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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12388 Posted: Sep 18, 2008, 11:43 pm |
I've added a trial game voting site thing to the bottom of pages as a means of generating a little more traffic to Muelsfell. Voting on these sites raises Muelsfell's rank there, meaning more people see the link and (in theory) try the game. A popularity contest, simply put.
To make the links a bit more useful, I've also added some incentive to get people to vote once a day: 100gp per vote. Once you've voted on each site, that site should then vanish from your available list.
By being at the bottom, it should also be unobtrusive enough that folks can easily ignore it if they're not interested.
Everything about this is subject to change. If the incentive proves too high, I'll lower it; likewise, I'll raise it if it's not worth the effort. And I'll remove it entirely if it proves to be cluttering up the page too much.
As always, let me know of problems, etc.
Kep |
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| Yamikuronue Posts: 1288
Location: Mottonsborough
Magus Age: 122 years old
| Message #12391 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 12:10 am |
| I could really do without the flood of reports I get for doing them all... |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12394 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 12:22 am |
I've turned off the reports as of now.
Kep |
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NecariaPosts: 505 Location: Rildesjan Magus Age: 122 years old Clan: OASIS | Message #12395 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 12:28 am |
After voting the apexwebgaming and sweetonlinegames links didn't disappear.
Thought maybe the vote hadn't gone through but clicking again they told me I'd already voted. Wasn't really paying attention so not sure if I got the money for them or not.Last Edited: Sep 19, 2008, 12:29 am |
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| Yamikuronue Posts: 1288
Location: Mottonsborough
Magus Age: 122 years old
| Message #12402 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 1:56 am |
| They vanished for me, but then came back when I logged in just now. |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12425 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 2:20 pm |
Each of those sites does something slightly different with how they track votes and handle incentive, so I would be very surprised if there's no finetuning for me to do.
I'm away this weekend, so tweakage may have to wait until Sunday night or Monday morn (I'm able to read the forums/messages in case of emergency problems).
Thanks very much for taking the time to vote. :)
Kep |
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| Zhard Posts: 52
Location: Daylsfeld
Magus Age: 124 years old
| Message #12436 Posted: Sep 19, 2008, 4:22 pm |
| Necaria said:
After voting the apexwebgaming and sweetonlinegames links didn't disappear.
Thought maybe the vote hadn't gone through but clicking again they told me I'd already voted. Wasn't really paying attention so not sure if I got the money for them or not.
Stayed for me as well, and I did notice that no gold was received for those votes. Using FF3 in Vista, just in case it matters. |
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| Endovior Posts: 172
Location: Nournsland
Magus Age: 124 years old
| Message #12496 Posted: Sep 20, 2008, 2:56 pm |
| Stayed for me as well, and no money. FF2 in XP. |
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| Kaelas Posts: 1052
Location: Darghelm
Magus Age: 124 years old
Real Name: Barry
| Message #12502 Posted: Sep 20, 2008, 6:08 pm |
| When I voted, I got 1000gp for the first site, then nothing after voting for the rest. I'll edit this with a yes/no when I can vote again tonight if it repeats. |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12605 Posted: Sep 22, 2008, 3:39 pm |
Apex and Sweetonline in particular handle incentive differently than the others. I'm playing around with it right now and trying to see what's going on (I can't force those two sites to trigger since I get stopped by the once-a-day restrictions just like anyone else).
@Kaelas, which was the first site you voted on that gave you the 1000gp? That shouldn't happen at all off one vote -- 100gp is hardcoded in -- so if you can repeat it, let me know ASAP. Are you sure it wasn't a case of voting on 10 different sites without refreshing the vote page or noticing your gp going up?
Kep |
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| Kaelas Posts: 1052
Location: Darghelm
Magus Age: 124 years old
Real Name: Barry
| Message #12664 Posted: Sep 23, 2008, 5:11 am |
| Got it to work again. I think it might have be because I opened all the vote sites at once then refreshed. Then I voted in each one, while refreshing between each vote. So I think some of the sites give you the incentive before you actually vote or something. So it's not that the first site is giving me 1000 gp but rather I'm getting the money without actually voting. And then when I did do all the verification stuff and vote, I didn't get money afterward. Last Edited: Sep 23, 2008, 2:45 pm |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12680 Posted: Sep 23, 2008, 3:09 pm |
Some do give it before you vote; some wait for a vote confirmation.
Being that the vote stuff is someone else's code, I unfortunately can't confirm that a vote is being made unless the other site sends back a confirmation to me.
I am, of course, looking into a way around this. And if a lot of people don't follow through on the vote, I'll obviously have to reduce the reward significantly, but that's not a problem at the moment. Most people are following through, and it's certainly appreciated. :)
Kep |
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| Daryoon Posts: 174
Location: Last Alvia Dawning
Magus Age: 127 years old
| Message #12806 Posted: Sep 25, 2008, 5:39 am |
SweetOnlineGames has gone 2 days now saying I have already voted, when I havent voted for it in those 2 days. All of the others refresh and I vote for each one, but SweetOnlineGames says I have already voted. Apex is down there too, but i wasn't paying attention to the message it gave me the first time I clicked on it, as I was paying attention to SweetOnlineGames.
I am using IE7 on XP
Voted again today, and Apex let me vote, but didn't give any money, and Sweet still says I already voted, all the rest are working and giving the correct money for me.Last Edited: Sep 26, 2008, 5:22 am |
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| Yamikuronue Posts: 1288
Location: Mottonsborough
Magus Age: 122 years old
| Message #12842 Posted: Sep 26, 2008, 2:30 am |
| Apex and Sweetonline never seem to let me vote; I've always "already voted today" |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #12875 Posted: Sep 26, 2008, 10:04 pm |
I found that if I go directly to their site instead of from Muelsfell, I can vote... so I think something with the forwarding code is screwing things up. Not sure what since I can't see their code.
Kinda tricky to fix, since I have to try something, vote, then wait a day to try another fix. Heh. Patience while I work on those two.
Kep |
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NecariaPosts: 505 Location: Rildesjan Magus Age: 122 years old Clan: OASIS | Message #13477 Posted: Oct 3, 2008, 6:32 pm |
| Apex worked properly for me today, but sweetonlinegames despite saying my vote worked still doesn't have it's link vanish. |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #13481 Posted: Oct 3, 2008, 8:57 pm |
Yup, I fixed Apex the other day. I've contacted the SweetOnlineGames admin to help track down why theirs is failing, but not yet heard a response.
Kep |
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NanashiPosts: 1115 Location: Asylum Magus Age: 126 years old Clan: OTAKU | Message #13599 Posted: Oct 5, 2008, 3:14 pm |
| Google is saying that the MPOG Top 200 site tries to run malware on your comp. Or at least it is for me. Can't remember the name on the actual website but that is the name on the link. |
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[ADMIN] ArkhamPosts: 902 Location: Mallow Magus Age: 130 years old Clan: AGOMC | Message #13621 Posted: Oct 5, 2008, 9:47 pm |
| Nanashi said:
Google is saying that the MPOG Top 200 site tries to run malware on your comp. Or at least it is for me. Can't remember the name on the actual website but that is the name on the link.
I haven't seen this myself, but I've removed this site from the list just to be safe.
Kep |
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NanashiPosts: 1115 Location: Asylum Magus Age: 126 years old Clan: OTAKU | Message #13633 Posted: Oct 6, 2008, 1:07 am |
| I just saw it today, I don't know if it was a setting on my comp or Google itself. |
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| Atlar Posts: 20
Location: Rildesjan
Magus Age: 120 years old
| Message #13729 Posted: Oct 6, 2008, 9:30 pm |
| Just to throw it out there with the rest SweetOnlineGames has had me as already voted for the last 3 days. |
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| Daryoon Posts: 174
Location: Last Alvia Dawning
Magus Age: 127 years old
| Message #14328 Posted: Oct 14, 2008, 2:32 am |
| SweetOnlineGames let me vote today, but did not give the bonus money and is still showing at the bottom of the page(is the only one left after clicking through them all). |
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| Gallthan Posts: 17
Location: Dethsfell Rest
Magus Age: 114 years old
| Message #14444 Posted: Oct 15, 2008, 4:45 am |
| SweetOnlineGames didn't let me vote the first time (showing as already voted) that I joined the game, and has said the same ever since (including today). |
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NanashiPosts: 1115 Location: Asylum Magus Age: 126 years old Clan: OTAKU | Message #14485 Posted: Oct 15, 2008, 2:56 pm |
| SweetOnline, among others, records IP addresses to keep track of votes. Either their system is not updating properly each day or someone else with the same (or as far as it checks) IP address could be voting. |
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| Yamikuronue Posts: 1288
Location: Mottonsborough
Magus Age: 122 years old
| Message #14486 Posted: Oct 15, 2008, 2:57 pm |
| Chaos doesn't log in anymore, so there ought not to be anyone else using my IP address logging into muelsfell. |
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