[Steve]

Moola is a new website, in private beta, that puts two visitors up against each other in a simple Flash game. The interesting thing about the site is that people are playing for real money.

This is from an article from TechCrunch about the latest internet 'game', and it sounds really interesting. It is in private beta for now, but I'm wondering if anyone has an invite to send out.

If anyone has played, what is it like? It smells like it could be a scam...?

[macintologist]

I'm interested in an invite too.

A PM would be much appreciated.

[Spook E]

sign me up too!

[Obi Wan's Ghost]

Isn't the CIA after Moola somebody?

[moonmonkey]

I want one!!!

[ThinkInsane]

I have two invites, first to PM's with email address get them. And just a heads up, the site doesn't support safari, so you have to use firefox. And you only have 15 minutes to PM me, then I'm leaving for work.

Right now I'm at $2600+. Should I cash out or keep going for that $10,000,000?

[turtle777]

PM'ed you. Is it worth it ? How much time do you need to spend on it ?

-t

[ambush]

Did you really get 2600$ out of this site? Real bucks?

[ThinkInsane]

That's it kids, I'm out.

[greenamp]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

I have two invites, first to PM's with email address get them. And just a heads up, the site doesn't support safari, so you have to use firefox. And you only have 15 minutes to PM me, then I'm leaving for work.

Right now I'm at $2600+. Should I cash out or keep going for that $10,000,000?

Deal deal ! Don't listen to the crowd, they always say no deal.

[turtle777]

Cheers, TI. You get a beer when you're in town.

-t

[ThinkInsane]

Well, you can spend as much as you'd like, you can log out and pick up again later. The games are only a couple of minutes long. I was bored at work last night and made it to level 18.

As for the money, supposedly you can cash out and get a check anytime you want. I think I'm going to give that a shot, since right now I have enough to cover a good portion of the new macbook and iMac I just ordered. I'll let you know if it turns out to be bunk.

[turtle777]

I have three invites. PM me your email address, I'll hand them out in the order I receive them.

-t

[hickey]

pm sent

[turtle777]

Ok, all invites sent.

I'll announce it if I get more. Dunno how many they hand out.

-t

[olePigeon]

If anyone else gets some more, can you PM me?

Thanks

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Thanks for the invite T.

Anywho, has ANYONE heard of anybody ever getting a check from these guys?

BTW it doesn't support Safari.

[turtle777]

Let's see if TI get's his check.

It's almost too good to be true. But it is possible that the ads pay a fraction of that 1 cent start money...

-t

[Socially Awkward Solo]

What a buggy POS. in firefox the screen doesn't even draw properly on some pages then on the first 2 games I played half way through it lost the connection with Moola and it considered it as a loss and took my money.

I want my 5 cents back!

[turtle777]

Hmm, no probs with IE at work...

-t

[turtle777]

LOL, now I'm getting those server time outs, too.

Their hampstor sucks as much as ours

-t

[as2]

Got 3 invites here.. pm me

[turtle777]

Ok, I have been playing for a while.

I'm not sure, but I do see the potential for a scam.

What's really weird is that your opponent almost never (maybe in 1-3% of the time) plays before you do. And even if you wait till the last second, he has 3 secs or so longer. Dunno if this is just the intarweb, but seems fishy to me.

Maybe I'm just too dumb, but it seems to me like the opponents "knew" what I was playing before they made their play.

-t

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Ok, I have been playing for a while.

I'm not sure, but I do see the potential for a scam.

What's really weird is that your opponent almost never (maybe in 1-3% of the time) plays before you do. And even if you wait till the last second, he has 3 secs or so longer. Dunno if this is just the intarweb, but seems fishy to me.

Maybe I'm just too dumb, but it seems to me like the opponents "knew" what I was playing before they made their play.

-t

Perhaps that is just the way they display the results.

[ambush]

Thank you ThinkInsane!

Now it's my time to give back to the community. (even if the game isn't really worth it; there is no such thing as free money people)

I have 2 invitations.... send emails to jolivierld AT google's mail service dot com

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by ambush

jolivierld

LOL

We played against each other, and I lost.

-t

[olePigeon]

Tied games are worth a lot. I played someone Rock Paper Sissors for 4 cents, but we tied at 19 stripes each. My pot grew to 11 cents. I should cash out and buy a gumball.

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Ok, I have been playing for a while.

I'm not sure, but I do see the potential for a scam.

What's really weird is that your opponent almost never (maybe in 1-3% of the time) plays before you do. And even if you wait till the last second, he has 3 secs or so longer. Dunno if this is just the intarweb, but seems fishy to me.

Maybe I'm just too dumb, but it seems to me like the opponents "knew" what I was playing before they made their play.

-t

I was thinking the same thing until I got to the higher levels. Once you thin the herd, I think that there tends to be waiting for people to play you, and you wait longer while they find you an opponent. If someone is waiting on you to join the game, they seem to go first. I like the gold game better than rock paper scissors. But at the lower levels, I notice people don't like to give up the bonus, so after two or three ties, you can pick the object you don't get a bonus for and pick up big points. At the higher levels people have seemed to figure that out and it gets tougher.

Yeah, it is buggy on firefox SWG, but plays fine with IE on a windows box. Hopefully they will start supporting Safari soon, or fix whatever is wrong with FF. Anyone play using FF on windows?

[hickey]

I love and hate this at the same time, I suck at both games and I cant get past 4 cents.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

"a division of RND TECHNOLOGIES SRL, a society existing under the laws of Barbados and its parent corporations, subsidiaries

Moola may decrease, without compensation, the number of Moola Points in your account at any time in our sole discretion. You have no rights or entitlements to Moola Points under this Agreement and you irrevocably waive all rights that you may have under common law, statute, or otherwise. Moola Points do not represent an entitlement to legal tender, value, or prizes. Moola has no liability to make any payment to you. Moola may choose, in its sole discretion, not to approve a payment or withhold payment for any reason whatsoever including, without limitation, non-payment from our advertisers, suspected fraud with your account, etc. Moola may also pay you an amount lower than the amount you requested. All payments made to you are in the nature of a gift from Moola to you, and not compensation for your efforts, activities, or your time. All awards and payments are made in our sole discretion; we may choose to pay or not pay any person as we solely determine.

This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Barbados. The Parties to this Agreement agree to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the courts of Barbados and agree to attorn any dispute arising from this Agreement or from use of the website to said courts.

Information may be reset - When playing during the Beta Period, you may accumulate Moola Points or other information in your account. This data may be reset at any time during the testing process, and it may be reset when the Beta Period has completed. If this should occur, all player history (including account balances) and data may be erased and each player could return to the status of a new user.

As a beta tester, you are invited to play games and interact with the website for the sole purpose of evaluating the features and identifying errors. Nothing in this Agreement, or on this site, shall be construed as granting you any rights or privileges of any kind with respect to the Moola Points, games or other content with which you interact.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU MAY NEVER RECEIVE CASH OR OTHER REWARDS AWARDED AS A RESULT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE WEBSITE


http://www.moola.com/moopubs/content...rms_of_use.jsp

Why do I suddenly smell a rat?

[ThinkInsane]

If I wasn't drunked right now, I would cash out and see If I gets my monies. I'll give it a try tomorrow, and we'll see if I gets paid. I wants my 26241.44. Lets see if I get it. That doesn't seem promising given whats posted above. I'll let you know.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

If I wasn't drunked right now, I would cash out and see If I gets my monies. I'll give it a try tomorrow, and we'll see if I gets paid. I wants my 26241.44. Lets see if I get it. That doesn't seem promising given whats posted above. I'll let you know.

I say after reading what I posted your chances are Zero.

[Big Mac]

I hope people aren't giving credit card or bank account information to that site.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker

I say after reading what I posted your chances are Zero.

Methinks, too.

I'm gonna stop wasting my time until someone really get's a check.

Meanwhile, I still think they can basically fcuk you up on a higher level by letting you play against a bot (of course, w/o you knowing). Bot wins, you lose all money, hence, they keep all the advertising income.

-t

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Methinks, too.

I'm gonna stop wasting my time until someone really get's a check.

Meanwhile, I still think they can basically fcuk you up on a higher level by letting you play against a bot (of course, w/o you knowing). Bot wins, you lose all money, hence, they keep all the advertising income.

-t

Nevermind bots. This is the problem: "Moola may decrease, without compensation, the number of Moola Points in your account at any time in our sole discretion."

So pretty much as soon as you want to cash out they can put it to $0 and say it is there right.

The way they also word it makes it sounds like they have never sent anyone a check.

[ambush]

Anyone interested in "a moola project"?

My mate and I are taking 3 additional persons. jolivierld@gmail.com
People in the EASTERN TIME or SOONER.

Thanks.

---

I probably have a 70% win rate for the gold game. Predicting is easy and almost never fails. You just have to keep in mind what the other guy has left and try to guess what he will play. Then you play that rock + 1, if you can. If you're ****ed, you play your 1... anyway...

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally Posted by ambush

Anyone interested in "a moola project"?

My mate and I are taking 3 additional persons. jolivierld@gmail.com
People in the EASTERN TIME or SOONER.

Thanks.

What do you mean?

[ambush]

I mean a special project.
Has to do with Moola.
People living in the eastern time zone or earlier can contact me at jolivierld@gmail.com

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by ambush

Anyone interested in "a moola project"?

My mate and I are taking 3 additional persons. jolivierld@gmail.com
People in the EASTERN TIME or SOONER.

What do you mean, "project" ?

Edit: nevermind.

Edit: WTF ? Explain yourself ! Do you not want to talk about it on MacNN ?

-t

[ambush]

All I can say is that... we're going to see if cooperation can pay off
email me your aim screen name or contact me directly on aim (ambushosx)
2 more persons

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by Big Mac

I hope people aren't giving credit card or bank account information to that site.

They ask for neither.

Okay, I cashed out. According to the FAQ, checks take something like three weeks. I"ll keep you posted.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

Okay, I cashed out. According to the FAQ, checks take something like three weeks. I"ll keep you posted.

Please.

If you really get that check, I'd be amazed, and I'd be spending a weekend at that darn thing.

-t

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally Posted by ambush

All I can say is that... we're going to see if cooperation can pay off

I assume you mean purposely playing against a friend and planing which one loses.

[ambush]

BTW people, use Camino. 0 bugs.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Socially Awkward Solo

I assume you mean purposely playing against a friend and planing which one loses.

Actually, even better. A tie at the rock-scissors-paper game gives you extra credit, everyone wins. It's only a coupel of cents though, to get to real numbers, you need the doubling effect. Combined it could be a way to do it though.

-t

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Perhaps we should start taking bets on if ThinkInsane will get his check.

[d4nth3m4n]

I might be a little late to the party, but i'll take an invite- crcj04 at gmail.

ambush, i might be in on that, but i'm pretty busy this weekend.

[Albert Pujols]

Any more invites?

[n8236]

o o o me me me, invite me

[memory-minus]

2 invites, PM me, first come first served.