CORDIAL MINUET ENSEMBLE

1 Point for Positive coins won. Negative half point for coins lost? That way winning is always valued more.

I would also like to see a 10ish bonus for taking all coins from someone. Same could be added for loss.

Maybe you just have an inhabitant obsession with the game and you started a game for .20 without thinking and backed up to the start screen. Id assume Jeopardy started the $6 game.

Could also be the refresh rates are different on the number of players and the number of games available.

Those are all good ideas. I think you should reward them their bonus based on a few things...

1. Total Number of Games Played. (Obviously)
2. Number of Unique Players Played. (Would most likely mean adjusting playing times)
3. Average cash amount of coins won/lost. (Adjusting Game Types)
4. Number of Coins Won. (Removes much of Collusion desire)
5. Total time playing. (Would need to log game start and end time for each game, could be used in a leaderboard too.)

Need a cached leaderboard that only your amulet protectors are aware of and can follow.

Some algorithm of the above would help to make sure the people with the amulet are playing loads of games. Which I'm pretty sure what everyone NEEDS, especially when the game is launched. Would be nice if there were always games available in multiple price levels... $.01 - $1.00 - $10.00 - etc??. More games played and more people playing would obviously what's in the best interest of the game and Jason.

Also... I think these "Mini Games" just make overall game play interesting...

1. Tournament
2. Amulet
3. VS

What's Next? Ideas?

I guess the last game we started before the end didn't count?

If it says "1 Player", that's me correct? (Don't know if it's measuring all players or all other players.) Would be funny if it said, "Just You, Invite Someone!"

Caravan Disturber, I think.

This could work.

1. ELO Ratings
2. Random Amulet that is Dropped.
3. Adjusted Amulet drop rate.

I think would solve most collusion.

Adjusted Amulet Drop Rate:

Hmmm..

Solid Points, However ELO removes points for a loss. It's weighted based on account skill. The biggest issue with this would be the Top ELO scorers. They have a higher win expectancy, Thus earn less points with a win over a horrible account. However they are much more likely to win more than one match.

What if the above worked with along with No drop button. And when you lost an amulet match, your account was frozen from joining an amulet game again for a set period of time? There has to be something there...

I don't understand how it would know, that it's two buddies playing?

If Jason knew that i'm pretty sure you could just block them from playing.

I think the fix for amulets, it's complicated and might not be worth it.

1. Use maxmind IP filtering and block IP addresses from the same region of the world. Easier option would be just to graph a users playing times, to find their "Sleep Period" or Time. You might also be able to base it on the Zip code used when registering, purchasing coins. (Region could be based on a miles cap.) (But you should always be allowed to play NORMAL GAMES with buddies on the same network. It's actually pretty thrilling to play against buddies in person.)

2. This wouldn't work for buddies playing across regions. In order to solve that, you could use a few options to filter. Email Domains, IP address connections, etc. (Google Analytics for Apps has some cool data too.)

3. Drastically increase the user pool for the amulet to drop. Seems like the math: 2*N + 3 is solid for bare min. That's not a normal metric. I would adjust to (2*n)+(x/8)+3 or some variation. Where x = 5 day rolling average users per day. Hopefully the math makes colluding next to impossible. (the 8 comes from .333 of 24 hours)

4. Drastically increase the number of people playing the same, which would make #3 work better.

Also would be nice to have referral codes for inviting friends where users get rewarded $.25 or something per referral. You could then assume they know who referred them or who they referred.

What about the amount of points rewarded to winning an amulet?

It almost seems like if you increase the amount of points for winning the amulet, you effectively decrease the amount the penalty is per minute. I think this decreases the need to drop the amulet, Yet doesn't devalue the amount for winning an amulet since this would be relative for each person winning it.

Currently:
Win: 200 points... Hold on to it and not play you effectively get 80 points when it's dropped.

Possibility:
Win: 500 points... hold on to it and not play you effectively get 380 points when it's dropped.

Other Possible Improvements:
1. If you increase the points enough, you can change the expiration of the amulet from 2 hours to 6 hours. Almost enough time to take a nap.
2. I agree, if you are actively trying for an amulet game your points shouldn't decay while waiting for a game.
3. Increase the amount of the amulets drastically. Without a huge need to change the payouts.
    EX: Prize Amounts last time: 3 Prizes: 100+50+25=175
    Adjusted Prize Amounts: 8 Prizes: 100+40+20+5+4+3+2+1=175
    This with the random handouts, would improve the flow of the game, while also adding a more frequent shot of excitement for winning an amulet for more players. All while not changing the cost to Jason. $1 amulet seems silly, but winning it on a few $.01 bets is not bad. I also think it would increase the player count, which I believe is what everyone wants especially during down times.