Proposal Link of STours games bring you to turn 1 or preview

[Niko]

Make it so that when you click on a smogtours game link u get to its start and it automatically plays from then on, or atleast make it possible to link it so that it works like that (maybe as an option). Rationale: a lot of times you open the game when its ongoing ( so replay still unavailable) but its almost over and u dont want to get spoiled what happened to lead to that point. Personally i have to cover the upper part of the screen with my hand if on mobile or my arm if on desktop and click the first turn button and i think maybe that risky and annoying part could be avoided if this was implemented even just as an option. Sorry if this isn't a super well written post i just came up with this 2 mins ago cuz ive been doing that cover screen shit for like years now and i think maybe some other nerds are in the same spot. Im not 4ft 10 tall btw

 

[Larry]

perhaps don't solve this by changing the link but make it a setting on pokemon showdown itself, so the person who opens the link can decide whether they wanna watch the game from turn 0 rather than the person sharing the link

can confirm that niko isnt 4ft 10, he is actually 4 ft 8

 

[eeriespell]

perhaps don't solve this by changing the link but make it a setting on pokemon showdown itself, so the person who opens the link can decide whether they wanna watch the game from turn 0 rather than the person sharing the link

can confirm that niko isnt 4ft 10, he is actually 4 ft 8

are you suggesting that it be a button available to you after opening the link (like when you have the option to play a replay with sound off) or a toggle from your account's dropdown menu (like bw sprites or dark mode)?

 

[Larry]

are you suggesting that it be a button available to you after opening the link (like when you have the option to play a replay with sound off) or a toggle from your account's dropdown menu (like bw sprites or dark mode)?

the latter, i feel like the former would be quite annoying - I don't think this is something that people often change their mind on, so only having to set the setting right for yourself once and be done would be the most user friendly approach.

 

[Schister]

perhaps don't solve this by changing the link but make it a setting on pokemon showdown itself, so the person who opens the link can decide whether they wanna watch the game from turn 0 rather than the person sharing the link

Having it be a toggle so that tournament runners checking game results can still verify replays quickly would be most practical. Being able to not self-spoil on opening tours replays should have no downside otherwise.