Game Of Nerds

We want to see you play Game Of Nerds, so we're putting up three Power Nerd Upgrades as prizes! (Power Nerd Upgrades let you play GoN games for 0 coins permanently. See the 'Coins' page to learn more about Power Nerd Upgrades.) Deadline is the 3rd of November.

WHAT TO DO?
Simply record a video of your screen as you play a game of GoN and upload it to YouTube (or another public video site). There are three categories:

1: HIGHEST SCORE:
The video that demonstrates the highest score in a game of GoN awards the player a Power Nerd Upgrade. You don't have to make a voice commentary for the video to compete in this category - just your screen as you play from start to finish.

2: FUNNIEST COMMENTARY:
Whether you're a good GoN player or you just plain suck, you can compete in this category: Record your screen as you play a game of GoN and do a live commentary of the game. If you're funny enough, you win a Power Nerd Upgrade. (Commentary must be in English.)

3: NERDIEST COMMENTARY:
Record your screen as you play a game of GoN while doing a live commentary of the game. The commentary doesn't have to be funny, but it should demonstrate that you're nerdier than anyone else. Maybe you have special knowledge about the questions you encounter in the game? Maybe you can tell us some awesomely nerdy details about yourself as you play? It's up to you! (Commentary must be in English.)

DETAILS:
- The recording of the game itself may not be edited if you're competing in the 'Highest Score' category. If you're competing in the two others, you may do whatever you want with the video, but it must feature a full game of GoN somwhere.
- No matter which category you're competing in, you're welcome to add whatever you want to the beginning or the end of the video. Introduce yourself, record your friends, tell us an anecdote about your life as a nerd, go crazy, or don't. It's up to you.

SUBMITTING:
Once you've uploaded the recording to YouTube (or another public video site), mail the video link to admin@gameofnerds.com along with your GoN username, and specify which category the video is competing in. You can submit as many videos as you like.

Deadline for the competition is the 3rd of November. Good luck!

(Got questions? Mail admin@gameofnerds.com.)

19/10: Game back up

29/9: Tired of needing coins...?

WHAT ARE POWER NERD UPGRADES?
We're introducing an experiment for a limited period of time: Power Nerd Upgrades. Activating a Power Nerd Upgrade reduces the cost of playing a game from 3 to 0 coins - permanently. We're offering this upgrade to the first 500 players who donate to help us pay this year's server expenses. All who get a Power Nerd Upgrade also get a "Cape Of The Dark Lord" for their avatar.

Some players have requested a way to get rid of the coin system, even if they had to pay for it. At the same time, the new server is rather expensive for us. So we have a common interest, and that's where the Power Nerd Upgrade comes in. Available from the 'Coins' page (top menu), it allows true GoN addicts to make a donation to the game, and in return they can stop worrying about the coin aspect of playing - forever.

WHY THIS OFFER - AND WHY NOW?
The 'now' aspect is pretty simple. We've recently upgraded our server capacity, and to put it quite simply, we - the two developers who develop and run this game - are currently losing money on running Game Of Nerds. We're not really bothered by not earning money on it, but actually *losing* money on it seems sub-optimal.

But why offer to get rid of the coin system for money?

As you may know at this point, the coins are a central part of what keeps Game Of Nerds flowing. Game Of Nerds is based on a give-and-take economy where players who want to play more than the Monday payout allows can create their own questions to play more. One resource in exchange for another. This ensures a constant increase of questions andkeeps the game interesting for everyone.

However, there is a third resource at play here as well: Time. It has become apparent to us that a lot of players want to play the game on a casual basis, but don't have the time to make questions. This segment of players is out of the loop, so to speak, in terms of the coin system. However, we're hearing from some of them that they would like to be able to simply give up a fourth resource - namely money - in exchange for not having to worry about the coins. The Power Nerd Upgrade is for them.

We don't want to make Power Nerd Upgrades a necessity for players, and we want to carefully test how the concept affects the game's coin flow, so we're starting out by offering Power Nerd Upgrades to the first 500 users who are interested. If the concept is succesful, we may open up for more Power Nerd Upgrades later on.