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This Blog Has Moved

2008-02-27T16:15:00.001-08:00

I recently bought MoolaAddict.com. As of today, I launched a new site on the domain i purchased. I moved all the posts that were on this blog over and added some new content. Come on over and join the party at my new spot.

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED TO MOOLAADDICT.COM.

See ya over there.

Leaderboard Feb. 26th

2008-02-26T11:15:00.001-08:00

Let me remind you, some decreases in the balance totals are due to members cashing out. The increase/decrease tables only include members who were on both this week and last weeks leaderboard, those who are no longer on the boards are not represented:

5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	doremi.	$2,600.34	$1,280.34
7	twotontim	$1,151.56	$889.36
5	clciri	$2,061.44	$555.45
8	MacNook	$1,025.52	$251.62
22	TicTac2008	$300.14	$89.31

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
4	pUNK1019283	$2,447.51	($567.61)
6	thelopez	$1,840.67	($156.08)
18	Beretta	$316.49	($85.68)
16	omnichron	$422.73	($76.68)
46	phillyphan65	$181.55	($27.55)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
37	73buick	$201.83	44
30	subradio759	$219.03	34
50	dolladollabill7	$166.99	33
39	texas008angel	$191.99	28
64	kracsh	$153.34	24

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
89	CatalinaThePirate	$131.48	-20
96	edbaseball416	$126.28	-16
93	cajeam	$128.10	-15
46	phillyphan65	$181.55	-14
97	kavanagh	$125.73	-13

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
13	krisddd	$467.13
27	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29
47	JamesBJames	$176.62
48	iseeyou	$175.59
53	Cardinal_Horn	$165.68
55	mcar1919	$162.50
56	Calhard	$162.23
63	jessicap	$154.42
67	majiksan	$150.31
69	DaveMatthews	$147.91
71	booper3916	$145.92
72	dovey2316	$145.15
79	kioskgirl	$138.12
84	vancouvercity	$133.62
87	Aculver524	$131.72
91	SugaShane	$130.84
95	word2	$127.44
100	gizmoshere2	$124.32

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
9	winner123	$548.28
16	TheBattleOx	$362.57
21	KateLauren	$271.20
22	rbradfordw	$268.35
35	am32	$203.71
43	picabloo	$178.00
58	superant615	$151.28
85	Yecats	$124.17
89	allo	$122.32
92	Dresden10589	$121.21
93	chrisgs77	$121.15
94	YouDirtyDog	$120.71
95	FallingUp	$120.52
96	Juce	$118.92
97	elpopo	$117.97
98	mr.greenjeans	$116.39
99	kessld	$114.57
100	H3R0	$113.50

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.17	1	0	$0.01
2	Rossoduck	$5,243.02	2	0	$0.00
3	doremi.	$2,600.34	6	3	$1,280.34
4	pUNK1019283	$2,447.51	3	-1	($567.61)
5	clciri	$2,061.44	5	0	$555.45
6	thelopez	$1,840.67	4	-2	($156.08)
7	twotontim	$1,151.56	23	16	$889.36
8	MacNook	$1,025.52	7	-1	$251.62
9	sensfan	$821.07	8	-1	$76.25
10	MrFreeze1125	$507.98	13	3	$54.04
11	GsWinner	$495.12	11	0	$3.15
12	AlexanderZ	$475.24	12	0	$7.53
13	krisddd	$467.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
14	skipdeal	$463.97	14	0	$53.47
15	acsfl	$424.03	17	2	$68.60
16	omnichron	$422.73	10	-6	($76.68)
17	DFlash	$340.85	18	1	($2.03)
18	Beretta	$316.49	15	-3	($85.68)
19	Goose	$312.41	19	0	$7.19
20	ARiC	$304.13	20	0	$2.68
21	sport629	$301.27	26	5	$57.00
22	TicTac2008	$300.14	31	9	$89.31
23	psuturtle	$278.30	25	2	$24.94
24	canucks	$273.18	30	6	$61.25
25	penny_lover	$256.60	24	-1	$0.00
26	CAvino	$237.72	46	20	$63.83
27	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	CorporateRaider	$222.42	28	0	$0.00
29	Irvinexcq	$220.98	45	16	$44.68
30	subradio759	$219.03	64	34	$76.18
31	rockwild	$214.10	34	3	$6.71
32	FoolishJordan	$212.50	29	-3	$0.00
33	xTheUntouchablex	$208.86	33	0	$0.00
34	murkydreamer	$208.82	27	-7	($13.70)
35	Graveyard	$208.30	40	5	$23.04
36	plurt00	$206.94	36	0	$3.34
37	73buick	$201.83	81	44	$72.40
38	OutSider81	$198.09	37	-1	$3.26
39	texas008angel	$191.99	67	28	$52.71
40	SCS1	$189.79	38	-2	$0.50
41	sirhcb	$188.28	39	-2	$0.00
42	Iolo	$185.05	41	-1	$1.84
43	zylum	$183.17	42	-1	$0.00
44	Necral	$182.80	48	4	$15.85
45	needlotsofmoola	$181.95	44	-1	$4.91
46	phillyphan65	$181.55	32	-14	($27.55)
47	JamesBJames	$176.62	N/A	N/A	N/A
48	iseeyou	$175.59	N/A	N/A	N/A
49	lovebuds	$168.57	50	1	$2.92
50	dolladollabill7	$166.99	83	33	$41.93
51	moolapimp	$166.51	47	-4	($0.72)
52	khashab	$166.20	49	-3	$0.00
53	Cardinal_Horn	$165.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
54	extremexmods	$165.67	52	-2	$5.14
55	mcar1919	$162.50	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	Calhard	$162.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
57	trishthedish	$161.77	51	-6	$0.09
58	Warrition	$161.49	55	-3	$1.43
59	tkyoshi	$160.25	54	-5	$0.07
60	Sarkar	$157.97	56	-4	$0.15
61	trogdor	$157.54	53	-8	($2.70)
62	senniss	$156.28	57	-5	$1.72
63	jessicap	$154.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
64	kracsh	$153.34	88	24	$30.83
65	rhealana	$152.47	60	-5	$2.25
66	nono059	$150.96	59	-7	$0.00
67	majiksan	$150.31	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	PhazE	$148.01	61	-7	$0.26
69	DaveMatthews	$147.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	Maxi1	$146.57	62	-8	$0.95
71	booper3916	$145.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
72	dovey2316	$145.15	N/A	N/A	N/A
73	amakley	$143.32	63	-10	$0.21
74	Ender22	$142.43	65	-9	$0.80
75	ladyskynyrd	$140.57	73	-2	$4.57
76	chuggmore	$139.84	66	-10	$0.00
77	skinneylady123	$139.55	68	-9	$1.06
78	Mike6	$138.84	71	-7	$1.75
79	kioskgirl	$138.12	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	Airwolf	$137.87	72	-8	$1.25
81	patrickmaher	$137.48	70	-11	$0.21
82	liminaldust	$136.42	74	-8	$0.47
83	ryanr34	$136.29	75	-8	$1.72
84	vancouvercity	$133.62	N/A	N/A	N/A
85	Tazdevil1622	$133.15	77	-8	$0.00
86	zakfa	$132.13	76	-10	($1.28)
87	Aculver524	$131.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
88	zedison	$131.51	82	-6	$2.55
89	CatalinaThePirate	$131.48	69	-20	($6.45)
90	PurpleAngel23	$131.16	79	-11	$0.82
91	SugaShane	$130.84	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	mikeztheman	$128.26	91	-1	$6.98
93	cajeam	$128.10	78	-15	($3.97)
94	alexise	$128.05	86	-8	$3.99
95	word2	$127.44	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	edbaseball416	$126.28	80	-16	($3.79)
97	kavanagh	$125.73	84	-13	$1.35
98	tyvickie	$125.44	90	-8	$3.34
99	chocoloco17	$124.51	87	-12	$1.77
100	gizmoshere2	$124.32	N/A	N/A	N/A

Moola Update Feb. 19th

2008-02-19T10:48:00.000-08:00

I woke this morning to a small update on Moola. Here is a compiled list of changes that most of us have noticed so far. The admins do not have a complete list available for it's members so all the information below are things mentioned on the forums. I will update this if there are new features added.

Booster Wheel Updates:
1. The wheel does not give you back to back spins anymore and filters for natural searches. [link]
2. Added wheel security measures

Booster Bar updates:
1. Fixed cursor focus after opening a new tab
2. It now plays nice with GMail Manager add-on

Forum Updates:
1. none

Game Updates:
1. none

Referral Updates:
1. When you invite someone you can now choose to set your referrals donation settings to match yours.

Other Features:
1. New "Play Now" page order - You now have to choose your game before you choose the level in which you would like to play
2. New "Choose a Level" page - The layout of the page has been altered and a game level drop down menu has been added. The 'quick match' option is also now easier to see.
3. Framebuster added to the site. Prevents other sites from loading Moola.com in a frame.

updated: 2/21/08

Leaderboard Feb. 19th

2008-02-19T09:25:00.001-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
5	clciri	$1,505.99	$264.53
4	thelopez	$1,996.75	$246.12
9	winner123	$548.28	$139.68
12	AlexanderZ	$467.71	$121.67
17	acsfl	$355.43	$85.10

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$3,015.12	($2,302.00)
23	twotontim	$262.20	($292.25)
10	omnichron	$499.41	($76.79)
15	Beretta	$402.17	($18.24)
81	73buick	$129.43	($9.13)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
30	canucks	$211.93	45
61	PhazE	$147.75	35
27	murkydreamer	$222.52	29
78	cajeam	$132.07	15
88	kracsh	$122.51	10

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
81	73buick	$129.43	-18
23	twotontim	$262.20	-14
53	trogdor	$160.24	-11
97	elpopo	$117.97	-11
94	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	-10

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
6	doremi.	$1,320.00
16	TheBattleOx	$362.57
21	KateLauren	$271.20
31	TicTac2008	$210.83
35	am32	$203.71
43	picabloo	$178.00
46	CAvino	$173.89
58	superant615	$151.28
64	subradio759	$142.85
67	texas008angel	$139.28
83	dolladollabill7	$125.06
85	Yecats	$124.17
89	allo	$122.32

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
19	kioskgirl	$284.69
23	rex001	$227.11
24	Greedy	$226.02
50	NickLangton	$155.93
54	orhoop12	$146.29
57	majiksan	$142.18
60	blimpie181	$140.59
67	shellsok	$135.57
74	Cardinal_Horn	$131.03
77	ninja430	$128.51
89	Shannon123	$116.78
90	Aculver524	$116.76
99	medievalsoldier	$113.99

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.16	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,243.02	3	1	$0.00
3	pUNK1019283	$3,015.12	2	-1	($2,302.00)
4	thelopez	$1,996.75	4	0	$246.12
5	clciri	$1,505.99	5	0	$264.53
6	doremi.	$1,320.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	MacNook	$773.90	6	-1	$6.27
8	sensfan	$744.82	7	-1	$23.71
9	winner123	$548.28	13	4	$139.68
10	omnichron	$499.41	8	-2	($76.79)
11	GsWinner	$491.97	10	-1	$2.51
12	AlexanderZ	$467.71	15	3	$121.67
13	MrFreeze1125	$453.94	11	-2	$3.46
14	skipdeal	$410.50	14	0	$24.06
15	Beretta	$402.17	12	-3	($18.24)
16	TheBattleOx	$362.57	N/A	N/A	N/A
17	acsfl	$355.43	20	3	$85.10
18	DFlash	$342.88	16	-2	$5.25
19	Goose	$305.22	18	-1	$16.86
20	ARiC	$301.45	17	-3	$0.53
21	KateLauren	$271.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	rbradfordw	$268.35	29	7	$67.29
23	twotontim	$262.20	9	-14	($292.25)
24	penny_lover	$256.60	21	-3	$0.00
25	psuturtle	$253.36	22	-3	$6.40
26	sport629	$244.27	28	2	$39.96
27	murkydreamer	$222.52	56	29	$80.30
28	CorporateRaider	$222.42	25	-3	$0.32
29	FoolishJordan	$212.50	26	-3	$0.00
30	canucks	$211.93	75	45	$81.41
31	TicTac2008	$210.83	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	phillyphan65	$209.10	38	6	$30.59
33	xTheUntouchablex	$208.86	27	-6	$0.56
34	rockwild	$207.39	32	-2	$19.61
35	am32	$203.71	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	plurt00	$203.60	30	-6	$6.94
37	OutSider81	$194.83	43	6	$29.71
38	SCS1	$189.29	36	-2	$6.24
39	sirhcb	$188.28	33	-6	$3.19
40	Graveyard	$185.26	31	-9	($7.28)
41	Iolo	$183.21	37	-4	$4.39
42	zylum	$183.17	34	-8	$0.00
43	picabloo	$178.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
44	needlotsofmoola	$177.04	35	-9	($6.06)
45	Irvinexcq	$176.30	40	-5	$6.40
46	CAvino	$173.89	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	moolapimp	$167.23	39	-8	($6.54)
48	Necral	$166.95	44	-4	$3.39
49	khashab	$166.20	41	-8	$0.00
50	lovebuds	$165.65	45	-5	$5.31
51	trishthedish	$161.68	46	-5	$2.23
52	extremexmods	$160.53	55	3	$16.55
53	trogdor	$160.24	42	-11	($5.70)
54	tkyoshi	$160.18	48	-6	$0.82
55	Warrition	$160.06	47	-8	$0.64
56	Sarkar	$157.82	49	-7	($0.90)
57	senniss	$154.56	51	-6	$2.34
58	superant615	$151.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
59	nono059	$150.96	52	-7	$0.00
60	rhealana	$150.22	53	-7	$3.15
61	PhazE	$147.75	96	35	$32.52
62	Maxi1	$145.62	62	0	$6.00
63	amakley	$143.11	58	-5	$0.97
64	subradio759	$142.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	Ender22	$141.63	59	-6	$0.89
66	chuggmore	$139.84	61	-5	$0.00
67	texas008angel	$139.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	skinneylady123	$138.49	65	-3	$2.58
69	CatalinaThePirate	$137.93	64	-5	$1.89
70	patrickmaher	$137.27	66	-4	$1.44
71	Mike6	$137.09	71	0	$3.76
72	Airwolf	$136.62	68	-4	$1.09
73	ladyskynyrd	$136.00	81	8	$10.66
74	liminaldust	$135.95	69	-5	$1.07
75	ryanr34	$134.57	73	-2	$2.36
76	zakfa	$133.41	70	-6	($0.91)
77	Tazdevil1622	$133.15	72	-5	$0.00
78	cajeam	$132.07	93	15	$15.95
79	PurpleAngel23	$130.34	76	-3	$0.77
80	edbaseball416	$130.07	78	-2	$1.95
81	73buick	$129.43	63	-18	($9.13)
82	zedison	$128.96	80	-2	$2.85
83	dolladollabill7	$125.06	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	kavanagh	$124.38	79	-5	($3.16)
85	Yecats	$124.17	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	alexise	$124.06	87	1	$5.60
87	chocoloco17	$122.74	83	-4	$1.57
88	kracsh	$122.51	98	10	$8.46
89	allo	$122.32	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	tyvickie	$122.10	94	4	$5.99
91	mikeztheman	$121.28	82	-9	($0.93)
92	Dresden10589	$121.21	92	0	$4.69
93	chrisgs77	$121.15	85	-8	$0.59
94	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	84	-10	$0.00
95	FallingUp	$120.52	91	-4	$3.89
96	Juce	$118.92	88	-8	$0.70
97	elpopo	$117.97	86	-11	($0.98)
98	mr.greenjeans	$116.39	95	-3	$1.04
99	kessld	$114.57	97	-2	$0.00
100	H3R0	$113.50	100	0	$1.65

Shopping Boosters Delays

2008-02-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

I was browsing through a few forum posts today and came upon a topic that seemed like a good topic to highlight today. Lately, there has been a delay in receiving money from shopping boosters. The delay has been lasting longer then a month, for some boosters it has been taking more then 2 months to receive. By all means this is not something I expected when using the shopping boosters on Moola. But the delays are justified.

Moola was paying people before they were paid by the shops just so that members did not have to wait to long, but they no longer do so. As Grant explained in a post on the forums

[Moola was] paying people in advance before and that just burned [them]. There were too many people making large purchases, getting the cashback from us, and then taking the items back or using a fraudulent credit card and not paying the store.

So now because there were so many people abusing Moola's efforts to pay people faster, users have to wait till after Moola gets paid. Most shops will not pay their referrer until after their return period (usually 30 days, but it varies depending on the shop).

So if you think about it. The 30 day wait will be the least you would have to wait to receive your boosters. Then depending on when the shops pay their referrers you may have to wait an additional 30-60 days (since some shops may only pay at the end of the month or end of the quarter).

My suggestion to you is to just be patient. I have done quite a few boosters, and I have received the money I was promised. It is a discount/free money anyways and if anything you can treat it as a rebate (which usually takes a long time to receive too). I know it may be difficult to see the little box saying that you have boosters pending every time you login, but you should do what I do... Ignore it. Then when you finally do get paid, the payment will be a nice surprise and maybe it could even make your day or give you the option to cash out right away.

Feb. 11th Leaderboard

2008-02-11T10:47:00.001-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
2	pUNK1019283	$5,317.12	$1,782.51
5	clciri	$1,241.46	$351.70
4	thelopez	$1,750.63	$255.00
13	winner123	$408.60	$185.25
8	omnichron	$576.20	$160.49

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
56	murkydreamer	$142.22	($80.39)
89	Shannon123	$116.78	($61.04)
6	MacNook	$767.63	($34.90)
43	OutSider81	$165.12	($16.90)
11	MrFreeze1125	$450.48	($15.63)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
19	kioskgirl	$284.69	56
40	Irvinexcq	$169.90	51
31	Graveyard	$192.54	50
55	extremexmods	$143.98	34
29	rbradfordw	$201.06	31

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
89	Shannon123	$116.78	-52
56	murkydreamer	$142.22	-31
93	cajeam	$116.12	-16
43	OutSider81	$165.12	-7
60	blimpie181	$140.59	-7

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
24	Greedy	$226.02
46	trishthedish	$159.45
50	NickLangton	$155.93
54	orhoop12	$146.29
63	73buick	$138.56
67	shellsok	$135.57
75	canucks	$130.52
77	ninja430	$128.51
81	ladyskynyrd	$125.34
82	mikeztheman	$122.21
86	elpopo	$118.95
90	Aculver524	$116.76
94	tyvickie	$116.11
98	kracsh	$114.05

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
5	doremi.	$904.94
8	coercion	$616.68
10	biged78	$501.12
22	fr0gprinces	$230.04
34	kennykingg	$182.86
46	LeRoy3rd	$157.80
55	medicus	$142.55
66	rambo13	$133.26
70	Nail	$131.93
73	pinkfloyd22	$130.27
82	hurdlinmasta	$123.15
85	martiemine	$120.49
88	gimmesomemoola	$119.31
100	JFill	$110.35

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.16	1	0	$0.00
2	pUNK1019283	$5,317.12	3	1	$1,782.51
3	Rossoduck	$5,243.02	2	-1	$0.00
4	thelopez	$1,750.63	4	0	$255.00
5	clciri	$1,241.46	6	1	$351.70
6	MacNook	$767.63	7	1	($34.90)
7	sensfan	$721.11	9	2	$131.94
8	omnichron	$576.20	14	6	$160.49
9	twotontim	$554.45	13	4	$130.91
10	GsWinner	$489.46	11	1	$4.33
11	MrFreeze1125	$450.48	12	1	($15.63)
12	Beretta	$420.41	15	3	$47.40
13	winner123	$408.60	24	11	$185.25
14	skipdeal	$386.44	16	2	$41.99
15	AlexanderZ	$346.04	17	2	$1.99
16	DFlash	$337.63	18	2	($1.74)
17	ARiC	$300.92	19	2	$2.73
18	Goose	$288.36	20	2	$9.40
19	kioskgirl	$284.69	75	56	$154.63
20	acsfl	$270.33	27	7	$55.85
21	penny_lover	$256.60	21	0	$0.00
22	psuturtle	$246.96	23	1	$23.43
23	rex001	$227.11	42	19	$64.04
24	Greedy	$226.02	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	CorporateRaider	$222.10	26	1	$4.99
26	FoolishJordan	$212.50	28	2	$0.00
27	xTheUntouchablex	$208.30	29	2	$0.79
28	sport629	$204.31	31	3	$11.28
29	rbradfordw	$201.06	60	31	$64.40
30	plurt00	$196.66	30	0	$0.82
31	Graveyard	$192.54	81	50	$69.22
32	rockwild	$187.78	47	15	$31.06
33	sirhcb	$185.09	32	-1	$0.69
34	zylum	$183.17	33	-1	$0.03
35	needlotsofmoola	$183.10	38	3	$7.24
36	SCS1	$183.05	35	-1	$1.00
37	Iolo	$178.82	39	2	$4.95
38	phillyphan65	$178.51	54	16	$35.76
39	moolapimp	$173.77	52	13	$29.14
40	Irvinexcq	$169.90	91	51	$54.15
41	khashab	$166.20	40	-1	$0.00
42	trogdor	$165.94	41	-1	($0.16)
43	OutSider81	$165.12	36	-7	($16.90)
44	Necral	$163.56	43	-1	$0.63
45	lovebuds	$160.34	48	3	$4.09
46	trishthedish	$159.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	Warrition	$159.42	45	-2	$0.72
48	tkyoshi	$159.36	44	-4	$0.55
49	Sarkar	$158.72	49	0	$6.12
50	NickLangton	$155.93	N/A	N/A	N/A
51	senniss	$152.22	51	0	$3.03
52	nono059	$150.96	50	-2	$0.00
53	rhealana	$147.07	56	3	$4.97
54	orhoop12	$146.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
55	extremexmods	$143.98	89	34	$26.38
56	murkydreamer	$142.22	25	-31	($80.39)
57	majiksan	$142.18	61	4	$6.82
58	amakley	$142.14	57	-1	$1.35
59	Ender22	$140.74	59	0	$1.87
60	blimpie181	$140.59	53	-7	($3.92)
61	chuggmore	$139.84	58	-3	$0.00
62	Maxi1	$139.62	65	3	$5.92
63	73buick	$138.56	N/A	N/A	N/A
64	CatalinaThePirate	$136.04	69	5	$3.09
65	skinneylady123	$135.91	68	3	$2.87
66	patrickmaher	$135.83	62	-4	$1.36
67	shellsok	$135.57	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	Airwolf	$135.53	63	-5	$1.44
69	liminaldust	$134.88	64	-5	$1.14
70	zakfa	$134.32	71	1	$3.55
71	Mike6	$133.33	72	1	$2.76
72	Tazdevil1622	$133.15	67	-5	$0.00
73	ryanr34	$132.21	74	1	$1.99
74	Cardinal_Horn	$131.03	76	2	$1.03
75	canucks	$130.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
76	PurpleAngel23	$129.57	78	2	$0.32
77	ninja430	$128.51	N/A	N/A	N/A
78	edbaseball416	$128.12	79	1	$1.32
79	kavanagh	$127.54	80	1	$2.69
80	zedison	$126.11	83	3	$4.01
81	ladyskynyrd	$125.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
82	mikeztheman	$122.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	chocoloco17	$121.17	87	4	$1.30
84	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	84	0	$0.00
85	chrisgs77	$120.56	86	1	$0.50
86	elpopo	$118.95	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	alexise	$118.46	92	5	$3.84
88	Juce	$118.22	90	2	$0.75
89	Shannon123	$116.78	37	-52	($61.04)
90	Aculver524	$116.76	N/A	N/A	N/A
91	FallingUp	$116.63	97	6	$4.56
92	Dresden10589	$116.52	98	6	$4.82
93	cajeam	$116.12	77	-16	($13.80)
94	tyvickie	$116.11	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	mr.greenjeans	$115.35	94	-1	$1.77
96	PhazE	$115.23	95	-1	$1.85
97	kessld	$114.57	93	-4	$0.00
98	kracsh	$114.05	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	medievalsoldier	$113.99	96	-3	$0.63
100	H3R0	$111.85	99	-1	$1.34

Leaderboard Feb. 4th

2008-02-04T10:46:00.000-08:00

Edit: Thanks clciri for pointing out that the previous info I posted was wrong. I used the wrong leaderboard. Information corrected.

Let me remind you, some decreases in the balance totals are due to members cashing out. The increase/decrease tables only include members who were on both this week and last weeks leaderboard, those who are no longer on the boards are not represented:

5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
6	clciri	$889.76	$519.57
8	coercion	$616.68	$384.86
9	sensfan	$589.17	$172.21
25	murkydreamer	$222.61	$100.96
13	twotontim	$423.54	$97.34

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$3,534.61	($481.01)
7	MacNook	$802.53	($140.38)
81	Graveyard	$123.32	($80.06)
12	MrFreeze1125	$466.11	($65.08)
4	thelopez	$1,495.63	($51.52)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
42	rex001	$163.07	57
25	murkydreamer	$222.61	53
54	phillyphan65	$142.75	30
53	blimpie181	$144.51	24
27	acsfl	$214.48	23

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
81	Graveyard	$123.32	-51
66	rambo13	$133.26	-28
94	mr.greenjeans	$113.58	-20
71	zakfa	$130.77	-14
78	PurpleAngel23	$129.25	-13

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
5	doremi.	$904.94
10	biged78	$501.12
24	winner123	$223.35
34	kennykingg	$182.86
55	medicus	$142.55
60	rbradfordw	$136.66
76	Cardinal_Horn	$130.00
79	edbaseball416	$126.80
85	martiemine	$120.49
88	gimmesomemoola	$119.31
89	extremexmods	$117.60
91	Irvinexcq	$115.75
97	FallingUp	$112.07
100	JFill	$110.35

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
12	Sparky21	$364.24
17	TheBattleOx	$301.11
18	shellsok	$295.30
20	reflection717	$264.95
62	phillies2626	$131.00
79	kma25	$121.62
80	paulac	$121.41
89	soreloser	$112.37
92	queen_of_corruption	$111.07
93	tortue	$109.50
94	mcbeth	$108.81
96	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19
97	TrillianX	$107.48
98	suzen	$107.16

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.16	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,243.02	2	0	$0.14
3	pUNK1019283	$3,534.61	3	0	($481.01)
4	thelopez	$1,495.63	4	0	($51.52)
5	doremi.	$904.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	clciri	$889.76	11	5	$519.57
7	MacNook	$802.53	5	-2	($140.38)
8	coercion	$616.68	23	15	$384.86
9	sensfan	$589.17	8	-1	$172.21
10	biged78	$501.12	N/A	N/A	N/A
11	GsWinner	$485.13	7	-4	($0.57)
12	MrFreeze1125	$466.11	6	-6	($65.08)
13	twotontim	$423.54	16	3	$97.34
14	omnichron	$415.71	9	-5	$12.20
15	Beretta	$373.01	10	-5	($2.25)
16	skipdeal	$344.45	14	-2	$3.91
17	AlexanderZ	$344.05	13	-4	$1.87
18	DFlash	$339.37	15	-3	$1.62
19	ARiC	$298.19	19	0	$5.05
20	Goose	$278.96	21	1	$15.79
21	penny_lover	$256.60	22	1	$0.00
22	fr0gprinces	$230.04	29	7	$25.73
23	psuturtle	$223.53	25	2	$7.40
24	winner123	$223.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
25	murkydreamer	$222.61	78	53	$100.96
26	CorporateRaider	$217.11	24	-2	$0.17
27	acsfl	$214.48	50	23	$69.00
28	FoolishJordan	$212.50	26	-2	$0.00
29	xTheUntouchablex	$207.51	28	-1	$0.34
30	plurt00	$195.84	32	2	$5.88
31	sport629	$193.03	37	6	$20.32
32	sirhcb	$184.40	34	2	$4.01
33	zylum	$183.14	31	-2	($10.24)
34	kennykingg	$182.86	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	SCS1	$182.05	35	0	$2.60
36	OutSider81	$182.02	36	0	$3.96
37	Shannon123	$177.82	27	-10	($30.28)
38	needlotsofmoola	$175.86	33	-5	($6.50)
39	Iolo	$173.87	39	0	$7.02
40	khashab	$166.20	40	0	$0.00
41	trogdor	$166.10	46	5	$11.15
42	rex001	$163.07	99	57	$56.15
43	Necral	$162.93	41	-2	$0.44
44	tkyoshi	$158.81	44	0	$2.01
45	Warrition	$158.70	43	-2	$0.99
46	LeRoy3rd	$157.80	45	-1	$2.21
47	rockwild	$156.72	61	14	$25.51
48	lovebuds	$156.25	47	-1	$4.86
49	Sarkar	$152.60	42	-7	($8.12)
50	nono059	$150.96	48	-2	$0.00
51	senniss	$149.19	49	-2	$1.40
52	moolapimp	$144.63	51	-1	$2.73
53	blimpie181	$144.51	77	24	$22.75
54	phillyphan65	$142.75	84	30	$24.06
55	medicus	$142.55	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	rhealana	$142.10	54	-2	$3.37
57	amakley	$140.79	52	-5	$0.90
58	chuggmore	$139.84	53	-5	$0.25
59	Ender22	$138.87	55	-4	$2.37
60	rbradfordw	$136.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
61	majiksan	$135.36	66	5	$7.07
62	patrickmaher	$134.47	60	-2	$2.84
63	Airwolf	$134.09	59	-4	$1.42
64	liminaldust	$133.74	56	-8	($2.22)
65	Maxi1	$133.70	71	6	$6.97
66	rambo13	$133.26	38	-28	($38.41)
67	Tazdevil1622	$133.15	58	-9	$0.00
68	skinneylady123	$133.04	63	-5	$2.44
69	CatalinaThePirate	$132.95	69	0	$5.14
70	Nail	$131.93	68	-2	$4.04
71	zakfa	$130.77	57	-14	($2.49)
72	Mike6	$130.57	72	0	$3.96
73	pinkfloyd22	$130.27	64	-9	$0.14
74	ryanr34	$130.22	67	-7	$2.28
75	kioskgirl	$130.06	70	-5	$2.88
76	Cardinal_Horn	$130.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	cajeam	$129.92	76	-1	$7.61
78	PurpleAngel23	$129.25	65	-13	$0.47
79	edbaseball416	$126.80	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	kavanagh	$124.85	75	-5	$2.42
81	Graveyard	$123.32	30	-51	($80.06)
82	hurdlinmasta	$123.15	73	-9	$0.11
83	zedison	$122.10	83	0	$2.88
84	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	81	-3	$0.00
85	martiemine	$120.49	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	chrisgs77	$120.06	82	-4	$0.00
87	chocoloco17	$119.87	85	-2	$2.33
88	gimmesomemoola	$119.31	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	extremexmods	$117.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	Juce	$117.47	86	-4	$0.08
91	Irvinexcq	$115.75	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	alexise	$114.62	95	3	$6.39
93	kessld	$114.57	87	-6	$0.00
94	mr.greenjeans	$113.58	74	-20	($8.95)
95	PhazE	$113.38	91	-4	$2.10
96	medievalsoldier	$113.36	88	-8	$0.35
97	FallingUp	$112.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	Dresden10589	$111.70	100	2	$5.11
99	H3R0	$110.51	90	-9	($0.86)
100	JFill	$110.35	N/A	N/A	N/A

Challenge For Februrary

2008-02-01T17:55:00.000-08:00

I haven't been playing many games lately, and partly it is because I just don't have the time. Well, a friend of mine wanted to see if I can make $200 this month. Now that I have a goal, you may just see me playing more often.

Personally, I have never had more then $120 in my Moola account during any given time. But $200 in a month is more then enough time. Some Moolagans can make $500 in a week.

Using a new website I found, I created a timer and progress tracker for my account (shown on the right). You may not find it interesting, but it is a good reminder that I time is ticking down.

Edit: I updated my widget so that it looks better (finally was able to get home to create something on Photoshop) and also added some statistics for the challenge. Although I am currently doing worse compared to when I started. Things will change!

God Leaves Moola.com

2008-01-29T23:57:00.000-08:00

Pavel Simakov the CTO of Moola.com has decided to leave the company. He spent 4 years as Chief Architect and one of his projects was to create the website we now know as Moola.com. He writes post in his blog about what he has done for Moola.com but not much related to why he is leaving.

What actually intrigued me is that the admin known as " God" is actually Simakov. I personally always wondered who he was and it is actually amusing to be able to put a face to the name. " God"

Note that all the information provided is entirely based on the blog entry on his site. Is he really " God"... I don't know.

Thanks for the anonymous comment leading to Pavel's blog.

Leaderboard Jan. 28th

2008-01-29T16:18:00.000-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$4,015.62	$584.29
4	thelopez	$1,547.15	$345.23
17	TheBattleOx	$301.11	$132.29
20	reflection717	$264.95	$120.10
8	sensfan	$416.96	$92.14

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
79	kma25	$121.62	($213.33)
62	phillies2626	$131.00	($75.23)
5	MacNook	$942.91	($68.15)
18	shellsok	$295.30	($63.51)
51	moolapimp	$141.90	($14.12)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
20	reflection717	$264.95	33
17	TheBattleOx	$301.11	22
39	Iolo	$166.85	15
37	sport629	$172.71	11
76	cajeam	$122.31	10

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
79	kma25	$121.62	-66
62	phillies2626	$131.00	-36
18	shellsok	$295.30	-8
51	moolapimp	$141.90	-6
96	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	-5

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
11	clciri	$370.19
12	Sparky21	$364.24
23	coercion	$231.82
73	hurdlinmasta	$123.04
74	mr.greenjeans	$122.53
78	murkydreamer	$121.65
80	paulac	$121.41
84	phillyphan65	$118.69
93	tortue	$109.50
95	alexise	$108.23
98	suzen	$107.16
99	rex001	$106.92
100	Dresden10589	$106.59

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
9	tobitobitob	$363.81
21	colslaw	$236.72
23	Funkadelic	$213.91
31	allo	$183.85
37	mgolus	$173.32
55	krisddd	$140.34
82	NickLangton	$117.21
83	ninja430	$116.40
94	Flash23	$107.23
97	Girish	$106.38
98	pammer	$105.28
99	jedi_law	$104.64
100	FallingUp	$104.45

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.16	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.88	2	0	$0.00
3	pUNK1019283	$4,015.62	3	0	$584.29
4	thelopez	$1,547.15	4	0	$345.23
5	MacNook	$942.91	5	0	($68.15)
6	MrFreeze1125	$531.19	6	0	$28.10
7	GsWinner	$485.70	7	0	$0.65
8	sensfan	$416.96	15	7	$92.14
9	omnichron	$403.51	11	2	$52.82
10	Beretta	$375.26	8	-2	$6.74
11	clciri	$370.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	Sparky21	$364.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	AlexanderZ	$342.18	12	-1	$1.54
14	skipdeal	$340.54	18	4	$63.89
15	DFlash	$337.75	14	-1	$6.52
16	twotontim	$326.20	16	0	$11.86
17	TheBattleOx	$301.11	39	22	$132.29
18	shellsok	$295.30	10	-8	($63.51)
19	ARiC	$293.14	17	-2	$1.69
20	reflection717	$264.95	53	33	$120.10
21	Goose	$263.17	20	-1	$7.58
22	penny_lover	$256.60	19	-3	$0.00
23	coercion	$231.82	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	CorporateRaider	$216.94	28	4	$17.43
25	psuturtle	$216.13	22	-3	$1.72
26	FoolishJordan	$212.50	24	-2	$0.00
27	Shannon123	$208.10	32	5	$24.90
28	xTheUntouchablex	$207.17	25	-3	$0.00
29	fr0gprinces	$204.31	38	9	$31.10
30	Graveyard	$203.38	27	-3	$2.21
31	zylum	$193.38	29	-2	$0.00
32	plurt00	$189.96	30	-2	$3.67
33	needlotsofmoola	$182.36	33	0	$3.07
34	sirhcb	$180.39	36	2	$4.29
35	SCS1	$179.45	34	-1	$0.93
36	OutSider81	$178.06	35	-1	$1.71
37	sport629	$172.71	48	11	$21.70
38	rambo13	$171.67	40	2	$5.39
39	Iolo	$166.85	54	15	$26.16
40	khashab	$166.20	41	1	$0.00
41	Necral	$162.49	42	1	$1.37
42	Sarkar	$160.72	43	1	$0.45
43	Warrition	$157.71	44	1	$1.14
44	tkyoshi	$156.80	46	2	$0.94
45	LeRoy3rd	$155.59	47	2	$0.41
46	trogdor	$154.95	50	4	$6.60
47	lovebuds	$151.39	51	4	$3.91
48	nono059	$150.96	49	1	$0.00
49	senniss	$147.79	52	3	$1.74
50	acsfl	$145.48	60	10	$10.56
51	moolapimp	$141.90	45	-6	($14.12)
52	amakley	$139.89	57	5	$1.66
53	chuggmore	$139.59	56	3	$0.00
54	rhealana	$138.73	59	5	$3.69
55	Ender22	$136.50	58	3	$0.52
56	liminaldust	$135.96	61	5	$2.13
57	zakfa	$133.26	64	7	$2.55
58	Tazdevil1622	$133.15	62	4	$0.12
59	Airwolf	$132.67	63	4	$1.74
60	patrickmaher	$131.63	67	7	$2.07
61	rockwild	$131.21	66	5	$1.37
62	phillies2626	$131.00	26	-36	($75.23)
63	skinneylady123	$130.60	68	5	$1.69
64	pinkfloyd22	$130.13	65	1	$0.03
65	PurpleAngel23	$128.78	69	4	$0.24
66	majiksan	$128.29	75	9	$4.89
67	ryanr34	$127.94	70	3	$1.32
68	Nail	$127.89	73	5	$2.16
69	CatalinaThePirate	$127.81	71	2	$1.59
70	kioskgirl	$127.18	72	2	$1.20
71	Maxi1	$126.73	77	6	$5.38
72	Mike6	$126.61	74	2	$2.45
73	hurdlinmasta	$123.04	N/A	N/A	N/A
74	mr.greenjeans	$122.53	N/A	N/A	N/A
75	kavanagh	$122.43	80	5	$2.46
76	cajeam	$122.31	86	10	$8.51
77	blimpie181	$121.76	76	-1	$0.16
78	murkydreamer	$121.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	kma25	$121.62	13	-66	($213.33)
80	paulac	$121.41	N/A	N/A	N/A
81	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	78	-3	$0.00
82	chrisgs77	$120.06	79	-3	$0.00
83	zedison	$119.22	81	-2	$1.08
84	phillyphan65	$118.69	N/A	N/A	N/A
85	chocoloco17	$117.54	84	-1	$2.78
86	Juce	$117.39	87	1	$5.53
87	kessld	$114.57	85	-2	$0.25
88	medievalsoldier	$113.01	93	5	$5.40
89	soreloser	$112.37	88	-1	$0.74
90	H3R0	$111.37	95	5	$4.18
91	PhazE	$111.28	89	-2	$1.94
92	queen_of_corruption	$111.07	92	0	$3.00
93	tortue	$109.50	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	mcbeth	$108.81	90	-4	$0.05
95	alexise	$108.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	91	-5	$0.00
97	TrillianX	$107.48	96	-1	$0.70
98	suzen	$107.16	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	rex001	$106.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	Dresden10589	$106.59	N/A	N/A	N/A

Received My First Check

2008-01-25T18:05:00.000-08:00

As I had mentioned in a previous post, I cashed out $90 in Decemberbasically my entire balance (I suggest that unless you really want to start off at ground zero and try to get pass that $5 mark, don't cash out your entire balance). I finally received my check today, but below is the time line from when I cashed out till when I got my check.

Dec 8th: Initiated a $90 cash out
Jan 4th (around this date): Received notice that my cash out was approved.
Jan 20th: Received notice that the check has been sent.
Jan 25th: Check arrives in my mailbox

Here is a picture of the check as proof (click on picture for larger image):

Now it is time to try and cash it out. I will update this post if there are any problems.

Moola Update Jan 23rd

2008-01-23T16:14:00.000-08:00

Last night the admins released a few changes to the site. Here is a compiled list of changes that most of us have noticed so far. The admins do not have a complete list available for it's members so all the information below are things mentioned on the forums. I will update this if there are new features added.

Booster Wheel Updates:
~~1. The wheel tells you what you won before you spin~~
2. The new Booster Wheel payment increase discussed in a previous post has been released.

Booster Bar updates:
1. Behind the scene updates
2. Reorganization of Menus
3. Faster balance updates
4. Uses less browser memory

Forum Updates:
1. Give Moola Button added to every post (see warning below)

Game Updates:
1. New description of games and player limits (hint that there may be multiplayer games in the future)
2. Gold Rush Lite added (accessible via a link at the bottom of a Gold Rush game)

Referral Updates:
1. Referral bonus messages will now identify who the bonus originated from

Other Features:
1. Give Moola allows for anonymous transactions as well as the ability to deliver a message with the transaction.
2. Clicking a ad will not affect your game now
3. The after game report now shows who you last played (it does not unveil anonymous players)

Warning!! There is a bug that will be fixed in the next update regarding the "Give Moola" feature:

If you choose to send the person a message and do NOT choose to be anonymous, your email address will be displayed in the sender field of the message. If you choose to be anonymous, the message will be sent from Moola.

Leaderboard Jan 22nd

2008-01-23T15:08:00.000-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$3,431.33	$1,841.95
4	thelopez	$1,201.92	$259.99
10	shellsok	$358.81	$164.16
13	kma25	$334.95	$128.33
15	sensfan	$324.82	$68.30

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
18	skipdeal	$276.65	($146.91)
5	MacNook	$1,011.06	($118.87)
16	twotontim	$314.34	($58.92)
94	Flash23	$107.23	($31.28)
60	acsfl	$134.92	($28.04)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
48	sport629	$151.01	46
10	shellsok	$358.81	25
40	rambo13	$166.28	24
66	rockwild	$129.84	22
59	rhealana	$135.04	19

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
94	Flash23	$107.23	-31
65	pinkfloyd22	$130.10	-12
60	acsfl	$134.92	-11
18	skipdeal	$276.65	-10
16	twotontim	$314.34	-7

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
21	colslaw	$236.72
23	Funkadelic	$213.91
26	phillies2626	$206.23
31	allo	$183.85
53	reflection717	$144.85
55	krisddd	$140.34
76	blimpie181	$121.60
82	NickLangton	$117.21
83	ninja430	$116.40
86	cajeam	$113.80
88	soreloser	$111.63
89	PhazE	$109.34
91	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19
92	queen_of_corruption	$108.07
93	medievalsoldier	$107.61
95	H3R0	$107.19
96	TrillianX	$106.78
97	Girish	$106.38
98	pammer	$105.28
99	jedi_law	$104.64
100	FallingUp	$104.45

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
12	Aglet	$337.52
15	clciri	$310.24
18	gimmesomemoola	$287.74
19	poenix1933	$263.30
20	vinny.sox	$260.96
21	FinalGroundz	$260.04
25	phiednate	$224.39
28	lefty57v	$207.97
32	dr_T	$200.05
40	toogood	$181.20
43	BamaLiz	$172.98
47	begley424	$165.90
69	rb290	$132.52
70	YINZA1	$132.41
71	SEPPE	$132.17
73	popgoesme	$130.85
79	paulac	$126.18
91	shywolf	$117.00
96	gpaw	$111.96
98	bigbob222	$110.09
99	rhane2005	$109.29

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,496.16	1	0	$51.84
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.88	2	0	$0.00
3	pUNK1019283	$3,431.33	3	0	$1,841.95
4	thelopez	$1,201.92	5	1	$259.99
5	MacNook	$1,011.06	4	-1	($118.87)
6	MrFreeze1125	$503.09	6	0	($1.82)
7	GsWinner	$485.05	7	0	($1.43)
8	Beretta	$368.52	14	6	$43.38
9	tobitobitob	$363.81	10	1	($6.58)
10	shellsok	$358.81	35	25	$164.16
11	omnichron	$350.69	11	0	($11.83)
12	AlexanderZ	$340.64	17	5	$51.41
13	kma25	$334.95	31	18	$128.33
14	DFlash	$331.23	13	-1	$5.39
15	sensfan	$324.82	23	8	$68.30
16	twotontim	$314.34	9	-7	($58.92)
17	ARiC	$291.45	16	-1	$1.57
18	skipdeal	$276.65	8	-10	($146.91)
19	penny_lover	$256.60	22	3	$0.00
20	Goose	$255.59	24	4	$16.45
21	colslaw	$236.72	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	psuturtle	$214.41	27	5	$5.01
23	Funkadelic	$213.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
24	FoolishJordan	$212.50	26	2	$0.00
25	xTheUntouchablex	$207.17	30	5	$0.06
26	phillies2626	$206.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
27	Graveyard	$201.17	34	7	$2.68
28	CorporateRaider	$199.51	33	5	$0.10
29	zylum	$193.38	36	7	$0.00
30	plurt00	$186.29	38	8	$2.94
31	allo	$183.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	Shannon123	$183.20	29	-3	($24.20)
33	needlotsofmoola	$179.29	39	6	($3.48)
34	SCS1	$178.52	41	7	$0.40
35	OutSider81	$176.35	44	9	$3.74
36	sirhcb	$176.10	42	6	$2.60
37	mgolus	$173.32	45	8	$3.49
38	fr0gprinces	$173.21	52	14	$15.13
39	TheBattleOx	$168.82	37	-2	($18.52)
40	rambo13	$166.28	64	24	$29.24
41	khashab	$166.20	46	5	$0.00
42	Necral	$161.12	48	6	($2.36)
43	Sarkar	$160.27	50	7	$0.09
44	Warrition	$156.57	56	12	$2.85
45	moolapimp	$156.02	51	6	($3.05)
46	tkyoshi	$155.86	54	8	$0.22
47	LeRoy3rd	$155.18	55	8	$0.08
48	sport629	$151.01	94	46	$37.41
49	nono059	$150.96	58	9	$0.00
50	trogdor	$148.35	57	7	($5.14)
51	lovebuds	$147.48	59	8	$2.30
52	senniss	$146.05	60	8	$2.50
53	reflection717	$144.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
54	Iolo	$140.69	61	7	($0.37)
55	krisddd	$140.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	chuggmore	$139.59	62	6	$0.32
57	amakley	$138.23	65	8	$1.87
58	Ender22	$135.98	67	9	$1.29
59	rhealana	$135.04	78	19	$8.69
60	acsfl	$134.92	49	-11	($28.04)
61	liminaldust	$133.83	72	11	$1.99
62	Tazdevil1622	$133.03	68	6	$0.00
63	Airwolf	$130.93	74	11	$1.38
64	zakfa	$130.71	81	17	$6.06
65	pinkfloyd22	$130.10	53	-12	($26.76)
66	rockwild	$129.84	88	22	$12.61
67	patrickmaher	$129.56	77	10	$2.97
68	skinneylady123	$128.91	76	8	$1.58
69	PurpleAngel23	$128.54	75	6	$0.55
70	ryanr34	$126.62	82	12	$2.58
71	CatalinaThePirate	$126.22	66	-5	($10.00)
72	kioskgirl	$125.98	80	8	$0.44
73	Nail	$125.73	83	10	$3.03
74	Mike6	$124.16	84	10	$1.69
75	majiksan	$123.40	86	11	$4.32
76	blimpie181	$121.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	Maxi1	$121.35	90	13	$4.30
78	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	85	7	$0.00
79	chrisgs77	$120.06	87	8	$1.38
80	kavanagh	$119.97	89	9	$2.81
81	zedison	$118.14	92	11	$2.64
82	NickLangton	$117.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	ninja430	$116.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	chocoloco17	$114.76	95	11	$2.61
85	kessld	$114.32	93	8	$0.00
86	cajeam	$113.80	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	Juce	$111.86	97	10	$0.33
88	soreloser	$111.63	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	PhazE	$109.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	mcbeth	$108.76	100	10	$0.00
91	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	queen_of_corruption	$108.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
93	medievalsoldier	$107.61	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	Flash23	$107.23	63	-31	($31.28)
95	H3R0	$107.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	TrillianX	$106.78	N/A	N/A	N/A
97	Girish	$106.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	pammer	$105.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	jedi_law	$104.64	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	FallingUp	$104.45	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hooters Girl

2008-01-22T21:08:00.000-08:00

I thought this was hilarious and wanted to share this news article (Courtesy of Hoani on the Moola Forums):

I can't decide, was it smart or stupid of the Hooters manager?

Leaderboard Jan. 14th

2008-01-16T14:54:00.000-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
28	lefty57v	$207.97	$90.69
32	dr_T	$200.05	$89.79
20	vinny.sox	$260.96	$84.64
35	shellsok	$194.65	$72.63
43	BamaLiz	$172.98	$63.16

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
9	twotontim	$373.26	($234.03)
3	pUNK1019283	$1,589.38	($112.16)
5	thelopez	$941.93	($76.75)
37	TheBattleOx	$187.34	($58.51)
8	skipdeal	$423.56	($11.12)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
32	dr_T	$200.05	52
28	lefty57v	$207.97	46
43	BamaLiz	$172.98	42
35	shellsok	$194.65	33
73	popgoesme	$130.85	27

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
84	Mike6	$122.47	-21
37	TheBattleOx	$187.34	-19
80	kioskgirl	$125.54	-18
82	ryanr34	$124.04	-18
88	rockwild	$117.23	-16

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
15	clciri	$310.24
17	AlexanderZ	$289.23
19	poenix1933	$263.30
25	phiednate	$224.39
29	Shannon123	$207.40
31	kma25	$206.62
53	pinkfloyd22	$156.86
63	Flash23	$138.51
70	YINZA1	$132.41
71	SEPPE	$132.17
79	paulac	$126.18
81	zakfa	$124.65
94	sport629	$113.60
97	Juce	$111.53
98	bigbob222	$110.09
99	rhane2005	$109.29

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
50	soccerchely	$138.93
61	jeffbg123	$125.59
73	Manik	$118.12
75	Goldpro	$116.69
88	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19
89	loding_m13	$106.83
90	medievalsoldier	$106.40
91	Girish	$106.38
92	PhazE	$105.99
93	TrillianX	$105.35
94	pammer	$105.28
95	jedi_law	$104.09
96	jcw122	$104.08
97	Cuppajoe	$101.87
98	shdwdrgn	$101.75
99	73buick	$101.52

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,444.32	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.88	2	0	($0.01)
3	pUNK1019283	$1,589.38	3	0	$170.68
4	MacNook	$1,129.93	4	0	New
5	thelopez	$941.93	5	0	$7.78
6	MrFreeze1125	$504.91	7	1	$205.17
7	GsWinner	$486.48	8	1	$150.53
8	skipdeal	$423.56	9	1	$12.86
9	twotontim	$373.26	6	-3	New
10	tobitobitob	$370.39	10	0	$3.63
11	omnichron	$362.52	11	0	$189.97
12	Aglet	$337.52	13	1	$5.51
13	DFlash	$325.84	12	-1	New
14	Beretta	$325.14	16	2	$0.93
15	clciri	$310.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
16	ARiC	$289.88	14	-2	$9.50
17	AlexanderZ	$289.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	gimmesomemoola	$287.74	15	-3	($181.29)
19	poenix1933	$263.30	N/A	N/A	N/A
20	vinny.sox	$260.96	30	10	$149.77
21	FinalGroundz	$260.04	20	-1	New
22	penny_lover	$256.60	17	-5	$17.36
23	sensfan	$256.52	23	0	$15.83
24	Goose	$239.14	19	-5	$0.00
25	phiednate	$224.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	FoolishJordan	$212.50	21	-5	($7.94)
27	psuturtle	$209.40	24	-3	($9.04)
28	lefty57v	$207.97	74	46	New
29	Shannon123	$207.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	xTheUntouchablex	$207.11	22	-8	($71.53)
31	kma25	$206.62	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	dr_T	$200.05	84	52	$13.92
33	CorporateRaider	$199.41	25	-8	$4.20
34	Graveyard	$198.49	26	-8	$5.79
35	shellsok	$194.65	68	33	$2.91
36	zylum	$193.38	27	-9	New
37	TheBattleOx	$187.34	18	-19	New
38	plurt00	$183.35	28	-10	$12.40
39	needlotsofmoola	$182.77	29	-10	$15.23
40	toogood	$181.20	49	9	$5.64
41	SCS1	$178.12	31	-10	$0.97
42	sirhcb	$173.50	32	-10	$0.47
43	BamaLiz	$172.98	85	42	$1.47
44	OutSider81	$172.61	33	-11	$2.71
45	mgolus	$169.83	34	-11	$0.00
46	khashab	$166.20	35	-11	New
47	begley424	$165.90	36	-11	$24.01
48	Necral	$163.48	37	-11	$1.84
49	acsfl	$162.96	44	-5	New
50	Sarkar	$160.18	38	-12	New
51	moolapimp	$159.07	45	-6	New
52	fr0gprinces	$158.08	46	-6	New
53	pinkfloyd22	$156.86	N/A	N/A	N/A
54	tkyoshi	$155.64	39	-15	($1.52)
55	LeRoy3rd	$155.10	40	-15	$13.87
56	Warrition	$153.72	42	-14	New
57	trogdor	$153.49	41	-16	New
58	nono059	$150.96	43	-15	New
59	lovebuds	$145.18	47	-12	New
60	senniss	$143.55	48	-12	New
61	Iolo	$141.06	52	-9	$25.17
62	chuggmore	$139.27	51	-11	$0.59
63	Flash23	$138.51	N/A	N/A	N/A
64	rambo13	$137.04	67	3	New
65	amakley	$136.36	53	-12	New
66	CatalinaThePirate	$136.22	55	-11	$22.71
67	Ender22	$134.69	54	-13	New
68	Tazdevil1622	$133.03	56	-12	New
69	rb290	$132.52	76	7	New
70	YINZA1	$132.41	N/A	N/A	N/A
71	SEPPE	$132.17	N/A	N/A	N/A
72	liminaldust	$131.84	57	-15	$29.54
73	popgoesme	$130.85	100	27	New
74	Airwolf	$129.55	58	-16	New
75	PurpleAngel23	$127.99	59	-16	New
76	skinneylady123	$127.33	60	-16	New
77	patrickmaher	$126.59	65	-12	New
78	rhealana	$126.35	66	-12	$1.09
79	paulac	$126.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	kioskgirl	$125.54	62	-18	$35.99
81	zakfa	$124.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
82	ryanr34	$124.04	64	-18	New
83	Nail	$122.70	69	-14	$9.34
84	Mike6	$122.47	63	-21	$7.42
85	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	70	-15	New
86	majiksan	$119.08	81	-5	New
87	chrisgs77	$118.68	71	-16	New
88	rockwild	$117.23	72	-16	$41.36
89	kavanagh	$117.16	80	-9	New
90	Maxi1	$117.05	78	-12	$8.00
91	shywolf	$117.00	77	-14	New
92	zedison	$115.50	82	-10	($3.10)
93	kessld	$114.32	79	-14	New
94	sport629	$113.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	chocoloco17	$112.15	83	-12	New
96	gpaw	$111.96	86	-10	$2.20
97	Juce	$111.53	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	bigbob222	$110.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	rhane2005	$109.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	mcbeth	$108.76	87	-13	New

Booster Wheel Gives More Money

2008-01-08T22:39:00.000-08:00

A few days ago, the wonderful admin (Squigglee) at Moola.com told us of an upcoming enhancment to the wheel. The upgrade will increase the minimum booster amount on the wheel based on your position on the tower. The higher you are on the tower, the more money you make from the wheel.

I personally think this is a great upgrade for both Moola.com and it's members. For us members, the benefit is obvious, we have the opportunity to make more money. For Moola.com, the benefit of this new feature is that it will keep it's members from cashing out so often or so much. Thus, Moola will be able to keep more of the money it has earned (at least until members reach a point they are willing to cash out again).

Actually now that I think of it, the amount of money you would get for keeping your balance on Moola.com does not justify the new minimum boosters. But I guess any increase is a good increase.

Edit: Two commenter's pointed out a few facts that I missed when looking over this new addition.

1. Those below $5.12 will have their minimum spins reduced to one cent
2. A majority of the members are probably below the $5 mark (no evidence to back this up)
3. The lowering to $0.01 actually means that Moola is actually finding a way to give less money away.

I apologize for missing this point since when looking it over. I looked right at the bonus I would receive with my current balance.

You can read Squigglee's entire post below (I edited the post to include a table instead of just text):

Moola is in the process of developing a new *trial* feature which will give you bigger Search and Win rewards as you climb higher up the Moola Tower. The higher your level, the more you will be eligible to win on the Booster Wheel. We hope to implement this new feature in testing mode next week so feel free to post your feedback!

Here's how it will work:
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Each level of the Tower will be eligible to receive a minimum amount on the Booster Wheel. Currently, everyone's minimum booster amount is 2 cents. Moola's new Search and Win boosters will change this minimum amount depending on your level (ie. If you have 8 cents in your account, you are on Level 3).

Your Level (account balance range) Your Minimum Booster*
Up to Level 8 ($0 - $5.11) $0.01
Level 9 ($5.12 - $10.23) $0.02
Level 10 ($10.24 - $20.47) $0.03
Level 11 ($20.48 - $40.95) $0.04
Level 12 ($40.96 - $81.91) $0.05
Level 13 ($81.92 - $163.83) $0.06
Level 14 ($163.84 - $327.67) $0.07
Level 15 ($327.68 - $656.35) $0.08
Level 16 ($656.36 - $1310.71) $0.09
Level 17 ($1310.72 - $2621.43) $0.10
Level 18 and above (>$2621.44) $0.25

... more levels may be added and these amounts are subject to change (since this is still a trial feature). In the meantime, feedback welcome!

* The minimum booster is the lowest amount you can possibly win using Search and Win. You will still be eligible to win all amounts greater than this amount, but any amount lower than the minimum won't be shown on the wheel.

Instead of risking your entire balance on one big game, or cashing out your entire balance, make sure to leave enough in your account so that you can earn more using Search and Win!

Note: Moola plans to continue adding benefits for those who maintain their account balances -- so there are even more reasons to climb higher up the Tower!

What are your thoughts on this subject?

Leaderboard Jan. 7th

2008-01-07T17:57:00.001-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
4	MacNook	$1,131.55	$178.80
10	tobitobitob	$372.26	$127.02
6	twotontim	$607.29	$56.89
13	Aglet	$291.78	$41.47
50	soccerchely	$138.93	$38.87

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$1,701.54	($327.65)
5	thelopez	$1,018.68	($163.52)
18	TheBattleOx	$245.85	($63.17)
15	gimmesomemoola	$285.12	($28.64)
9	skipdeal	$434.68	($25.54)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
50	soccerchely	$138.93	38
49	toogood	$140.55	32
45	moolapimp	$146.31	8
10	tobitobitob	$372.26	8
29	needlotsofmoola	$181.88	7

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
91	Girish	$106.38	-14
94	pammer	$105.28	-14
85	BamaLiz	$109.82	-13
86	gpaw	$109.40	-13
88	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	-13

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
35	khashab	$166.20
44	acsfl	$146.38
47	lovebuds	$142.13
51	chuggmore	$138.47
52	Iolo	$136.63
53	amakley	$135.94
59	PurpleAngel23	$127.50
62	kioskgirl	$125.14
64	ryanr34	$123.13
65	patrickmaher	$122.85
69	Nail	$121.27
70	YouDirtyDog	$120.71
73	Manik	$118.12
74	lefty57v	$117.28
76	rb290	$116.65
79	kessld	$113.80
81	majiksan	$111.45
83	chocoloco17	$111.17
92	PhazE	$105.99
93	TrillianX	$105.35
99	73buick	$101.52
100	popgoesme	$101.31

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
10	clciri	$346.10
23	horse_with	$207.58
39	Delpezzy	$156.67
51	Stackz	$130.81
52	Shannon123	$129.61
64	zakfa	$114.65
67	sport629	$112.38
68	Duz15	$111.40
82	cbarnes23	$103.07
85	dtorton	$101.11
89	FallingUp	$98.65
90	glausfan8	$95.94
91	BSimmonSFA	$95.66
92	sajocelyn	$94.07
93	steeldg	$93.09
94	demandaj	$92.14
95	biged78	$91.45
96	PACKFAN88	$91.18
97	mjubera	$91.14
98	Bigcat	$90.00
99	chrisc645	$89.83
100	ladyskynyrd	$89.48

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.88	2	0	($0.01)
3	pUNK1019283	$1,701.54	3	0	$170.68
4	MacNook	$1,131.55	5	1	New
5	thelopez	$1,018.68	4	-1	$7.78
6	twotontim	$607.29	6	0	$205.17
7	MrFreeze1125	$511.11	7	0	$150.53
8	GsWinner	$486.20	8	0	$12.86
9	skipdeal	$434.68	9	0	New
10	tobitobitob	$372.26	18	8	$3.63
11	omnichron	$328.68	14	3	$189.97
12	DFlash	$325.80	11	-1	$5.51
13	Aglet	$291.78	17	4	New
14	ARiC	$289.50	15	1	$0.93
15	gimmesomemoola	$285.12	12	-3	$47.30
16	Beretta	$263.89	19	3	$9.50
17	penny_lover	$256.60	16	-1	$7.62
18	TheBattleOx	$245.85	13	-5	($181.29)
19	Goose	$236.15	20	1	New
20	FinalGroundz	$216.00	22	2	$149.77
21	FoolishJordan	$212.50	21	0	New
22	xTheUntouchablex	$207.07	24	2	$17.36
23	sensfan	$206.68	29	6	$15.83
24	psuturtle	$206.02	25	1	$0.00
25	CorporateRaider	$198.71	26	1	New
26	Graveyard	$196.61	27	1	($7.94)
27	zylum	$193.38	28	1	($9.04)
28	plurt00	$186.13	31	3	New
29	needlotsofmoola	$181.88	36	7	$2.87
30	vinny.sox	$176.32	30	0	($71.53)
31	SCS1	$174.74	32	1	$0.00
32	sirhcb	$170.98	38	6	$13.92
33	OutSider81	$170.24	33	0	$4.20
34	mgolus	$169.41	35	1	$5.79
35	khashab	$166.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
36	begley424	$165.89	34	-2	New
37	Necral	$163.15	37	0	New
38	Sarkar	$159.68	40	2	$12.40
39	tkyoshi	$155.49	41	2	$15.23
40	LeRoy3rd	$153.64	43	3	$5.64
41	trogdor	$153.09	42	1	$0.97
42	Warrition	$151.47	45	3	$0.47
43	nono059	$150.96	44	1	$1.47
44	acsfl	$146.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
45	moolapimp	$146.31	53	8	$0.00
46	fr0gprinces	$142.90	48	2	New
47	lovebuds	$142.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
48	senniss	$141.39	46	-2	$1.84
49	toogood	$140.55	81	32	New
50	soccerchely	$138.93	88	38	New
51	chuggmore	$138.47	N/A	N/A	N/A
52	Iolo	$136.63	N/A	N/A	N/A
53	amakley	$135.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
54	Ender22	$134.58	49	-5	($1.52)
55	CatalinaThePirate	$134.27	47	-8	$13.87
56	Tazdevil1622	$133.03	50	-6	New
57	liminaldust	$129.16	54	-3	New
58	Airwolf	$127.64	62	4	New
59	PurpleAngel23	$127.50	N/A	N/A	N/A
60	skinneylady123	$126.32	55	-5	New
61	jeffbg123	$125.59	56	-5	$25.17
62	kioskgirl	$125.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
63	Mike6	$123.38	57	-6	$8.00
64	ryanr34	$123.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	patrickmaher	$122.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
66	rhealana	$122.42	59	-7	$22.71
67	rambo13	$122.12	63	-4	New
68	shellsok	$122.02	58	-10	New
69	Nail	$121.27	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	N/A	N/A	N/A
71	chrisgs77	$118.68	60	-11	New
72	rockwild	$118.44	61	-11	$29.54
73	Manik	$118.12	N/A	N/A	N/A
74	lefty57v	$117.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
75	Goldpro	$116.69	65	-10	New
76	rb290	$116.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	shywolf	$114.66	69	-8	New
78	Maxi1	$114.26	66	-12	$1.09
79	kessld	$113.80	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	kavanagh	$112.13	70	-10	$35.99
81	majiksan	$111.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
82	zedison	$111.39	71	-11	New
83	chocoloco17	$111.17	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	dr_T	$110.26	78	-6	$7.42
85	BamaLiz	$109.82	72	-13	New
86	gpaw	$109.40	73	-13	New
87	mcbeth	$108.68	74	-13	New
88	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	75	-13	$41.36
89	loding_m13	$106.83	76	-13	New
90	medievalsoldier	$106.40	79	-11	$8.00
91	Girish	$106.38	77	-14	New
92	PhazE	$105.99	N/A	N/A	N/A
93	TrillianX	$105.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	pammer	$105.28	80	-14	New
95	jedi_law	$104.09	83	-12	New
96	jcw122	$104.08	87	-9	$2.20
97	Cuppajoe	$101.87	84	-13	$0.00
98	shdwdrgn	$101.75	86	-12	$0.47
99	73buick	$101.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	popgoesme	$101.31	N/A	N/A	N/A

A Little Scarce

2008-01-03T13:08:00.001-08:00

Sorry if I've been a little scarce lately. As usual, the holidays have kept me busy and now that it is a New Year (Happy New Year to all by the way), lots of responsibilities have been put on me at work. I will be posting more as soon as everything settles down.

At the very least I will post the new Leaderboard info as soon as I can.

I also want to thank everyone who has posted a comment on this blog. It is great to know that there are actually people reading this out there. FYI, you do not have to register to post a comment.

Leaderboard Jan. 3rd

2008-01-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

Update: Two new tables showing members who were added and taken of the leaderboard has been added.

Let me remind you, some decreases in the balance totals are due to members cashing out. The increase/decrease tables only include members who were on both this week and last weeks leaderboard, those who are no longer on the boards are not represented:

5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	pUNK1019283	$2,029.19	$1,533.46
4	thelopez	$1,182.20	$295.57
6	twotontim	$550.40	$276.04
13	TheBattleOx	$309.02	$193.46
9	skipdeal	$460.22	$60.75

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
5	MacNook	$952.75	($948.40)
10	clciri	$346.10	($517.95)
81	toogood	$105.22	($406.86)
17	Aglet	$250.31	($36.43)
29	sensfan	$180.39	($31.71)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
13	TheBattleOx	$309.02	67
35	mgolus	$166.04	48
39	Delpezzy	$156.67	46
58	shellsok	$121.81	30
66	Maxi1	$112.76	29

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
81	toogood	$105.22	-74
53	moolapimp	$129.27	-14
10	clciri	$346.10	-4
29	sensfan	$180.39	-4
5	MacNook	$952.75	-2

Click the "read more" button to see more info as well as the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
New Members On The Board This Week:

Pos.	Username	Bal.
12	gimmesomemoola	$313.76
34	begley424	$166.66
52	Shannon123	$129.61
64	zakfa	$114.65
67	sport629	$112.38
69	shywolf	$110.75
70	kavanagh	$110.45
72	BamaLiz	$109.82
73	gpaw	$109.40
76	loding_m13	$106.52
77	Girish	$106.38
78	dr_T	$106.34
80	pammer	$105.28
82	cbarnes23	$103.07
83	jedi_law	$102.08
84	Cuppajoe	$101.83
85	dtorton	$101.11
86	shdwdrgn	$101.08
87	jcw122	$100.66
88	soccerchely	$100.06
89	FallingUp	$98.65
90	glausfan8	$95.94
91	BSimmonSFA	$95.66
92	sajocelyn	$94.07
93	steeldg	$93.09
94	demandaj	$92.14
95	biged78	$91.45
96	PACKFAN88	$91.18
97	mjubera	$91.14
98	Bigcat	$90.00
99	chrisc645	$89.83
100	ladyskynyrd	$89.48

Members Dropped From The Board This Week:

Prev. Pos.	Username	Prev. Bal.
4	doremi.	$1,639.82
12	fahashee	$376.33
13	jayfitz111	$350.43
21	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29
32	belhaven14	$184.39
36	khashab	$166.20
48	Hearnesy12	$139.86
49	DaveMatthews	$138.55
51	mcar1919	$138.25
52	chuggmore	$136.33
53	amakley	$134.74
59	PurpleAngel23	$125.60
62	Jabber	$125.33
64	lefty57v	$124.32
65	jessicap	$123.51
67	hurdlinmasta	$123.28
68	AllieBaBa	$123.06
69	kioskgirl	$122.50
70	ryanr34	$121.92
71	YouDirtyDog	$120.71
73	patrickmaher	$119.63
74	Nail	$119.62
76	mr.greenjeans	$118.64
81	dovey2316	$114.79
82	kessld	$113.80
84	champgmns	$112.61
87	felinelvr5	$111.23
89	freakballer12	$110.39
91	tortue	$109.46
93	karlina	$108.93
94	chocoloco17	$108.91
100	iseeyou	$106.87

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.89	2	0	($0.01)
3	pUNK1019283	$2,029.19	9	6	$170.68
4	thelopez	$1,182.20	5	1	New
5	MacNook	$952.75	3	-2	$7.78
6	twotontim	$550.40	18	12	$205.17
7	MrFreeze1125	$505.03	8	1	$150.53
8	GsWinner	$495.03	10	2	$12.86
9	skipdeal	$460.22	11	2	New
10	clciri	$346.10	6	-4	$3.63
11	DFlash	$325.74	14	3	$189.97
12	gimmesomemoola	$313.76	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	TheBattleOx	$309.02	80	67	New
14	omnichron	$301.56	17	3	$0.93
15	ARiC	$292.03	16	1	$47.30
16	penny_lover	$256.60	19	3	$9.50
17	Aglet	$250.31	15	-2	$7.62
18	tobitobitob	$245.24	20	2	($181.29)
19	Beretta	$240.25	23	4	New
20	Goose	$230.29	22	2	$149.77
21	FoolishJordan	$212.50	24	3	New
22	FinalGroundz	$209.00	27	5	$17.36
23	horse_with	$207.58	37	14	$15.83
24	xTheUntouchablex	$206.71	26	2	$0.00
25	psuturtle	$202.71	28	3	New
26	CorporateRaider	$198.32	29	3	($7.94)
27	Graveyard	$195.58	30	3	($9.04)
28	zylum	$193.38	31	3	New
29	sensfan	$180.39	25	-4	$2.87
30	vinny.sox	$171.99	38	8	($71.53)
31	plurt00	$171.73	44	13	$0.00
32	SCS1	$171.36	34	2	$13.92
33	OutSider81	$170.22	33	0	$4.20
34	begley424	$166.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
35	mgolus	$166.04	83	48	$2.91
36	needlotsofmoola	$164.08	40	4	New
37	Necral	$162.46	35	-2	New
38	sirhcb	$158.85	66	28	$12.40
39	Delpezzy	$156.67	85	46	$15.23
40	Sarkar	$156.16	41	1	$5.64
41	tkyoshi	$155.05	42	1	$0.97
42	trogdor	$153.09	43	1	$0.47
43	LeRoy3rd	$152.53	47	4	$1.47
44	nono059	$150.96	45	1	$2.71
45	Warrition	$150.85	46	1	$0.00
46	senniss	$140.63	50	4	New
47	CatalinaThePirate	$136.78	55	8	$24.01
48	fr0gprinces	$136.13	72	24	$1.84
49	Ender22	$134.55	54	5	New
50	Tazdevil1622	$133.03	56	6	New
51	Stackz	$130.81	57	6	New
52	Shannon123	$129.61	N/A	N/A	N/A
53	moolapimp	$129.27	39	-14	New
54	liminaldust	$128.08	58	4	($1.52)
55	skinneylady123	$125.86	63	8	$13.87
56	jeffbg123	$125.59	60	4	New
57	Mike6	$123.22	61	4	New
58	shellsok	$121.81	88	30	New
59	rhealana	$119.06	79	20	New
60	chrisgs77	$118.68	75	15	New
61	rockwild	$118.35	77	16	$25.17
62	Airwolf	$118.34	78	16	$0.59
63	rambo13	$116.74	92	29	$8.00
64	zakfa	$114.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	Goldpro	$114.35	90	25	New
66	Maxi1	$112.76	95	29	$22.71
67	sport629	$112.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	Duz15	$111.40	86	18	New
69	shywolf	$110.75	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	kavanagh	$110.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
71	zedison	$110.16	96	25	New
72	BamaLiz	$109.82	N/A	N/A	N/A
73	gpaw	$109.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
74	mcbeth	$108.65	98	24	New
75	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	97	22	New
76	loding_m13	$106.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	Girish	$106.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
78	dr_T	$106.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	medievalsoldier	$106.17	99	20	New
80	pammer	$105.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
81	toogood	$105.22	7	-74	New
82	cbarnes23	$103.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	jedi_law	$102.08	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	Cuppajoe	$101.83	N/A	N/A	N/A
85	dtorton	$101.11	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	shdwdrgn	$101.08	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	jcw122	$100.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
88	soccerchely	$100.06	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	FallingUp	$98.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	glausfan8	$95.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
91	BSimmonSFA	$95.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	sajocelyn	$94.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
93	steeldg	$93.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	demandaj	$92.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	biged78	$91.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	PACKFAN88	$91.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
97	mjubera	$91.14	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	Bigcat	$90.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	chrisc645	$89.83	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	ladyskynyrd	$89.48	N/A	N/A	N/A

Leaderboard Dec. 27th

2007-12-28T09:14:00.000-08:00

Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to cashing out. Also these stats currently only include members who were both on this week and last weeks leaderboard, those who are no longer on the boards are not represented on the stats below:
5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
6	clciri	$864.05	$205.17
11	skipdeal	$399.47	$189.97
3	MacNook	$1,901.15	$170.68
7	toogood	$512.08	$150.53
20	tobitobitob	$230.87	$149.77

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
18	twotontim	$274.36	($181.29)
30	Graveyard	$194.14	($71.53)
27	FinalGroundz	$204.33	($9.04)
26	xTheUntouchablex	$206.55	($7.94)
92	rambo13	$109.24	($3.10)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
20	tobitobitob	$230.87	60
88	shellsok	$110.79	11
11	skipdeal	$399.47	11
7	toogood	$512.08	4
15	Aglet	$286.74	3

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
97	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	-46
98	mcbeth	$107.87	-46
92	rambo13	$109.24	-42
96	zedison	$108.57	-42
99	medievalsoldier	$107.28	-41

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	rossoduck	$5,242.88	2	0	($0.01)
3	MacNook	$1,901.15	3	0	$170.68
4	doremi.	$1,639.82	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	thelopez	$886.63	4	-1	$7.78
6	clciri	$864.05	6	0	$205.17
7	toogood	$512.08	11	4	$150.53
8	MrFreeze1125	$511.54	7	-1	$12.86
9	pUNK1019283	$495.73	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	GsWinner	$491.17	8	-2	$3.63
11	skipdeal	$399.47	22	11	$189.97
12	fahashee	$376.33	10	-2	$5.51
13	jayfitz111	$350.43	N/A	N/A	N/A
14	DFlash	$325.67	12	-2	$0.93
15	Aglet	$286.74	18	3	$47.30
16	ARiC	$284.95	13	-3	$9.50
17	omnichron	$279.51	14	-3	$7.62
18	twotontim	$274.36	9	-9	($181.29)
19	penny_lover	$256.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
20	tobitobitob	$230.87	80	60	$149.77
21	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
22	Goose	$223.68	23	1	$17.36
23	Beretta	$221.34	24	1	$15.83
24	FoolishJordan	$212.50	21	-3	$0.00
25	sensfan	$212.10	N/A	N/A	N/A
26	xTheUntouchablex	$206.55	19	-7	($7.94)
27	FinalGroundz	$204.33	20	-7	($9.04)
28	psuturtle	$198.49	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	CorporateRaider	$198.13	25	-4	$2.87
30	Graveyard	$194.14	15	-15	($71.53)
31	zylum	$193.38	26	-5	$0.00
32	belhaven14	$184.39	27	-5	$13.92
33	OutSider81	$171.19	28	-5	$4.20
34	SCS1	$170.79	31	-3	$5.79
35	Necral	$168.09	30	-5	$2.91
36	khashab	$166.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
37	horse_with	$161.98	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	vinny.sox	$161.64	37	-1	$12.40
39	moolapimp	$158.01	39	0	$15.23
40	needlotsofmoola	$157.94	34	-6	$5.64
41	Sarkar	$155.78	32	-9	$0.97
42	tkyoshi	$154.78	33	-9	$0.47
43	trogdor	$152.37	36	-7	$1.47
44	plurt00	$151.42	38	-6	$2.71
45	nono059	$150.96	35	-10	$0.00
46	Warrition	$150.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	LeRoy3rd	$148.99	43	-4	$24.01
48	Hearnesy12	$139.86	40	-8	$1.84
49	DaveMatthews	$138.55	N/A	N/A	N/A
50	senniss	$138.37	N/A	N/A	N/A
51	mcar1919	$138.25	N/A	N/A	N/A
52	chuggmore	$136.33	N/A	N/A	N/A
53	amakley	$134.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
54	Ender22	$134.35	41	-13	($1.52)
55	CatalinaThePirate	$133.48	45	-10	$13.87
56	Tazdevil1622	$133.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
57	Stackz	$127.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
58	liminaldust	$126.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
59	PurpleAngel23	$125.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
60	jeffbg123	$125.59	N/A	N/A	N/A
61	Mike6	$125.43	62	1	$25.17
62	Jabber	$125.33	44	-18	$0.59
63	skinneylady123	$124.66	47	-16	$8.00
64	lefty57v	$124.32	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	jessicap	$123.51	N/A	N/A	N/A
66	sirhcb	$123.32	61	-5	$22.71
67	hurdlinmasta	$123.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	AllieBaBa	$123.06	N/A	N/A	N/A
69	kioskgirl	$122.50	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	ryanr34	$121.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
71	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	N/A	N/A	N/A
72	fr0gprinces	$120.06	68	-4	$29.54
73	patrickmaher	$119.63	N/A	N/A	N/A
74	Nail	$119.62	N/A	N/A	N/A
75	chrisgs77	$118.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
76	mr.greenjeans	$118.64	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	rockwild	$118.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
78	Airwolf	$117.25	49	-29	$1.09
79	rhealana	$116.33	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	TheBattleOx	$115.56	81	1	$35.99
81	dovey2316	$114.79	N/A	N/A	N/A
82	kessld	$113.80	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	mgolus	$112.79	59	-24	$9.34
84	champgmns	$112.61	57	-27	$7.42
85	Delpezzy	$112.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	Duz15	$111.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	felinelvr5	$111.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
88	shellsok	$110.79	99	11	$41.36
89	freakballer12	$110.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	Goldpro	$109.84	60	-30	$8.00
91	tortue	$109.46	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	rambo13	$109.24	50	-42	($3.10)
93	karlina	$108.93	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	chocoloco17	$108.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	Maxi1	$108.58	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	zedison	$108.57	54	-42	$2.20
97	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	51	-46	$0.00
98	mcbeth	$107.87	52	-46	$0.47
99	medievalsoldier	$107.28	58	-41	$3.17
100	iseeyou	$106.87	N/A	N/A	N/A

$9000 Spin

2007-12-26T16:26:00.000-08:00

The admins mentioned a little after I joined Moola that someone will be hitting the $9000 spin soon. Little did I know, soon meant about 6 months. But someone did finally hit the $9000 search and win booster. Right now, the only proof we have is that the spin showed up on the event feed. I hope that Form22 (the member who hit the jackpot) will post in the forum soon.

Here is a screenshot of the feed that NeedLotsOfMoola posted on the forums (I cut it down to size for the blog).

Congrats to Form22 for hitting the big one. I haven't seen the guy post on the forums yet, but most likely he is way to happy to even bother.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

With all the Holiday hoopla, I haven't had time to write a new post and I am about to run to a friends house. I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope that everyone is able to spend some time with family and friends.

Hope you all got some great presents too!

Booster Blitz Disappointment

2007-12-19T17:07:00.000-08:00

Half way through the Booster Blitz, I began to write a post about how disappointed I was with Moola.com for not being prepared for the Blitz. I am now rewriting the post because even though the Blitz began very poorly, the admins were able to fix everything. It took them 2hrs to do it, but at least it was handled.

If you missed the first 2 hours of the Blitz, don't worry you didn't miss much. The number of people attending the booster blitz escalated very quickly, there was over 2191 people actively playing the games. But everything began to crash. I do not know exactly what went wrong, but it seemed like the servers were unable to handle the traffic.

The site began to slow down and lag like crazy. It took over a minute just to get to choosing a level and then longer to find a game. Although that the lag was bad, what made it worse was that the site began logging users out at random, so if you were just about to choose a level, you might have needed to start from the login page again. Worse still, I got kicked out of a game I was about to win a few times and lost the moola I was risking. To top it all off, the booster wheel was hardly ever seen.

But to the admins credit, they were able to fix everything. At about the 3hr mark, everything began to run at blazing speeds again, faster then Britney's Spears sister can get pregnant! Best of all the Booster wheel began to shell out bonuses again. It still pisses me off that I wasted time trying to play Moola when everything was just broken. I just hope the admins are better prepared the next time around.

I know that people like to say "stop complaining, it is free money" but in actuality it is not free money. We, the users, spend our time on the site viewing ads which in return makes the site money. So, no it is not free money. If it is free money, we would not have to spend our time watching 30 second ads just to make a penny.

Anyways, the admins fixed the lag issues and they will also be looking into the time out problems and refund people the money they may have unjustly lost in a game.

I got about two and half hours worth of gaming in this time around. My balance is currently at $13.

Leaderboard Dec. 17th

2007-12-18T13:12:00.001-08:00

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
5	NEPatriots0032	$721.45	$549.14
3	MacNook	$1,730.47	$279.12
6	clciri	$658.88	$171.18
17	booper3916	$250.74	$105.20
11	toogood	$361.55	$51.54

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
22	skipdeal	$209.50	($303.49)
4	thelopez	$878.85	($230.24)
9	twotontim	$455.65	($104.46)
99	shellsok	$69.43	($40.96)
46	monkeyrider	$117.56	($33.29)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
54	zedison	$106.37	43
53	Girish	$106.38	42
51	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	40
52	mcbeth	$107.40	40
58	medievalsoldier	$104.11	38

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
22	skipdeal	$209.50	-16
99	shellsok	$69.43	-14
36	trogdor	$150.90	-5
9	twotontim	$455.65	-4
46	monkeyrider	$117.56	-4

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	rossoduck	$5,242.89	2	0	$0.00
3	MacNook	$1,730.47	3	0	$279.12
4	thelopez	$878.85	4	0	($230.24)
5	NEPatriots0032	$721.45	30	25	$549.14
6	clciri	$658.88	7	1	$171.18
7	MrFreeze1125	$498.68	9	2	$24.30
8	GsWinner	$487.54	8	0	$5.56
9	twotontim	$455.65	5	-4	($104.46)
10	fahashee	$370.82	10	0	$0.00
11	toogood	$361.55	12	1	$51.54
12	DFlash	$324.74	11	-1	$8.65
13	ARiC	$275.45	15	2	$17.42
14	omnichron	$271.89	19	5	$47.01
15	Graveyard	$265.67	14	-1	$0.12
16	hayabusa	$264.25	N/A	N/A	N/A
17	booper3916	$250.74	49	32	$105.20
18	Aglet	$239.44	20	2	$23.92
19	xTheUntouchablex	$214.49	21	2	$0.13
20	FinalGroundz	$213.37	22	2	$0.45
21	FoolishJordan	$212.50	23	2	$0.00
22	skipdeal	$209.50	6	-16	($303.49)
23	Goose	$206.32	25	2	$3.77
24	Beretta	$205.51	38	14	$49.63
25	CorporateRaider	$195.26	24	-1	($8.44)
26	zylum	$193.38	26	0	$0.00
27	belhaven14	$170.47	35	8	$8.39
28	OutSider81	$166.99	34	6	$2.64
29	subradio759	$165.22	N/A	N/A	N/A
30	Necral	$165.18	33	3	($0.24)
31	SCS1	$165.00	36	5	$6.45
32	Sarkar	$154.81	45	13	$5.22
33	tkyoshi	$154.31	40	7	$0.02
34	needlotsofmoola	$152.30	51	17	$12.04
35	nono059	$150.96	41	6	$0.00
36	trogdor	$150.90	31	-5	($18.51)
37	vinny.sox	$149.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
38	plurt00	$148.71	46	8	$0.74
39	moolapimp	$142.78	59	20	$13.87
40	Hearnesy12	$138.02	44	4	($12.27)
41	Ender22	$135.87	56	15	$0.95
42	deanie	$135.42	66	24	$12.80
43	LeRoy3rd	$124.98	73	30	$7.81
44	Jabber	$124.74	67	23	$3.34
45	CatalinaThePirate	$119.61	79	34	$4.56
46	monkeyrider	$117.56	42	-4	($33.29)
47	skinneylady123	$116.66	78	31	$1.16
48	sport629	$116.46	N/A	N/A	N/A
49	Airwolf	$116.16	82	33	$3.63
50	rambo13	$112.34	88	38	$3.21
51	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	91	40	$0.00
52	mcbeth	$107.40	92	40	$0.22
53	Girish	$106.38	95	42	$0.00
54	zedison	$106.37	97	43	$1.70
55	jcw122	$106.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	pammer	$105.28	55	-1	($30.06)
57	champgmns	$105.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
58	medievalsoldier	$104.11	96	38	($1.33)
59	mgolus	$103.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
60	Goldpro	$101.84	N/A	N/A	N/A
61	sirhcb	$100.61	N/A	N/A	N/A
62	Mike6	$100.26	N/A	N/A	N/A
63	bigK44	$97.43	N/A	N/A	N/A
64	BSimmonSFA	$95.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	michmobe	$93.69	N/A	N/A	N/A
66	ninja430	$92.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
67	demandaj	$90.76	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	fr0gprinces	$90.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
69	Bigcat	$90.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	Iolo	$89.83	N/A	N/A	N/A
71	PACKFAN88	$89.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
72	FallingUp	$87.60	N/A	N/A	N/A
73	kimobobby	$87.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
74	speill	$87.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
75	hero737	$84.87	N/A	N/A	N/A
76	kaleka	$84.08	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	dr_T	$84.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
78	yoda9	$82.96	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	steeldg	$82.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	tobitobitob	$81.10	N/A	N/A	N/A
81	TheBattleOx	$79.57	N/A	N/A	N/A
82	SEPPE	$78.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
83	VivaMoola	$78.63	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	noleguy10	$76.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
85	bluerita	$75.73	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	dtorton	$75.36	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	ladyskynyrd	$74.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
88	allo	$73.34	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	BLOOD	$73.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	tanner01	$72.94	N/A	N/A	N/A
91	3021	$72.89	N/A	N/A	N/A
92	queen_of_corruption	$72.57	N/A	N/A	N/A
93	brodey	$71.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	Jeanne212	$71.63	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	cajeam	$71.52	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	aniiia	$71.45	N/A	N/A	N/A
97	medicus	$70.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	paulac	$69.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	shellsok	$69.43	85	-14	($40.96)
100	Stimy	$68.62	N/A	N/A	N/A

Booster Blitz Tips

2007-12-17T15:04:00.000-08:00

As you may already know, the Booster Blitz is coming up very soon. The Blitz is a great way for you to get your games in and increase your chances of making more money. All you do is play lots of games and hope you get an booster wheel spin between each game. To help you out during the Booster Blitz, here are a few tips that I learned from the last event.

1. DO NOT start a game and not make your first move just to get to the Booster wheel. If you get caught, an admin will take all your booster winnings away from you. This happened during the last Booster Blitz.

2. If you are playing Gold Rush and after the first couple of turns you know that it will end up as a tie, I suggest that you let the time run out so that you can move on to the next game. The more time you save, the more games you can play.

3. DO NOT complain if you do not get a spin after your first few games. The spins are not guaranteed after each game. So some people may not get a spin at all during the event. Keep playing, you may just be lucky if you play enough games.

4. If you plan on visiting the forums, open a separate window to do so. Use one window to play the games, and you can use the other to browse the forums. Once again, this will allow you to maximize your time during the Booster Blitz.

5. If you are playing with a large balance, the booster blitz is a great time to find new opponents on higher levels. Make sure you have enough money in your balance to play those higher levels.

6. Don't forget to have fun. It's just a game. Don't get to frustrated. If you don't have luck today, there is always another Booster Blitz

7. If you are not doing well on a higher level, play a lower level and just hope for the booster wheel.

8. Most importantly Do Not forget about other priorities. Sure the Booster Blitz will allow you to PROBABLY make some additional cash, but this does not mean that you should ditch everything else in your life. There will be more Booster Blitz's in the future.

Best of luck to everyone. If you have any tips you would like to share, please add them in the comments (you don't need to register to comment)
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December Booster Blitz

2007-12-14T18:15:00.000-08:00

Great news, as the admins had mentioned previously, we are getting another Booster Blitz this year. Wednesday Dec. 19th from 6pm to midnight (EDT).
This is very short notice compared to last year, but who am I to complain, the Booster Blitz allowed me to hit my $100 goal faster last time. Hope to see many of you there. Don't forget to verify your account before then.

So Sad

2007-12-12T14:36:00.000-08:00

Yes I know this has NOTHING to do with Moola.com, but it is important news! Jessica Alba's representative officially announced to People Magazine that Jessica Alba is pregnant (no, that is not a typo). She should be having her baby sometime this coming summer.

Jessica Alba is pregnant with boyfriend Cash Warren's child, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.
"I can confirm that Jessica and Cash are expecting a baby in late spring, early summer," says rep Brad Cafarelli.
Alba, 26, has dated Warren, 28, since the fall of 2004 after they met on the set of The Fantastic Four, on which Warren was a director's assistant.
The couple have been seen being affectionate together in Los Angeles in recent days, shopping for mattresses last Saturday and attending a Lakers game, where they were spotted kissing Sunday.

There is no doubt that this is a sad day for half the male population out there. How can anyone do such a thing to her! Jessica Alba is a dream girl, in terms of looks and from what I can tell from her interviews. I don't think I have seen a horrible picture of her. I know I can't say the same thing about her movies, but I watch them anyways.

In all seriousness though. I do think she is gorgeous and wish her the very best with her new child.

[Source]

SnūzNLūz Alarm Clock

2007-12-11T16:32:00.000-08:00

Check out this SnūzNLūz Alarm Clock from ThinkGeek.com (a part of the Moola.com Booster Stores). The clock will donate a small amount of money (from our bank account) to charity each time you press the snooze button. This will make a great Christmas gift.

Learderboard Dec. 10th

2007-12-11T13:58:00.000-08:00

Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to cashing out. Also these stats currently only include members who were both on this week and last weeks leaderboard, those who are no longer on the boards are are not represented on the stats below:
5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
4	thelopez	$1,109.09	$205.94
6	skipdeal	$512.99	$97.67
38	Beretta	$155.88	$44.41
20	Aglet	$215.52	$44.38
12	toogood	$310.01	$42.59

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
69	phatpat122	$119.68	($193.84)
75	Libbyab	$116.63	($80.27)
3	MacNook	$1,451.35	($32.53)
37	kioskgirl	$156.74	($12.24)
9	MrFreeze1125	$474.38	($7.07)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
38	Beretta	$155.88	49
20	Aglet	$215.52	14
51	needlotsofmoola	$140.26	12
17	roadruner150	$237.80	12
31	trogdor	$169.41	11

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
69	phatpat122	$119.68	-55
75	Libbyab	$116.63	-45
59	moolapimp	$128.91	-5
66	deanie	$122.62	-4
55	pammer	$135.34	-4

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	Rossoduck	$5,242.89	2	0	($0.01)
3	MacNook	$1,451.35	4	1	($32.53)
4	thelopez	$1,109.09	5	1	$205.94
5	twotontim	$560.11	6	1	$29.30
6	skipdeal	$512.99	10	4	$97.67
7	clciri	$487.70	9	2	$29.94
8	GsWinner	$481.98	8	0	$9.52
9	MrFreeze1125	$474.38	7	-2	($7.07)
10	fahashee	$370.82	11	1	$1.92
11	DFlash	$316.09	13	2	$1.24
12	toogood	$310.01	17	5	$42.59
13	caid	$291.21	15	2	$0.00
14	Graveyard	$265.55	18	4	$0.12
15	ARiC	$258.03	21	6	$1.66
16	penny_lover	$256.60	20	4	$0.00
17	roadruner150	$237.80	29	12	$37.77
18	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	22	4	$0.00
19	omnichron	$224.88	23	4	$3.87
20	Aglet	$215.52	34	14	$44.38
21	xTheUntouchablex	$214.36	24	3	$0.26
22	FinalGroundz	$212.92	26	4	$0.85
23	FoolishJordan	$212.50	25	2	$0.00
24	CorporateRaider	$203.70	27	3	($1.87)
25	Goose	$202.55	28	3	$0.18
26	zylum	$193.38	31	5	$0.00
27	psuturtle	$184.66	33	6	$8.82
28	Mommy2Cadence	$178.70	N/A	N/A	N/A
29	rroroy	$176.21	32	3	$0.00
30	NEPatriots0032	$172.31	N/A	N/A	N/A
31	trogdor	$169.41	42	11	$15.62
32	khashab	$166.20	36	4	$0.00
33	Necral	$165.42	38	5	$2.19
34	OutSider81	$164.35	37	3	$1.06
35	belhaven14	$162.08	39	4	$2.75
36	SCS1	$158.55	40	4	$0.77
37	kioskgirl	$156.74	35	-2	($12.24)
38	Beretta	$155.88	87	49	$44.41
39	pbalcombe	$155.58	N/A	N/A	N/A
40	tkyoshi	$154.29	41	1	$0.35
41	nono059	$150.96	43	2	$0.00
42	monkeyrider	$150.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
43	Maroline	$150.39	44	1	$0.00
44	Hearnesy12	$150.29	46	2	$1.20
45	Sarkar	$149.59	45	0	$0.26
46	plurt00	$147.97	47	1	$0.36
47	Warrition	$147.92	48	1	$1.42
48	SpiveyJr	$146.03	49	1	$0.20
49	booper3916	$145.54	N/A	N/A	N/A
50	Tazdevil1622	$145.54	50	0	$0.00
51	needlotsofmoola	$140.26	63	12	$14.44
52	DaveMatthews	$137.46	52	0	$0.74
53	mcar1919	$135.74	55	2	$1.13
54	chuggmore	$135.35	53	-1	$0.00
55	pammer	$135.34	51	-4	($4.25)
56	Ender22	$134.92	57	1	$1.10
57	amakley	$133.90	59	2	$0.53
58	vergro	$129.72	61	3	$0.95
59	moolapimp	$128.91	54	-5	($6.41)
60	senniss	$126.21	65	5	$1.32
61	jeffbg123	$125.57	64	3	$0.00
62	jessicap	$123.51	68	6	$0.00
63	hurdlinmasta	$123.15	69	6	$0.02
64	PurpleAngel23	$122.96	72	8	$0.49
65	AllieBaBa	$122.82	71	6	$0.02
66	deanie	$122.62	62	-4	($5.12)
67	Jabber	$121.40	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	73	5	$0.00
69	phatpat122	$119.68	14	-55	($193.84)
70	liminaldust	$119.04	74	4	$0.87
71	ryanr34	$118.36	75	4	$0.61
72	rockwild	$117.46	77	5	$0.51
73	LeRoy3rd	$117.17	70	-3	($5.66)
74	zenbunny	$117.13	81	7	$2.32
75	Libbyab	$116.63	30	-45	($80.27)
76	Nail	$116.12	79	3	$0.47
77	mr.greenjeans	$115.61	80	3	$0.32
78	skinneylady123	$115.50	82	4	$1.10
79	CatalinaThePirate	$115.05	86	7	$2.15
80	kessld	$113.49	85	5	$0.12
81	chrisgs77	$113.44	84	3	$0.02
82	Airwolf	$112.53	89	7	$1.37
83	patrickmaher	$112.37	88	5	$1.12
84	0luck	$110.41	90	6	$0.19
85	shellsok	$110.39	N/A	N/A	N/A
86	tortue	$109.30	91	5	$0.00
87	Juce	$109.16	92	5	$0.26
88	rambo13	$109.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	felinelvr5	$109.03	94	5	$0.91
90	rhealana	$108.55	96	6	$0.82
91	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	93	2	$0.00
92	mcbeth	$107.18	97	5	$0.05
93	newatthis794	$106.77	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	dovey2316	$106.71	99	5	$1.05
95	Girish	$106.38	98	3	$0.00
96	medievalsoldier	$105.44	N/A	N/A	N/A
97	zedison	$104.67	N/A	N/A	N/A
98	gpaw	$104.28	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	chocoloco17	$104.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	jedi_law	$102.29	N/A	N/A	N/A

MoolaHelper Is Back

2007-12-09T11:24:00.000-08:00

Lougin, the owner of Moolahelper.com is now back up. Because he recently just became a father he was away from Moola for a while and was unable to fix the problem right away. But now its back, so good luck everyone.

First Cash Out

2007-12-08T12:24:00.000-08:00

Argh... I just can't seem to make any progress lately. After losing about $30 dollars, I decided it is time to make my first cash out. I am cashing out about ~~$95~~ $90 which will leave me about $.30. So I am practically stating from nothing again. It will be interesting to see how long it will take me to get back to $100 as well as find out how long it will take for me to get my check. I will update everyone as soon as I get my check.

Edit: Corrected cash out amount

Paypal Cash Outs

2007-12-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

After a reading through a large amount of posts requesting Paypal as a form of cashing out and a few months of hearing the admins tell us that the feature is coming. It has FINALLY been added to the cashout system!

This is great news... why? Because this will mean that members will not have to complain about banks charging a fee for cashing in a foreign check. But more importantly, this MIGHT mean that we will get our money faster. This definitely means we don't have to stare at the mailbox waiting for a check.

However, there are two catches.
1. You need to cash out once via a check to have the Paypal option activated. This will allow Moola's security team to go through their process first.

2. Your Paypal account needs to be a verified account.

In my opinion, these are reasonable requests. Moola, Thanks for listening to your members requests.

Month Report: November

2007-12-06T11:22:00.000-08:00

I took a "break" from playing on Moola.com for the month of November. It was a combination of me getting a promotion at work as well as the girlfriend complaining that I was spending to much time on the computer. So besides the first week of November, most of my the time I spent on Moola was either on the forums or using the search & win wheel.

On the 6th of November, it was the booster blitz and that helped me surpass my goal of hitting $100. It was after the blitz that I decided to stop playing as much. I spun the wheel 83 times this month for a total of $4.87.

Once again, like every other month, I seem to be winning my lower level games just fine, but when I try to play a higher level game, my odds of winning just seems horrible. I know this is just an assumption, but I think part of the problem is the addition of the new event feed. As you can see by looking at my chart, when I started playing again at the end of the month, my balance started to decrease again. Sure it could be that I was rusty, but I just don't want to admit that.

By any means, my new goal for December is to hit $250. Sure this may not seem like a huge goal, but with the amount of time I have left to play, I think I will have a hard time reaching this goal.

September Consisted Of:
51 Games of Hi/Lo (25 Wins, 8 Tied, 18 Losses)
170 Games of Gold Rush (86 Wins, 20 Tied, 64 Losses)
83 Search & Win Spins
39 Referral Boosters
40 Booster Blitz

Lessons Learned:
1. Not a big fan of the event feed
2. Booster Blitz is awesome!
3. Avoid playing Doremi. Shes to good!

Event Feed

2007-12-06T10:41:00.000-08:00

Love it or hate it, the new event feed is here to stay (for now at least). Personally, I am not thrilled about the existence of such a feed. Mainly because the feed destroys the purpose of being anonymous in higher level games. I understand that it is there to assure questioning/new/curious members that there are people winning higher level games, but it also gives away peoples Gold Rush strategies.

There has been numerous times in which I was able to figure out who I was playing by just keeping the feed open in a different window. Because there aren't as many players on the higher level games, it is easy to distinguish who you were playing and assume that you will be playing them again in the next game. After playing the same person a few times, you can adjust your strategy to work around your opponents strategy.

Sure, I found it interesting when I saw someone win $600+ in a Hi/Lo game, or when I see the amount of referral bonuses being handed out. But I do not think this feed is worth sacrificing my strategy that had been working just fine before.

Leaderboard Dec. 4th

2007-12-04T15:19:00.001-08:00

Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to cashing out. Also these stats currently only include members who were both on this week and last weeks leaderboard. Those who are no longer on the boards are not accounted for:

5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	FMXCHAMP	$1,606.21	$1,484.66
4	MacNook	$1,483.88	$155.33
19	doremi.	$263.59	$150.78
10	skipdeal	$415.32	$146.91
9	clciri	$457.76	$101.39

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
14	phatpat122	$313.52	($405.87)
5	thelopez	$903.15	($179.29)
45	Sarkar	$149.33	($40.84)
35	kioskgirl	$168.98	($27.26)
30	Libbyab	$196.90	($23.63)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
3	FMXCHAMP	$1,606.21	69
19	doremi.	$263.59	66
29	roadruner150	$200.03	26
70	LeRoy3rd	$122.83	25
60	anq159	$131.57	18

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
58	2sarcastic	$133.71	-16
45	Sarkar	$149.33	-14
78	Likuid	$116.28	-13
14	phatpat122	$313.52	-8
30	Libbyab	$196.90	-8

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	TechCrunch Winner	$5,242.90	2	0	$0.00
3	FMXCHAMP	$1,606.21	72	69	$1,484.66
4	MacNook	$1,483.88	4	0	$155.33
5	thelopez	$903.15	5	0	($179.29)
6	twotontim	$530.81	7	1	$31.33
7	MrFreeze1125	$481.45	8	1	$5.18
8	GsWinner	$472.46	9	1	$0.89
9	clciri	$457.76	12	3	$101.39
10	skipdeal	$415.32	17	7	$146.91
11	fahashee	$368.90	10	-1	$9.96
12	JamesBJames	$338.82	11	-1	($19.27)
13	DFlash	$314.85	15	2	$1.46
14	phatpat122	$313.52	6	-8	($405.87)
15	caid	$291.21	16	1	$0.00
16	ravager	$283.16	N/A	N/A	N/A
17	toogood	$267.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
18	Graveyard	$265.43	20	2	$31.95
19	doremi.	$263.59	85	66	$150.78
20	penny_lover	$256.60	18	-2	$0.00
21	ARiC	$256.37	19	-2	$2.81
22	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	21	-1	$0.00
23	omnichron	$221.01	26	3	$13.97
24	xTheUntouchablex	$214.10	23	-1	$0.70
25	FoolishJordan	$212.50	24	-1	$0.00
26	FinalGroundz	$212.07	25	-1	$1.19
27	CorporateRaider	$205.57	35	8	$31.39
28	Goose	$202.37	29	1	$6.91
29	roadruner150	$200.03	55	26	$61.35
30	Libbyab	$196.90	22	-8	($23.63)
31	zylum	$193.38	30	-1	$0.00
32	rroroy	$176.21	34	2	$0.00
33	psuturtle	$175.84	36	3	$6.16
34	Aglet	$171.14	33	-1	($12.79)
35	kioskgirl	$168.98	28	-7	($27.26)
36	khashab	$166.20	37	1	$0.00
37	OutSider81	$163.29	38	1	$1.12
38	Necral	$163.23	39	1	$3.12
39	belhaven14	$159.33	47	8	$10.25
40	SCS1	$157.78	40	0	$1.74
41	tkyoshi	$153.94	43	2	$0.20
42	trogdor	$153.79	54	12	$14.88
43	nono059	$150.96	45	2	$0.00
44	Maroline	$150.39	46	2	$0.00
45	Sarkar	$149.33	31	-14	($40.84)
46	Hearnesy12	$149.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
47	plurt00	$147.61	48	1	$0.94
48	Warrition	$146.50	50	2	$3.32
49	SpiveyJr	$145.83	49	0	$0.70
50	Tazdevil1622	$145.54	51	1	$2.83
51	pammer	$139.59	44	-7	($14.06)
52	DaveMatthews	$136.72	57	5	$0.95
53	chuggmore	$135.35	58	5	$0.49
54	moolapimp	$135.32	52	-2	($5.06)
55	mcar1919	$134.61	59	4	$1.56
56	gardenduchess	$134.56	63	7	$4.39
57	Ender22	$133.82	61	4	$2.22
58	2sarcastic	$133.71	42	-16	($21.66)
59	amakley	$133.37	60	1	$1.41
60	anq159	$131.57	78	18	$16.03
61	vergro	$128.77	64	3	$0.24
62	deanie	$127.74	75	13	$7.68
63	needlotsofmoola	$125.82	56	-7	($12.55)
64	jeffbg123	$125.57	66	2	$0.00
65	senniss	$124.89	70	5	$3.07
66	squampton17	$123.93	N/A	N/A	N/A
67	dfweyer	$123.55	N/A	N/A	N/A
68	jessicap	$123.51	67	-1	$0.00
69	hurdlinmasta	$123.13	73	4	$1.65
70	LeRoy3rd	$122.83	95	25	$14.56
71	AllieBaBa	$122.80	68	-3	$0.20
72	PurpleAngel23	$122.47	71	-1	$0.91
73	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	74	1	$0.00
74	liminaldust	$118.17	79	5	$3.00
75	ryanr34	$117.75	76	1	$1.03
76	carybillsfan	$117.67	N/A	N/A	N/A
77	rockwild	$116.95	77	0	$0.53
78	Likuid	$116.28	65	-13	($12.03)
79	Nail	$115.65	81	2	$1.62
80	mr.greenjeans	$115.29	80	0	$0.65
81	zenbunny	$114.81	93	12	$5.90
82	skinneylady123	$114.40	86	4	$2.18
83	fr0gprinces	$113.89	83	0	$0.58
84	chrisgs77	$113.42	84	0	$0.55
85	kessld	$113.37	82	-3	($0.54)
86	CatalinaThePirate	$112.90	88	2	$2.48
87	Beretta	$111.47	N/A	N/A	N/A
88	patrickmaher	$111.25	94	6	$2.78
89	Airwolf	$111.16	89	0	$1.22
90	0luck	$110.22	90	0	$0.57
91	tortue	$109.30	91	0	$0.00
92	Juce	$108.90	97	5	$0.87
93	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	96	3	$0.00
94	felinelvr5	$108.12	N/A	N/A	N/A
95	trd12	$107.95	99	4	$1.52
96	rhealana	$107.73	N/A	N/A	N/A
97	mcbeth	$107.13	98	1	$0.31
98	Girish	$106.38	100	2	$0.00
99	dovey2316	$105.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	jcw122	$105.55	N/A	N/A	N/A

A New Gold Rush Solver

2007-12-03T20:51:00.000-08:00

As I was reading the forums today, someone mentioned MoolaSolvers.com. The site claims that the tool provides the users with at least a 50% chance of winning it's games. I have not personally used this tool in a game, but from just messing around with it, my impression is that it can be very useful.

If you have read my previous posts, you may realize that I am very interested in looking at statistics. This is one aspect I like about the site which other solvers do not have. The site will give you stats on wins and losses so you can see how well solver has performed to date. As of this posting, the current win % of the solver is 59.8%. Give it a shot!

If you do use the solver, let me know how it works, I will update this post when I find time to mess around.

Guide: Shopping Boosters

2007-11-28T10:54:00.000-08:00

With the Christmas just around the corner, it is a great time for me to explain how Shopping Boosters work.

It is actually a very simple concept. When you use Moola.com's link to visit a retailers site, the retailer will credit Moola for referring you to them. Moola will then get a referral bonus for your purchase or for you completing an offer. Depending on the booster that you decide to do, Moola.com will be paid either a percentage of your purchase or a flat fee. In return for you using Moola's link, Moola will take a part of their referral bonus and pass it on to you as a booster.

Feel free to read more as I cover the benefits of using shopping boosters as well as a few commonly asked questions.

To tell you the truth, I currently do not see any downfalls to using the shopping boosters. In my opinion, the following are the benefits of using a Moola.com Shopping Booster:

You get a discount off a purchase you were planning on making anyways.

If the retailer has a promotion, you can stack this booster on top of that promotion

Instead of getting a flat amount of money back, you can actually take your booster and grow it via Moola.com

The booster will BOOST you up the tower so that you can make money faster.
You help Moola.com make money so that they can make their site even better

I personally did two shopping boosters (so far) one was a PriceLine booster ($11.20 back) and the other was a Newegg booster ($4.34 back). It may not seem like a lot of money, but it adds up.

My Newegg purchase was a really great deal, I got 20% back via Paypal (Cyber Monday Deal) plus the $4.34 back from Moola (which is now pending). This means that I would get my camera for about $254 when it is usually about $309 retail. A savings of about $55... sadly though, this is $55 which I won't be keeping in my wallet since I still have a lot of Christmas shopping left.

There a few common questions that I see around the forums, so I will do my best to answer some of them.

When will my booster show up on my "Pending" boosters list?
It depends on the merchant. Boosters will go pending as soon as Moola.com gets notified of your purchase. Some merchants only notify Moola on a weekly basis, while other will notify Moola within 24 hours.

I made my purchase, why haven't I received my Booster?
It will take at least a 3 weeks for you to get credited with a booster, sometimes longer.

Why don't I receive the Boosters right after I make the purchase?
Moola.com does not give you your boosters right away because most retailers have a return policy and it would not make good business sense to give away money before the money is safely in the merchants pockets. Besides, Moola.com probably has to wait until they get paid for the referral before they can give their members the boosters.

Is each booster offer only allowed to be completed once?
It depends on the booster. If it is a cash back booster (where you get a percentage back from your purchase) then you can use the booster multiple times. If it is a referral bonus (set booster amount) then you can only use it once. I suggest asking the question in the forums if you are not sure.

Leaderboard Nov. 26th

2007-11-27T15:39:00.000-08:00

Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to cashing out:
5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
5	thelopez	$1,082.44	$217.39
6	phatpat122	$719.39	$215.80
12	clciri	$356.37	$165.97
11	JamesBJames	$358.09	$157.44
28	kioskgirl	$196.24	$72.73

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
14	gimmesomemoola	$313.85	($172.62)
13	freejay32	$345.78	($119.92)
4	MacNook	$1,328.55	($110.80)
26	omnichron	$207.04	($108.35)
85	doremi.	$112.81	($81.48)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
28	kioskgirl	$196.24	41
12	clciri	$356.37	21
11	JamesBJames	$358.09	18
56	needlotsofmoola	$138.37	16
70	senniss	$121.82	8

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
85	doremi.	$112.81	-54
26	omnichron	$207.04	-10
53	misterss	$140.34	-8
14	gimmesomemoola	$313.85	-5
22	Libbyab	$220.53	-5

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.
Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	TechCrunch Winner	$5,242.90	2	0	$0.00
3	Jabber	$1,404.63	4	1	$57.55
4	MacNook	$1,328.55	3	-1	($110.80)
5	thelopez	$1,082.44	5	0	$217.39
6	phatpat122	$719.39	8	2	$215.80
7	twotontim	$499.48	6	-1	($17.78)
8	MrFreeze1125	$476.27	10	2	$3.90
9	GsWinner	$471.57	11	2	$2.04
10	fahashee	$358.94	14	4	($4.46)
11	JamesBJames	$358.09	29	18	$157.44
12	clciri	$356.37	33	21	$165.97
13	freejay32	$345.78	12	-1	($119.92)
14	gimmesomemoola	$313.85	9	-5	($172.62)
15	DFlash	$313.39	15	0	($3.40)
16	caid	$291.21	18	2	$0.00
17	skipdeal	$268.41	23	6	$31.07
18	penny_lover	$256.60	21	3	$0.00
19	ARiC	$253.56	22	3	$1.98
20	Graveyard	$233.48	24	4	$1.62
21	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	25	4	$0.00
22	Libbyab	$220.53	17	-5	($79.66)
23	xTheUntouchablex	$213.40	20	-3	($63.72)
24	FoolishJordan	$212.50	26	2	$0.00
25	FinalGroundz	$210.88	28	3	$1.04
26	omnichron	$207.04	16	-10	($108.35)
27	biged78	$207.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	kioskgirl	$196.24	69	41	$72.73
29	Goose	$195.46	30	1	$0.93
30	zylum	$193.38	32	2	$0.00
31	Sarkar	$190.17	34	3	$4.05
32	TheEnd	$186.06	35	3	$0.00
33	Aglet	$183.93	36	3	$6.71
34	rroroy	$176.21	37	3	$0.00
35	CorporateRaider	$174.18	38	3	$0.31
36	psuturtle	$169.68	39	3	$1.97
37	khashab	$166.20	40	3	$0.00
38	OutSider81	$162.17	42	4	$1.70
39	Necral	$160.11	43	4	$0.04
40	SCS1	$156.04	47	7	$0.94
41	keefer268	$155.97	N/A	N/A	N/A
42	2sarcastic	$155.37	N/A	N/A	N/A
43	tkyoshi	$153.74	46	3	($3.74)
44	pammer	$153.65	48	4	$0.00
45	nono059	$150.96	49	4	$0.00
46	Maroline	$150.39	50	4	$0.00
47	belhaven14	$149.08	51	4	$3.03
48	plurt00	$146.67	52	4	$2.36
49	SpiveyJr	$145.13	N/A	N/A	N/A
50	Warrition	$143.18	53	3	$0.48
51	Tazdevil1622	$142.71	57	6	$9.58
52	moolapimp	$140.38	58	6	$7.91
53	misterss	$140.34	45	-8	($17.38)
54	trogdor	$138.91	54	0	$0.16
55	roadruner150	$138.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
56	needlotsofmoola	$138.37	72	16	$16.32
57	DaveMatthews	$135.77	55	-2	$0.17
58	chuggmore	$134.86	56	-2	$0.49
59	mcar1919	$133.05	59	0	$1.45
60	amakley	$131.96	61	1	$0.97
61	Ender22	$131.60	60	-1	$0.50
62	Snyder97	$130.75	66	4	$3.39
63	gardenduchess	$130.17	62	-1	$0.73
64	vergro	$128.53	65	1	$0.82
65	Likuid	$128.31	73	8	$6.78
66	jeffbg123	$125.57	67	1	$0.00
67	jessicap	$123.51	70	3	$0.00
68	AllieBaBa	$122.60	71	3	$0.18
69	Greedy	$122.27	N/A	N/A	N/A
70	senniss	$121.82	78	8	$1.57
71	PurpleAngel23	$121.56	74	3	$0.51
72	FMXCHAMP	$121.55	N/A	N/A	N/A
73	hurdlinmasta	$121.48	77	4	$1.21
74	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	76	2	$0.00
75	deanie	$120.06	79	4	$0.00
76	ryanr34	$116.72	80	4	$0.93
77	rockwild	$116.42	81	4	$0.87
78	anq159	$115.54	N/A	N/A	N/A
79	liminaldust	$115.17	85	6	$1.87
80	mr.greenjeans	$114.64	82	2	$0.29
81	Nail	$114.03	87	6	$1.22
82	kessld	$113.91	83	1	$0.17
83	fr0gprinces	$113.31	N/A	N/A	N/A
84	chrisgs77	$112.87	86	2	$0.05
85	doremi.	$112.81	31	-54	($81.48)
86	skinneylady123	$112.22	N/A	N/A	N/A
87	Laura01	$111.06	91	4	$0.76
88	CatalinaThePirate	$110.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	Airwolf	$109.94	94	5	$0.79
90	0luck	$109.65	92	2	$0.20
91	tortue	$109.30	93	2	$0.00
92	wtf_albino	$109.14	95	3	$0.00
93	zenbunny	$108.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
94	patrickmaher	$108.47	98	4	$1.73
95	LeRoy3rd	$108.27	N/A	N/A	N/A
96	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	96	0	$0.00
97	Juce	$108.03	97	0	$0.16
98	mcbeth	$106.82	99	1	$0.16
99	trd12	$106.43	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	Girish	$106.38	100	0	$0.00

Are Elephants Scared Of Mice?

2007-11-26T16:47:00.000-08:00

I know... I know... this has nothing to do with Moola, but I thought it was an interesting question. I mean, Dumbo tells us that elephants are scared of mice, but are they really scared of something that tiny?

Well, follow the link to find the answer.

Mouse v elephant
Uploaded by krupis

Cyber Monday

2007-11-26T09:58:00.000-08:00

Happy Cyber Monday. If you missed out on Black Friday, today is the day to get great deals online.

One good example of the deals you can get is 20% off everything at Newegg.com. Plus you will get a shopping booster via Moola.com if you use their link. The only catch is that you need to pay with Paypal. How can it get any better/easier?... oh yah... you also get free shipping on most products! Check out the other stores in the Booster zone and who knows you may find some great deals!

Edit: This deal lasts from 11/26/2007 to 12/10/2007 (Full Terms & Conditions)

Leaderboard Nov. 19th

2007-11-21T10:02:00.000-08:00

With Techcrunch over, Ross the winner of the $5000+ contest is now in second place on the learderboards. Congratulations on the win Ross.

Let me remind you, some of the decreases in the balance is due to Moola.com members cashing out:

5 Largest Balance Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
3	MacNook	$1,439.35	$314.22
8	phatpat122	$503.59	$307.32
4	Jabber	$1,347.08	$186.26
7	iseegreen	$517.01	$162.94
19	HOANI	$284.07	$86.36

5 Largest Balance Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Bal. Chng
23	skipdeal	$237.34	($250.18)
6	twotontim	$517.26	($54.46)
12	freejay32	$465.70	($14.64)
14	fahashee	$363.40	($10.20)
63	chancerisk	$129.31	($9.91)

5 Largest Position Increase

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
33	clciri	$190.40	56
47	SCS1	$155.10	25
69	kioskgirl	$123.51	21
8	phatpat122	$503.59	21
29	JamesBJames	$200.65	19

5 Largest Position Decrease

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Pos. Chng
23	skipdeal	$237.34	-17
63	chancerisk	$129.31	-11
12	freejay32	$465.70	-5
52	plurt00	$144.31	-5
46	tkyoshi	$157.48	-5

Click the "read more" button to see the entire Moola.com Leaderboard.

Overall Standing:

Pos.	Username	Bal.	Last Pos.	Pos. Chng	Bal. Chng
1	freyman23.5	$8,453.68	1	0	$0.00
2	TechCrunch Winner	$5,242.90	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	MacNook	$1,439.35	3	0	$314.22
4	Jabber	$1,347.08	2	-2	$186.26
5	thelopez	$865.05	4	-1	($4.88)
6	twotontim	$517.26	5	-1	($54.46)
7	iseegreen	$517.01	12	5	$162.94
8	phatpat122	$503.59	29	21	$307.32
9	gimmesomemoola	$486.47	10	1	$37.88
10	MrFreeze1125	$472.37	8	-2	$1.86
11	GsWinner	$469.53	9	-2	$13.14
12	freejay32	$465.70	7	-5	($14.64)
13	jayfitz111	$371.11	14	1	$54.57
14	fahashee	$363.40	11	-3	($10.20)
15	DFlash	$316.79	15	0	$12.34
16	omnichron	$315.39	16	0	$13.50
17	Libbyab	$300.19	19	2	$34.89
18	caid	$291.21	17	-1	$0.00
19	HOANI	$284.07	28	9	$86.36
20	xTheUntouchablex	$277.12	21	1	$23.92
21	penny_lover	$256.60	20	-1	$0.00
22	ARiC	$251.58	22	0	$0.73
23	skipdeal	$237.34	6	-17	($250.18)
24	Graveyard	$231.86	23	-1	$1.94
25	TheClockIsLaughing	$226.29	24	-1	$0.00
26	FoolishJordan	$212.50	25	-1	$0.00
27	alexb7	$210.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
28	FinalGroundz	$209.84	26	-2	$1.06
29	JamesBJames	$200.65	48	19	$55.34
30	Goose	$194.53	31	1	$2.28
31	doremi.	$194.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
32	zylum	$193.38	30	-2	$0.00
33	clciri	$190.40	89	56	$77.69
34	Sarkar	$186.12	34	0	$5.97
35	TheEnd	$186.06	32	-3	$0.00
36	Aglet	$177.22	50	14	$32.23
37	rroroy	$176.21	35	-2	$0.00
38	CorporateRaider	$173.87	36	-2	$1.36
39	psuturtle	$167.71	38	-1	$2.56
40	khashab	$166.20	37	-3	$0.00
41	toogood	$165.38	N/A	N/A	N/A
42	OutSider81	$160.47	42	0	$3.43
43	Necral	$160.07	40	-3	($0.08)
44	HereKittyKitty	$158.35	N/A	N/A	N/A
45	misterss	$157.72	43	-2	$3.19
46	tkyoshi	$157.48	41	-5	$0.19
47	SCS1	$155.10	72	25	$32.44
48	pammer	$153.65	44	-4	$0.01
49	nono059	$150.96	45	-4	$0.00
50	Maroline	$150.39	46	-4	$0.00
51	belhaven14	$146.05	49	-2	$0.96
52	plurt00	$144.31	47	-5	($2.84)
53	Warrition	$142.70	51	-2	$1.14
54	trogdor	$138.75	54	0	$1.42
55	DaveMatthews	$135.60	55	0	$0.37
56	chuggmore	$134.37	59	3	$0.48
57	Tazdevil1622	$133.13	58	1	($1.22)
58	moolapimp	$132.47	66	8	$4.97
59	mcar1919	$131.60	62	3	$2.94
60	Ender22	$131.10	61	1	$0.86
61	amakley	$130.99	60	-1	$0.40
62	gardenduchess	$129.44	63	1	$1.25
63	chancerisk	$129.31	52	-11	($9.91)
64	shadybet	$128.65	N/A	N/A	N/A
65	vergro	$127.71	65	0	$0.07
66	Snyder97	$127.36	67	1	$0.62
67	jeffbg123	$125.57	68	1	$0.00
68	BlowDaWhistle	$124.71	69	1	$0.99
69	kioskgirl	$123.51	90	21	$10.93
70	jessicap	$123.51	70	0	$0.00
71	AllieBaBa	$122.42	N/A	N/A	N/A
72	needlotsofmoola	$122.05	76	4	$0.45
73	Likuid	$121.53	87	14	$8.60
74	PurpleAngel23	$121.05	78	4	$0.56
75	Beretta	$120.82	71	-4	($2.05)
76	YouDirtyDog	$120.71	77	1	$0.00
77	hurdlinmasta	$120.27	73	-4	($2.30)
78	senniss	$120.25	80	2	$2.16
79	deanie	$120.06	N/A	N/A	N/A
80	ryanr34	$115.79	81	1	$0.60
81	rockwild	$115.55	82	1	$0.94
82	mr.greenjeans	$114.35	86	4	$0.71
83	kessld	$113.74	85	2	$0.05
84	SEPPE	$113.68	N/A	N/A	N/A
85	liminaldust	$113.30	91	6	$1.19
86	chrisgs77	$112.82	93	7	$2.70
87	Nail	$112.81	92	5	$0.91
88	zakfa	$112.46	N/A	N/A	N/A
89	phillies2626	$111.84	N/A	N/A	N/A
90	chinaman727	$111.21	N/A	N/A	N/A
91	Laura01	$110.30	94	3	$0.92
92	0luck	$109.45	97	5	$0.53
93	tortue	$109.30	95	2	$0.14
94	Airwolf	$109.15	98	4	$0.57
95	wtf_albino	$109.14	96	1	$0.00
96	PorchMonkey4Life	$108.19	99	3	$0.00
97	Juce	$107.87	100	3	$0.21
98	patrickmaher	$106.74	N/A	N/A	N/A
99	mcbeth	$106.66	N/A	N/A	N/A
100	Girish	$106.38	N/A	N/A	N/A

Moola.com @ TechCrunch Meetup

2007-11-20T18:20:00.000-08:00

Last week was the big TechCrunch Meetup and Moola.com was there to announce their next phase of the beta test. Over 800 people attended this meetup in Boston and overall it seemed like a success. I personally watched part of the Moola.com meet up via a live feed that Moola had setup.

During the event Moola conducted one game for $5,242.90 in which a current member (Greedy) played against a random person from the audience (Ross from Boston). Sadly for Greedy, he lost the game and the random opponent was able to walk away with free money.

I have never been able to place faces to some of the names until this event. I took a few screenshots that you may or may not be interested in:

NeedLotsOfMoola (NLOM), one of the Moderators on the Moola.com forums.

Aric, another moderator on the forums.

Arlen Ritchie a.k.a. Archie (Founder/CEO) (thanks Chasby for the pic)

Greedy, a member of Moola.com who was selected to compete against a random guest at the event:

After Greedy (in Black) lost the game to Ross (In White):

As an added bonus, follow the link to watch a video of Mike Arrington (from TechCrunch) interviewing Arlen Ritchie, the Founder/CEO of Moola.com.

Your Level (account balance range)	Your Minimum Booster*
Up to Level 8 ($0 - $5.11)	$0.01
Level 9 ($5.12 - $10.23)	$0.02
Level 10 ($10.24 - $20.47)	$0.03
Level 11 ($20.48 - $40.95)	$0.04
Level 12 ($40.96 - $81.91)	$0.05
Level 13 ($81.92 - $163.83)	$0.06
Level 14 ($163.84 - $327.67)	$0.07
Level 15 ($327.68 - $656.35)	$0.08
Level 16 ($656.36 - $1310.71)	$0.09
Level 17 ($1310.72 - $2621.43)	$0.10
Level 18 and above (>$2621.44)	$0.25