Latest dead players box and latest skill picks box for the front page

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A coach on our league suggested recently that it will be cool to have two new 
boxes in the front page alongside the others existing standing boxes.

One would be a "Latest Deads" box  This box will show the latest dead players 
in a node (league, division, tourney).
The other one would show the latest players to have adquired a new skill (and 
the skill adquired).

I think is a cool idea that helps the coaches to keep up with the events of 
other teams in the league so I'm suggesting it.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hackerbunny@gmail.com on 5 May 2011 at 10:45

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I think these sort of things can get blown out of proportion.  You could create 
a module that would do this as a news item for a similar effect.  Also you 
could use the Game Summary for stuff like this which posts it in the news 
column.  I just think you could probably think of 10 other stat boxes similar 
to this.

Original comment by funnyfin...@hotmail.com on 5 May 2011 at 7:48

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It's just a suggestion. I've seen this feature in another Blood Bowl League 
Manager that is used by a lot of leagues in Spain, feel free to take a look:

http://emenbowl.emencorps.com/infusions/gestorFEBB/noticias_bb.php

They also announce the new hirings.

Probably you are right and it is bloatware, but is cool nonetheless :) As I 
said, it's just a suggestion.

Original comment by hackerbunny@gmail.com on 6 May 2011 at 7:55

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I agree it's cool to have the option, but it's a fine balance. 
I don't really know what to say here.. 
I guess it could be implemented like the team infocus module - extending 
beneath a node's standings box on the front page.

Original comment by Nimda...@gmail.com on 6 May 2011 at 10:34

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Not just implemented like InFocus but could easily be part of it and rotate 
through stuff like this.

You called InFocus a module, but it is core now, not that I agree that it 
should be core.

Original comment by funnyfin...@hotmail.com on 6 May 2011 at 1:46

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Yes sorry, it is. But the stuff that can be rotated could be part of a queue og 
modules...

Original comment by Nimda...@gmail.com on 17 May 2011 at 6:36

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• Added labels: Milestone-Unknown, OBBLM_module, Type-Enhancement

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I've coincidentally had 3-4 mails drop into my inbox the past weeks with this 
same wish.

Since it's fairly a small change I'll try to add this as the last thing before 
the 0.9 release.

Original comment by Nimda...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2011 at 6:18

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Milestone-v0.9, OBBLM_core
• Removed labels: Milestone-Unknown, OBBLM_module

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Adding these event box types:

dead
hired
sold
skill pick
Hall of fame
prizes
wanted

r873 adds the first three

Original comment by Nimda...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2011 at 8:14

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r874 finishes this

Decided not to add wanted, hof and prizes. These are awarded/given too rarely. 
It makes no sense having boxes on the main page which are practically static. 
Coaches can write on the main message board instead and link to the respective 
(module) page.

Original comment by Nimda...@gmail.com on 15 Jun 2011 at 9:51

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