As I prepared for my travels near the end of our launch week I found myself caught up in games with a few of our most active users. And, it got me thinking about some of the new features we’re working on & how much they’ll add to an already fun game.
Why was I thinking about a chat function? Smack talk.
Why was I thinking about a chat function? Smack talk.
"You can smack talk in Numbers With Enemies?"
It was a Thursday as I recall (although, admittedly, I’m losing track of days since moving to Thailand for a month beginning this past week), when I logged into Numbers With Enemies and noticed a game posted by ‘TPupp’ for $100.
Now just because I had part in building a game featuring simulated gambling through a mobile form of liars poker, it doesn’t mean I’m a big risk taker. In fact, from a ‘let’s go to the casino because it’s Friday night’ standpoint, I tend to avoid gambling all together. That would be a lame end to this story though…
The game was titled ‘chicken.’
It literally made me laugh out loud when I noticed it. Inevitably I joined in on the action, TPupp accepted my request by hitting start, and the game board went live.
After two bids a piece and before the round ended, my mother called and I got kicked out of the game. Frustrating. On a support side note, we have found with Verizon users that it won’t run data when you’re on the phone so it kicks you out of the game. Again, another tweak we’re in the lab refining for future builds. More on that to come!
Quickly ending the phone call (sorry mom), I log back in to NWE to find that TPupp has posted another game: ‘mojo is scared.’
Again I am laughing out loud as I push ‘join’ to get in on the table. Immediately he accepts my request and we’re live again. This time we go three full rounds in a few minutes and he rocked me. TPupp: 2 / Mojo: 1
After taking a net loss of $100, my risk tolerance is worn out so I opt to leave that game board and put up my own for $20. What is the title? “Like us on FB TPupp.”
He joins the table, we trade a couple of rounds, and gain another fan on Facebook. Thanks for being part of the community, TPupp. We appreciate you.
Moral of the Story: In Numbers With Enemies, like all competition, good natured smack talk is encouraged.
Keep the game board call outs coming,
Joseph ‘mojo’ Norman
P.S. After an evening conversation with Jeff (username: @playnwe), he told me TPupp took him for a couple rounds at $100 as well. Looks like we need to work on our liars poker skills.
Now just because I had part in building a game featuring simulated gambling through a mobile form of liars poker, it doesn’t mean I’m a big risk taker. In fact, from a ‘let’s go to the casino because it’s Friday night’ standpoint, I tend to avoid gambling all together. That would be a lame end to this story though…
The game was titled ‘chicken.’
It literally made me laugh out loud when I noticed it. Inevitably I joined in on the action, TPupp accepted my request by hitting start, and the game board went live.
After two bids a piece and before the round ended, my mother called and I got kicked out of the game. Frustrating. On a support side note, we have found with Verizon users that it won’t run data when you’re on the phone so it kicks you out of the game. Again, another tweak we’re in the lab refining for future builds. More on that to come!
Quickly ending the phone call (sorry mom), I log back in to NWE to find that TPupp has posted another game: ‘mojo is scared.’
Again I am laughing out loud as I push ‘join’ to get in on the table. Immediately he accepts my request and we’re live again. This time we go three full rounds in a few minutes and he rocked me. TPupp: 2 / Mojo: 1
After taking a net loss of $100, my risk tolerance is worn out so I opt to leave that game board and put up my own for $20. What is the title? “Like us on FB TPupp.”
He joins the table, we trade a couple of rounds, and gain another fan on Facebook. Thanks for being part of the community, TPupp. We appreciate you.
Moral of the Story: In Numbers With Enemies, like all competition, good natured smack talk is encouraged.
Keep the game board call outs coming,
Joseph ‘mojo’ Norman
P.S. After an evening conversation with Jeff (username: @playnwe), he told me TPupp took him for a couple rounds at $100 as well. Looks like we need to work on our liars poker skills.