See TSM4 by watching our affiliates

January 16, 2018
sapu
General

If you haven’t yet received an email inviting you to the TSM4 beta, then that doesn’t mean you can’t see it in action. There are many people who stream their goldmaking activities, and some of them have beta access. If you don’t have a favorite streamer or community person, we’ve included a list of our affiliates here. Hopefully between them you’ll find someone to your liking!

Dozerbob
TheLazyGoldmaker
Sheyrah
Phat Lewts
Arganthe (Portuguese)
Totemwerfer (German)

For those of you who’d prefer to listen to one of TSM’s own team members, Gumdrops regularly streams his goldmaking and answers any questions people have about TSM, including taking a look at new versions of TSM4 as they are released. Be sure to go check out his streams if you’re interested!

If you want to ensure you get into the beta as soon as possible, you can go ahead and sign up for an invite here. If you like what we do and want to support the continued development of TradeSkillMaster and also get priority access to all of our betas, please consider becoming a TSM Premium user.

Deployment System

January 13, 2018
sapu
Technical Insight, TSM4

In this blog post, I will be giving a behind-the-scenes overview of the new deployment system we have created and been using throughout the development of TSM4.

Why did we create this new deployment system?

The primary goal of all this was to make it quicker and easier for us to get new changes into the hands of our users, and give us the ability to control which sets of users get which changes. Let’s talk about the latter goal first. We currently split our users into 4 separate release channels: Internal, TSM4 Alpha, TSM4 Beta, and TSM3 Release. The ‘Internal’ channel is used primarily for TSM team members for testing the very latest changes. The ‘TSM4 Alpha’ channel was used during the invite-only alpha phase of TSM4. The ‘TSM4 Beta’ channel is currently being used for everybody who has access to the TSM4 beta. The ‘TSM3 Release’ channel is one which all of our users have access to, and gives all of our users access to the latest version (of TSM3) we push to Curse. These release channels can easily be changed and adapted as our needs change (i.e. as TSM4 goes from internal-only to alpha to beta to release). So, the goal of our deployment system is to make it as easy as possible to release new versions to the proper channel. Read More

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The Design of TSM4

January 7, 2018
sapu
Technical Insight, TSM4
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The TSM Team has been hard at work for a very long time to bring you the TSM4 beta. We wanted to give you some technical insights on what goes on behind the scenes. Today we’ll be taking a closer look at the Design of TSM4. H3ggers will be joining me to answer some questions!
I asked him three questions, and he’s been so kind as to offer detailed answers to them.

On a high level, what goes into setting up a UI from the ground up like this? How much of the old UI gets taken into account, and how do you decide what is best from a user experience standpoint?

Great question. So for any UI/UX work, it’s always good to start with research. Whether you’re working on a brand new product or something that has been around a long time (like TSM), you always want to start by investigating. You focus on what has been done, is being done, what’s working and what isn’t. Read More

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TSM4 Deep Dive: Logic Functions & Value Sources

November 17, 2017
muffin
TSM4
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Logic Functions

Many users have become somewhat aware of the check() function in TSM3 thanks to the popularity of BilisOnyxia’s sniper string. In my own personal experience, check() is definitely something that at times can be hard to wrap your brain around. I’m pretty sure I used TSM for over a year before I fully understood it!

To quickly explain check(), you can feed it 2 to 3 values in the format of check(a, b, c) where “c” can be optional. These 3 values can be any value TSM recognizes, from custom prices to flat gold values, to simple price source references like DBMarket. The check() function then takes a look at “a”, and looks to see if it is valid and greater than 0. If “a” is not valid, the custom price returns invalid. If “a” is greater than 0, the custom price will give you the value of “b” back, otherwise it gives the value for “c”. If you did not supply a value for “c” and “a” is not is not greater than 0, then the whole thing is treated as invalid. Read More

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The TSM Team is Going to Blizzcon

October 29, 2017
sapu
Announcement, General
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The TSM Team will attend Blizzcon this year! We’re thrilled to be going, and can’t wait to meet everyone. While some TSM Team members have met each other in person, this will be the first time most of the team will be in one place. We are also extremely excited to meet all of you and talk shop about all things TSM and WoW gold making! Read on to learn more about what we’ll be doing during Blizzcon and where you can meet up with us in person or online.

Q&A Stream

On November 2nd, at 11AM PDT, the TSM team will be doing a live Q&A stream from Anaheim, California, and you’re invited to tune in to learn more about TSM4, hear about TSM from the team who makes it happen, and get your questions answered. Gumdrops, our Support Manager & User Evangelist, has been so kind to allow us to use his Twitch channel for this Q&A stream, so be sure to tune in! Read More

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TSM4 Deep Dive: Sniper

October 28, 2017
sapu
TSM4
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Sniper has long been a very popular feature of TradeSkillMaster, with many goblins even setting up a second, dedicated sniper account. The Sniper feature allows for snatching up deals as quickly as possible once they are posted on the auction house by constantly scanning the most recently-posted auctions and comparing the buyout price with user-configured maximum prices at either a global or operation level.

In TSM4, we’re making Sniper a first class feature by adding new Sniper operations and a top-level Sniper tab to the Auction House frame. We’re also adding an entirely new type of sniping in the form of a new Bid Sniper. Read More

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TradeSkillMaster 4 is Here and it is Better Than Ever!

October 22, 2017
sapu
Announcement, TSM4
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Over the past few weeks we’ve kept you all in suspense. If you’ve been paying attention, then you know by now that TSM4 is coming. Here, we’ll go into a bit more detail on what TSM4 will bring.

Making TSM Better for Everyone

The main focus with TSM4 is to make TSM less intimidating and easier to use for newcomers and experienced goblins alike. To this end, we’ve completely rebuilt the UI from the ground up to be simpler and more intuitive to navigate. Even though ease of use was one of our main goals, we’ve not forgotten about our power users, and have plenty of goodies in store for them as well! Read More

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From newsletter to blog

October 13, 2017
sapu
General

Our blog has been up a little while now, and as planned it’s here to stay. We felt it would be the right thing to do to tell you a little more about why we stopped with the newsletter. And why we chose to present you our news through a blog instead.

What started the newsletter

The TSM Newsletter was intended as a medium for communication and engagement. We needed a way to reach out to our users in our own way, with our own words. That’s exactly what the newsletter was. A way for us to tell you what was happening, no matter if it was about TSM, or something else in the goldmaking community. Read More

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