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MonkeyF0cker

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I have been doing a lot of programming lately. I am thinking about creating a smartphone app for a video poker trainer with modifiable paytables. There are trainers out there already, but they generally only include optimal play for specific +EV paytables. I'm not entirely sure if there is a big market out there for it, but I have actually enjoyed the process of doing the math required to make it so it wouldn't be a loss even if it didn't sell much. Anyway, it got me into an entrepreneurial spirit. So...

If you could create a business, what would it be? The most successful businesses find a need in the economy and fill it. What type of business do you think could be successful? What is the next wave of technology past smartphones and tablets? Are there any products or websites that you've seen that you thought were good ideas but could be big if they were improved?
 
Another thing that I was thinking about was a complete and total overhauling of the traditional idea of slot machines. We have these touchscreen/software-based machines but we're still stuck looking at reels. Reels are quick, but there has to be a way to make them more engaging and interactive while achieveing relatively quick gameplay. How could that be accomplished? Maybe, think about games played as a kid or something that everyone is familiar with and how a game of chance could evolve from it...
 
That might sound random, but... hire someone who speaks Chinese and have them find mass-produced shit that has yet to be imported stateside cause of unawareness/language barriers. Contact the plant, buy straight from them and localize the product, i.e. give it an English name.

Peddling Made-in-China crap is prolly not as intellectually stimulating as designing software/hardware, but it seems way easier.
 
MonkeyF0cker
Reels are quick, but there has to be a way to make them more engaging and interactive while achieveing relatively quick gameplay. How could that be accomplished?
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I have no experience of the slot machine industry but I'd be amazed if the manufacturers didn't spend significant sums on market research to try and come up with the perfect game, the concept of reels is so ingrained into the whole deal that anything else just won't work. The tobacco industry similarly deal with people's addictions but the primary medium by way the product is used is pretty much unchanged from 100 years ago.
 
Matty
That might sound random, but... hire someone who speaks Chinese and have them find mass-produced shit that has yet to be imported stateside cause of unawareness/language barriers. Contact the plant, buy straight from them and localize the product, i.e. give it an English name.

Peddling Made-in-China crap is prolly not as intellectually stimulating as designing software/hardware, but it seems way easier.
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That's not a bad idea at all.

Make sure to proof read the deal thoroughly before you place a huge order, though.

http://bit.ly/lashdp
 
This is going to be an interesting thread, I am drinking and its late but I work in computers as well and think about these ideas all the time. I am the most fascinated right now with wordpress and how easy it is to create beautiful looking sites now with almost no coding experience.

I used to work on a team that built sites and they are almost comical compared to the sites being built now using wordpress, it is so easy to monetize sites right now, but I do think about apps as well, I really would love to get into real estate and running clubs,bars,hotels,etc., even if its just second life stuff right now and linden dollars .LOL



some ideas of the top of my head.

apps

Certainly a basic app that gave odds and up to date lines, this is a good thread on iphone apps, a little older though, 2009 http://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=85&sub=100593939 iodds is ok

I love the foursquare and gowalla idea. a great app would hook me up with horny girls in my area and happening bars that night. a friend of mine just showed me an app for android that shows you the crimes being committed in your area,LOL, why cant I have an app or site that uses the same idea as foursquare and gowalla, to find horny women or just courtesan/hostess bar style companionship.

Japan is a fascinating country to me, they have this stuff called compensated dating, enjo kosai, and they have call centers where people hook up, basically taking the technology of chat rooms, phone sex,etc but making it social. japan is the most fascinating country in the world. I would love to see some of those concepts, hostess bars, host bars, theme clubs, maid bars, love hotels, and created into a street or little citistate in in America, what a fun idea for a night out.

Japan is an incredible country for ideas, the Kabuchiko, rappongi and their nightclub and red light district is on much more fun than any American big city, NY, Vegas ,LA,DC etc.

I would love to see some more sports styled theme site, like gamelive or sbr branch out into more lifestyle type stuff, add girls to the gambling mix, put up some affiliate links for travel, buying products, sex, etc. I may have found these sites because of gambling but I don't come to any of these sports sites for just gambling.I am surprised more women on these forums havent started a site, they could make a fortune on the internet.

Gamelive should put some phone sex or even phone flirting girls or at least some links on this site, you are just leaving money on the table! LOL I am about to spend 100 dollars to speak to some girl and pass out, and she may have no interest in what I am talking about. I just like the courtesan style conversation, and the phone sex is just gravy

I am getting sleepy , great ideas monkey for the slots and video poker apps, keep this thread going!

Cheers
 
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Polaroid
I have no experience of the slot machine industry but I'd be amazed if the manufacturers didn't spend significant sums on market research to try and come up with the perfect game, the concept of reels is so ingrained into the whole deal that anything else just won't work. The tobacco industry similarly deal with people's addictions but the primary medium by way the product is used is pretty much unchanged from 100 years ago.
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Video poker is extremely popular. Outside of that, you don't see anything but reels. I think it has more to do with, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." than attempting to improve upon the base concept. You would think you'd see some attempts at other types of gameplay if they were actually attempting anything outside of reels. Touchscreens/PC-based slots are a relatively new phenomenon anyway...
 
Matty
That might sound random, but... hire someone who speaks Chinese and have them find mass-produced shit that has yet to be imported stateside cause of unawareness/language barriers. Contact the plant, buy straight from them and localize the product, i.e. give it an English name.

Peddling Made-in-China crap is prolly not as intellectually stimulating as designing software/hardware, but it seems way easier.
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I actually want to learn Mandarin. How much do you know about China, Matty? I get the impression that they aren't necessarily the greatest innovators, just cheap laborers.
 
MonkeyF0cker
Another thing that I was thinking about was a complete and total overhauling of the traditional idea of slot machines. We have these touchscreen/software-based machines but we're still stuck looking at reels. Reels are quick, but there has to be a way to make them more engaging and interactive while achieveing relatively quick gameplay. How could that be accomplished? Maybe, think about games played as a kid or something that everyone is familiar with and how a game of chance could evolve from it...
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I often said a similar thing. There was a brilliant game called cash king checkers. Came out about ten years ago. It involved a great deal of strategy. Unfortunately the typical grandma slot player didn't care for that kind of strategy. The game was then modified and moved out altogether. There is still a simplistic version of the game available at the Rampart.
I'm generally not impressed in the direction slot machines have gone overall. They were in fact more imaginative a decade ago. But they are amazingly complex.
 
MonkeyF0cker
I think it has more to do with, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." than attempting to improve upon the base concept. You would think you'd see some attempts at other types of gameplay if they were actually attempting anything outside of reels.
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Yes, the "if it ain't broke" scenario is probably true to an extent but still there must be a reason that despite numerous technological advances through the years, the reel still rules.
 
Introduce 4-D Big and Small in a progressive slot format going off every few minutes. While at the core it's just a numbers lottery, the elements of multiple winning numbers, special prize spots, and picking the lower probability higher risk higher reward "Small" selection give the gamblers the illusion of control and luck. This game is very addicting in some countries out in the East with that balance of "strategizing" and luck. So much so that there's touts for it, touts for a numbers lotto game, lol.
 
MonkeyF0cker
I get the impression that they aren't necessarily the greatest innovators, just cheap laborers.
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Generally, yes. Up until only a few years ago, there were restrictions on private property rights which tended to hamper any innovative entrepreneurship. At the moment, the rapid growth in China is generally revolving around exports as well as building up the Chinese infrastructure but as well as doing this, companies there need to cater to the 1 billion Chinese population. I think Matty's point was that there are numerous products which are bought by the Chinese, and are no doubt low priced due to the low GDP per capita there, which could do very well over here. Just be careful what shade of brown they use.
 
Polaroid
Generally, yes. Up until only a few years ago, there were restrictions on private property rights which tended to hamper any innovative entrepreneurship. At the moment, the rapid growth in China is generally revolving around exports as well as building up the Chinese infrastructure but as well as doing this, companies there need to cater to the 1 billion Chinese population. I think Matty's point was that there are numerous products which are bought by the Chinese, and are no doubt low priced due to the low GDP per capita there, which could do very well over here.
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Correct. I don't know much about China but I know for a fact that they're incredibly flexible and quick in getting new products out the door. They set up their plants for small production runs and they work with buyers in customizing your shit as much as you want, and your minimum commitment seems to be very low. I've seen it in the guitar and ping pong paddle markets - the importer hangs out in online forums and asks enthusiasts what they'd be interested in buying. When there's enough interest, the product gets made and it's added to the guy's online shop mere weeks later. Makes for incredibly cheap R&D and market research. Ya just need to find products that haven't flooded the US market yet.
 
got a home depot near my house with about 25-75 illegals that hang out in the parking lot and play soccer and try to get picked up for labor jobs with contractors..

I got 2-3 working cell phone numbers of a few guys that have bikes and when I need booze I call one of them and they go across the street to the liquor store and bike it over to me.... takes about 10 mins. but I have to wait 10 more to drink it so they don't explode from fizziness.

basically I will pay them a flat fee of 10 bucks plus the cost of the booze, and and extra dollar for every minute under 20 mins they take to buy and deliver it for me.

if these guys pooled their resources got a beat up carand got some clientele , they might be able to grow this idea
 
Archie
got a home depot near my house with about 25-75 illegals that hang out in the parking lot and play soccer and try to get picked up for labor jobs with contractors..

I got 2-3 working cell phone numbers of a few guys that have bikes and when I need booze I call one of them and they go across the street to the liquor store and bike it over to me.... takes about 10 mins. but I have to wait 10 more to drink it so they don't explode from fizziness.

basically I will pay them a flat fee of 10 bucks plus the cost of the booze, and and extra dollar for every minute under 20 mins they take to buy and deliver it for me.

if these guys pooled their resources got a beat up carand got some clientele , they might be able to grow this idea
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We have a couple of delivery services like this in Toronto, since getting booze is a pain in the ass. They charge a flat $9 for most orders. You just type in what you want on their website and they show up to your door 60-90 minutes later. Sweet deal.

http://dialabottletoronto.com/
 
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