SatoshiPop.com closed - testing complete - all bets returned.

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 18, 2014, 12:19:29 AM

Alright, well I'm probably going to shut down satoshipop.com . Grin

It was a fun project, I'm surprised with all the people that invest in crazy things I didn't have a bigger turn out for people wanting to make a consistent Bitcoin income. I wish the gambling laws weren't such a gray area here in the U.S. Huh

Oh well, on to my next project!

*actually come to think of it, could I put this on Ebay or some other auction site?

why don't you sell your idea for someone who can let it run without glitches?
Maybe you can auction it on service or what.

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Alright, well I'm probably going to shut down satoshipop.com . Grin

It was a fun project, I'm surprised with all the people that invest in crazy things I didn't have a bigger turn out for people wanting to make a consistent Bitcoin income. I wish the gambling laws weren't such a gray area here in the U.S. Huh

Oh well, on to my next project!

*actually come to think of it, could I put this on Ebay or some other auction site?

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too bad this was short lived...

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Quote from: Ghris on November 09, 2014, 12:37:57 PM

I'd love to purchase the game + domain. But don't have the funds for it atm. I think the 10% could be higher if its more clear on what it does. I was a bit confused at first, as I saw the balloon image as an image, instead of a game. Looked more like a proof of concept landing page than a game.

I agree, I've never been a big fan of tweaking front ends. ( I really just wanted the core game to look nice) A little bit of work could go a long way towards making it look really nice, and a probably a better explanation of the game play as you said. I estimate that the game would bring in ~.05 Bitcoin a day from just forum posts and signatures and probably a lot more than that from banner adds. If I extrapolate out the value for just a 48 hour period it's something like 420$ or 1.177 BC a month.

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I'd love to purchase the game + domain. But don't have the funds for it atm. I think the 10% could be higher if its more clear on what it does. I was a bit confused at first, as I saw the balloon image as an image, instead of a game. Looked more like a proof of concept landing page than a game.

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 09, 2014, 12:19:58 PM

The game is officially closed and all bets have been returned. I realized I don't have the right personality for this, the one guy complained above about losing and I wanted to send him more money. lol!

It's harder than it looks, right?

williamevanl

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Cool, well thanks everyone for testing it out this weekend. In just a couple days, we had 200+ players to the site and about 10% of those people actually played the game. I'm impressed by that turnout for just having posted in a forum once.

*can't imagine what a banner add would bring in!

The game is officially closed and all bets have been returned. I realized I don't have the right personality for this, the one guy complained above about losing and I wanted to send him more money. lol!

If anyone is interested in purchasing the domain + software, let me know.

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Quote from: Splatters on November 09, 2014, 09:47:59 AM

Quote from: powrslave on November 09, 2014, 03:35:08 AM

popped 10 all 0x

someone post a scrn of an actual win, otherwise this is the scammiest.
I even popped a black one which according to the site is something special.

same here, I never had a >0x. Screen needed.

Don't have screens of the win, but I did win. I deposited enough for 10 games here:
https://blockchain.info/tx-index/b1d7b7ebca7af90081fbcff883921246bd99ec31c4f71374b6ae0c98adb4cffd

Then I got lucky, went up to 120 games (0.12 btc)
I went on for too long, but cashed out 50 games (0.05)
https://blockchain.info/tx-index/c726a361f27383479146d9ed2f014ee69bd6d3b7e7bcdc0a67b78e7d6e021519

Hope this helps in trust. It is a high risk/high payout kinda game I guess.

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Quote from: powrslave on November 09, 2014, 03:35:08 AM

popped 10 all 0x

someone post a scrn of an actual win, otherwise this is the scammiest.
I even popped a black one which according to the site is something special.

same here, I never had a >0x. Screen needed.

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game logic removed.

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What is the chance to have a balloon with bitcoin inside? And what is the average amount of bitcoin in the balloon?

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Quote from: powrslave on November 09, 2014, 03:35:08 AM

popped 10 all 0x

someone post a scrn of an actual win, otherwise this is the scammiest.
I even popped a black one which according to the site is something special.

The bonus game consists of all Black Balloons appearing on the screen, all of which will have crypto. Post your wallet info for me.

I went to a casino the other day with a friend. He put in 100$ and lost it in 12 minutes on a slot machine. If he hit 10 spins with nothing and turned to me and said I think this is a scam, I would have found that pretty hilarious!

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popped 10 all 0x

someone post a scrn of an actual win, otherwise this is the scammiest.
I even popped a black one which according to the site is something special.

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Quote from: AviThour on November 09, 2014, 01:03:33 AM

EDIT: Popped 5-6 Ballons, No coins.
I think no one will get anything. Dont invest.

? So you popped 6 Balloons and determined from that, that you couldn't win anything? I can attest from the posts above that you can go up quite a bit.

Quote from: Ghris on November 08, 2014, 08:34:31 AM

yea I deposited 10, got lucky and got up to 120. Then 70 balloons nothing. Its pretty random it seems. With 50 left I cashed out hehe

Edit: And lost it all again Tongue

should have kept my profits Wink

The NXT house is down 7% so it must be paying out to someone. It's also unlikely but there's a ~1/50 chance of any one player completely running through the entire house fund. (at which point the game is dead). I told my wife when it launched that this was a possibility.

*looks something like this, (user starts with bet of 50), the exclamations represent a bonus game where all 10 balloons have value, user is able to pop 1785 balloons. (breaks the house)

s-MacBook-Air:satoshipop --$ python backend.py
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
turns = 1785
house = -10.9
User Money =561.4
mymo =0
max P value = 561.4
jackpot= 5003.0

I basically tweaked and tweaked away at the algorithm until I was able to create the highest P values (max total win) without ultimately draining the house. Having done that I still put it at risk by allowing for the possibility of a person to still 'beat the house'.

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EDIT: Popped 5-6 Ballons, No coins.
I think no one will get anything. Dont invest.

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Quote from: badjacks99 on November 08, 2014, 01:36:23 PM

Looks pretty interesting, what is the minimum bet on this site?

.001 Bitcoin or 5 NXT.

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

-snip-
So your point is that it looks like crap on all browsers? (seems you singled out chrome and then said the same for firefox).

Well, looks are a matter of taste. E.g. the part where the game is is not centered (or not properly stretched on all screen sizes) and the overall look and feel of the site feels cheap.

Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

It have seen it run like crap from a few locations.

Same machine, chrome works fine and smooth, FF does not. Its even running smooth on an old 1GHz/1GB Ram laptop when using chrome. Not sure what the reason behind this is.

Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

-snip-
What's wrong with gmails?

Well you apparently have a domain, why not use that? It just looks unprofessional.

Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

The balloons float in front of the amounts won but if the game is running at the correct speed that should only happen for a split second.

True, but it would be better if its in front of the other balloons. Gamblers dont wana wait.

Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

mBTC is what I intended for my MB.

It should at least be explained somewhere if not optional to be changed to something different. E.g. americans apparently like "bit".

Quote from: williamevanl on November 08, 2014, 01:19:42 PM

I didn't realize the pop up prevented you from clicking another tab (that is kind of a pain). It's true I'm not validating outgoing addresses. As I said, thanks for all the constructive feedback.

You are welcome.

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Looks pretty interesting, what is the minimum bet on this site?

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Quote from: shorena on November 08, 2014, 10:50:25 AM

#1 it looks like crap (on chrome)
#2 the game is not explained anywhere, it just has balloons and wants me to send BTC to an address
#3 the "about" section claims its the fairest game, yet there is no explanation why its fairer than other games or why its even fair in the first place.
#4 you use gmail for mails
#5 its oddly slow on firefox and does not look any better than it does on chrome
#6 its on NXT by default
#7 when I edit the available funds to play, the popped balloons are shown behind the other ones. The result is that you cant see whether you won or lost. And its odd in the first place that I have to modify your source to be able to test the game, see #2

#8 The jackpot is given in MB, most will probably understand this as Megabyte. I assume (!) you are looking for mBTC, µBTC or maybe MBTC (which I doubt).
#9 the "cash-out!" button results in an ugly popup that halts everything else I might want to within the same browserwindow (e.g. copy pasta my BTC address from my online wallet in another tab). It also gives no feedback whatsoever. "lolError?" is apparently an acceptable address or at least it does not complain.

Wow, thanks for all the feedback! So your point is that it looks like crap on all browsers? (seems you singled out chrome and then said the same for firefox). It have seen it run like crap from a few locations. I agree with 2 and 3, needs work I suppose. What's wrong with gmails? The balloons float in front of the amounts won but if the game is running at the correct speed that should only happen for a split second. mBTC is what I intended for my MB.

I didn't realize the pop up prevented you from clicking another tab (that is kind of a pain). It's true I'm not validating outgoing addresses. As I said, thanks for all the constructive feedback.

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#1 it looks like crap (on chrome)
#2 the game is not explained anywhere, it just has balloons and wants me to send BTC to an address
#3 the "about" section claims its the fairest game, yet there is no explanation why its fairer than other games or why its even fair in the first place.
#4 you use gmail for mails
#5 its oddly slow on firefox and does not look any better than it does on chrome
#6 its on NXT by default
#7 when I edit the available funds to play, the popped balloons are shown behind the other ones. The result is that you cant see whether you won or lost. And its odd in the first place that I have to modify your source to be able to test the game, see #2

#8 The jackpot is given in MB, most will probably understand this as Megabyte. I assume (!) you are looking for mBTC, µBTC or maybe MBTC (which I doubt).
#9 the "cash-out!" button results in an ugly popup that halts everything else I might want to within the same browserwindow (e.g. copy pasta my BTC address from my online wallet in another tab). It also gives no feedback whatsoever. "lolError?" is apparently an acceptable address or at least it does not complain.

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funny game, but the rules are not clear enough when visiting for the first time !

Maybe you should add a 'play money' option to try the game

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Can i get some free NXT?

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Quote from: ndnh on November 08, 2014, 08:32:45 AM

I deposited 10 mBTC and popped 10 balloons, all zero Sad

yea I deposited 10, got lucky and got up to 120. Then 70 balloons nothing. Its pretty random it seems. With 50 left I cashed out hehe

Edit: And lost it all again Tongue

should have kept my profits Wink

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I deposited 10 mBTC and popped 10 balloons, all zero Sad

Ghris

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Hey, wanted to tell you guys I deposited 10 mbtc and made 50 mbtc from it. Received the cash immediately.

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I don't know who you are 'Run, Brother, Run' but thanks for being the first player of the game! I'm sending you 50X your buy in for being the first!

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:59:10 PM

Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:56:39 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:46:13 PM

Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:32:51 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:09:32 PM

So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

I swear, I thought I read satoshipopsicle, with you somehow incorporating Hal Finney in your game.

Lol,

Do you have a trademark or anything on that? Grin

I could probably have Hal Finney's face come up instead of the Pop display but only if you hit like 100X your money, if that's an official request. Tongue

I give it to you freely, bud, and there's no trademark. BTW, best register the domain before somebody else snatches it up.

Ok but I should reimburse you somehow.

Post your in-game wallet and I'll send you 10 pops to go after the jackpot. Cheesy

...and the domain is gone.

Nope, don't want anything, bud. Glad I could help.

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Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:56:39 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:46:13 PM

Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:32:51 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:09:32 PM

So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

I swear, I thought I read satoshipopsicle, with you somehow incorporating Hal Finney in your game.

Lol,

Do you have a trademark or anything on that? Grin

I could probably have Hal Finney's face come up instead of the Pop display but only if you hit like 100X your money, if that's an official request. Tongue

I give it to you freely, bud, and there's no trademark. BTW, best register the domain before somebody else snatches it up.

Ok but I should reimburse you somehow.

Post your in-game wallet and I'll send you 10 pops to go after the jackpot. Cheesy

...and the domain is gone.

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:46:13 PM

Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:32:51 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:09:32 PM

So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

I swear, I thought I read satoshipopsicle, with you somehow incorporating Hal Finney in your game.

Lol,

Do you have a trademark or anything on that? Grin

I could probably have Hal Finney's face come up instead of the Pop display but only if you hit like 100X your money, if that's an official request. Tongue

I give it to you freely, bud, and there's no trademark. BTW, best register the domain before somebody else snatches it up.

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Quote from: Gleb Gamow on November 07, 2014, 09:32:51 PM

Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:09:32 PM

So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

I swear, I thought I read satoshipopsicle, with you somehow incorporating Hal Finney in your game.

Lol,

Do you have a trademark or anything on that? Grin

I could probably have Hal Finney's face come up instead of the Pop display but only if you hit like 100X your money, if that's an official request. Tongue

≈

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Quote from: williamevanl on November 07, 2014, 09:09:32 PM

So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

I swear, I thought I read satoshipopsicle, with you somehow incorporating Hal Finney in your game.

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So take some time out of your busy schedules and play a little SatoshiPop! at www.satoshipop.com

I've done everything possible to make this game as rewarding as possible. Grin

We have a bonus game and a progressive jackpot!

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