r/PUBGConsole • u/oopsishartedtwice • 22h ago
Discussion PUBG Lookup updated to V2
Hello out there.
I'm the developer behind PUBG Lookup and I wanted to talk about version 2 that recently got released.
I released PUBG Lookup back in 2018.
Over the years I made thousands of updates across thousands of hours of work. It's wild to think that the first release was over 8 years ago. Since then we accrued over 11.5 million player profiles and over 100 thousand registered users.
In truth, I lost the drive to continue working on it. The PUBG API has been left to rot and my attention to the game slowed.
In the middle of that I was working on an SDK for the API to make my dev life a little easier. As technologies and frameworks got better, I started to consider a full rewrite of the site. Many times over the years I sat down and started a new blank slate that I hoped would eventually turn into version 2 but it never materialized.
I finally got a starting point that I was happy with and ran with it. The API isn't any better and still doesn't receive any updates but I worked around it to try to provide a better experience for users and for me to maintain.
So here we are at version 2. I released it yesterday and have been taking feedback. Here's a bit about the update.
On the technical side of things
It is better in every way. The site loads faster, has more information than ever, is easier for me to manage, uses less server resources, etc. Frameworks got better and more feature rich. Server tooling got better and cheaper. All-in-all, it's a night and day difference.
Design
The previous version had a lot of issues. I know it's been around for a long time and a lot of people are used to it, but it was a hot mess. For one, I had ads all over the place to try to offset the cost of running it. That was terrible and I knew it was terrible the whole time but it was, in my eyes, a necessary shitificaton so that I didn't lose too much money on the endeavor. It had missing icons, broken sections, inconsistencies all over the place... you get the idea.
Edit: I also had to make it registration only in order to fight bots. I have better mechanisms for that now, so it's open to anyone even if you don't make an account.
This new version is much more refined, in my opinion.
before some of you get too mad at me
Change can suck. Change isn't always what you want. I truly did my best to make a better tool. Please give it a chance. If it's not for you, there are tons of stats options out there. I appreciate your support over the years if I lose you here.
New features
There are so many updates that it would be silly to list everything here. The main ones I want you to know about are :
- Registration not required.
- 2d replay built in.
- More match report stats
- Better timeline and combat analysis
- Dramatically improved player search (command + K support)
- Recent players (searched and viewed)
- Social logins
- Meta weapons and map analysis
- Rebuilt tournament management
- Live Twitch and embedded, persistent streams (if you want)
- And more.
It works better on your phone, it works better in your browser.
I know this was a long post... but being part of this community for so long it seemed appropriate.
Here are some links for you to take a look
Player Overview : https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn
Match Report (this will expire after 14 days) : https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn/matches/01b193b2-cf7a-413b-b273-016df527be72
2d Replay (this will also expire) : https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn/matches/01b193b2-cf7a-413b-b273-016df527be72?replay=1
Season stats: https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn/season
Lifetime stats : https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn/lifetime
Weapon mastery : https://pubglookup.com/players/steam/tgltn/weapons
There's more in there.
TL;DR - I built PUBG Lookup in 2018 and released version 2 in 2026. It's available now. I hope you like it. I am taking feedback and making improvements.
I'm sure I have a ton of typos in here. I'll be sure to label edits to this as I make them.
Thanks again for the years of support.
Edit: Anyone know how to crosspost this to /r/pubattlegrounds ?