<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253</id><updated>2011-11-27T16:31:03.590-08:00</updated><category term='unconventional'/><category term='tournament games'/><category term='New Site'/><category term='bottleneck'/><category term='speed'/><category term='online gaming blog'/><category term='free games online'/><category term='chat'/><category term='graphics'/><category term='payment processor'/><category term='social'/><category term='updates'/><category term='mPayy'/><category term='shoutbox'/><category term='compress'/><title type='text'></title><subtitle type='html'>Since 1997, The mission of Tournament Games has been to provide the best online Game Entertainment possible.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>36</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1421146299534907524</id><published>2011-09-13T09:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T09:16:53.243-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SOLIDROID</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Internet’s first skill-gaming site releases first mobile app.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.solidroid.com/"&gt;http://www.solidroid.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R7pYrjEHIQA/Tm-B5jbOGBI/AAAAAAAAFQE/esN7FL2aagE/s1600/screenshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R7pYrjEHIQA/Tm-B5jbOGBI/AAAAAAAAFQE/esN7FL2aagE/s1600/screenshot.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T1cu87D7afM/Tm-BwMW1EiI/AAAAAAAAFQA/1akbfpU--Ew/s1600/screenshot_440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can’t find anything new, either. Everywhere I look-apps or Internet-it’s the same across the board; “solve this puzzle,” “collect so much of this,” or “attack this.” Then there’s “balloon popping,” or the same dry, re-hashed games your great-grandfather thought was cutting edge... When he sailed to America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you searched for online games right now, you’d find some variety of these reprocessed, repackaged, and resold games with “new” gaudy colors or themes that have all the same appeal and re-usability as a can of confetti. And they’re all “free” for a good reason. You’ll play through a few of these, your free trial will expire, and then what? Everyone asks for your personal information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or the shadier websites and apps will just take it from you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luckily, that’s ending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since 1997, when we became the FIRST skill gaming site, we’ve taken care to keep our originality, and we’ve been steadily improving our games since then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No shortcuts, either; we’re high quality, old-school arcade style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we’ve launched this same quality to your mobile platforms; Tournament Game’s Solidroid™ will soon be available on your Android, iPhone, Mac, iPad, and the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With features like Killroy, SuperStax, and PlayLater piles, Solidroid keeps games fresh and innovative, so you never get bored, or find anything else like it on the Internet. And you can compete live against other players, for real cash prizes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But we’ll never sell, give away, or in any way exploit your personal information. It’s between you and us, like it’s meant to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So put everything else in the “PlayLater” pile; we’ll give you as many as you need, free of charge; the real Ace and King is Solidroid, and it’s available on every platform.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.solidroid.com/"&gt;http://www.solidroid.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tournament Games-- Trusted since 1997&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1421146299534907524?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1421146299534907524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1421146299534907524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2011/09/solidroid.html' title='SOLIDROID'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R7pYrjEHIQA/Tm-B5jbOGBI/AAAAAAAAFQE/esN7FL2aagE/s72-c/screenshot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5398745703498472252</id><published>2010-10-13T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T10:56:44.166-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Site'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graphics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='updates'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unconventional'/><title type='text'>It's been a long time coming..</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TLYKijiGX6I/AAAAAAAAEmo/IlB7WE58t8g/s1600/Fullscreen+capture+10132010+22505+PM.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="127" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TLYKijiGX6I/AAAAAAAAEmo/IlB7WE58t8g/s320/Fullscreen+capture+10132010+22505+PM.bmp.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's been a long time coming, but we have finally completed our site-wide face lift. It started when a couple of gentlemen Jack and I met, mentioned that they thought the site was in desperate need of updating. We of course agreed. Then we enlisted the help for the great people over at Concept Feedback. They were very instrumental in making suggestions for the new site.&amp;nbsp; Over the years we have had basically 4 looks to the site since we started. For you guys who have been with us since the early days, head over the the Internet Archive, and see if you remember any of these!&amp;nbsp; (The image to the upper left is from around 1999)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so, this last installment of Tournament Games. There are some unconventional things on the new site, but what the hey. Everybody has a download button with an arrow pointing down! No complaints so far, but if we get some, we will do our best to improve it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_DZ6H72qurw/TiXFTZc9mEI/AAAAAAAAE7U/NRTO7M131C8/s1600/site-screenshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="464" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_DZ6H72qurw/TiXFTZc9mEI/AAAAAAAAE7U/NRTO7M131C8/s640/site-screenshot.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TLYK7eu3SNI/AAAAAAAAEms/na73DA4IPlE/s1600/Fullscreen+capture+10132010+23856+PM.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, we listen closely to our players. Our goal is to keep you around so we can remain to be the longest running skill game site on the net. So, please give us suggestions, gripes, or just say hello! We are still a people company, where we know many of our players by name. Write us, we love hearing from you !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5398745703498472252?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5398745703498472252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5398745703498472252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-been-long-time-coming.html' title='It&apos;s been a long time coming..'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TLYKijiGX6I/AAAAAAAAEmo/IlB7WE58t8g/s72-c/Fullscreen+capture+10132010+22505+PM.bmp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5426606845917280825</id><published>2010-08-06T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T11:34:48.182-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Latest Version of Tournament Solitaire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://downloads.tournamentgames.com/beta/solitaire/images/solitaire.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The latest version of our flagship game "Tournament Solitaire" is currently in beta, and is just right around the corner for the general public. The latest version of Tournament Solitaire has all the features that you have grown to love, plus better graphics, smoother animation and a more robust graphics system. If you are interested in trying the beta version, drop us a note and we will give you the link you need. Thanks for reading! -eric&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/"&gt;Tournament Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5426606845917280825?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5426606845917280825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5426606845917280825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/latest-version-of-our-flagship-game.html' title='The Latest Version of Tournament Solitaire'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-2599488328549131615</id><published>2010-08-05T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T11:07:04.261-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lastest Fast Match Finally Live</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://downloads.tournamentgames.com/beta/fastmatch/images/fastmatch.png" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It took a lot of work, but Fast Match is finally released for everyone. After much beta testing, we released it to our new players. When we decided that there were no problems, we then released it to the remainder of our Fast Match players. We had some complaints initially due to me messing up the graphics for the "Blocked Tile". I reverted it back to the old graphic, and now everybody is happy. Thanks to all our players who have given us feedback, and helped make Fast Match such a GREAT game! -eric&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/"&gt;Tournament Games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-2599488328549131615?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/2599488328549131615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/2599488328549131615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/lastest-fast-match-finally-live.html' title='Lastest Fast Match Finally Live'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5828161629318608676</id><published>2010-08-05T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T12:39:58.253-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoutbox'/><title type='text'>Hey! We added realtime chat into the mix!</title><content type='html'>Years ago when the internet was younger, as was Tournament Games, we had a message board. Players could voice their opinion, challenge someone to a game, or just say Hi. Players would come and go, but there were always players who you just knew would respond. For the most part we did not have to worry about the message board. Then as with anything on the net, you get the weirdos who mess it up for everyone. 99.9% of the participants in the message board acted respectable, but had fun. Yet when one childish person gets on and either acts mean, or says an ugly word, it looks bad for everyone. I know I do not enjoy reading ugly words. I bet most of you are the same. In the end we finally had to take the message board away. We had several players complain, but when you are running a family website, you have to consider the majority of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward to a few days ago. I thought to myself that I was willing to give it one more try. But, this time a little different. I asked Rodger to implement something with more of a real-time type functionality, either a shoutbox or a instant chat style app. This way, if a rouge user puts something up that is questionable, it will soon be pushed back so that is it not visible. Also, since it is realtime, it is more exciting. No more waiting for the next day for someone to respond. Rodger integrated it in a way where we can chat and still keep an eye on the tournaments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next time you log in to the games, look for the little "Chat" icon in the lower right corner of the screen, and say Hi to your Tournament Games friends. I am on there from time to time myself. My nickname is "Yoda". I would love to hear from you! -eric&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/consolev10/games.aspx"&gt;Go to the Games!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5828161629318608676?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5828161629318608676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5828161629318608676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/hey-we-added-realtime-chat-into-mix.html' title='Hey! We added realtime chat into the mix!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-7217231271031071411</id><published>2010-06-01T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T11:25:31.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAURRSmIqEI/AAAAAAAAEb8/itmGRuhfKec/s1600/fastmatch-2.11.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="298" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477803510513313858" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAURRSmIqEI/AAAAAAAAEb8/itmGRuhfKec/s400/fastmatch-2.11.png" style="height: 239px; width: 320px;" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAURQjP5TPI/AAAAAAAAEb0/8TrQ_71ppj4/s1600/Make+13+612010+74527+AM.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="504" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477803497803566322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAURQjP5TPI/AAAAAAAAEb0/8TrQ_71ppj4/s640/Make+13+612010+74527+AM.bmp" style="height: 252px; width: 320px;" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are constantly working toward the improvement of "Everything TG", and most recently we have been working on updating Fast Match, Make 13, and Mental Blocks. New graphics are the obvious updates, but more importantly is the new rendering and sound engine that we are using for the games. The new engine allows us as developers to make a much more visually pleasing game, as well as giving us much more flexibility in developing content for the games. We hope you enjoy these latest updates!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-7217231271031071411?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7217231271031071411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7217231271031071411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/06/game-updates.html' title=''/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAURRSmIqEI/AAAAAAAAEb8/itmGRuhfKec/s72-c/fastmatch-2.11.png' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1110846451899608536</id><published>2010-05-11T14:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T15:18:15.577-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free games online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='payment processor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='online gaming blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mPayy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tournament games'/><title type='text'>mPayy as alternative Payment Processor</title><content type='html'>We recently added mPayy as an alternative Payment Processor here at Tournament Games. You can open a free mPayy account today, and receive a $5.00 credit - &lt;a href="https://www.tournamentgames.com/Purchase/" target="_blank&amp;quot;"&gt;Purchase Credits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mPayy is a secure online and mobile payment platform that enables merchant and bill payment processing for any sized business, plus quick and simple payment for buyers. The company’s highly scalable platform improves margins by eliminating fraud and reducing transaction costs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mPayy has created an efficient and ubiquitous payment service that enables profitable micro-payments; easy, yet secure purchases of digital content and physical goods; flexible recurring and subscription payments and free person-to-person payments. For more information, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.mpayy.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.mpayy.com&lt;/a&gt; or follow mPayy on Twitter @&lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/mPayy" target="_blank"&gt;www.twitter.com/mPayy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shop or send money to friends online, with your mobile device or through your favorite social network. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;mPayy currently offers iPhone and Android Apps that are free&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Easy to exchange money with friends – up to 100 free transfers per month&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Access to your mPayy account everywhere!  Make and receive payments through any of mPayy’s channels:  mPayy’s website, mPayy’s mobile website, Facebook, MySpace, blogs, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shop using your mPayy account at our thousands of merchants&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;There are no fees for mPayy individual accounts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sign up for your mPayy account today and receive a $5.00 credit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;"We chose mPayy for their attractive pricing, and simple, integrated checkout," said Jack Pearson, CEO of Tournament Games. "We think this will add value to our customers and look forward to mPayy’s members playing our games."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All you have to do when your ready to purchase credits, simply choose to pay with mPayy, specify the amount, and click “Purchase.” mPayy members can simply enter their mobile phone number + password, and their purchase is complete. Anyone without an mPayy account will be prompted to open one, and will return to the purchase page where they may complete their transaction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Tournament Games players who do not have bank accounts, mPayy allows them to receive funds into free, no fee, Stored Value account. These funds can be easily budgeted and used to make purchases at Tournament Games or at other online merchants that accept mPayy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1110846451899608536?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1110846451899608536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1110846451899608536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2010/05/mpayy-as-alternative-payment-processor.html' title='mPayy as alternative Payment Processor'/><author><name>Tony</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1687756389200010066</id><published>2009-10-09T12:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T10:59:21.779-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New forum added</title><content type='html'>We recently added a forum to our site which is located at &lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/forums"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com/forums&lt;/a&gt;. At the time of this post, there are not a lot of posts, but it is slowly gaining momentum. Please take a part, and off your suggestions, tips or just ask a question. We would love to have you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1687756389200010066?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1687756389200010066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1687756389200010066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-forum-added.html' title='New forum added'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-8949829550399170334</id><published>2009-07-09T13:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T13:39:06.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Site Release</title><content type='html'>We've just released the latest version of the Tournament Games Website. This version has a wider layout, and several enhancements to the tournament browser. Faster page load times, as well as several minor fixes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have also released updates to TG Pool, and Pseudo-Ku, and will make them standard updates for all players early next week. We addressed the problem with a "stuck" pointer in Pseudo-Ku, and in TG Pool, there is a new feature called the "Super Ball". We will add tournaments that will incorporate this new feature next week. More details on what it is, coming soon. Thanks for playing! -tg&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-8949829550399170334?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8949829550399170334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8949829550399170334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-site-release.html' title='New Site Release'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-7329355094572620826</id><published>2009-06-09T09:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T09:51:59.659-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Get an rss feed for this blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TournamentGames"&gt;http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TournamentGames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-7329355094572620826?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7329355094572620826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7329355094572620826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/06/get-rss-feed-for-this-blog.html' title='Get an rss feed for this blog'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-7110541285799165615</id><published>2009-06-09T09:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T09:40:55.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Build It, They Will Come - Change it They Might Leave</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Build-It,-They-Will-Come---Change-it-They-Might-Leave&amp;id=2404080"&gt;http://ezinearticles.com/?Build-It,-They-Will-Come---Change-it-They-Might-Leave&amp;id=2404080&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-7110541285799165615?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7110541285799165615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7110541285799165615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/06/build-it-they-will-come-change-it-they.html' title='Build It, They Will Come - Change it They Might Leave'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-7418174132432629556</id><published>2009-06-09T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T09:40:24.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Your Nickel, Make it Last!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Its-Your-Nickel,-Make-it-Last!&amp;id=2434157"&gt;http://ezinearticles.com/?Its-Your-Nickel,-Make-it-Last!&amp;id=2434157&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-7418174132432629556?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7418174132432629556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/7418174132432629556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-your-nickel-make-it-last.html' title='It&apos;s Your Nickel, Make it Last!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-700670451296934738</id><published>2009-06-02T07:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T07:18:43.849-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='speed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='compress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bottleneck'/><title type='text'>Compressed files, and less of them, mean a faster site.</title><content type='html'>The past few weeks the TG team has been hard at work tuning up the site. The main focuses have been faster response times and easier navigation. Rodger has not seen very much daylight lately, and his eyes are glazed and permanently imprinted from the back-glow of his lcd screens. He came out of his hole only for the basic necessities of life, with a focused intent on finishing this most recent project. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the discovery of some really helpful tools (YSlow in particular), he was able to accurately pinpoint bottlenecks, and remedy them. Page load time for the default home page was virtually cut in half.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drop by and tell us what you think&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don't forget to follow us on twitter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tournamentgames"&gt;http://twitter.com/tournamentgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-700670451296934738?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/700670451296934738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/700670451296934738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/06/compressed-files-and-less-of-them-mean.html' title='Compressed files, and less of them, mean a faster site.'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-4366979147274597441</id><published>2009-06-01T10:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T10:35:03.815-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet... Tweet!</title><content type='html'>You can now follow us on Twitter! Every 30 minutes, we will post a sampling of our tournaments with the leader, top score and a link to the standings. As we progress with our RSS we will incorporate more Tweets. Stay Tuned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tournamentgames"&gt;http://twitter.com/tournamentgames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-4366979147274597441?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/4366979147274597441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/4366979147274597441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/06/tweet-tweet.html' title='Tweet... Tweet!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5306124428821898414</id><published>2009-05-08T09:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T09:03:56.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New game coming soon!</title><content type='html'>We are currently working on a new game to add to the Tournament Games lineup. I cannot tell you yet what it is, but it is a very popular game, and will be improved with the addition of tournament competitions! Check back soon, and inquire about becoming a beta tester.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5306124428821898414?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5306124428821898414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5306124428821898414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-game-coming-soon.html' title='New game coming soon!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1406202955481888733</id><published>2009-04-13T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-08T08:59:13.638-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New version of Mental Blocks and Jack Black</title><content type='html'>Last week, we released updates for Mental Blocks, and Jack Black. The Mental Blocks update included some much needed graphics updates. Jack Black got a face lift also, and a fix for an animation bug that popup up every once in a while.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes as the game (Jack Black) was running, there could occur a little hiccup on the computer, which can happen on most any computer from time to time. The result was that a played card would appear to fly onto the screen from out of nowhere. This should be resolved in this latest version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just go to &lt;a target = "_blank" href="http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;, and click on the "Download Now" button. At the bottom of the page you will see a link for "Other Downloads". YOU can find the updated game downloads there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for playing, and be sure to tell us what you think!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TG&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1406202955481888733?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1406202955481888733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1406202955481888733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-verion-of-mental-blocks-and-jack.html' title='New version of Mental Blocks and Jack Black'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-2791288873685469303</id><published>2009-03-26T19:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T08:06:18.987-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New version of Fast Match to be released soon</title><content type='html'>We have been working on an update to our popular "FastMatch" game, we are doing some spring cleaning, that I hope you will all be happy with. We will put a news item on the console, with a link so that you can download the free update. As always, Thanks for playing our games!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-2791288873685469303?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/2791288873685469303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/2791288873685469303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-version-of-fast-match-tor-be.html' title='New version of Fast Match to be released soon'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-3253257818671791014</id><published>2009-02-11T10:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T11:05:48.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Firefox Plug-in</title><content type='html'>We have been working really hard on a new addition to Tournament Games. Our new Firefox plug-in will let players enter our tournaments through their Mozilla Firefox browser! We have supported playing games from Internet Explorer for a couple years now, and before that, the games were played from our "Tournament Console" only. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Within the next couple weeks, we will support all three, Internet Explorer, Firefox as well as our standalone "Tournament Console". With the number of Firefox users on the rise, we figured we could not put if off any longer. And we are very pleased with the results so far. In the coming days, we will ask for beta testers to help us locate any issues that may need attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to all our players for their continued support, and allowing us to provide you with what we feel is the best in skill gaming on the net today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Tournament Games&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-3253257818671791014?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3253257818671791014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3253257818671791014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2009/02/firefox-plug-in.html' title='Firefox Plug-in'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-3013013229379731128</id><published>2008-11-14T10:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-14T10:36:50.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another update 'Round the Corner</title><content type='html'>The next version of the Tournament Games Software will have "Skinning" incorporated. With skinning, you can totaly change the look of the tournament console. This, combined with the "Themeing" in the last release, you can personalize your Tournament Console, just the way you want to. We are very excited about these recent updates, and hope you welcome the changes as well! Thanks for playing our games, and we'll see you on the leader board!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- eric&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-3013013229379731128?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3013013229379731128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3013013229379731128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-update-round-corner.html' title='Another update &apos;Round the Corner'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-9106197881848342305</id><published>2008-09-10T04:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-10T04:51:07.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Software Release Coming Soon</title><content type='html'>For all of you who are playing on Version 8 of tournament games, we are almost done with the latest version of Version 10. It will be available in 2 flavors, the web plugin version, and the stand-alone version. This version is our fastest most stable yet. If you have ay questions, don't hesitate to ask! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;http://www.tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-9106197881848342305?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/9106197881848342305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/9106197881848342305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-software-release-coming-soon.html' title='New Software Release Coming Soon'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-3896225958027786244</id><published>2008-07-16T10:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-16T10:41:16.368-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TG Stage 2</title><content type='html'>Finaly after lots of hard work, we are ready to release phase 2 of our new site upgrade. This release will be a full fledged release of our new v10 TG plugin. We have also added some site enhancements as well. Hopefully things will be easier to figure out and the site will allow you to move around more simply. It has been a long time in the works, and there will still be some work to be done, but mostly just polishing. Let us know how you like it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-3896225958027786244?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3896225958027786244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3896225958027786244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/07/tg-stage-2.html' title='TG Stage 2'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-8132453856826309870</id><published>2008-06-10T10:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T10:41:04.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pretty smooth, all considering...</title><content type='html'>This was probably our biggest upgrade that we have tackled at tournamentgames.com. First off, we moved our main servers to a local hosting facility, which boasts a very big fibre optic connection to the internet, at any point in time, they only ulilize around less that 1 percent or so of the available bandwidth, so we have effectively eraticated any bandwidth bottlenecks. Along with that, we migrated the site over to new servers. These servers, are probably 4 times faster than what we had before. Along with that, we are using the latest Operating systems on the servers, and the latest in database software. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, we did have to take the site down a while this morning to do some reindexing on the database, cause we found that it just was not as responsive as it should be. So after a couple hours waiting for that to complete, we brought everything back up. All seems ok now. There are still a few loose ends that we will need to give attention to, but all in all, it was a smooth upgrade/migration especially considering the magnitude of the changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Honestly, I have to give a lot of credit to Rodger. I handily delegated most of the responsibilities to him, without cutting him any slack, and he graciously followed through on everything. Good Job Rodger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, our next big step is getting everyone where they are overjoyed to use the v10 console. We have had a few complaints, which is expected. We get that every time we change something. I guess, people by nature, do not like change. But the funny part is, most all changes we make are conglomerated from suggestions that we get over time. Maybe it is just our interpretations of what you guys want. We try real hard to make it like you want, really. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep the suggestions coming, but please, give us specifics. We really dont know what to do if we are told, "I dont like it", or "It's hard to use", etc... Tell us exactly what you dont like, or particularly what is "hard to read", etc. I bet we fix it most of the time, before the next day, seriously. (Excluding ideas that would not benefit the majority). And we have to take the responsibility of deciding that, since we have a good idea of what everyone wants, thanks to the feedback we receive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, thank you for your patience through this Major site update!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eric&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-8132453856826309870?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8132453856826309870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8132453856826309870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/06/pretty-smooth-all-considering.html' title='Pretty smooth, all considering...'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5993209764630734610</id><published>2008-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-19T07:03:38.141-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting ready to flip the switch</title><content type='html'>... or change the dns, whichever you prefer. We are almost constantly working toward streamlining TG, as well as removing potential "Bottle Necks". The most recent project we are working on, consists of migrating some servers to an another facility with a bigger pipe to the internet, as well as having more complete backup power possibilities. There are some upgrades in the background as well, faster servers, cleaner code and we will soon thereafter, be releasing the latest version of TG, v10. Some of you are already using this version, yet there are even more updates in the latest version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preceding the switchover, Rodger will be releasing a patch for the V8 Console, this small patch will be aware of the new servers, which will hopefully minimize any interuptions in your game play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, we welcome your feedback. We want everyone to enjoy TG, and expect that your suggestions will only make TG Better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eric&lt;br /&gt;http:/www.tournamentgames.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5993209764630734610?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5993209764630734610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5993209764630734610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/getting-ready-to-flip-switch.html' title='Getting ready to flip the switch'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5408844650760896006</id><published>2008-05-10T18:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T18:58:49.014-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lessons learned this week</title><content type='html'>1. just cause its plugged in, does not mean that it's plugged in.&lt;br /&gt;2. when it looks like all the (old) dll's are being reloaded, they probably are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A power outage a couple days ago caused a problem with one of our servers, the previous day, we migrated our DNS. After getting the server back online, we had some complaints that they could not connect via the Tournament Console. I thought at first it was the DNS migration. Turns out that my Vista machine at home could not connect via the console either, but I could get to the website, just not, using https://. Hmm, (All the other guys at tg were ok, but none of them are running Vista). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------what i thought earlier----------------------------&lt;br /&gt;For some reason, there is a problem with some computers viewing our https (SSL) pages. I am not sure how to go about fixing this, as we have most of our players online with no problems. Somehow, it must be an issue with caching and internet explorer. I made some changes here just now, and going to see if that helps. If it is a caching problem, it should resolve itself. I am afraid to admit, I dont know when! Keep us posted via the support link  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what it was:&lt;br /&gt;the system repair (from power outage) replaced a SSL file with an older one, this older one was not compatable with "newer" browsers. After reloading the latest Service Pack, the files were back up to date. This also fixed another "fresh cropped" problem with another service on the machine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I learned, always make sure you have the latest "Stable" update to any of your softwares! Make it a point to have a Check day, where you go through your computer(s) manually and freshen everything up:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry this took so long to find and squash. -ej&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5408844650760896006?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5408844650760896006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5408844650760896006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/lessons-learned-this-week.html' title='Lessons learned this week'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-3234226749320485722</id><published>2008-05-08T06:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:40:14.142-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jack at Large</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCL_5MP0ENI/AAAAAAAAAus/2zccL9hllD8/s1600-h/DSCN1877.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCL_5MP0ENI/AAAAAAAAAus/2zccL9hllD8/s320/DSCN1877.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197998277944152274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-3234226749320485722?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3234226749320485722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/3234226749320485722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/jack-at-large.html' title='Jack at Large'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCL_5MP0ENI/AAAAAAAAAus/2zccL9hllD8/s72-c/DSCN1877.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5119366685698707066</id><published>2008-05-07T05:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T23:40:14.312-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The little brown box :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCGiQMP0ELI/AAAAAAAAAuc/T0-FI9UcQQM/s1600-h/Picture+21.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCGiQMP0ELI/AAAAAAAAAuc/T0-FI9UcQQM/s320/Picture+21.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197613844011421874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, yesterday I thought, there might be something in the mail. I walked out to the box to check, and the UPS guy drove up. "You Tournament Games?", yup... He went back into his van and brought to me a little brown box that had the words Cracker Barrel on it. Glory Be!. I told Rodger about it as soon as I walked back in. I am going to send Carla And Jack, theirs. Now it is up to Carla to locate a Cracker Barrel in their neck-o-the-woods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Called Gerald and told him. Oh, he was happy. Shoot, it's Cracker Barrel! I am going to attempt to get pictures of everyone enjoying the gifts. Most of us are dis-conjoined in our offices right now, so it may not be all at the same exact time &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks everyone!&lt;br /&gt;Most Especially DaintydanaSA, Brad Montgomery, Innuendo44, MeAngie, Ladyria, &amp; Shadooby too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;checking the mail, you should be..&lt;br /&gt;(o_0) &lt;br /&gt; yoda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com"&gt;tournamentgames.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5119366685698707066?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5119366685698707066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5119366685698707066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/little-brown-box.html' title='The little brown box :)'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/SCGiQMP0ELI/AAAAAAAAAuc/T0-FI9UcQQM/s72-c/Picture+21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-362664032833141164</id><published>2008-05-01T11:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T11:48:34.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Servers, Busy as Bees</title><content type='html'>We are currently building up our new network, replicating everything we have, and testing, testing and more testing. The new server facility as a much bigger pipe to the internet, plus the servers are stronger. We hope this results in a faster, more fun experience for all you players. We should be ready for beta testing in the upcoming weeks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-362664032833141164?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/362664032833141164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/362664032833141164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-servers-busy-as-bees.html' title='New Servers, Busy as Bees'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5481841588790979755</id><published>2008-04-14T09:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T11:45:51.031-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why should I PAY TO PLAY at a game site?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;There are many so called FREE GAME SITES on the internet. There are sites on the internet that are just HOBBIES for the creators and they are doing it for FUN and they pay the expenses to run their site.  All the other Commercial web sites have to have income to stay in business.  The question is how do the FREE GAME SITES pay their expenses if the site is free for the game players. The anwer is ADVERTISING REVENUE.  This advertising revenue comes from the game players viewing the advertising displayed during the games and on their web site. This is not too bad as the player sees the ads and can elect to click or not click on an ad. However many FREE sites will go a step further and put Spyware on your computer without your knowledge or approval. Also some web sites will sell your email address or other person info to their advertisers.  If you ever wondered why you get so much SPAM and how that SPYWARE and VIRUS got on your computer this is the answer.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;We at Tournament Games think a much more open and honest approach is to charge the players for the service they receive (Economical Entetainment). We have tournaments with entry fees as low as .01 so anyone  can afford  our entertainment. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;So are the FREE GAME SITES really FREE if you have to spend time and money dealing with SPAM and SPYWARE.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You will never get SPAM, SPYWARE, or a VIRUS from Tournament Games.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5481841588790979755?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5481841588790979755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5481841588790979755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-should-i-pay-to-play-at-game-site.html' title='Why should I PAY TO PLAY at a game site?'/><author><name>tgjack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07981594007991300454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-9025493981883554513</id><published>2008-03-27T10:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-27T10:49:57.134-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An interview with Jack Pearson</title><content type='html'>Pretty interesting history&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.gameroommagazine.com/index.php?main_page=infopages&amp;pages_id=9&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-9025493981883554513?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/9025493981883554513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/9025493981883554513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/interview-with-jack-pearson.html' title='An interview with Jack Pearson'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1095664765640243995</id><published>2008-03-26T13:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T13:12:30.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brad and his Free Tournament</title><content type='html'>BradMontgomery wanted to sponsor a Free Solitaire Tournament with a two dollar prize. After a little thought, we decided to put them up. At last check, almost 300 entries in just over an hour! Money for free is attractive I guess :). Have Fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1095664765640243995?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1095664765640243995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1095664765640243995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/brad-and-his-free-tournament.html' title='Brad and his Free Tournament'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-6689570559459168660</id><published>2008-03-20T10:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-21T11:30:30.791-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TG and Me</title><content type='html'>I remember going to an interview for a programming job with Tournament Games. I thought to myself, "How far back in the hills is this place?". After around 25 minutes of driving outside my hometown, almost to the end of a very long dead end road, I arrived at a driveway with Pearson on the mailbox. Whew! Finally found it! Well, I thought i found it. Turns out that the driveway was a mile or so long. Winding my way through woods, crossing a creek, passing a couple of barns, I found myself being stared at by a horse, donkey and a few dogs.... Is this the right place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I continued another quarter mile, and finally see a home. It was a log cabin, nestled in the trees on the bank of the Cumberland River. Paradise! I get out of my truck, welcomed by cold wet doggy noses and paws on my chest. I notice a fishing boat tied to a tree in the water nearby, and a John Deere tractor waiting patiently for its next trip through the woods. I knock on the door to what seems to be a garage, and am welcomed inside by Jack. To me this did not look like a technically advanced place, but I soon learned that it was. Computers were blinking, hard drives chirping and screens displaying players from all over the world, who were at tournamentgames.com, playing Tournament Solitaire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow I convinced Jack to hire me. I cleared out a spot, set up a workstation and began to dig in to the inner workings of the site, soaking in all I could.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not long afterward, we decided to move in to a real office, So we found a vacancy in town, and relocated all of the servers. It was nice, but we had to climb stairs to get to inside, it was not bad, heck it even had new carpet! This was in 2001, TG was already 4 years old, and I was like a little kid in a toy store. Not long after this, one of the original employees moved to a different job, and I was left with all of the programming responsibilites, and server duties. I was overwhelmed at first, but one is suprised on how much you can learn in a short amount of time when you have to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward a few years. We figured, why not own our own office? It costs about the same as rent, and we can build equity. So we found a building that was for sale just a couple blocks away. Again, we moved all the servers (there were more this time around) and set up shop in what we now call home. Everyone had their own office, the servers even have their own air conditioned room. We were happy. During all of this we continued to streamline the site, add new games (and remove some!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since we were all small town folk, taking care of our players seemed second nature. We just treated our players, not as text on a screen, but as real humans. And you know what? We still have some of our original players. And we hope to keep you around for years to come. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, there's a little history for you. I used to say, "See you on the leader board", but since I get clobbered everytime I try to enter a tournament, I just say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Have Fun!"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-6689570559459168660?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/6689570559459168660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/6689570559459168660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/some-of-my-recollections-of.html' title='TG and Me'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-642386666978590750</id><published>2008-03-18T18:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T19:02:36.312-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why skill game tournaments are fun.</title><content type='html'>The thing that makes skill games fun is you are competing against other real people. This is unlike Casino sites where you compete against the house and the house controlls the odds. They can adjust the odds to what ever the traffic will bare. Skill games have been around for years and there are skill game tournaments occurring daily in thousands of locations. Just look to your nearest country club where tournaments occur several times each week, or your local Bowling alley. Normally the entry fees are small and the winners prize is small which means no one expects to get rich. People are looking for good entertainment where they can pit their skill against others, The risk is small the reward is small but the thrill of winning is big.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The house takes a percent of each jackpot to cover the cost of developing the games and running the site. So the house has no stake in the outcome of any tournament. There is a winner each tournament and the house gets their percent regardless of who wins. The house however does have a responsibility to insure that no player has an unfair advantage by cheating or hacking the games.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-642386666978590750?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/642386666978590750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/642386666978590750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-skill-game-tournaments-are-fun.html' title='Why skill game tournaments are fun.'/><author><name>tgjack</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07981594007991300454</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1156478676598949148</id><published>2008-03-18T10:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T11:02:48.701-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Videos? Oh My!</title><content type='html'>Thanks to Shadooby, I have been enlightened to the world of screencapture videos. This opens up all kinds of possibilities. Our plans are to record all of our games, as well as recording instructional videos that deal with our console and tournaments. I have uploaded my first try to google video. At the time of this blog entry, it is still being processed. When it gets approved, I will provide a link.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6892806382538719339&amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1156478676598949148?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1156478676598949148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1156478676598949148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/videos-oh-my.html' title='Videos? Oh My!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-1134757560214275776</id><published>2008-03-18T09:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T07:21:18.985-07:00</updated><title type='text'>TG Pinball</title><content type='html'>Our first 3D Game, Pinball Bingo is still under active development. We have had reports of the ball doing some weird stuff, and are actively trying to pinpoint the cause. It seems that it could be related to a slower than average frame rate, resulting in the physics not being able to accurately simulate. Rodger is changing the core routine for simulation, in hopes that it will create a more realistic simulation, even if your computer is not the fastest in the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are playing pinball and experience problems, causing you to loose game credits, just let us know. We will be happy to reimburse your account. Or, if you just have some constructive critism, we want to hear from you! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Download Pinball Bingo, &lt;a href="http://downloads.tournamentgames.com/tgpinball.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Click Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-1134757560214275776?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1134757560214275776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/1134757560214275776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/tg-pinball.html' title='TG Pinball'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-5997299737251839343</id><published>2008-03-18T08:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-19T07:23:32.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How the Tournaments Work</title><content type='html'>This game site is all about players competing against each other in online &lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/home.asp"&gt;tournament games&lt;/a&gt;. You will play a game and when that game is completed your score is automatically posted to our game server. Your score is compared to other scores in that tournament and your rank of that game will be immediately displayed. You will see up to the top 25 the top scores and player usernames. You can enter any tournament as many times as you want as long as the tournament is open. Each score is kept in the database and a player could hold several positions in the standings &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each player automatically develops a Skill Rank which is an indicator of that players Skill Level Each new player starts out with a skill rank of 100 and this Skill Rank will be re-calculated at the  completion of each tournament. If you play multiple times in the same tournament only your best score will be consider in the Skill Rank calculation. The higher you finish in a tournament the higher your Skill Rank will be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each &lt;a href="http://www.tournamentgames.com/help/" target="_blank"&gt;different Game&lt;/a&gt; has tournaments currently available for 3 different Skill Levels and a player can only enter tournaments for their Skill Level. The tournament are divided in to Skill Levels 1-9, 10-29,and 30-100. Some tournament may be for skill ranks 1-100 and these are for all players. The Skill Level category 1-9 is for the best players, 10-29 for the next best and 30-100 for the new players. Each Player can only enter tournament appropriate for their skill level. This is automatic so you cannot accidentally enter a tournament that is not for your skill level.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-5997299737251839343?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5997299737251839343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/5997299737251839343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-tournaments-work.html' title='How the Tournaments Work'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1529053925438313253.post-8869449410606962065</id><published>2008-03-18T08:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-18T08:39:48.839-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Shiny New Blog!</title><content type='html'>We were wanting a way to communicate with you, our players. So we decided to start a blog. Tournamentgames.com is a people driven site, with real people at both ends. For you who are not yet a part of our skill game community, our players can tell you, that we are real folks, passionate about helping people have fun. Skill games are our thing, and tournaments are our way of having friendly fun, and maybe creating bragging rights!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, we hope you enjoy this blog. We will keep you up to date on what is going on here at tournament games. Your comments are welcome, and as we are a family oriented site, any questionable comments will be promptly removed, and your rights as a tournament games player will be reviewed. So, Keep it clean and have fun!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1529053925438313253-8869449410606962065?l=tournamentgames.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8869449410606962065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1529053925438313253/posts/default/8869449410606962065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tournamentgames.blogspot.com/2008/03/shiny-new-blog.html' title='A Shiny New Blog!'/><author><name>yoda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cOKrU0a6UhQ/TAUHUQhYHOI/AAAAAAAAEaY/hCkTkuoAqxA/S220/mewithglasses.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
