Blog mooooooooooved...
I haven't viewed this blog for a while and now I know why - it looks like a dogs dinner, yuk.
The new blog is at: http://www.pokersharks.co.uk/blog2 so please go now - save your eyes.
Bridging the gap between online gambling and online gaming.
I haven't viewed this blog for a while and now I know why - it looks like a dogs dinner, yuk.
First blog entry in a long while.....have to get atleast one entry before the big launch of the poker room. For those of you that havent seen it yet a version can be found at: http://www.pokersharkspokerroom.com/demo.html you can login with your usual poker sharks username and have a look around. Im very pleased with how things have turned out despite the delays - to coin a phase, good things come to those that wait.
A very nice prize methinks =).
The first of the things i cant tell you but will mention is: some great top 10 gifts so not just the number one position is rewarded next season (as if you need it, surely just playing is reward enough?).
Work and testing is going to take another 3-4 weeks so thats when Season 4 will be starting. Aiming for the end of October/early November - i've got some great ideas on how to get the traffic coming in its droves and im confident once they land they'll be here to stay. Onto the second thing i cant(/dont want to spoil the surprise) tell you- watch out for the viral puzzle coming out in the next month or so - it have you thinking im sure, but for now, thats all im saying.
So i suppose that ends another blog entry that has promised a lot but only delievered slithers of info i must apologise, all will become clear soon.
The next 2 months or so could see Poker Sharks take leaps and bounds from where we are today so its a very exciting time and i cant wait for all this hard work to pay off and see players playing in the poker room and enjoying themselves.
Not long to go i promise, bear with me.....
Well here we are again, 100 days later and we have our Top 100 players.
Thursday 10th August 12AM(MIDNIGHT)GMT Season 3 ends
As Season 3 settles in I thought I’d give everyone a quick update on what’s going on with Poker Sharks.
Even if you don't reckon you can't do one just ask for help in the 'I need a banner' thread and someone will help.
Oh yeah, the press release - nearly forgot! For those of you that would like to read it, it can be found at: Press Release. Haven’t got the cool dude doing the pod cast this time though, I thought it was standard but it must have been free with your first press release then an extra charge after or something. Sneaky, sneaky I reckon. It seems to have done the trick though as it raised a fair bit of interest already.
I don’t know how many of you know about Alexa.com, but I’ve been tracking Poker Sharks' progress over the months and only recently have we managed to get off the bottom of the graph. We've had a few spikes of success here and there but no constant traffic that has resulted in more than a straight line on zero (we're just not worth the bother you see). If you'd like to have a look at our graph its here. The site has gone from being ranked 2 millionth to 1 millionth in the world in the last couple of days so fingers crossed we can keep it up. My personal target is to be in the top 100,000 sites within the year, I have regretted thinking out loud before so I hope it doesn't happen again! But nah, that target should be easy, with the plans Poker Sharks has it should easily be in the top 100,000 in a years time, hopefully much higher than that.
So, that’s about it for another post, have a good weekend all. FA cup final tomorrow here in England so I know where I’ll be all day tomorrow....
Seaoson 3 is finally here as of May 2nd!
Well in short they are taking an age - when you update one thing it messes up another and you end up chasing your own tail for a few hours!
(Click to enlarge them)
Just a bit of proof i am doing something and not just pretending to be busy =). I think you'll agree that they look great, im very pleased with how they've turned out - the tiger shark took about 7 versions until we arrived at the one you're seeing now. More than worth the effort when the final results come in though!
So yeah, thats about it for now - the site will be back soon, when i dont know exactly yet, but it will be back soon. Thanks for being patient, im as keen to get Season 3 underway as anyone right now.
Cheers,
Lynx
Ok, so i've been going on about all the new stuff that is coming to Poker Sharks, well here's what to expect for Season 3:
Well after 99 days of poker skill games, challenges and careful spending of chips we have our Top 100 for Season 2!
Well, where to start?
At the begginning is as good a place as any....
The 4 new Poker Shark designs will be arriving for Season 3. The 4 new characters are:
Previews of all the new sharks will be coming soon, i dont want to spoil the suprise though! We will then have 8 Poker Shark characters to go with the 8 Poker Skills - each will have speacial abilities relating to these; more news to follow on that.
As well as these guys arriving, there will be some BIG changes happening in Season 3. I'll post the full list once its confirmed, but there are some great addtions to keep everyone on their toes!
Poker Sharks recently became PokerSharks Ltd (very official), meaning investors can buy shares in Poker Sharks. (If anyone is interested in this contact pokergods@pokersharks.co.uk for more details.)
Outside investment has been brought on board allowing for not only these new characters but also the illusive Poker Room to be added! Planned for Season 4 as development and testing will all take time. I dont want to rush things and end up with bugs left right and centre. The poker room really will take Poker Sharks to the next level and improve player interaction no end making the whole experience 10 times better.
And you'll all be pleased to know that this fanatastic new addition wont be costing poker den members a single penny more. Oh no, you're standard poker den access which will be £5 for Season 3 will still be £5 for Season 4 despite the new poker room being added.
How?
Well, outside investment has taken the brunt of the initial cost of the poker room, but also I have found some advertising partners. Now i hate advertising as much as the next person i am determined to keep it minimal. There will be one banner on the poker room and then on more on the main game.
At the moment the space has been taken up by online poker sites that offer real money poker. Now for those of you that dont want to gamble real mooney thats fine - just ignore them. But for those of you that do, you'll get some extra bonus' by click through from the Poker Sharks site, like free money so its not a bad deal really =)!
You've probably noticed the adverts over there-------------------------------------------------->
Well they all carry bonus' that will get you free cash if you signup on the respective site by following the links. Im hoping they arent to annoying for those of you who just want to come and find out whats going on.
But yeah, everything is looking good right now. There is a mountain of work to get through in the coming months but once its done the results will be magical - i hope.
Fingers crossed.