In the wee hours of yesterday morning I got to talk with Rasmus Nielsen (head of the North American Spigo site) on Facebook chat. So here’s what I got wrong about the SJP removal. ^_^
The fluctuations in the Super Jackpot prize pot wasn’t because they had all prize funds in one lump, which is a relief. It happened because of currency fluctuations. See, the Super Jackpot was shared across all of the Spigo sites, which I already knew. But I didn’t realize that the currency is based on the Danish krone (DKK.) Whenever the pot suddenly dropped by a few hundred bucks, that was the effect of the exchange rate between the DKK and the USD jumping around. o_O Dang!
Also, they have contacted the winner and they’ll be promoting that for a while. (A recent news post shows a clip of them driving to contact the winner.) I’m glad they didn’t have trouble finding the winner. ^_^
Aaaaaaaaaand I got a longer explanation about the reason for removal. It seems that the tantalizing SJP prize attracted people who wanted to win money, but weren’t as interested in the community. That’s what they meant by, “we do not think it corresponds to the friendly atmosphere of a casual games community like Spigo.” They want the player focus to be on community and have prizes be secondary.
To which I must say… Well that’s what usually happens! On sites that have prizes it’s very common for people to join because they want to win something. It’s a great hook! But once they settle into the games and meet other players, that’s when the community aspect kicks in. Until people start talking to each other, “community” is just a vague concept.
They still plan on keeping the cash Jackpots for the individual games though. (Whew!!) Just no more Super Jackpot. :(
What are your thoughts? Anything spark your brain since the last post? ^_^
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