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Hello on our 10th day… (3 comments)

10 July 2009

Hello on our 10th day! This time we want to share our joy instead of mistakes :) 

For the sake of clarity, I want to remind you our preset goals that were published in the first blog post.

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Our official launch day was July 1, thus the first target should be reached on that day, the second target – on July 3, the third and fourth one – on July 5 and July 7 respectively. We have to admit - all of these targets were reached ahead of time. And today we also wish to share our joy – day before yesterday (on July 8) the 5th target was reached, which was planned to be met a week later.

Actually, the target was exceeded – yesterday almost 6000 games were played. And this definitely is not our sole merit, it is yours also - we really do feel appreciated… However, this is just a beginning, and as we know – it is easier to start climbing a mountain than to reach the peak.

If we take it in relative terms – currently we have reached only 0,5% of this year’s target. Yes – still a bit work ahead:) We will work hard, we will strive to meet the targets and we will try not to let you down. However, if we can ask anything – we ask for you to share any new ideas, possible improvements, anything that would make your journey more enjoyable.

Tell us – what you like about us and what you don’t like about us (we will appreciate the first and improve on the second)? What you learn from us and, more importantly – what you can teach us?

Thanks for listening – hope to hear from you guys…

P.S. We have approximately 20 days to reach our next target – 10,000 games per day. Besides joining your friends:), do you have any other idea how to do that?

Comments

  • Author: Kurbads

    Jums ir steidzīgi jādomā par jautājumu datubāzes palielināšanu. Pašlaik tā ir tik maza, ka pietiek izspēlēt pārsimts spēļu, lai gandrīz visi jautājumi būtu zināmi. Līdz ar to spēle zaudē jēgu un kļūst garlaicīga, un arī jauni dalībnieki diez vai jūt vēlmi pievienoties, redzot, ka pēdējās dienās labākie rezultāti ir zem 40 sekundēm.

    15 July 2009

  • Author: Alex

    Dear Kurbad,

    Thank you for the comment I’ll reply in English language so that majority can understand. If you would like to, just ask and I’ll send you a translation.

    You have pointed out a problem that we were waiting for someone to point it out soon. Basically, we didn’t expect that the site will rise in popularity that quickly. This was our miscalculation and we admit it and we are paying the price now. As far as the fixing of this problem, we have several people working on increasing the number of questions in each of the languages and it shall not take more that couple of days that you will have whole batch of new questions arriving. Please note that the questions are in three languages which is quite a challenge for. So please bear with us.

    Nevertheless, we appreciate your note and we always welcome any comments either positive or negative because that will help us in any way make this truly a global competition in less time.

    Thanks again for your feedback and we’ll be happy to hear more!
    Alex

    15 July 2009

  • Author: Alex

    Un personiskāka atbilde latviski :)

    Hell yeah! Kurbad, Tev ir taisnība un mēs paši pēdējās dienas ar šausmām skatījāmies uz rezultātu tabulu. Jautājumu nav maz, bet tomēr laikam to ir izrādījies par maz priekš tāda negaidīta spēlēšanas entuziasma, kādu izrāda daži QuizBoom lietotāji. Kļūda ir, un to jāatzīst.

    Viena problēma ar jautājumiem bija pašā sākumā, kad sapratām, ka tie ir pārāk sarežģīti vairumam spēlētāju, tādēļ pilnībā nomainījām visu jautājumu datubāzi ar citiem, intetresantākiem jautājumiem.

    Bet, nesēžam rokas klēpī salikuši. No kļūdām jāmācās, nevis tās jāapraud, vai ne ;)

    1. Ievērojami palielinājām cilvēku skaitu, kas strādā pie jautājumu gatavošanas. Tuvākajās dienās datubāze papildināsies ar vairākiem tūkstošiem jautājumu! :) P.S. Varbūt arī vēlies piedalīties un nopelnīt? Tad sūti CV uz quizboom@quizboom.com

    2. PasÅ«tÄ«jām drošības auditu un izÄ·Ä“rām visas atrastās drošības kļūdas, lai novÄ“rstu tehnisku mahināciju iespÄ“jas. Ja kāds pamana vÄ“l kādus “caurumus” - būšu pateicÄ«gs, ja atrakstÄ«siet man privāti uz alex@quizboom.com.

    3. Vairums spÄ“lÄ“tāju nav pamanÄ«juÅ¡i, ka “plusā” paliek ne jau tikai pirmās 10, 20 vai 50 vietas - Tev pietiek tikt kaut vai, piemÄ“ram, piecsimtajā vietā ar, piemÄ“ram, 14 000 punktiem, un joprojām Tavs spÄ“les rezultāts bÅ«s pozitÄ«vs. ArÄ« par Å¡o esam izdomājuÅ¡i tehnisko/vizuālo risinājumu, kā to labāk nokomunicÄ“t lietotājiem - tas gan prasÄ«s vairāk laika realizēšanai. SpÄ“les tehnisko/vizuālo papildinājumu uzdevumu saraksts mums Å¡obrÄ«d aizņem jau 50 lapas arial 10 fontā, tā ka attÄ«stÄ«ba un pilnveidojumi bÅ«s ne pa jokam :)

    Nobeigumā - paldies par Tavu viedokli, priecāsimies dzirdēt vēl!

    Alex

    15 July 2009

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