New Go Site, BitcoinGo.io -- Play Go. Win Bitcoins

[BitcoinGo]

Hi Everyone,

BitcoinGo.io is a new website running Go tournaments and awarding prizes in Bitcoins. We will be running a series of free tournaments over the next few weeks so please check us out and let us know what you think!

Our first tournament is running now and ends Monday 5:00:00 GMT, it's free to enter and the prize pool is 0.06btc which is ~$50 USD at current exchange rates.

We're actively developing the site and are seeking feedback from the go community. Feel free to ask questions here, email at info@bitcoingo.io or on the site: https://bitcoingo.io

Steven

[yoyoma]

I played a some games on this server today (id=killerducky). The site is new so it just has the minimum functionality, but I had no problem playing all my games. I'm really excited to get my hands on my first bitcoins too! They have a payout structure where everyone who wins at least one game in the self-paired tournament gets some of the prize pool.

If you're interested in getting games against stronger players, now is a great time to get in there. YellowBell (KGS 6d) is playing a bunch of games there.

Here is some info from their about page about the tournament point system:

Tournaments are week to week, beginning and ending each Saturday 00:00:00 UTC
Players are awarded points every victory. The points are awarded by taking a base two log of the victor's points minus the loser's points.

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 points_awarded = max(1,log2(loser_points - victor_points)) 

There is a minimum of one point awarded for each victory and it is impossible to lose points.
At the end of each tournament the pot is awarded according to the following formula:

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player_payout = (player_points ÷ total_points) × tournament_pot 

(total_points is the sum of all points earned by all players in the tournament).

[DrStraw]

Tournaments are week to week, beginning and ending each Saturday 00:00:00 UTC
Players are awarded points every victory. The points are awarded by taking a base two log of the victor's points minus the loser's points.
points_awarded = max(1,log2(loser_points - victor_points))
There is a minimum of one point awarded for each victory and it is impossible to lose points.
At the end of each tournament the pot is awarded according to the following formula:

Code: Select all

player_payout = (player_points ÷ total_points) × tournament_pot 

(total_points is the sum of all points earned by all players in the tournament).

If I lose to someone with more points than I then this results in the log of a negative number - an impossibility. So that formula does not work.

Also, I tried to register an account and nothing happened. The screen just sat there doing nothing.

[BitcoinGo]

Hi DrStraw,

losing results in no point loss.

Can you share what browser/OS you are using (and, just to be sure, did you try the 'register' button?). We've had a few issues with devices (Nexus 7 for example), and are working on ensuring the site is compatible with as many devices as possible.

Tournaments are week to week, beginning and ending each Saturday 00:00:00 UTC
Players are awarded points every victory. The points are awarded by taking a base two log of the victor's points minus the loser's points.
points_awarded = max(1,log2(loser_points - victor_points))
There is a minimum of one point awarded for each victory and it is impossible to lose points.
At the end of each tournament the pot is awarded according to the following formula:

Code: Select all

player_payout = (player_points ÷ total_points) × tournament_pot 

(total_points is the sum of all points earned by all players in the tournament).

If I lose to someone with more points than I then this results in the log of a negative number - an impossibility. So that formula does not work.

Also, I tried to register an account and nothing happened. The screen just sat there doing nothing.

[quantumf]

The site seems to be very unstable at the moment. Using latest firefox and Chrome, latest versions, and IE 11, I get the same behaviour, which is
constant downloading something from platform.twitter.com and bitcoingo.com, this is multiple times per second. I keep seeing "Waiting for platform.twitter.com..." flashing on and off.
Pressing the register button does bring up the register dialog, but as soon as I press ANY button, the dialog closes, returning me to the home screen.

[DrStraw]

Hi DrStraw,

losing results in no point loss.

Can you share what browser/OS you are using (and, just to be sure, did you try the 'register' button?). We've had a few issues with devices (Nexus 7 for example), and are working on ensuring the site is compatible with as many devices as possible.

I am running Windows 7 Home Premium O/S and use Opera as my browser. And yes, I did try the register button.

[salerno]

Works perfect for me. I like the style, with some development it can become an interesting server.

[Javaness2]

i had a quick tryout of the site, couldn't play on the first line without adjusting the browser size

[BCGSSupporter]

i had a quick tryout of the site, couldn't play on the first line without adjusting the browser size

Hello! this is a bug currently for the chrome version! this will get fixed soon Thanks

[DrStraw]

I hope you are not based in Russia.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/07/ ... s-bitcoin/


BTW, apparently it works in Firefox, but not Opera. So I was able to get in. But the interface is far from intuitive.

[LuckyJim]

On this site, if I click one of my bookmarks to go to another site, I am redirected to this site's homepage. So I have to open a new tab or close the browser to go to another site. Using Firefox on Windows Vista.

[quantumf]

The site seems to be very unstable at the moment. Using latest firefox and Chrome, latest versions, and IE 11, I get the same behaviour, which is
constant downloading something from platform.twitter.com and bitcoingo.com, this is multiple times per second. I keep seeing "Waiting for platform.twitter.com..." flashing on and off.
Pressing the register button does bring up the register dialog, but as soon as I press ANY button, the dialog closes, returning me to the home screen.

This may have been related to my work firewall. At home, all is fine.

[BCGSSupporter]

I hope you are not based in Russia.

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/02/07/ ... s-bitcoin/


BTW, apparently it works in Firefox, but not Opera. So I was able to get in. But the interface is far from intuitive.

Hmm... thats strange wonder why it was not working for firefox and bitcoingo is based in U.S great that you got in though!

Edit: ah forgot to mention! I beleive the interface is planned to change currently working on teaching tools first.

[BCGSSupporter]

The site seems to be very unstable at the moment. Using latest firefox and Chrome, latest versions, and IE 11, I get the same behaviour, which is
constant downloading something from platform.twitter.com and bitcoingo.com, this is multiple times per second. I keep seeing "Waiting for platform.twitter.com..." flashing on and off.
Pressing the register button does bring up the register dialog, but as soon as I press ANY button, the dialog closes, returning me to the home screen.

This may have been related to my work firewall. At home, all is fine.

Great! glad you were able to get on was having a hard time figuring your problem out...

[phillip1882]

i see the two factor option, but its not accepting my bit coin address,
how do i enter in my receiving address?
edit: also i believe you want the formula to be
points = max(log2 max(my points - opponent points,1),0)
also you'll need some way of handling resigns in a fair and balanced way.
that will be a tough task.