Todays fast tracks have been sent!
* Reminder *
If you find a security exploit within MTV/PV, and you tell us about it (without first trying to cashout/spend your illgotten gains - we'll give you a $100 cash finders fee!
So we were offline all day yesterday, which frankly I blame on iweb, as they took forever to install the new server. So much for their 4hr deployment advertisements - that took over a week! Subsequenly we ran out of space on our SSD waiting for them; so we had to take the site down ~12/15hours before the server was even ready (and if we had the opportunity, we would have timed the downtime better to one evening over the weekend, when traffic is low anyway)...
But anyway, our new server is all configured, and moving everything over has apparently saved/reduced 100GB for some reason or another. Taking our DB size down from 250 to 150GB (with indexes) ... The programmers have also configured our cloud backup system, and they've made some adjustments to the database itself; breaking it up into 1 file per table, rather than one enourmous file for all tables. Along adding partitions to a few sections to reduce the load of certain queries.
The downtime has obviously nulled yesterdays turnover / result cards; but nobody will have missed any ads - as we extended all the timers on all active ads. So that's good, we don't have to refund 35,000 users manually! And we skipped the BAP tax & Daily Account maintenance fees yesterday. So all in all - that event has passed relatively well, all things considered.
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Today, I am not doing a full on ad issue; instead i've sent a flat issue to all users with 1600+ BAP, totalling $0.40-$0.50 worth of ads. This is designed to placate the masses with absolute minimum cost. Which will allow us to save up for a nice big week on Monday.
And with the downtime, our active users has spiked down quite notably - likely as people didn't view their activation ads the last 30-40hours or so, and subsequently their account is temporarily inactive... Amazing what 24hours does! So I want to give people chance to get back onboard, and get everything rolling again, before we issue worthwhile money that people will be annoyed if they miss out on. Then we'll get back to the big issues from Monday.
* I'm not sure what my plan for tomorrow is yet; see how it goes! Might do a half issue; just to resume a level of normality (plus get the distribution percentages setup ready for next week - as the top groups have all changed) and if everyone gets a small ad day; it'll make Mondays look even more impressive by comparison.
OTHER NEWS!
- The first iteration of the Shareholder control panel might be ready to deploy later this week. Apparently the basic functions work now; we just need to create the user interface.
- The new login process is also nearly done. And the login pages look awesome. Very smart.
- Rayner says all the graphics for Multiplayer Poker are with the programmers. He's doing a bunch of little things for Damien & Lucas. And then his main job will be Slosumos slots.
- We have setup a subsidiary shell corporation + bank account in the US for PaidVerts. And we're now working on accepting credit cards. Assuming we get approval; that could be ready in a matter of days --- and then as fast as the programmers can build the interface + ID submission stuff (anti fraud) verfiication system. We can begin accepting Visa/Mastercard for PaidVerts... I'll update you on that as I know more - but the installation may take a little while; as the programmers are crazy busy as you know!
- And now the server stuff is hopefully out of the way again, for a week or two at least, Paul and Daniel can resume their sole focus on Multiplayer BAP poker. I don't have any ETA on that right now - i'll ask them for a ballpark figure later this week. But I don't think they know to be honest --- especially with us distracting them every 5minutes with emergency maintenance tasks / bugs!
- I'm speaking with an animation company about making a bunch of videos for MTV + PV... They're responsive; so the next step will be to get them to understand our business model + functions; so they can make videos about it!
I'm planning to make about 10 videos; a basic overview of PV + MTV. Then a bunch of mini videos explaining individual concepts / sections... How the Fast Track Queue works. How to buy an ad. BAP groups perhaps.... And all that stuff. I need to define all that this weekend (or at least the first one!)
- And I was looking at the FAQ's ... and none of the user submissions are all that great really. And they're not detailed & to the point enough; answering the questions people always ask... So I'll have a go at that myself when I get a bit of time / motivation!
- I'll go through the cashouts next; and thereafter i'll go through the mising deposit support tickets. And if there's time later - i'll have a look at some of the other tickets. Otherwise do that tomrrow like always cheese
Anyway... super busy! Lot's happening. And we're looking good. Share price is also way up there... $0.23-$0.24 now. ($2.30-$2.40)... I wonder if we hit $0.40 by Christmas?
Jo smile