Fantaz beta, or should that be alpha?

[mrfreeman]

Anyone playing on fantaz? There are a few games that don't actually work properly (gems twist for example where there are too many red gems displayed which don't match properly).

Shouldn't they fix bugs in the beta games as they go along or are they going to wait a year until they launch properly?

And also, this sport/live cash competition thing, what's that all about? Sounds like betting on sports to me, not skill games?

[afort56]

I've been following this as well. I agree there are significant problems. I'm exchanged emails with one of the owners on a few occasions letting him know that there are a lot of problems with games/games are boring/general implementation of the website problems and offered my assistance if they paid me There are scoring bugs/exploits in at least 3 games that I've found.

They supposedly have millions into this and have been working on it for 2+ years (since 2009). In regards to the Live Sports games, I did a bit more research and discovered the "Fantasy Sports" segment of the business was beta-tested all the way back in 2008 under the name "fantazsports.com" See:here for an archive of the description of how a live fantasy game tournament works. Sounds very iffy in terms of "skill game" if you ask me, but they seem to have done the legal homework. Regardless, it's been another 3 years since fantazsports was briefly online and they still aren't ready. Granted, they've added casual games like Solitaire, etc. to the platform, but still seems slow in the development process.

As a fellow Solitaire player, I'm sure you'll agree with me that their Klondike Solitaire game is so damn frustrating since you can't double-click cards to the stacks!!

I still think I'll play when it launches because there will be all the "ZBO's" playing games to make their monthly volume and there will be some easy cash.

[msufan]

I've been following this as well. I agree there are significant problems. I'm exchanged emails with one of the owners on a few occasions letting him know that there are a lot of problems with games/games are boring/general implementation of the website problems and offered my assistance if they paid me There are scoring bugs/exploits in at least 3 games that I've found.

They supposedly have millions into this and have been working on it for 2+ years (since 2009). In regards to the Live Sports games, I did a bit more research and discovered the "Fantasy Sports" segment of the business was beta-tested all the way back in 2008 under the name "fantazsports.com" See:here for an archive of the description of how a live fantasy game tournament works. Sounds very iffy in terms of "skill game" if you ask me, but they seem to have done the legal homework. Regardless, it's been another 3 years since fantazsports was briefly online and they still aren't ready. Granted, they've added casual games like Solitaire, etc. to the platform, but still seems slow in the development process.

As a fellow Solitaire player, I'm sure you'll agree with me that their Klondike Solitaire game is so damn frustrating since you can't double-click cards to the stacks!!

I still think I'll play when it launches because there will be all the "ZBO's" playing games to make their monthly volume and there will be some easy cash.

ZBOs??

[Flignats]

We've been watching and waiting... watching and waiting.... watching and waiting... get the trend?

[afort56]

ZBOs??

FantaZ Business Owners.........ZBO. Better known as MLM Associate.

[mrfreeman]

Lol afort, you're always there to cash in on solitaire! I know what you mean though, the solitaire is sooo basic, and the cards don't flip over automatically either. You would think they would look at the other skill sites to see what competition they're up against BEFORE they even think of launching. It smacks of too much hype and not enough substance. But I don't get how they expect their ZBO model to work WITHOUT the substance?!

[Jacob]

You would think they would look at the other skill sites to see what competition they're up against BEFORE they even think of launching. It smacks of too much hype and not enough substance. But I don't get how they expect their ZBO model to work WITHOUT the substance?!

But Mr. Freeman, that's the same strategy uVme.com employed when they were operating their site, and look how successful they came to be!

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