Sunday, October 16, 2005

HYIPFever -- Game Over

Well apparently the first game at HYIPFever has ended. I'm not sure why, because the site statistics say only 81.51% of deposits have been withdrawn, and the Game End Threshold is up to 96%. But then it looks like over $100,000 worth of deposits were made in the last few hours, so maybe that fried the game or something.

Anyway, my experience with the so-called 'sustainable Ponzi' game is that I ended up dead even. Put in $5.00, took out $5.00, and had $3.85 in earnings that I was still playing with. My upline, on the other hand, played a bit more agressively and says he put in $6.00 to start with and pulled out over $20.

It'll be interesting to see how Game 1 finishes up, and what kind of action Game 2 gets.

Edited to add: Looks like it was either a security issue or a glitch. The $100,000 that suddenly appeared is gone, withdrawals are back down to 64.86%, and my $3.85 is back in action! Woot!

Edited AGAIN to add: I guess that was enough to spook a lot of players, because the game ended sometime while I was asleep. If I'd been awake, I could've gotten another 45 cents out before the game ended, with another $3.85 in earnings locked in. So I'm back to breaking even. Still, it was interesting, and I might play again in Game 2 to see if I can do better next time.