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Thanks again for the contest, Jason!

Ah! Ok, that makes sense then. I didn't realize that contest was awarded manually.

Aw man, I missed this one!

Question about this, though:

The $30 I won from the first amulet contest didn't count toward my profit, which jere mentioned before is how it usually works. So should it have counted? Sorry if I'm misunderstanding!

You guys are giving me ideas now... so I've already got it in my head that I want to do a local head-to-head party like Jason did at PAX. Well, it shouldn't be to hard to capture off of both machines, grab the player's audio, mix in the audio from a Skype commentator, and stream the result. So two people are playing locally, but then you've got you jere giving a play-by-play and talking strategy and such.

It sounds like a lot of effort, but I'd love to give it a shot sometime if there's interest.

I'd be down to do this too. I'd be willing to record audio commentary and my side of the game as well.
Open Broadcaster is great for recording gameplay. It's meant for streaming, but you can also set it up to just record to a file. It's free.

That website is a great find! I was only able to skim it right now, but I'll give it a more thorough read when I get a chance.

Choosing a CM magic square to use may seem impossible, but I think you might already know which one to try first...

I'll admit that I was one of those. I read the first article on the game and told myself to try it out, but it wasn't until the $6000 article where I finally got myself to sit down and give it a shot. Although, the first Google search suggestion for CM is still "Cordial Minuet password" and someone in the comments on the article posted the anagram anyway, so I wouldn't kick yourself too much, since you could've probably considered it pretty close to public by that point!

I'm all for tournaments, as long as they're at a time where I can participate! $20 seems a little rich, at least at first. I wouldn't mind jumping in on a $5 buy-in, though.

However, I agree with dot dot. Lower stakes would be a good idea. Actually, it wouldn't hurt to run a small stakes buy-in tournament this weekend to keep the momentum going from the launch and include new players.

Yes! Please share a photo of it!! We have to unravel the mystery of the 13th amulet!

I think I love that my desire for the cat face amulet has become an inside joke everyone is in on. >^-^<

I just skimmed through the current App Store spec. It looks like they do allow real-money gambling as long as it's legal in the territories where you're distributing the app, you have the proper licenses in place, and you don't use IAPs as a deposit method. Since CM isn't technically gambling (being skill-based), I imagine you could distribute it through the app store without worrying. It might be worth contacting someone at Apple to discuss, if that's even possible. I couldn't find anything that said if payouts can be done within the app or have to be done through a separate website.

Personally, I'd love to see an iOS version.

The same could be said of poker, right?

I just played a single hand of the experimental mode.

I knew from the description of it that I just wasn't too interested in it, but I figured I'd give it a shot. Unfortunately, I really don't care for it. I'm having trouble "seeing" the shapes... like I literally got a bit of a headache trying to make sense of the board. It's a touch overwhelming and confusing. It seems to be lacking the elegant simplicity and strategy of vanilla CM. CM has a very "easy to learn, difficult to master" quality to it. This new mode just seems more like poker, which I know is what you were going for, but I just really don't care for poker.

I should say that I'm not writing this to be discouraging. If this is a mode people enjoy, then it should absolutely be explored and developed further. I may try it again in the future, but I don't feel as strongly about it as I do the regular game.

Ultimately I stand by your original vision. Vanilla CM is wonderful. It's a fantastic game. Strategy, simplicity, theme, community, everything. I think it already is the "better" game and doesn't need to be fixed. I love this community too. I actually really like the underground feel of the whole thing but I understand there's concern about the game's lifespan. I think this is the kind of game that requires some patience while is spreads. I have so many people I've talked to about it that are interested, but just need a bit of a push to try it out. The launch contest may have seemed like the push they needed, but I actually had some of them say the idea of being a beginner during a contest was intimidating.

I've mentioned before that I'm going to start livestreaming and planning parties around the game. Hopefully this will help, because I want this game to succeed.