This is the magnificent bitcoin gem

[maxmint]

Consider maybe adding captcha? It seems its being botted .. I cant get an entry in if I hit F5 fast enough now =(

yeah, there's a lot of traffic these days.  I haven't been able to get on in a while. 

are bots why somebody was able to buy it out from under me today when the counter said there were 73 seconds to go? have a swell day.

I do know that there's some automated requests querying the price of the gem. But I doubt that there are bots actually buying the gem.
Maybe some people have a form autofill plugin or something similar.

Someone suggested making a single "Buy" button and showing the form after clicking this button, I guess that would be a good idea.

[Otoh]

Is the game as a whole for sale atm btw?

[maxmint]

Is the game as a whole for sale atm btw?

PM sent

[Otoh]

Thanks, answering, enjoying the link on the latest buyer's entry there

[diatonic]

It looks like you changed the game to start at 0.5 BTC instead of 0.1 BTC. Actually, it looks like you changed it from 0.1 to 0.25 and now 0.5. Care to comment on why?

Gamble on the gem now starts at around $50? I reset the gem twice somehow when it was supposedly a 3% chance. Once for 0.85 BTC, and once for 0.64 BTC. Now your game just looks like a race to lose a bunch of money, and the race is even shorter than it used to be with the new higher cost to start.

Now I mostly feel bad for the people I see lose their stake after the gem gets high enough that new buyers are scared off.

[maxmint]

It looks like you changed the game to start at 0.5 BTC instead of 0.1 BTC. Actually, it looks like you changed it from 0.1 to 0.25 and now 0.5. Care to comment on why?

Gamble on the gem now starts at around $50? I reset the gem twice somehow when it was supposedly a 3% chance. Once for 0.85 BTC, and once for 0.64 BTC. Now your game just looks like a race to lose a bunch of money, and the race is even shorter than it used to be with the new higher cost to start.

Now I mostly feel bad for the people I see lose their stake after the gem gets high enough that new buyers are scared off.

Start price will be lowered again. Just trying out different settings to see how they are doing.

[tutkarz]

It looks like you changed the game to start at 0.5 BTC instead of 0.1 BTC. Actually, it looks like you changed it from 0.1 to 0.25 and now 0.5. Care to comment on why?

Gamble on the gem now starts at around $50? I reset the gem twice somehow when it was supposedly a 3% chance. Once for 0.85 BTC, and once for 0.64 BTC. Now your game just looks like a race to lose a bunch of money, and the race is even shorter than it used to be with the new higher cost to start.

Now I mostly feel bad for the people I see lose their stake after the gem gets high enough that new buyers are scared off.

The higher starting price the more income site owner has. Because you have to buy from him your first item. Also, more random resets, more profit especially if starting price is high. Thats why i removed random resets from my game because if they are not often (like they should) then they could not exists at all, and it should not be noticable in game. It simplifies game rules too and makes everything more clear.

[001sonkit]

It looks like you changed the game to start at 0.5 BTC instead of 0.1 BTC. Actually, it looks like you changed it from 0.1 to 0.25 and now 0.5. Care to comment on why?

Gamble on the gem now starts at around $50? I reset the gem twice somehow when it was supposedly a 3% chance. Once for 0.85 BTC, and once for 0.64 BTC. Now your game just looks like a race to lose a bunch of money, and the race is even shorter than it used to be with the new higher cost to start.

Now I mostly feel bad for the people I see lose their stake after the gem gets high enough that new buyers are scared off.

The higher starting price the more income site owner has. Because you have to buy from him your first item. Also, more random resets, more profit especially if starting price is high. Thats why i removed random resets from my game because if they are not often (like they should) then they could not exists at all, and it should not be noticable in game. It simplifies game rules too and makes everything more clear.

Actually i think the random die is the most profitable way, as stated above. And just like the owner of a chain game above. My solution is have the last owner to gain profit share over the new chain and everyone will get something back at least. (Where my game' cut is at 3%, visit http://tree.chromaticcreative.net to know more about this one-of-a-kind homemade non-template chain game)

[tutkarz]

It looks like you changed the game to start at 0.5 BTC instead of 0.1 BTC. Actually, it looks like you changed it from 0.1 to 0.25 and now 0.5. Care to comment on why?

Gamble on the gem now starts at around $50? I reset the gem twice somehow when it was supposedly a 3% chance. Once for 0.85 BTC, and once for 0.64 BTC. Now your game just looks like a race to lose a bunch of money, and the race is even shorter than it used to be with the new higher cost to start.

Now I mostly feel bad for the people I see lose their stake after the gem gets high enough that new buyers are scared off.

The higher starting price the more income site owner has. Because you have to buy from him your first item. Also, more random resets, more profit especially if starting price is high. Thats why i removed random resets from my game because if they are not often (like they should) then they could not exists at all, and it should not be noticable in game. It simplifies game rules too and makes everything more clear.

Actually i think the random die is the most profitable way, as stated above. And just like the owner of a chain game above. My solution is have the last owner to gain profit share over the new chain and everyone will get something back at least. (Where my game' cut is at 3%, visit http://tree.chromaticcreative.net to know more about this one-of-a-kind homemade non-template chain game)

like this btctreasure.com ?

[maxmint]

Some one just tried to buy the gem but sent 4.0135 BTC instead of 4.13 BTC.
This was refunded: https://blockchain.info/tx/37bd7d76249ebcc4e31d1c291440bf11c0e56d107dd92930459aa7b569045839

[Tronlet]

What happens to the reset timer as a result?

[maxmint]

What happens to the reset timer as a result?

The timer is always on 86400 seconds and it seems it just reset, this happens automatically

[talnted]

Consider maybe adding captcha? It seems its being botted .. I cant get an entry in if I hit F5 fast enough now =(

yeah, there's a lot of traffic these days.  I haven't been able to get on in a while. 

are bots why somebody was able to buy it out from under me today when the counter said there were 73 seconds to go? have a swell day.

I do know that there's some automated requests querying the price of the gem. But I doubt that there are bots actually buying the gem.
Maybe some people have a form autofill plugin or something similar.

Someone suggested making a single "Buy" button and showing the form after clicking this button, I guess that would be a good idea.

I think the buy button would indeed be a good idea. Thats also interesting about automated queries.

[sangaman]

Hi, I'm one of the new owners of the site and I'll be mostly responsible for new development. We have a few new ideas for this model and we'll strive to deliver the best customer service possible and the most popular and reliable website of any game like this.

I'd love to hear any feedback and questions that anyone may have. Thanks in advance!

[talnted]

We are excited about upcoming projects for the site, and will be posting changes as they occur.  Again, feel free to let us know of any ideas or comments that you may have.  We will also address questions and feel free to PM us if you have anything you would like to discuss.

[talnted]

A facebook page has been created for the site, and I encourage all to look to the page for updates on the site.

We also have a twitter that has live updates of the bitcoin gem prices.

Thanks all for playing, we are seeing great traffic and are looking forward to sharing future projects.

[talnted]

We are close to announcing a new release of the site that will include a wide range of game play and player experience improvements. 

We recieve over whelming inquiries about not being able to play the game due to high traffic, we will also be addressing this.

Look for an update soon in regards to changes to this site!

[idler]

No time stamp for previous transaction? 40 owner loss because of volume too small ?

[Yurkov]

I suggest putting a captcha on the buying mechanism, so bots cant do crap

[talnted]

I suggest putting a captcha on the buying mechanism, so bots cant do crap

We have discussed this upgrade and we will be introducing an enhancement to make playing easier in the earlier rounds.

We will be rolling out a large upgrade in the near future.

Stay tuned..