So what is going on with this.... Are we gonna go ahead and order texas hold'em

I think I'm just going to develop my own. Got some coders who can do it for $150.00. Might as well. You guys have fun anyhow.

Cheers.

Id like to know to, hope this wasnt a tease :disappointed:

im interested let me know pm me or something

I'm interested too, keep me posted.

aye count me in

I play all the time and think it a very cool idea.

Romeo, if it's not too late to add a poll, I suggest you do so. Make it public, so you can see who voted what.

How much are you willing to contribute?

• $200 or more
• $150
• $100
• $75

Anybody who is not willing to not only say they are in, but also make a claim to how much they are in for, should be completely ignored here. Otherwise this thread will go on forever with nobody actually doing anything, like the last Hold 'em thread.

Also, if somebody is not willing to contribute at least $75, they shouldn't have much say in how this is going to play out.





Seriously - let's get this done.

I will contribute 300 dollars if its worth it.. But I want exact specs on how this will be done and at LEAST a estimated finish time... I am not going to send even 75 dollars if I dont know when or what it is

$300 is a good chunk of change - I am looking forward to hearing Romeo tell us that the donors who make this happen will be able to get a hardcoded rotating ad in the script, or at least asmall spot on the bottom corner with a link :D

I'd gladly pay 300.00 for this. There is a software out there that is VERY nice that you can add to your website, however I don't believe it's VB Compatible so it'd have to be hacked. The owners might be able to do it. They are selling this software for somewhere around 5,000.00. This is software already written so that should tell us a little something about how much it's going to cost to get something custom done. I doubt we could get anything great for under that amount but you never know. I think the original author of this thread has figured this out.

I haven't researched it Wolfy. It was someone else who started this thread and supposedly researched it. I don't want to shoot this down or anything but I just don't ever see it happening being someone who has payed for custom programming in the past I know the costs. So don't get me wrong, I still hope there's someway to get this done but I believe the 2nd coming will happen first...... :D

hahahha - I started off talking trash to you then for some reason my mind stuck you in as the author of this thread - cheers 'Tune, and I hope the actual author takes my posts into consideration too. :D

I doubt I'll be around for the second coming, so I'll disagree with your stance on the likelyhood of it becoming reality for the same reason I clap when I watch Peter Pan. :winkwink:

Interested.

I might be interested in accepting the challenge.

I'd be willing to contribute. modfather(at)fusionlangaming(dot)com

If we got this, would it be possible to hard code the ability to connect with eachother.. All the contributors?

i am interested in this, and might be willing to contribute that much if it was very professionaly done

Im considering building this using some help from existing algorithms that I am aware of.

Depends how many people actually want this done, Im not going to waste my time for only 3-4 people, lol.

Thanks for considering this Trigunflame, I would definently put it to use... I have many members that play this often online so this would be a nice addition to my community

i cant even play poker but i think this would be a hard thing to do and my peeps would enjoy it possibly.i would throw 100 on it.

i would make a donation.

I have a few friends who would benefit from this, though not me personally. I will point them here.

This isn't just directed at you - this is directed at everybody who has made a statement like this without actually commiting a dollar amount.

HOW MUCH?

Because if someone goes through the trouble to get this done, or even puts up the money to make it happen, and then you turn around and say something like "Well, I never said how much I would contribute. Here's $5" - I would personally pay another $100 to witness the curbstomping.

Be a man and commit to a dollar amount. Obviously if whoever takes this on blows it and presents us with some absolute crap, we're all going to walk. But for the benefit of whoever is willing to put out the effort to get this done, state something a little more solid than "I'm in". If that's all we get, this will never get done.

Its kinda hard to commit to a dollar amount.. I myself said I was willing to give up to even 300 bucks if its as good as its been talked up by some people.. But if its good... Not as good as I expected, I may only give 200.... It all depends... We need some sort of visual, or description from the possible coder to do this before we give an actual 'commited' amount

completely understandable

I would offer $100 towards this. Can pay up front via pay pal also.

we should hold a series of online tournaments with a percentage of the proceeds held and put towards this effort...would be a way to contribute to the development and have some fun. I set up charity tournaments all the time online.

say...a $20 buyin and a $2 reg fee...assume 40 players from our combined communities come out...that's a prizepool of $800

1st place: $250
2nd: $200
3rd: $150
4th: $100

in this example: 700/800 is spoken for...$100 remains and would go to the project. We could do a bunch of these..it's a way to contribute and have a chance at actually making $$ in the process.

I would put down up to $300 ... Lets make this happen! It seems as if there is plenty of interest.

I would like to see some kind of statement from the developer with a quote of completion and what features would be included.

I don't understand how people can say I'm in for $200 if it is good. There is always risk involved, and either you are in or you are not. The idea is that your contribution helps fund the product, not purchases the finished product if it is good. That is why all payments should be collected and held by somebody trustworthy and all reasearch should be done ahead of time.

What does this developer have for a portfolio? Have they done similar projects? Are they familiar with Vbulletin? Are they able to make it secure so that it won't be pirated easily? Answers to these would be great.

That's what I'm talking about! Attitudes like this is what's going to get it done - I'm with you on it, if it helps and we have a trustworthy escrow party, and we can get some kind of description on it - I'm in for $200, better or worse. Thanks for your well spoken contribution, guile09.

I dont know how much. Ill let the developer know when its out, working perfectly and is awesome. Then ill pay.

If thats not ok for you, sorry.

then in my opinion you are not doing much to get this accomplished, you are only here to reap the rewards of others hard work and risk. Most people in this thread, it seems to me, do not want to resell the final product. We want it to be exclusive, to the people who stepped up and took a chance. That means you will not be able to benefit from it, which is fine with me - no risk, no reward, Oddjob.


Of course - I'm just talking out my rear at the moment, because it's all hypothetical at this time anyway. :D

If you all are looking for someone to escrow then it's as simple as someone volunteering to place the money somewhere safe but then you have to trust that person. That's a lot to ask. We're talking a minimum of 3000.00 and probably more or it will not be a quality product. It's also going to be a bit of work for someone to work with the programmer(s) to make sure things are going ok. Like I said, it's going to be very hard to raise that kind of money because of trust factor. I'd volunteer for it but like I said the program would also have to be able to make money afterwords. For instance, people could buy extra chips for quick cash through paypal as well as receiving chips / cash for posts and referrals and such.

Then we have the problem of who owns the copyright to the program? How on Earth will that ever be worked out?

We all enter into an NDA. Like i mentioned befoire - if the urls of the site this will be used on is hardcoded into the program, it will make everything a lot easier.


So, who do we trust to hold the money? I'm trustworthy, but none of you know me. :P

Ya the more that sign up the cheaper it is,,,,,,,,,,,,,with that said I am also in!!!

I would be interested in getting in on this too $150-$200

Does anyone know the status of this yet?!?

If i see a real effort by people putting up money into a trusted account then fine, yes i could do $150ish. I have a hard time trusting people with my money on the internet.

If someone gets it going, coount me in.

Only a fool doesn't. :D

bummer when vbulletin upgrade, and you want it. and the script wont work? :S ask for free upgrades :P lol

I will start work on this under the following conditions.

1. Someone needs to handle the money, or setup a donation fund etc.. that way the money is accounted for and ready; can issue refunds etc.. if for example I die.. or can no longer lend my time to the project.

2. It will be my source, my time invested, and copyright to me But it will remain open source code and be posted as a hack on Vbulletin.org under addons.

If everyone can agree to that, I will start work asap.

It's great that you are interested in doing this great addition Trigunflame.

I wish I was better off financially to help out atm but unfortunatly that isn't the case so; Thank you very much for wanting to keep it open-source.