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Quote from: giantdragon on January 06, 2013, 09:01:32 PM

You should consider opening API for the bots.

Hey! Good thing you mention this. We DO have plans to open up the platform for people to write their own playing bots.

That being said...there's nothing preventing anyone from issuing the service calls that the javascript frontend uses. We certainly have no objections to anyone using bots to play our game.

So, since we plan on doing some refactoring and improvements to the API in the future, we're going to hold off on describing all the APIs formally, since we may be changing them....but do look for it:)

BTW, peerbet is pretty cool. Nice job. Consider making it not require registration:)

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You should consider opening API for the bots.

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Hey, I just want to let everyone know that we've just unlocked 0.005 BTC credits. This means a RF would be worth 20 BTC if you're playing on 5 credit bets.

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Quote from: dooglus on January 06, 2013, 12:09:15 AM

How are people setting their names on your site? I'm always known as an ugly string of hex characters.

You click the little icon that looks like a head and shoulder silhouette next to the "draw" button, then it asks you to enter a name.

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Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 05, 2013, 11:06:16 PM

Weird! I just checked out the site and all 3 royal flush winners are there. When did you take that screenshot? We had some minor bug that wasn't getting all the correct data for leaderboards but we fixed that one yesterday. Take another look and see if they're there for you.

I took it at 01:10:24 PM Pacific time on 5th Jan, shortly before posting it. The top of the screen was saying there were 3 royal flushes. I see all 3 now too. Maybe it was a caching issue.

How are people setting their names on your site? I'm always known as an ugly string of hex characters.

Edit: never mind; I just noticed this in the on-site chat window:

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d6808edd64: how do you customize a handle if you want to?
Admin2: click the portrait icon below the chat box

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Quote from: dooglus on January 05, 2013, 04:13:58 PM

The top of the screen says there have been 3 royal flushes, but the "big wins" shows only 2. Does this mean that the winner of the other royal flush tried to double it and lost?

Weird! I just checked out the site and all 3 royal flush winners are there. When did you take that screenshot? We had some minor bug that wasn't getting all the correct data for leaderboards but we fixed that one yesterday. Take another look and see if they're there for you.

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The top of the screen says there have been 3 royal flushes, but the "big wins" shows only 2. Does this mean that the winner of the other royal flush tried to double it and lost?

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Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 05, 2013, 03:40:06 AM

I can conceivably see us unlocking 1BTC games, but that is much further down the road:)

Note that the competition is already offering 2 BTC games... No progressive pot there though.

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Quote from: IveBeenBit on January 05, 2013, 12:12:58 AM

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Quote from: dooglus on January 02, 2013, 03:56:52 PM

I'm not seeing a deposit address:

Reloading the page didn't fix it. Deleting the account_key from the URL did, since I guess that makes me a new account.

The broken account is:

https://bitcoinvideopoker.com/?account_key=00c40a212ff24f1a36c29512906824b1

You can reproduce the error by visiting that URL.

I had the same problem and fixed it in the same way. The broken link is: https://bitcoinvideopoker.com/?account_key=38fccc279860a756404ed7f18f913992

This bug should be fixed now

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Overall, VERY NICE interface. The best part about it are the sounds, which is something I really miss out on when playing at Bitzino. Along those lines, you should make the "you win" sound last longer for bigger wins, like it's taking longer for the game to count up all your credits or something. This will increase the excitement the player feels after they hit a big hand like a full house and then double it up. IF you go to a casino and play a "real" Jacks or Better game, you'll see what I mean right away.

I've passed on that suggestion to the other programmer. I think we both have already decided to improve the winning sound, too.

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I agree it's annoying to keep checking back to see if my deposit has 2 confirmations yet. I hope you get that fixed soon.

Looks like this is really something you guys want, so we'll start looking at an implementation for it.

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What is the maximum bet that you anticipate that you'll allow after some more testing?

Well, we've been talking about unlocking 0.005 in a week or so. After that, 0.01 a few more weeks later. I can conceivably see us unlocking 1BTC games, but that is much further down the road:)

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Quote from: Micon on January 04, 2013, 08:11:26 AM

little vid of me firing on bitcoin video poker with a blockchain wallet on multiple devices to demonstrate how awesome this experience is with this site and the blockchain.info mobile wallet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-M3kMRkNA

Oh this is awesome! Good job on the video. You've inspired me to check out sealswithclubs:)

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We just had someone win our first progressive jackpot. The website has now had three royal flushes!

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Quote from: Micon on January 04, 2013, 08:11:26 AM

little vid of me firing on bitcoin video poker with a blockchain wallet on multiple devices to demonstrate how awesome this experience is with this site and the blockchain.info mobile wallet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-M3kMRkNA

You should be careful not to show the URL at the top of the page in any videos or screenshots.

Anyone can type in the address and withdraw the balance of your account.

I hope you withdrew the balance before posting the video. Your account was empty when I looked.

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Quote from: dooglus on January 02, 2013, 03:59:54 PM

Quote from: dooglus on January 02, 2013, 03:56:52 PM

I'm not seeing a deposit address:

Reloading the page didn't fix it. Deleting the account_key from the URL did, since I guess that makes me a new account.

The broken account is:

https://bitcoinvideopoker.com/?account_key=00c40a212ff24f1a36c29512906824b1

You can reproduce the error by visiting that URL.

I had the same problem and fixed it in the same way. The broken link is: https://bitcoinvideopoker.com/?account_key=38fccc279860a756404ed7f18f913992

Edit: I did get a QR code to pop up there, but no deposit address in text format, and the QR code crashed my blockchain.info android app twice in a row when I scanned it.

Overall, VERY NICE interface. The best part about it are the sounds, which is something I really miss out on when playing at Bitzino. Along those lines, you should make the "you win" sound last longer for bigger wins, like it's taking longer for the game to count up all your credits or something. This will increase the excitement the player feels after they hit a big hand like a full house and then double it up. IF you go to a casino and play a "real" Jacks or Better game, you'll see what I mean right away.

I agree it's annoying to keep checking back to see if my deposit has 2 confirmations yet. I hope you get that fixed soon.

What is the maximum bet that you anticipate that you'll allow after some more testing?

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little vid of me firing on bitcoin video poker with a blockchain wallet on multiple devices to demonstrate how awesome this experience is with this site and the blockchain.info mobile wallet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-M3kMRkNA

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Quote from: dooglus on January 03, 2013, 11:41:55 PM

Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 03, 2013, 10:45:36 PM

I actually had this same thought about this back when we were implementing it. I'll bring the topic up again with the other programmer -- do you think that adding the 440 credits is important?

To be honest when I first did the math it ended up in a jackpot of 8000 credits, not 440. Then spotted my mistake and fixed the maths. I'm thinking the 440 credits isn't enough to make a difference, no.

Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 03, 2013, 10:45:36 PM

You're right! This looks like a bug, but it's my fault. I was already following that simple strategy you recommended and I considered A-2-3-4 to be an outside straight draw (because of the 5). Obviously, that's silly now that I think about it, since odds of drawing that 5 is equal to drawing a 3 in a A-2-4-5 inside draw. I'll fix this and put up a patch ASAP.

J-Q-K-A is similarly not an outside straight draw (just in case...)

Good call! FWIW, the A-2-3-4 straight is fixed and live.

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Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 03, 2013, 10:45:36 PM

I actually had this same thought about this back when we were implementing it. I'll bring the topic up again with the other programmer -- do you think that adding the 440 credits is important?

To be honest when I first did the math it ended up in a jackpot of 8000 credits, not 440. Then spotted my mistake and fixed the maths. I'm thinking the 440 credits isn't enough to make a difference, no.

Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 03, 2013, 10:45:36 PM

You're right! This looks like a bug, but it's my fault. I was already following that simple strategy you recommended and I considered A-2-3-4 to be an outside straight draw (because of the 5). Obviously, that's silly now that I think about it, since odds of drawing that 5 is equal to drawing a 3 in a A-2-4-5 inside draw. I'll fix this and put up a patch ASAP.

J-Q-K-A is similarly not an outside straight draw (just in case...)

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Quote from: dooglus on January 03, 2013, 02:31:33 PM

Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 02, 2013, 09:19:25 PM

There are a few minor issues with queuing up your withdrawal: can you continue playing while waiting on a withdrawal? do we need a system where you can cancel pending withdrawals?

I think you should treat it just like a regular withdrawal, but delay the payout until you feel it's safe to do so. You instantly take the credits out of my account, so I can't play with them any more, and don't let me cancel the withdrawal. Since you only seem to wait for 2 confirmations, it shouldn't take very long - 2 hours would be pretty unusual.

OK, I think the strategy will work. I'll add it to our task list and discuss it out and if it's good to go, it'll be in the next update.

Quote from: dooglus on January 03, 2013, 02:47:55 PM

Here's an idea that should get you some extra traffic; I notice the site is pretty quiet at the moment...

Backdate the jackpot.

i.e. work out what the jackpot would be if you had been running a progressive pot since the site started.

When I looked in yesterday I think you had around 26000 games played and a jackpot of 4004 or so.
Now you have 37000 games played and a jackpot of 4134.
So each 11000 games adds about 130 to the pot. (How does that work exactly?)
So 37000 games should have added around 440 to the pot.
So the pot should be 4440. Hmm. Not as big as I thought it would be.

That's very rough and ready, but having a larger jackpot as a one-off promotion should encourage more people to play, and not cost you very much.

Just a thought...

I actually had this same thought about this back when we were implementing it. I'll bring the topic up again with the other programmer -- do you think that adding the 440 credits is important?

Quote from: dooglus on January 03, 2013, 05:31:00 PM

What's going on here? I was using the auto play feature, got dealt Ah 3d Tc 4h 2d and it auto-held and played the off-suit A234.

You're right! This looks like a bug, but it's my fault. I was already following that simple strategy you recommended and I considered A-2-3-4 to be an outside straight draw (because of the 5). Obviously, that's silly now that I think about it, since odds of drawing that 5 is equal to drawing a 3 in a A-2-4-5 inside draw. I'll fix this and put up a patch ASAP.

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What's going on here? I was using the auto play feature, got dealt Ah 3d Tc 4h 2d and it auto-held and played the off-suit A234.

That's never right is it? Not even using a very basic strategy.

Here's a screenshot, along with the expectation of holding various cards, according to http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/hand-analyzer/

This was GameID: e293696f9774d0f61b477111b2f13f8d.

Here's a simple strategy: http://wizardofodds.com/games/video-poker/strategy/jacks-or-better/9-6/simple/

It suggests holding 4 to an outside straight in preference to just holding a high card, but A234 isn't an outside straight draw. I don't know if this is a bug, or if you're deliberately holding the wrong cards sometimes, but either way I think it should be fixed.

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Here's an idea that should get you some extra traffic; I notice the site is pretty quiet at the moment...

Backdate the jackpot.

i.e. work out what the jackpot would be if you had been running a progressive pot since the site started.

When I looked in yesterday I think you had around 26000 games played and a jackpot of 4004 or so.
Now you have 37000 games played and a jackpot of 4134.
So each 11000 games adds about 130 to the pot. (How does that work exactly?)
So 37000 games should have added around 440 to the pot.
So the pot should be 4440. Hmm. Not as big as I thought it would be.

That's very rough and ready, but having a larger jackpot as a one-off promotion should encourage more people to play, and not cost you very much.

Just a thought...

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Quote from: BitcoinVideoPoker on January 02, 2013, 09:19:25 PM

There are a few minor issues with queuing up your withdrawal: can you continue playing while waiting on a withdrawal? do we need a system where you can cancel pending withdrawals?

I think you should treat it just like a regular withdrawal, but delay the payout until you feel it's safe to do so. You instantly take the credits out of my account, so I can't play with them any more, and don't let me cancel the withdrawal. Since you only seem to wait for 2 confirmations, it shouldn't take very long - 2 hours would be pretty unusual.

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