/ players?

Hi All,

If you'd ever wonderered "Is there anyone locally to get in a game of 3rd Ed., Rogue Trader, etc to get in a game with?" you now have the ability to get on a listing and view listings of others who may be in your area.

You can sign up on the Oldhammer forum here: http://forum.oldhammer.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8346

Here's the new version of the opponent finder hosted by the forum instead of an individual.


I believe Dreamfish is responsible for sexing it up with colors by region.

This is still the old version, I'm not on it for instance, but there should be new additions soon.

All you really need to do is give a rough geographic loaction, ie what city you're in, and some way to be conacted. Blog, facebook, email. Your choice.

Let's hope all these guys in Spain, for instance, get on there and uncover other Oldhammer freaks to play with. Knobgobbler can't be the only person West of the Rockies.

Sign up or incur the Emperor's Wrath!