DiLiGO Interview: Teddy

Name

Teddy

Date of Birth

14 February 1984

Who would you say your celebrity  doppelganger is?

Even Facebook wouldn't give me a response on that one! No clue, but will keep looking.

EDITORS NOTE: Will Smith! He's a total lookalike- although he's too modest to ever admit it! ;)

What do you do at DiLiGO Games HQ and how  much do you LOVE it?

I am a PHP/Flex Developer. I learnt the latter at DiLiGO Games and am loving the new technology. Let's keep learning and making more fun games!!!!

Which do you prefer and why - playing slots  at a casino or on Facebook?

Definitely on Facebook because you can play anytime, anywhere... AND DiLiGO gives free tokens :)

What is your favorite game on DiLiGO Slot  Machines and why?

High Gear as the whole racing theme is very appealing. It's also the easiest for me to play I have to say. The pay out is simple so I know exactly how many points I'm winning... then again maybe it's because I have played it so often? ;)

What theme would you most like to make?

Now that the A-Team's at the cinemas I think they'd make for an awesome Slot Machines theme. What a classic!

What's  your best strategy for playing slots?

There are strategies for Slots? I guess repeatedly clicking on the spin button is not the best one then. I'm going to have to UP my game now...

Pick your Tropical Paradise

The idea of living in a tropical paradise sounds pretty fantastic. Imagine warm weather and white beaches with beautiful bikini bodies bringing you trays of shellfish and colourful cocktails, while a couple of guys play a steel drum under a coconut tree.It sounds almost too good to be true. So we decided to conduct some serious research to pin down the ins and out of living in paradise – particularly of the tropical island variety. Two days and nine DVDs later it is clear that there is far more to living in paradise than we first believed. Here is a summary of our findings.

First of all, the research shows that picking the right companions with whom to share your idyllic bliss is very important. While some may be very good at collecting mussels and crabs, chopping bamboo poles and giving massages, others are far more likely to gossip behind your back, steal your luxury items and vote you off at tribal council. The solution to the latter is to apply your skills of charming social deception and win all the challenges.

Of course some challenges are nearly impossible, like making your way across the island while being hunted by a team of velociraptors and a T-Rex with a knack for appearing at the most awkward moments. In which case, the research suggests, you should fight every impulse to run and pretend to be a tree or a primate-shaped rock, which seems to make these creatures temporarily blind. But even if your clever subterfuge is successful your only real hope of long-term survival is getting off the island altogether.

How you get onto your island is also very important. Neither arrival by shipwreck nor plane wreck appears to offer a very positive paradise experience. These delivery methods usually ensure that your island mates are a fairly disgruntled and unpleasant bunch. And you may spend a lot of time feeling Lost and fighting over salvaged items. But you can help to build a brand new society by offering your skills as leader, or charming them with your good looks and sexy island beard.

It would also be very useful if you can get your hands on a map of the island. Generally the maps associated with tropical islands are rather special.  In particular you should pay attention to any regions marked ‘X’. Excavations of these sites generally deliver two things: the possibility of never having to work again and an adventurous run-in with some rough-looking sharp-cutlassed individuals whose vocabulary is limited to the syllable, ‘Argh’. Their bulging muscles and general rugged worldliness may fool you into thinking they will be useful friends to have as you build your campsite. But the best advice is to steer clear of them.Voting them off when they get out of hand will simply not be an option. You may have to give up your newfound wealth simply to get rid of them.

It might seem that your best option is to enjoy paradise all by yourself. If you are planning an extended solitary stay, the research shows that having some basic survival skills, like creating a best friend out of a volleyball, will really come in handy.

What we can definitely recommend is landing with the plane intact on a section of the island populated by technologically advanced locals, who will escort you to air conditioned five-star establishments, feed you delicacies and serve you colourful alcoholic beverages on the beach. Just make sure that local customs do not require you to be sacrificed to the island volcano in exchange for these services.

If all goes well, you should be able to find romance with a cute wise-cracking bar tender and have at least one romantic evening next to an idyllic waterfall before he cheats on you with another customer.

But to be honest, after all of this, we have concluded that there is a much better way to to get lucky and enjoy the tropical atmosphere. The risks involved are far more manageable and potentially a lot more fun and there are also no hysterical friends or prehistorical monsters to deal with. 

So go and make yourself a cocktail, put on your cheesy Hawaiian shirt and play our fabulous new game, Tropical Paradise! With a line of drinks you can get a free spin (level 1) and another opportunity to win, win, win! And this time you may even keep your treasure.

Casino Treasure Complete Badge Set Winners!

Whoo hoo! The following people have completed the Casion Treasure Badge set and have been rewarded with 2000 tokens each:

Donna T
Bill B
Terry A
SimonW
Moulien L
Steve C
Daniel P
Cathy S
Wendy G
Thierry C
Nina T
Tina WH
Phil C
Carolann C
Andrew M
Gordon C
Kazz L
Stephane P
Pauline L
Frank C
William C
Chuck B
John Y
Garry A
Sharon S
Stewart F
Peter J. D
Gigi S
Christina R-K
Gary W
Toni J
Kostas K
Esther S
Wanda DD
Stein S
Mimi Z
Joey McK
Margaret H H
Kimberley N
Matthieu M
Sylvie M
Angélica O'H de C
Kukin G
Garry Macd
Anne M
Linda N
Larry M
Stan W
Owen C
Roxanne DeY B
Alicia N
Eric Ng
Pascale H
Kate T M
Rosemary D I V
Nils E S
Jason W
Rose-marie T
Mike J
Sandy N
Michelle S

Note: Tokens were credited to your DiLiGO Games Account on the 12/08/10.

Egg Mania Complete Badge Set Winners!

Whoo hoo! The following people have completed the Egg Mania Badge set and have been rewarded with 15 000 tokens each:

Simon W

Stan W

Eric N

Note: Tokens were credited to your DiLiGO Games Account on the 12/08/10.

Trees for Life Complete Badge Set Winners!

Whoo hoo! The following people have completed the Trees for Life Badge set and have been rewarded with 2000 tokens each:

Darlene K

Eric B

Simon W

James C

Thierry C

Nina T

Frank C

Annette R W

Karim R

Esther S

Thomas Y Jr

Pamela L. G

Margaret H H

Nate N

Angélica O'H de C

Christopher N

Larry M

Stan W

Pascale H

Nils E S

Michelle S

Note: Tokens were credited to your DiLiGO Games Account on the 12/08/10.

Fashionista Complete Badge Set Winners!

Whoo hoo! The following people have completed the Fashionista Badge set and have been rewarded with 2000 tokens each:

Darlene K

Denise G

Sophie D

Thierry C

Nina T

Frank C

Stewart F

Karim R

Esther S

Pamela L. G

Ana B

Margaret H H

Carylann H

Angélica O'H de C

Larry M

Stan W

Pascale H

Nils E

Michelle S

Note: Tokens were credited to your DiLiGO Games Account on the 12/08/10.

New DiLiGO Slots: Tips

At DiLiGO Support our users are the most important people to us!

We've been listening to you over the last few months and we've made sure to pass on all your comments and suggestions to the Developers. It's because of you that they have now introduced some awesome new features like Profile Pages, Badges, the Inbox, Full Screen mode and History, and have also made some much needed changes to your good old favourite features like Gifts and the Games List as well.

Read more about each of these features by clicking on them here:

• Your DiLiGO Profile

• Badges

• Full Screen mode

• History 

• Inbox and Gifts

• The Games List

As always, we at Support are here to help you if you encounter a problem, need advice or have any questions concerning how to get the max out of your DiLiGO Games Slot Machines playing experience!

You can contact us by going back to the application and selecting "Help", "Contact DiLiGO Support".

Alternatively if you are experiencing a problem loading the application you can email us directly at support [at] diligogames . com.

NB: Please make sure to first check your account "History" (as detailed in the History post) to see if it answers your questions concerning whether or not you received the correct amount of Daily Tokens, Token Gifts, Hourly Leaderboard Wins or Points won when playing a game. Also, when writing in to us, please make sure to give us the time and date of when you encountered the problem and include as much detail as possible in order for us to be able to know where to look on your account.

We will get back to you within 24 hours Monday to Friday and before the end of the Monday following a weekend if your query is sent in over the weekend.

New DiLiGO Slots: Profiles

As mentioned in our sneak-preview and new look DiLiGO Slots posts there are a variety of new features and some changes made to DiLiGO Slot Machines.

YOUR DILIGO PROFILE

As mentioned before, we believe that DiLiGO Slot Machines is all about fun, community and hitting those BIG WINS! So it was perfectly obvious to us that you should get your own community DiLiGO page.

You have achieved so many amazing victories already when playing our games and we know how hard you work to get to the top of the Hourly, Daily, Weekly and Monthly Leaderboards. As this is no small feat we realised that it just isn't enough to reward you with Tokens and then forget these wins so we have now created a space on your own Profile page to display your recent achievements for all to see.

So, it's time to call your friends and tell them to check out your Best Spin award for the last hour! And remember when you beat them to get a higher top 20 position on the Daily Leaderboard last week? Don't let them forget it!

Remember, you can check out your buddies profiles too. Just click on their profile picture and you can see how well they're doing in comparison to you.

To see your DiLiGO Profile move your mouse over "You" then "Your DiLiGO Profile". 

Here is what it will look like:

You will be able to see a variety of information such as:

1. Your most recent achievements like wins on the top 20 "Best Spins" Live Leaderboards as well as places on the Daily, Weekly and Monthly Leaderboards.

2. Badges you have collected.

3. The option to "Get more Badges" from the badge store.

4. A list of all your DiLiGO Slot Machines buddies.

Your profile is viewable by both you and your buddies so you can check out what badges and achievements they have too! You could therefore consider your Profile page as your own personal "Brag" centre.

Suggested reading: Badges

New DiLiGO Slots: Inbox and Gifts

As mentioned in our sneak-preview and new look DiLiGO Slots posts there are a variety of new features and some changes made to DiLiGO Slot Machines.

INBOX

The Inbox will be a space where any notifications you receive will be stored and shown to you. Here you will be able to see when you last received Daily Tokens (so you can work out when you're next ones are due) as well as who has most recently sent you Token Gifts- Yeah! No more guessing!

You can find your Inbox by holding your mouse over "You" and clicking on "Your Inbox":

This is what will pop up:

Note: The time shown will be server time which is EDT. When working out when your next Daily Tokens are due, make sure to convert to your time zone.

TOKEN GIFTS

Our Token Gift System has undergone a major overhaul.  Read all about it here.

New DiLiGO Slots: Games List

As mentioned in our sneak-preview and new look DiLiGO Slots posts there are a variety of new features and some changes made to DiLiGO Slot Machines.

GAMES LIST

One of the most notable changes you'll see is that we've done away with the Lobby screen.

Now when you load the app you will be taken straight to the last game that you were playing during your previous session. This is awesome! No more wasting time hanging around in the Lobby when all you want to do is get to your game and play!

However, should you wish to change games there are a few options available to you:

1. When you are first loading the app and see this screen:

You can click on "Click here to select a different game" shown at the bottom of the box. This will take you to the Games List (see below).

2. Once you are in the app with a game in front of you, you can select any other game from the scrolling list at the top of page. Here you will always see 5 games featured.

Hint: If you move your mouse over the image of one of the games shown here you will be shown what level you are on as well as how much the Progressive Jackpot is for those games that have them as a feature.

3. Should you want to play a game not featured on that list currently, then either click on the arrow button on the right or click on the button "See all Games" to be shown the complete Games list.

Here you will be shown the complete list of all themed Slot Machines available to play.

Hint: If you move your mouse over the game you are interested in playing, you will note some descriptive information at the top of the page, as well as information pertaining to the total of the current Progressive Jackpot and who was the last winner of it.

You will also note that two buttons appear. You can click on either "Play" to play that game or click on "Upgrade" to find out what features you'll unlock by upgrading that specific machine to higher levels. Make sure to check this last part out as there are some cool features like higher pay outs, Bonus Games and Progressive Jackpots to be unlocked by upgrading your game to higher levels!

Some games will also have an "Activate Trial" button that will allow you to trial the max level of that specific game for a limited period in order for you to get a feel of what it's like playing the game at its maximum! How neat is that?

New DiLiGO Slots: Badges

So you're watching the Live Leaderboard, hoping to see that big win you've just hit and then something silver flashes by "Louisa L got a new badge". What are badges?, you're wondering. This is a question we're getting asked daily, so we're gonna tell you now!

Badges are AWESOME! They are something you can purchase using the Points you've won when playing on the Slot Machines to display on your personal DiLiGO Profile Page! They're a fun way to show your friends how well you've been doing at Slot Machines!

The amount of points needed to purchase any specific badge will vary according to the value attached to having that badge. There will be some special "limited edition" badges that will be limited in quantity- so make sure you get these before all your friends!

To purchase a badge you will need to first go to "You", "Your DiLiGO Profile":

Next click on the blue "Get More Badges" button:

The Badge Store will load as follows:

Badges will be in ongoing development, therefore make sure to check back often to see if more have been released. We will also let users know through updates on the Slot Machines Fan Page as we release new badges. Make sure to "Like" us and stay up to date with what's happening in the DiLiGO Slots world!

SPECIAL PROMOTION
Find out more here: Badges: The low down

Here are some examples of badges that you will be able to buy from the Badge Store (some of which you may already be familiar with):

In the Casino set:

In the Trees set:

In the Egg set:

And in the Fashion set:

Note: The Easter Basket from the Easter Slot Machine game has been removed. You will no longer receive eggs when playing the Bonus Game.

However, if you were one of the users that collected more than 15 eggs during the month of the Easter Promotion (April) you will see in your new profile that we have given you a head start and given you 18 complimentary egg badges! How cool is that?

Suggested Reading: Profiles

Suggested Reading: Badges: The low down

New DiLiGO Slots: History

Have you ever logged in to be presented with your "Inbox" showing your Daily Tokens received but then looked at your Token Balance and felt that you actually didn't get them?

For various reasons, most often related to a connection problem between your computer and our servers, your Token and/or Points balances may not update immediately. This is because all the various features of the app connect separately and independently of each other - and sometimes one may be a little bit behind the other.

Our advice: When in doubt (and to speed things along) refresh the page! Most often this will re-establish the connection and your Token and/or Points balance will update correctly.

However, we feel that it is also important that you have another way of "double-checking" that you are receiving the correct amount of Daily Tokens, Token Gifts and Points won in the games played. It is for this reason that we have created "History".

Move your mouse over "Help", then click on "History":

Your DiLiGO Games Account History will pop up as follows:

Here you will see that anything in green is a credit to your account (like Daily Tokens, Token Gifts, Hourly Leaderboard Wins, Lucky Draw Wins and Points Won) and anything in red is a debit on your account (like amount of tokens spun, amount of points spent to enter a Lucky Draw or purchase a Badge etc).

We therefore suggest that should you have any doubt about the amount of Tokens received, or Points won go check out your History first. If you still have a question about something you've seen there- do not hesitate to contact the Support Team by selecting "Help", "Contact DiLiGO Support" from the menu and one of the support staff will investigate your query and get back to you with an answer asap.

Note: Support will respond to your query within 24 hours Monday to Friday, but, because we're a humane company who do give our staff break from time to time, if your query is sent over a weekend, Support will get back to you as soon as they can on the Monday immediately following.

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It’s time for Vegas baby!

For thousands of years the Mojave Desert kept a secret. But in 1829 one man, travelling alone across the rocky sun-drenched terrain, made a discovery that changed the landscape forever. There, in a forgotten valley, he stumbled onto a lush desert oasis we now know as Las Vegas.
Flash forward nearly 200 years and this diamond of the desert has become a gaudy glowing beacon for every exercise in fantastic ambition and lurid escapism of the modern world. Everywhere bright neon signs invite you to enter a utopia of flashing showgirl smiles, and leisure suit lounge acts. The chinking sounds of large cash payouts from the Slot Machines, the shuffle of card decks and the whir of the roulette table offer the promise of unimaginable riches. Not forgetting the romance of mobsters and their mistresses and of tycoons and toadies that draw you ever deeper into the realm of legends.
Flash back to the 1950s and there, smoking a cigar in the corner of a dusky room, sits Bugsy Siegel, the infamous mobster. Next to him is his showgirlfriend with the extra long legs after whom he named his famous Flamingo Hotel. Follow the strains of crooning, jazzy, cabaret music to an enormous theatre where beautiful bodies with large feather fans dazzle you in the spectacular Folies Bergere. And look! Is that Dean Martin, Liza Minelli, Tom Jones?
For many years Las Vegas was a 'No' city: no speed limit, no tax, no cover charge, no gambling regulations, no waiting to get married. People from all over the world came to drink from this oasis of decadence
which soon became known as Sin City.
They say "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". The lure of high rolling and high living will always draw eyes to sniff out the city's secrets. Tabloids continue to dig for dirt on anyone who comes to bask in the glow of the desert sun, neon sign, or stage spotlight. They look especially for the nymphs of new century like Paris, Holly and Nicole who regularly lounge at bright blue swimming pools sipping pink cocktails, and they speculate about hidden motives and secret love affairs. All because no one comes to Vegas without a thirst for both grit and glamour.
This city offers a chance to step out of the ordinary world. Themed mega resorts, like "Treasure Island" and "Excalibur", spin fabulous experiences to transport guests for a short while into another universe. Staged pirate battles and medieval jousting compete with exploding volcanoes and themed rides to keep entire families entertained in a wonderland of make-believe.
But of course the Casino is the biggest draw. That magical place where a small twist of fate turns the number one into one hundred, and makes the desert springs erupt again and again in fountains of easy cash.
It is hard to resist Vegas. It is a legend. It is a dream. It is a fantastical reality that slakes some intangible thirst for life on the edge and out of time. And now it is also the inspiration behind our brand new game. Come play Vegas to get your share of the thrill, and let the scatter of dice bring you luck from the world of bright lights and big wins!

 

How to: Full Screen

We have received lots of feedback from users of Laptops and other smaller screened computers to say that they are struggling to see both their Points and Tokens balances as well as be able to hit the "SPIN" button when playing Slot Machines.

That sucks!

So our Developers have spent many hours pondering how to tackle this question and have come up with the following solution. Now, all you need to do is go to "Help", "Full Screen" and the app will be re-sized in full to fit your entire screen. You will now be able to see all the information necessary to ensure an exciting and fun-filled Slots session!

Thanks DiLiGO Devs! You guys rock! :)

BEFORE:

GO TO "HELP", "FULL SCREEN":

AFTER, in FULL SCREEN mode:

To go back to the normal view of the app, you need only press the "ESC" key.

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