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nordlead said:
seece said:
nordlead said:
First, I think it is a waste as a lot of bets couldn't be automated. Unless a moderator people like kirby with their army of alts would just funnel VG$ into their main account.

Secondly, if you make a bet, you shouldn't be able to hold onto your VG$. It gets thrown in holding until a winner is announced. This is essentially how all betting works. If you didn't take the money ahead of time, who knows if you'd still have it to pay up later.

Maybe restrict it to people with 5000+ posts?

So... you're saying add a feature that can't be used by over 90% of the forum users?

Yeah I am



 

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seece said:
nordlead said:
seece said:
nordlead said:
First, I think it is a waste as a lot of bets couldn't be automated. Unless a moderator people like kirby with their army of alts would just funnel VG$ into their main account.

Secondly, if you make a bet, you shouldn't be able to hold onto your VG$. It gets thrown in holding until a winner is announced. This is essentially how all betting works. If you didn't take the money ahead of time, who knows if you'd still have it to pay up later.

Maybe restrict it to people with 5000+ posts?

So... you're saying add a feature that can't be used by over 90% of the forum users?

Yeah I am

1500/2000 posts would be a better idea IMO.

@dsister
GT5 will win on hype alone, it wont even need the quality it will undoubtedly have. I pity you and your Forza.



                            

non-gravity said:
nordlead said:
dsister44 said:
I will never enter the prediction league. I work hard for my VG$. I am not going to throw it away

lol, you only throw it away if you suck at predicting. But if you are worried about losing VG$ and want to predict, try going to any game page for games that haven't released and clicking on this giant image

I never noticed that image actually. 

Edit: wait what was that image for again?

go here - http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=33189&region=All

click the image, and it lets you predict: Average Review Score, First Week WW sales, and LTD Sales.




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I'll bet you VG$1000 that we will never be able to make VG$ bets.



nordlead said:
non-gravity said:
nordlead said:
dsister44 said:
I will never enter the prediction league. I work hard for my VG$. I am not going to throw it away

lol, you only throw it away if you suck at predicting. But if you are worried about losing VG$ and want to predict, try going to any game page for games that haven't released and clicking on this giant image

I never noticed that image actually. 

Edit: wait what was that image for again?

go here - http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=33189&region=All

click the image, and it lets you predict: Average Review Score, First Week WW sales, and LTD Sales.

How come I didn't know about that? When did that get implemented?

And does anybody actually use that? lol



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Nordlead I am looking at some of your summaries. They don't have any sources . One was completely blank



dsister44 said:
Nordlead I am looking at some of your summaries. They don't have any sources . One was completely blank

The sources rule was put in place because people were ripping from gamefaqs, wikipedia and other sources that would result in plagarism. All of my summaries come from press releases I receive from publishers, and therefore can't be linked to a page (there are some exceptions). The blank ones you see are me erasing wrongfully copied summaries.




If you drop a PS3 right on top of a Wii, it would definitely defeat it. Not so sure about the Xbox360. - mancandy
In the past we played games. In the future we watch games. - Forest-Spirit
11/03/09 Desposit: Mod Bribery (RolStoppable)  vg$ 500.00
06/03/09 Purchase: Moderator Privilege  vg$ -50,000.00

Nordlead Jr. Photo/Video Gallery!!! (Video Added 4/19/10)

non-gravity said:
nordlead said:
non-gravity said:
nordlead said:

lol, you only throw it away if you suck at predicting. But if you are worried about losing VG$ and want to predict, try going to any game page for games that haven't released and clicking on this giant image

I never noticed that image actually. 

Edit: wait what was that image for again?

go here - http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=33189&region=All

click the image, and it lets you predict: Average Review Score, First Week WW sales, and LTD Sales.

How come I didn't know about that? When did that get implemented?

And does anybody actually use that? lol

It was implimented like a week ago. We've been having a hard time getting the word out on new features and there are a lot of features that no one ever uses. This feature will be getting a nice big news headline tonight when I open the Madden round and push to get people to predict for it.




If you drop a PS3 right on top of a Wii, it would definitely defeat it. Not so sure about the Xbox360. - mancandy
In the past we played games. In the future we watch games. - Forest-Spirit
11/03/09 Desposit: Mod Bribery (RolStoppable)  vg$ 500.00
06/03/09 Purchase: Moderator Privilege  vg$ -50,000.00

Nordlead Jr. Photo/Video Gallery!!! (Video Added 4/19/10)

nordlead said:
dsister44 said:
Nordlead I am looking at some of your summaries. They don't have any sources . One was completely blank

The sources rule was put in place because people were ripping from gamefaqs, wikipedia and other sources that would result in plagarism. All of my summaries come from press releases I receive from publishers, and therefore can't be linked to a page (there are some exceptions). The blank ones you see are me erasing wrongfully copied summaries.

Well, mine do too, and I add "Source: Official Press Release" at the bottom

Yeah, I'm too paranoid about that, I need to source




nordlead said:
First, I think it is a waste as a lot of bets couldn't be automated. Unless a moderator people like kirby with their army of alts would just funnel VG$ into their main account.

Secondly, if you make a bet, you shouldn't be able to hold onto your VG$. It gets thrown in holding until a winner is announced. This is essentially how all betting works. If you didn't take the money ahead of time, who knows if you'd still have it to pay up later.

Well, your first problem has been solved (1000 post minimum), and your second problem can easily be solved as well.

Does this mean it's a thumbs up?



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