🐭 Micerace.com - Bet on REAL mice racing, in real-time.

[milewilda]

What? How would I ensure that the race is actually being live telecast? It may always be a recorded one, where results are already known to you. How this type of a setup be provably fair?

I cant believe that is your response......  Its mice racing this is mad!!  Love the idea 10 out of 10 for originality.  Its for sure not just another dice site!!   

Thanks, that's what we are striving for. Bringing something new and unique to an over saturated market.

Mice racing is really unique and i tried to surf but its offline yet the mice are sleeping as of now. Do you have any sample videos of sample test runs of the races happened? Just want to check it out.

[MiceRace]

What? How would I ensure that the race is actually being live telecast? It may always be a recorded one, where results are already known to you. How this type of a setup be provably fair?

a legit concern, by the way
you will have to make sure the system is provably fair and it is really difficult to do so
you can always be accused of putting a mouse that is more likely to win on a certain track , sleep deprive the rest , or use steroids to give some of them unfair advantage 

We would have no benefit from doing so, since all the mice are placed in the lanes during the same time that the betting is open. They also have different colours/patterns, so we wouldn't be able to just change "recording" (if it was pre-recorded) to then provide more favorable results for ourselves. And besides, the "bets are closing" countdown occurs 5 seconds before the start of the race, so we'd have no time to alter anything

Mice racing is really unique and i tried to surf but its offline yet the mice are sleeping as of now. Do you have any sample videos of sample test runs of the races happened? Just want to check it out.

I added a short video and a GIF to show some example races on the main thread earlier.

Here they are again:

https://i.gyazo.com/2d768d9eda3b1f2b9fe795acc20e8d7e.gif

Example video of two races: https://youtu.be/y66XzQHQLjg

[BTCevo]

Is this somehow as same as horse race? Because I cant get to see anything around just guessing. I cant click on the video play button and I cant even slide on other pages. What to do here, not even having some faucet for testing the site? I believe you guys do not only have this game for us to play right? Anyone have same problem as me?

[HeRetiK]

[...] What to do here, not even having some faucet for testing the site? [...]

As mentioned in OP their site is currently running on testnet coins only, so any testnet faucet will do, eg:

https://coinfaucet.eu/en/btc-testnet/

[MiceRace]

Is this somehow as same as horse race? Because I cant get to see anything around just guessing. I cant click on the video play button and I cant even slide on other pages. What to do here, not even having some faucet for testing the site? I believe you guys do not only have this game for us to play right? Anyone have same problem as me?

I guess you could consider it similar to horse racing. Eventually we'll be live and operating 24/7. We're currently in testing phase and allowing people to play with testnet coins for free.

[MiceRace]

We'll be running for the next 6-7 hours! Come and check it out, and please feel free to leave us feedback.

[Get-Paid.com]

Whoa whoa whoa...  Real mice racing, seriously?  Lololol.

That's my reaction too. 

[MiceRace]

Whoa whoa whoa...  Real mice racing, seriously?  Lololol.

That's my reaction too. 

Well, we certainly don't want to be "just another dice site"

[Patatas]

Good that you have uploaded a demo of the game. Another suggestion would be adding a high-quality camera inside the mice racing chamber. Right now, it seems like the race is been shot using a CCTV and doesn't really give that high quality. There is a constant lag in the broadcast as well. This is a complicated project man. i hope it pays back.

[veleten]

Whoa whoa whoa...  Real mice racing, seriously?  Lololol.

That's my reaction too. 

Well, we certainly don't want to be "just another dice site"

hehe , you do not look for easy ways , do you 
anything that has a fresh idea and good implementation should be a success
so far it is more of a novelty fun site rather than  a legit betting platform, try to make sure that there is no way of accusing the site of rigging the races
and also find  ways to accept different coins and promote the site simultaneously
after the test period, do some promotions and marketing ,hope you will find that elusive formula where people are both having fun and wagering coins

[milewilda]

Good that you have uploaded a demo of the game. Another suggestion would be adding a high-quality camera inside the mice racing chamber. Right now, it seems like the race is been shot using a CCTV and doesn't really give that high quality. There is a constant lag in the broadcast as well. This is a complicated project man. i hope it pays back.

This is what i have observed too on the video which is indeed on poor quality or been taking out not so clear.It would be better if it shows as you suggested. This isnt a complicated
project if it would be done or execute correctly with corresponding basic needed set-up.I dont see for it to be rigged the thing i do like to see is all 4 mice would run when the door opens like putting a food on the end
for them to run.Its quiet boring if 2-3 of them wont run and just stick out to their place.lol

[MiceRace]

Good that you have uploaded a demo of the game. Another suggestion would be adding a high-quality camera inside the mice racing chamber. Right now, it seems like the race is been shot using a CCTV and doesn't really give that high quality. There is a constant lag in the broadcast as well. This is a complicated project man. i hope it pays back.

This is what i have observed too on the video which is indeed on poor quality or been taking out not so clear.It would be better if it shows as you suggested. This isnt a complicated
project if it would be done or execute correctly with corresponding basic needed set-up.I dont see for it to be rigged the thing i do like to see is all 4 mice would run when the door opens like putting a food on the end
for them to run.Its quiet boring if 2-3 of them wont run and just stick out to their place.lol

We have some issues with the stream quality but are working on improvements and have ordered some new things. It may seem simple but with moving parts and live animals, it's never that straightforward. We had to ensure that the planning and manufacturing was as precise as possible to avoid any situations where the animals can be harmed.

Food in such environment does not make any difference, even with their favorite treats at the end of the track, they are more interested in the surroundings rather than the food. We're not able to force them to run so there's very little we can do. It's really just about letting them get used to it since it's still very new for them.

[Patatas]

Haven't seen fresh idea in a while

I just wonder if each mice have it's profile with information, such as :
1. Race history
2. Common info (species, genus, etc.)
2. Specification (weight, height, etc.)

How can you make sure that list would be legit? There would be practically no means of verifying it. Imagine, OP listing out all the winner mice as the losers and the other way around, then people would just blindly bet on the winning mice considering the given information is true. That would be cheating. Btw it's just a mice run and human Olympics.

[Oilacris]

Haven't seen fresh idea in a while

I just wonder if each mice have it's profile with information, such as :
1. Race history
2. Common info (species, genus, etc.)
2. Specification (weight, height, etc.)

How can you make sure that list would be legit? There would be practically no means of verifying it. Imagine, OP listing out all the winner mice as the losers and the other way around, then people would just blindly bet on the winning mice considering the given information is true. That would be cheating. Btw it's just a mice run and human Olympics.

And also it would really be hassle to list out those very small details. Its important but as said how can we verify it if those info given are legit ones.? Its not relevant actually.

[Patatas]

Haven't seen fresh idea in a while

I just wonder if each mice have it's profile with information, such as :
1. Race history
2. Common info (species, genus, etc.)
2. Specification (weight, height, etc.)

How can you make sure that list would be legit? There would be practically no means of verifying it. Imagine, OP listing out all the winner mice as the losers and the other way around, then people would just blindly bet on the winning mice considering the given information is true. That would be cheating. Btw it's just a mice run and human Olympics.

And also it would really be hassle to list out those very small details. Its important but as said how can we verify it if those info given are legit ones.? Its not relevant actually.

Well, if they really want to make that happen on blockchain using provable fairness mechanism, they can! For instance, every mice is categorized with a unique bitcoin address and whenever that mic wins a race, some token amount of money is sent to that address. Ideally, the bitcoin with the high balance is an obvious winner more times.

[MiceRace]

We have a lot planned for identifying each of them and providing them with profile pages, stats, etc. but introducing that would require us to gather much more data to ensure that we can provide fair and accurate odds and statistics.

[Barcode_]

I would say the mice does look huge and it is pretty funny and entertaining to watch when they are running in the tunnel, but the waiting time to start a new round does take quite a while and I guess maybe it does requires a lot of time for the staff to catch the mice back and allocate them into a different slot for the next round.

[slaman29]

I would say the mice does look huge and it is pretty funny and entertaining to watch when they are running in the tunnel, but the waiting time to start a new round does take quite a while and I guess maybe it does requires a lot of time for the staff to catch the mice back and allocate them into a different slot for the next round.

I can't remember seeing this thread ever before and why is this not a more popular thread? I do read that animal rights concerns already brought up and I must say that while it can probably never be made real or proper, from the videos it does not seem like they are leading a tortured life. Hopefully they are always kept fed and happy. Anyway the world forces dogs and horses to run every day so it is not so much different for mice.

More to the point, organise something like a proper event for us gamblers, so we can participate more too. The history of the mouse and caretakers and things like that. Like horses too you can learn a lot about their style and breed and way they are groomed etc.

Nice thread, will keep track:)

[MiceRace]

I would say the mice does look huge and it is pretty funny and entertaining to watch when they are running in the tunnel, but the waiting time to start a new round does take quite a while and I guess maybe it does requires a lot of time for the staff to catch the mice back and allocate them into a different slot for the next round.

I can't remember seeing this thread ever before and why is this not a more popular thread? I do read that animal rights concerns already brought up and I must say that while it can probably never be made real or proper, from the videos it does not seem like they are leading a tortured life. Hopefully they are always kept fed and happy. Anyway the world forces dogs and horses to run every day so it is not so much different for mice.

More to the point, organise something like a proper event for us gamblers, so we can participate more too. The history of the mouse and caretakers and things like that. Like horses too you can learn a lot about their style and breed and way they are groomed etc.

Nice thread, will keep track:)

Thanks for the positive feedback. We have no reason to not keep them fed and happy.

Could you elaborate on the "proper event" suggestion?

We do have plans to give them all identities and their own statistics pages and profiles, but that would take some time

[Betwrong]

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We do have plans to give them all identities and their own statistics pages and profiles, but that would take some time

But this is absolutely necessary to do. Gamblers, especially those who prefer sports betting, are crazy about doing at least a little research on the team/player they are going to bet on.

Also I agree with other posters regarding the video quality, it definitely should be better. Another important thing imo is finding a way of showing to gamblers that the race is taking place in real time.