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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 22, 2010 17:03:01 GMT -5
Steam game was awesome, but my computer is broken and will freeze when playing decent (that use graphic card and stuff) games =(... I don't know, whatever you feel like giving, really ;D I've decided not to do a steam game.. It kind of takes away from us wanting to help people, I feel like people will only play for the game, not because it would help people.. Maybe a cheap one in the future!
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Post by Skwiggs on Oct 22, 2010 17:31:29 GMT -5
I've decided not to do a steam game.. It kind of takes away from us wanting to help people, I feel like people will only play for the game, not because it would help people.. Maybe a cheap one in the future! umm 2 things. 1. what was this "steam game" your talking about and 2. If people play for the game and it has a side effect of helping people then that's a good thing. ideas that add value to something shouldn't be discarded because people like the addition more than the focus. This is called expanding your base.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 22, 2010 17:34:38 GMT -5
I've decided not to do a steam game.. It kind of takes away from us wanting to help people, I feel like people will only play for the game, not because it would help people.. Maybe a cheap one in the future! umm 2 things. 1. what was this "steam game" your talking about and 2. If people play for the game and it has a side effect of helping people then that's a good thing. ideas that add value to something shouldn't be discarded because people like the addition more than the focus. This is called expanding your base. I would rather have 5 people playing for helping people than 1000 just playing for the game. The steam game I think will be an available option in the future: Limited to like 10 or 20 dollars. Any steam game. (Steam is a software store for downloading games, that has a bunch on it.) I won't announce a date for the game, I want it to be a surprise.
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Post by Skwiggs on Oct 22, 2010 18:49:44 GMT -5
well i'm still wondering what free rice has to do with this but honestly why not have 5 that are doing it for help AND 1000 for playing the game? why is that not greater than the 5 alone? I'd be happy to discuss this on skype if you wish..
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Post by Lyserg Zeroz on Oct 22, 2010 18:52:39 GMT -5
^Probably because that's not in the spirit of the cause. My opinion is that having this extra people could be great, and they may end up doing it for the real cause. But while they are still in just for the prizes, then, Swim, just think of it as if you were playing using them, as in if you paid them to help you for the cause, your reasons, and your desire to help people in need, their helping hands and fingers for you, and therefore, for the people that you want to help.
Besides, sometimes is not that they don't care about helping, it can be that they just needed a push.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 22, 2010 19:36:32 GMT -5
TRANSCRIPT OF SKWIGGS CHAT: Skwiggs: hey man can we take this "steam chat" here? [10/22/10 7:50:50 PM] Skwiggs: i won't ask about release dates but i honestly have no idea what your saying with this [10/22/10 7:53:14 PM] SwimFellow: Any steam game they would like. (Under 10, 15 bucks.) [10/22/10 7:53:55 PM] Skwiggs: so how is free rice connected with this [10/22/10 7:54:05 PM] Skwiggs: ar eyou makeing a free rice game for steam? [10/22/10 7:54:16 PM] Skwiggs: are you giveing a steam game away for helping? [10/22/10 7:54:35 PM] Skwiggs: are you challenging peopel to steam actual rice? [10/22/10 7:54:38 PM] Skwiggs: lol help me out here [10/22/10 7:55:06 PM] SwimFellow: The person with the most rice donated in a month would receive a small prize.. In this case, I would give them a game over Valve's video game distribution system named "Steam." [10/22/10 7:55:15 PM] SwimFellow: store.steampowered.com/[10/22/10 7:55:44 PM] Skwiggs: okay now i get why you want it for the few [10/22/10 7:56:04 PM] Skwiggs is old [10/22/10 7:56:12 PM] SwimFellow: Not too expensive. I wouldn't get them anything over 20 bucks. [10/22/10 7:56:23 PM] SwimFellow: My limit for one year will be like 50 bucks. [10/22/10 7:56:34 PM] Skwiggs: they don't do gift cards ? [10/22/10 7:57:15 PM] SwimFellow: Unfortunately, only for a game that you choose. So, I would ask the person what game they would like, and gift it to them [10/22/10 7:57:27 PM] SwimFellow: The prize this month is 5 bucks to amazon. [10/22/10 7:59:12 PM] Skwiggs: [CONFIDENTIAL] HINT: We'll be giving away "small stuff to start." No further evidence will ever be provided. EVER [10/22/10 7:59:28 PM] SwimFellow: [CONFIDENTIAL] [10/22/10 7:59:31 PM] Skwiggs: i got my rice number in 2 days of actually trying [10/22/10 8:00:10 PM] SwimFellow: Yep.. So, here's my point: Helping people isn't really muted. People wouldn't be playing for the game or the gift, but rather for helping. And you also get a little pat on the back. [10/22/10 8:00:43 PM] SwimFellow: [CONFIDENTIAL] Talks about how we don't have to pay too much. By the way, from the PogoTribe group page, it looks as if we have an actual following, and people ARE still playing.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 22, 2010 20:46:22 GMT -5
I really hope everyone from last night continues doing this.. PLEASE?? If someone from last night is reading this.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 22, 2010 21:27:10 GMT -5
Right now, it's important you guys click "Play" on the group page. WE NEED TO BEAT THE NERDFIGHTERS!
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 24, 2010 10:12:35 GMT -5
Sigh.. Freerice is being stupid. I'll wait for them to get on track, then I'll index people..
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Post by cmc413 (aka Chrissy) on Oct 24, 2010 10:42:57 GMT -5
I don't know if this is possible, but can you combine the amount I posted here for Freerice (1100 grains) with the amount I donated through my account? Thanks.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 24, 2010 10:45:22 GMT -5
Oh.. sorry, the next update will be doing that. We're moving it to a spreadsheet on Google Docs, just easier.. Hopefully FreeRice will be back up soon, and we can index people.
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Post by Spot Moon Cool on Oct 24, 2010 19:18:52 GMT -5
So, summary: The FreeRice leaderboard here will now be updated monthly, and we will be giving away a $5 gift card for amazon.. Dunno if this will be continued. If it's incredibly popular, it probably will, and if it isn't, it won't.. The person will also be featured at the front of this thread.. So, yeah.. What if the person who wins it doesn't want it? Like me. I still live in my parent's house so I don't they want me getting gift cards from people I don't know.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 25, 2010 15:21:46 GMT -5
I'm not sending it to you, to be clear; I'm giving you the code online. If your parents are still ehh.. about it, then.. I don't know, what do you think?
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 26, 2010 21:10:33 GMT -5
Going to have the index done by this weekend! Also, I'm going to be live posting from the Rally To Restore Sanity, so look out for that.. I'll start a discussion soon, and link to it here!
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 26, 2010 22:30:19 GMT -5
Rally Live Blog (just discussion right now) is up! Click here.
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Post by SwimFellow on Oct 30, 2010 21:00:31 GMT -5
I've had the index done.. FreeRice is only displaying the top 100.. I'll contact them about that..
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Post by Spot Moon Cool on Nov 2, 2010 4:16:12 GMT -5
Right now, it's important you guys click "Play" on the group page. WE NEED TO BEAT THE NERDFIGHTERS! The Nerdfighters have a much larger following. It's not impossible because everyday (expect yesterday) people play the FreeRice PogoTribe. Good luck to my fellow PogoTribians! Maybe FreeRice will make a blog post about US like the Nerdfighters.
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Post by Skwiggs on Nov 2, 2010 9:16:10 GMT -5
BTW this thread has evolved into Specifically FreeRice. want to consider changing the thread name?
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Post by qooqǝɯɐƃ on Nov 2, 2010 17:13:36 GMT -5
BTW this thread has evolved into Specifically FreeRice. want to consider changing the thread name? Weird I was just thinking that. It would make sense, the title's just confusing as of now...
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Post by SwimFellow on Nov 3, 2010 14:53:04 GMT -5
OK, I will name change! Keep Ricin'
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