Topic: ApopheniaBTC - Bet and solve the challenges to win BTC. - page 31. (Read 58234 times)
I just solved the multimeter
There was a picture of a USB sound card which, while I had an extensive list of possible variations of the answer (check them out), was answered by an answer I didn't think of: usb sound adapter.
I changed the picture to include that as an answer, awarded the pot to the player that bet that one and refunded three bets that had been placed after the correct, but missing, answer.
Please note though that in some cases, as I have mentioned in the past, I will not or I will not be able to do this so some answer, although it might look perfectly correct might not be counting as correct and I may be expecting some variation of it. That a risk that you take by playing but it's also an opportunity for those that check past answers. If some of them seems perfectly correct but is not accepted, try some variations and you might get a right one. I usually place enough variations of the answer so that you'll probably hit a correct one before a wrong one.
Also there are two pictures open now. I'll upload more tomorrow:
I changed the picture to include that as an answer, awarded the pot to the player that bet that one and refunded three bets that had been placed after the correct, but missing, answer.
Please note though that in some cases, as I have mentioned in the past, I will not or I will not be able to do this so some answer, although it might look perfectly correct might not be counting as correct and I may be expecting some variation of it. That a risk that you take by playing but it's also an opportunity for those that check past answers. If some of them seems perfectly correct but is not accepted, try some variations and you might get a right one. I usually place enough variations of the answer so that you'll probably hit a correct one before a wrong one.
Also there are two pictures open now. I'll upload more tomorrow:
I haven't won anything here yet but I'll keep trying
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I haven't won anything here yet but I'll keep trying
Don't forget about the referral links. :-)
I haven't won anything here yet but I'll keep trying
Hello everyone!
Three pictures are open now:
Three pictures are open now:
Glad this is still going, just sent another bet in. PLEASE be right, haha.
Hello everyone!
Three pictures are open now:
Three pictures are open now:
Someone solved two of those so here are two more:
I really like your game, it's much fun trying to solve the pics.
However, I don't think it will ever be profitable for you in its current form. I solved three pics without one wrong guess and I believe that people are just going to wait until the pics are clear enough to make a safe guess.
Maybe you could implement paid hints for users to buy. There could be 3 or 4 hints which are getting more expensive as time passes and part of their price would again go to the pot. Of course hints wouldn't be publicly disclosed, so everyone buys for themselves. I think people would be tempted to buy hints early on when the are cheaper and also to place bets as they already would've paid for a hint. You could even let users buy letters of the solution as in wheel of fortune.
Hope you keep the site running!
However, I don't think it will ever be profitable for you in its current form. I solved three pics without one wrong guess and I believe that people are just going to wait until the pics are clear enough to make a safe guess.
Maybe you could implement paid hints for users to buy. There could be 3 or 4 hints which are getting more expensive as time passes and part of their price would again go to the pot. Of course hints wouldn't be publicly disclosed, so everyone buys for themselves. I think people would be tempted to buy hints early on when the are cheaper and also to place bets as they already would've paid for a hint. You could even let users buy letters of the solution as in wheel of fortune.
Hope you keep the site running!
That's a good suggestion. The one with the letters is a bit hard since there might be multiple answers but the idea in general is good and I will consider it.
Bet's are fewer nowadays. I'll start posting some easier pictures. I'll probably move to posting more objects rather than movies which are usually harder.
Here are three open pics btw:
i have never heard of 99% of the things on this
I really like your game, it's much fun trying to solve the pics.
However, I don't think it will ever be profitable for you in its current form. I solved three pics without one wrong guess and I believe that people are just going to wait until the pics are clear enough to make a safe guess.
Maybe you could implement paid hints for users to buy. There could be 3 or 4 hints which are getting more expensive as time passes and part of their price would again go to the pot. Of course hints wouldn't be publicly disclosed, so everyone buys for themselves. I think people would be tempted to buy hints early on when the are cheaper and also to place bets as they already would've paid for a hint. You could even let users buy letters of the solution as in wheel of fortune.
Hope you keep the site running!
However, I don't think it will ever be profitable for you in its current form. I solved three pics without one wrong guess and I believe that people are just going to wait until the pics are clear enough to make a safe guess.
Maybe you could implement paid hints for users to buy. There could be 3 or 4 hints which are getting more expensive as time passes and part of their price would again go to the pot. Of course hints wouldn't be publicly disclosed, so everyone buys for themselves. I think people would be tempted to buy hints early on when the are cheaper and also to place bets as they already would've paid for a hint. You could even let users buy letters of the solution as in wheel of fortune.
Hope you keep the site running!
sorry mate, i had to PM'd you because i dont want to make a big deal out of it publicly without know what happen first, but glad everything is resolved..of course i was panic there because i dont have a good mining rig to begin with lol
hope we wont see that problem again
I hope it won't happen again. I typed "forest" instead of "forrest". I had never though that it was written differently and I've seen the movie a dozen of times. If I didn't know the movie that good I would be more careful copying the title (in most cases I visit IMDB to grab the proper title).
So, here are two new pics!
Looks like there's a problem. Two people have guessed "Forrest Gump" on the oldest unsolved, and if youtube is to be trusted that should be the right answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ph9ecjMbLbA#t=74s
(Neither guess is mine, just pointing this out.)
I actually made both of those bets with that FG answer.. (Neither guess is mine, just pointing this out.)
the first one was initially i thought i sent to the wrong address, as it still pending confirmation, i decided to send it again with the same bets/answer, and then after i got 1 confirmation, i checked out the site and saw it wrong
https://apopheniabtc.com/txs.php my address is 1Hag
sorry mate, i had to PM'd you because i dont want to make a big deal out of it publicly without know what happen first, but glad everything is resolved..of course i was panic there because i dont have a good mining rig to begin with lol
hope we wont see that problem again
Sorry for this. I made a typo in the correct answer. I reset your bets and corrected the answer and then rechecked the bets for payment. It turns out someone has found this before all of the others but his bet never got confirmed so this is not considered correct.
Other than that I see the first confirmed bet getting the pot PLUS a bet refund (that guy probably bet again the answer after a while) and I also see someone getting refunded for tropical thunder.
The guy with the unconfirmed transaction will be refunded for his bet when the transaction gets through.
Sorry for the delay, I was asleep. :-)
So everything looks square now. If anyone has any more problems after this please announce them here (or PM me if you don't like publicity) and I'll fix them in the next hours (I'll be out for a while).
Again sorry for the mess. :-)
Other than that I see the first confirmed bet getting the pot PLUS a bet refund (that guy probably bet again the answer after a while) and I also see someone getting refunded for tropical thunder.
The guy with the unconfirmed transaction will be refunded for his bet when the transaction gets through.
Sorry for the delay, I was asleep. :-)
So everything looks square now. If anyone has any more problems after this please announce them here (or PM me if you don't like publicity) and I'll fix them in the next hours (I'll be out for a while).
Again sorry for the mess. :-)
Looks like there's a problem. Two people have guessed "Forrest Gump" on the oldest unsolved, and if youtube is to be trusted that should be the right answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ph9ecjMbLbA#t=74s
(Neither guess is mine, just pointing this out.)
(Neither guess is mine, just pointing this out.)
Well, to be fair the reason there are so many bad guesses is because it's free to guess there.
This was my first thought as well. When there is nothing to lose, there is no reason not to try. When you have something on the line you are likely to be a lot more cautious.
The screenshot of death of the nile, tbh I feel that's kind of far fetched. I am way more hesitant to play again now.
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
I'll consider this. I will try putting some pictures with more specific hints saying the exact category and see how it'll go.
I avoid all color on the site. I tried colored pictures but they totally ruin the pareidolia effect. Meaning people can easily rule out almost all of their guesses because of the colors present.
For example, check out http://www.reddit.com/r/GuessTheMovie
Those are movie screenshots only, unblurred from the get go. And a LOT of people are placing guesses, and most of them are wrong.
It's still pretty hard, but it's way more approachable for people then "Death of the nile" and put a vague picture of some pyramids, along with saying "hintless".
Those are movie screenshots only, unblurred from the get go. And a LOT of people are placing guesses, and most of them are wrong.
It's still pretty hard, but it's way more approachable for people then "Death of the nile" and put a vague picture of some pyramids, along with saying "hintless".
Well, to be fair the reason there are so many bad guesses is because it's free to guess there. But I get what you are saying. Maybe I won't put movies in Hintless pictures and instead use objects for them or perhaps very well known movies.
I'll break up my categories schedule a bit more. It'll be more specific.
EDIT: Here is a new picture with a specific hint:
For example, check out http://www.reddit.com/r/GuessTheMovie
Those are movie screenshots only, unblurred from the get go. And a LOT of people are placing guesses, and most of them are wrong.
It's still pretty hard, but it's way more approachable for people then "Death of the nile" and put a vague picture of some pyramids, along with saying "hintless".
Those are movie screenshots only, unblurred from the get go. And a LOT of people are placing guesses, and most of them are wrong.
It's still pretty hard, but it's way more approachable for people then "Death of the nile" and put a vague picture of some pyramids, along with saying "hintless".
The screenshot of death of the nile, tbh I feel that's kind of far fetched. I am way more hesitant to play again now.
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
I completely agree.
Also about the user submitted pictures: moderate the entries and check if the answers could be correct.
EDIT: nvm, would still be abused by people betting on their own picture.
The screenshot of death of the nile, tbh I feel that's kind of far fetched. I am way more hesitant to play again now.
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
I think you might get more bets in, if you make it a little easier. The pics will get solved faster yes, but the avg bets per picture will probably go up.
I suggest saying clearly what "category" it is. Not movie/plant/object/.. (which is basically the same as saying "hintless"). Also, why no color pictures?
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