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Topic: coinsp.in Two-Up! Soft Opening (Read 1656 times)

full member
Activity: 210
Merit: 100
June 30, 2013, 10:34:11 PM
#24
My BTC0.02 , I like the game and knowing when to stop is the best bet. At one point I got bored and started rapid clicking Play/Bet and yes the balance will disappear quick. But playing as a game its fun, x30 bet was awesome but I didn't like when you head for the 500x bet you couldn't chose to cash out. Other than that I think great game, I couldn't help but think somewhere down the like you may either be really really rich, or having a bunch of folks that need payout.  Good work, cant wait for the new version
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 30, 2013, 09:19:53 PM
#23
Damn, so this site won't launch? I would really have liked to bet real BTC's here.

Hi Boelens,

We will launch, we just want to rework it a bit.

I'll give a bit of a recap of why we came to this decision.  First, players were having a hard time with the progressive betting system, meaning that they'd win the first round only to very often lose subsequent bets and then quickly lose their entire balance.  This sounds like a great thing for us, and it is in some regards, but as a new startup we're more concerned with longevity.  We do attribute people being loose with their balance to the fact that it was play money, but we still felt like the game could be a little more fun if we change a few things around.  We were also unable to determine a practical and fair way of limiting the maximum return on a bet to a comfortable level for us without making the maximum bet too low.  So to address these issues, we intend to limit the game to three rounds of betting, with each round having the potential to pay out.  We're aiming for a launch date somewhere around the middle of August to make these changes and fix other more technical issues that were discovered during this trial period.

I hope that clears up any questions, and we look forward to seeing you when we open.

Best of luck,
The coinsp.in Team
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Activity: 672
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June 30, 2013, 05:30:23 PM
#22
Damn, so this site won't launch? I would really have liked to bet real BTC's here.
full member
Activity: 210
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June 30, 2013, 05:06:40 PM
#21
Thank you coinsp.in, Payment has arrived. Thank you
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 30, 2013, 04:46:51 PM
#20
Payment is sent.  Thanks, i3lome.  Smiley
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Activity: 210
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June 30, 2013, 04:11:13 PM
#19
1Kzi1YHZTug8FWZngGyjRUV1RSani4zSun

Wooo hooo there is my address I will confirm when payment is received.
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 30, 2013, 01:42:26 PM
#18
A quick update, i3lome is the winner of this promotion and will be paid as soon as he responds to us with a bitcoin address to send funds to.

TheShape's account was created after we ended our promotion, but in recognition of him winning the most difficult bet on the site, he was paid a consolation prize of BTC0.1.  The transaction can be viewed here: 0e5b3b458a93889d098d6294246f352a28877f938aff8616db1f5d6f7e1bc9ef.
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
June 30, 2013, 01:13:32 PM
#17
Any word on the site owners coming back to pay anyone?

Weird
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June 30, 2013, 04:00:23 AM
#16
Ive gotten a few 30x but never the 500x
member
Activity: 84
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June 28, 2013, 06:42:40 PM
#15
Wow

What are the chances hahah
Congrats!
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
June 28, 2013, 05:17:34 PM
#14
Not sure if I win or not...

Here's my Bitcoin address anyways Sad

15cR7up3ibWT99QuUvC7SBYoZqE9gAH7h8
newbie
Activity: 14
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June 28, 2013, 05:12:12 PM
#13
I don't get lucky very often, But holy wow.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/153/j7ki.jpg

newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 28, 2013, 02:52:21 PM
#12
The promotion for coinsp.in Two-Up! is ending early.  Information is available in the top post of this thread.  Thanks everyone for trying it out, and we hope to see you again in the future.
hero member
Activity: 672
Merit: 500
June 23, 2013, 10:32:52 AM
#11
Hey there! Just tried playing, are you sure registration is working? I just tried and it says it sends me an e-mail, but I'm not getting anything, not in my spam filter either. I tried re-regestering which said the same, but again, no e-mail. I also tried logging in but it just redirects me to the registration form.

EDIT: Nevermind. Got it now, just took a while.
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 23, 2013, 09:46:01 AM
#10
Can you provide us with the EV / house edge for this game and the different options? Like obviously you pay 1.98x on a 50/50 bet but what is the house edge or EV in the long run for the 30x / 500x and JP payouts?

I can, and your question helped to uncover a serious issue, so thank you.  Here are the current numbers:
Code:
Game	Chance		Payout	HE
1 50% 1.98x 1%
2 3.125% 30x 6.25%
3 0.1953125% 500x 2.34375%
4 0.1953125%

They're not so good.  It looks like we decided to go with pretty numbers instead of mathematically sensible numbers.  So to fix this situation, we're going to change to a new chart:

Code:
Game	Chance		Payout	HE
1 50% 1.98x 1%
2 3.125% 31.68x 1%
3 0.1953125% 506.88x 1%
4 0.1953125%

These changes will be active at the time of this post.

Additionally, any balances that are less than BTC1 will be reset, but in hopes of remaining fair to current players that are ahead, 1 of their 5 rebuys will be used up by this reset.

Another thing that I actually discovered this morning myself is that the Jackpot scales based on how much you bet.  So if you bet the max bet, and you win the jackpot, you get 100% of it, but if you're only betting half of the max bet, you'd only win 50% of the jackpot.

After losing my entire balance, I have decided that it's an unwise idea to play this game Cheesy

We want you back!  Your account is among the ones being reset, so at least we hope you play again Smiley

The popup box says Your bet is invalid, valid bets are ฿0.00000001 to ฿10000000.
But when you enter anything above 0.1 it tells you it's too much.

This error has been fixed, thank you for pointing it out.  Smiley
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Activity: 196
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June 23, 2013, 08:49:17 AM
#9
The popup box says Your bet is invalid, valid bets are ฿0.00000001 to ฿10000000.
But when you enter anything above 0.1 it tells you it's too much.
vip
Activity: 1316
Merit: 1043
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June 23, 2013, 07:22:51 AM
#8
After losing my entire balance, I have decided that it's an unwise idea to play this game Cheesy
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June 23, 2013, 04:15:51 AM
#7
Can you provide us with the EV / house edge for this game and the different options? Like obviously you pay 1.98x on a 50/50 bet but what is the house edge or EV in the long run for the 30x / 500x and JP payouts?
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 22, 2013, 11:02:34 PM
#6
Our promotion is now active.

To recap, it will run for two weeks from today, until 7 July 2013 12:00 AM EDT.  Starting in one week (30 June 2013 12:00 AM EDT), we will allow up to 5 rebuys per user at a rate of BTC1 play money per BTC0.01.  The user with the highest balance wins BTC1.

Our expected Grand Opening will be 14 July 2013.

Thanks everyone for playing, and good luck!

Edit:

There was a slight hiccup that has been corrected.  For anyone that happened to notice the issue, we apologize and your balance has been reset.
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 22, 2013, 10:02:42 PM
#5
Looks nice so far.

I'm not overly fond of the fact that you can't end your game if you win twice in a row, but I understand why that may be the case.


Cool to see something a little different, turned my 1.00 BTC into 1.15 so far. This can get addicting I could see Tongue



So any play money gained between now and 3 hours from now(less now) will be reset?

We will be sure to discuss the possibility of adding additional payouts for 2 and 4 flip wins before we go live, but we don't want to change the rules so close to the opening of our promotion.  Thanks for the suggestion Smiley

It is correct that we will be resetting balances at the start of the promotion, in about 1 hour.
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
June 22, 2013, 08:49:19 PM
#4
Looks nice so far.

I'm not overly fond of the fact that you can't end your game if you win twice in a row, but I understand why that may be the case.


Cool to see something a little different, turned my 1.00 BTC into 1.15 so far. This can get addicting I could see Tongue



So any play money gained between now and 3 hours from now(less now) will be reset?
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 22, 2013, 08:43:02 PM
#3
The game is pretty cool. Higher max bet pl0x when you launch.

Thanks for the feedback!  Our intent at the moment is to open with a maximum bet of BTC0.25 at launch.  That amount will scale depending on profitability and outside investments.
vip
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Merit: 1043
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June 22, 2013, 08:01:52 PM
#2
The game is pretty cool. Higher max bet pl0x when you launch.
newbie
Activity: 26
Merit: 0
June 22, 2013, 07:48:14 PM
#1
Hello all,

coinsp.in, a new cryptocurrency gaming startup, is pleased to announce the soft opening of our initial game, Two-Up!, a simple coin-flip game.

To commemorate this occasion, we are hosting a contest.  The rules are simple, register an account with a valid email address, once your new account is verified you'll be credited with BTC1 of play money.  This play money is not able to be withdrawn.  The winner is the user with the greatest balance on 7 July 2013 12:00 AM EDT, and will be rewarded with BTC1.  Additionally, we will offer 5 rebuys per user starting 30 June 2013 12:00 AM EDT at the rate of BTC1 of play money for BTC0.01.  The contest starts in approximately three hours from this posting, or 23 June 2013 12:00 AM.  Only one account is allowed per person.

Please feel free to take a look around and register an account, but be aware that all user data besides login information will be deleted at the start of the contest.

We welcome and appreciate all comments and criticisms, so please don't be shy in responding to this thread or sending us email at [email protected].

Thanks for taking a look, and good luck!

Update (22 June 2013, 12:00 AM):

The promotion is now active.  Good luck everyone.

Update (28 June 2013, 3:45 PM):

coinsp.in is sad to announce that we will be ending this promotion early.  We feel that the game, while unique in the Bitcoin gambling world, is simply unmarketable in its current state.  The winner of the contest will be paid, regardless, as soon as we receive a Bitcoin address to send funds to.  We thank everyone that stopped by to give it a shot.

We still have plans for a rework of this game to make it more appealing to users, and ideas for new, unique games.  Stay on the lookout for further announcements.  Also, please feel free to sign up on our website to receive email notification of future developments.

Regards,
The coinsp.in team
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