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i'm calling it - bet on Giant Bomb reviews using quest XP - beta!

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UPDATE: IMCALLING.IT IS NOW IN OPEN BETA! Just register your user account on the website immediately, no more asking to be added to the list! :D
 
After months of predominantly not working on this project, and around, oh, I'd say eighty hours of actual development time, I present to you people, at long last, the mostly-functional bee-ta for i'm calling it: the giant bomb metagame metagame. It can be found at its brand-new, kind-of-expensive-for-what-I'm-getting-at-the-price-I'm-paying URL, http://imcalling.it. Wanna try it for yourself? Keep on reading to find out how.

Hmm, this color scheme looks familiar...
Hmm, this color scheme looks familiar...
In the likely event that you missed my previous threads, i'm calling it is a fun little website that I've been working on in my spare time, mostly to re-teach myself core web development concepts. The site allows you to register your Giant Bomb account, converting your previously-kinda-useless quest XP into points that you can use to place bets on how well you think any given game is going to be reviewed by the Giant Bomb staff. 
 
I've done my best to make the betting system fun and interesting. You can pick a predicted star rating for each of the Giant Bomb reviewers, to fit a probable score to each person's personality and gaming tastes. You get bonuses depending on how far in advance you make the bets; placing a bet a year before the game is reviewed will net you a massive 5x multiplier, and so forth.

I already regret this bet :'(
I already regret this bet :'(
You're competing for the top spot on global leaderboards, but, coming soon, you will also to see how you fare against only the people you follow on Giant Bomb in the new "local leaderboard" feature. 
 
i'm calling it is by no means finished; it is still very beta, very much a work-in-progress. Hence the semi-closed beta-ness. I'm adding features and changing stuff all the time.
 

So you want to get in on this sleazy underground wheelin'-and-dealin' action?

It's simple! Just head on over to the website and register your Giant Bomb account! It's that easy!

Getting stuck on this screen for like five minutes is perfectly normal. Please don't close that tab! Just wait it out! It's worth it, I promise! 
Getting stuck on this screen for like five minutes is perfectly normal. Please don't close that tab! Just wait it out! It's worth it, I promise! 
As a beta tester, it's your job to poke around and try and find bugs and stuff. If you find anything, either PM me or just post about it here. Feel free to also make suggestions for things I should change or add. I also suggest placing bets on game that are being released in the very near future, just so you can get a sense of how the website works. As of right now, there is no way for you to be notified (by e-mail or Twitter or whatnot) when a review goes up for a game you've placed a bet on, so be sure to bookmark the website and check back when the review is posted! 

 Come on and join, I'm super lonely over here, all by myself
 Come on and join, I'm super lonely over here, all by myself
So yeah, hope you guys have at least some degree of fun with this! :D
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Looks like there is an error while trying to get to the site.
 
Damn you, PHP!

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we broke it lol!

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@CitizenKane: I think he used too many "PLEASE"s in the code. PHP's pretty sensitive about politeness. Or maybe I'm thinking of INTERCAL. Whichever. :P
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@mfpantst: Yeah, but you can't bet points there. You have to gamble using the prospect of shaving a fat "RD" into yourself.
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@TheMasterDS: Then the functionality should be set up to bet on if games will be delayed or not based on isi.  That would be a neat branch out from just betting on review scores.
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I want in!

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That is.... insane.

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@takua108: I'd love to get in on this action.
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It just occurred to me that the top 4 or 5 places on the leaderboard will be whiskey staff if they don't get blacklisted.

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I wanna be a beeta tester!

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I came here expecting a non-broken link, way to disappoint me. 
I came here expecting a non-broken link, way to disappoint me. 
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So I went to take a nap and passed out with my text editor on my laptop open on line 69... 
 
Not even kidding.
 
Now to go through three pages and add everyone who wanted adding. :O

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@pantyshotmpq @adri4n @endsarcasm @themasterds @arab_prince @dylabaloo @tumes @eldiax @kaosangel you're all now added, and the bug is fixed. Sorry about that, everyone! :(

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Awesome dude, let me in!

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@jelekeloy: Done! Hopefully everyone didn't forget about this in the few hours I was asleep, leaving the site with an error, haha :I
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Awesome. I would love to be a part of this! :D

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@DanielJW: Done! 
    
  Man, look at all these guys who signed up but never even imported their points. :( 
  Man, look at all these guys who signed up but never even imported their points. :( 
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Why am I on their twice, oh God what did I do? I didn't even finish the registration process D:

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@ShadowVirus:  You're on each leaderboard just once. And yeah, you can finish registration now, it works, I promise :)
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@takua108: Ohhhhh I see, I thought they were both the same leaderboard, alright thanks :)
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Very interested, I would love to test out this bee-ta!

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I went straight to the top of the leaderboard without making a single bet.

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@weegieanawrench: Added! 
@mracoon: Well, that's why there's two leaderboards: one for "who has the most points" (you have the most imported quest XP of anyone yet, and you've barely spent any) and one for "most points gained from playing this game," which will just have everyone in the negatives for now until these games start getting released.
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This is great hopefully i get a chance to be in the beta!

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Man, this looks awesome, I sure as hell wouldn't mind being part of it :D

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@DAFTPUNK:  @Lumley: Done and done! Enjoy!
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@mracoon said:
" I went straight to the top of the leaderboard without making a single bet. "
Show off :( whatever, 1st is the worst.
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sounds awesome, can i get in on this?

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Cool site, but the reviewer pictures weren't showing up for me on the two pages I checked (AC:B and CoD:BO).  Running Firefox 3.6 (I think(.

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@twstdsniper: You're in! 
@jelekeloy: Did you try setting a star rating? Right now, nothing shows up until you select a star. It's kind of counter-intuitive, I know; I'll probably make like 3 stars the default or something in the future.
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Sign me up! :)

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@mracoon: Make a bunch of bets. I dare you. It doesnt' matter if you're right or not. ;)
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@takua108: Thank you, all signed up, just need to transfer points! This is really cool man!
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I want in, this looks awesome!

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@CrimsonClown: @TurboMan: You're both in now!
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I'd love to participate. I got XP burning a hole in my pocket.

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@takua108: It's saying I'm not on the Super Awesome Ultra Top Secret ici Beta Testers List when I try to register. :( 
 
Edit: Nevermind, working now. :)
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LOL nice, i'm in.

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This. Is. Awesome. I want in on the bee-ta!
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Sign me up. Register won't work for me.

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@takua108: If you lose a bet do you lose XP? What happens if you run out of XP?
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@YoctoYotta: @ShaunassNZ: @FongGhoul: @Th3_James: You're all in the beta testers' list now! You can go ahead and register when you're ready. 
 
@CrimsonClown: Sorry, I put your username in incorrectly. It's fixed now :)
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Let's test this beater, if you know what I mean.

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@Urmean: Alright, you're in :)
@DanielJW said:

" @takua108: If you lose a bet do you lose XP? What happens if you run out of XP? "

If you lose a bet, you don't get the points back that you bet (you get a 25% refund if you're just one star off, and a 10% refund if you're two stars off), so yeah, there's a net loss of points. Note that I'm saying points, not XP; the points you earn in ici won't go back to Giant Bomb, they just stay here.
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@takua108:
Then if I earn more XP after I've signed up, does that get added to imcalling.it?
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@FongGhoul: Not automatically; you just have to click that "XP -> points" button again, and it'll gather up any XP that you've gained since you last clicked it :)
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Can I bee-ta  with you guys.

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I'd like to participate in this.

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@Vonocourt: @Etan: You're both in gogogo
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Excellent use of the API. Betwwen this and the Venn Diagram, there has been some great use of the API.
 
Sign me up, man.