DavidP wrote:Hi everyone. As you can probably tell, the $100K Challenge has started! Good luck! Please post any questions or comments in this forum.

Thanx David!!ur testing team has done a good job.... i hope u got me !!i tried many things to increase points but ur like unlike things were nicely handled....
also I wud say if i try login thru Facebook using firefox it doesnt log in..thats a bug i think plz try to check if its really a problem or some issue with my browser...!!

Is it possible that a person can win prize every week?i mean suppose u draw name of a person then again next week his name comes in lucky draw?or he will have 2nd chance only in final Grande event....???

Thanks Sandeep! Glad to have you on board. When I was writing all the code for the competition, I spent a lot of time thinking about all the things that could happen because we wanted to prevent gaming as much as possible. As a former hacker, I'm a bit familiar with these kinds of things. Looks like you discovered one of our little counter measures...

Thanks also for sharing the bug report. I'll take a look into it. I think I may know the bug that you're talking about because I just discovered it while trying to log in this morning. But can you please help me confirm it?

Can you please these steps and let me know if you can log in or not?

1. Close Firefox
2. Open Firefox
3. Go directly to Beat The GMAT's home page (https://www.beatthegmat.com)
4. If you're logged into Beat The GMAT, please log out of it.
5. Click the "login" link on the upper right corner of the home page. Your browser should go to the login page.
6. Click the "Login with Facebook" icon
7. Please let me know if you were able to login by following Steps 1-6

Thanks for your help!

Thanks for finding another bug. I just realized that we didn't post the complete set of rules. For instance, we forgot to include the weekly drawing schedule. We'll fix that tomorrow (California time)!

DavidP wrote:Thanks Sandeep! Glad to have you on board. When I was writing all the code for the competition, I spent a lot of time thinking about all the things that could happen because we wanted to prevent gaming as much as possible. As a former hacker, I'm a bit familiar with these kinds of things. Looks like you discovered one of our little counter measures...

Thanks also for sharing the bug report. I'll take a look into it. I think I may know the bug that you're talking about because I just discovered it while trying to log in this morning. But can you please help me confirm it?

Can you please these steps and let me know if you can log in or not?

1. Close Firefox
2. Open Firefox
3. Go directly to Beat The GMAT's home page (https://www.beatthegmat.com)
4. If you're logged into Beat The GMAT, please log out of it.
5. Click the "login" link on the upper right corner of the home page. Your browser should go to the login page.
6. Click the "Login with Facebook" icon
7. Please let me know if you were able to login by following Steps 1-6

Thanks for your help!

Yup That Works David...What i realised now is that

earlier i was logged into facebook clicked on BTG link came to login page of forum....but couldnt login no pop up came...


Also one More Bug David i think Unliking an Event doesnt Reduce the Points.. One can easily Like ,gain point then unlike event..it doesnt reduce points earned....
I Also love doing lil bit of hacking and Testing .....

Thanks for the info Sandeep. Seems like you're experiencing the same issue that I experienced. Can you please follow these steps and let me know what happens? You shouldn't be able to log in.

1. Log out of Beat The GMAT. (You may still see your username in the $100K Challenge status bar - that's OK)

2. Go to any one of Beat The GMAT forums.

3. Click on "Post a Topic" button. Your web browser should automatically go to the Login page.

4. Click on the "Login via Facebook" button.

Thanks again for the help! I'm really happy to be working with nice members like you.

DavidP wrote:Thanks for the info Sandeep. Seems like you're experiencing the same issue that I experienced. Can you please follow these steps and let me know what happens? You shouldn't be able to log in.

1. Log out of Beat The GMAT. (You may still see your username in the $100K Challenge status bar - that's OK)

2. Go to any one of Beat The GMAT forums.

3. Click on "Post a Topic" button. Your web browser should automatically go to the Login page.

4. Click on the "Login via Facebook" button.

Thanks again for the help! I'm really happy to be working with nice members like you.

Same issue David as mentioned earlier..I tried ur steps ,uptil step 4 it works fine..
then again i face the issue of no pop up after clicking the Facebook Button....
But i think it shud be fine with people....

I'm a facebook noob and I don't really understand how this works. Do I earn points by using these forums, or only by doing things on facebook? Also, how/what do I "like" in order to earn points? It shows I have 0 points - so what do I need to "like" to use my "likes" -- does anyone else realize how ridiculous all that sounds?

Hey David I can see that i have 3 likes left right now..But if i search the forum Home page i cant see any more posts to be liked and shared?:( how to resolve this?

Do i need to visit the complete BTG Site and search all the posts or visiting the home page will work? i tried every possible thing to search the likes left couldnt find any...Please come for rescue...Also is it possible to make the Likes shown near point as a link which can take us to the Posts left?I know it will involve some xtra coding and work but in case if possible? then it will really help all!!!

sorter wrote:I'm a facebook noob and I don't really understand how this works. Do I earn points by using these forums, or only by doing things on facebook? Also, how/what do I "like" in order to earn points? It shows I have 0 points - so what do I need to "like" to use my "likes" -- does anyone else realize how ridiculous all that sounds?

Hi sorter,
I think u havent gone thru the 100K promotion page..

Just for ur help What u really need to do is login to the forum using ur facebook account...visit the BTG Forum Home page..U will see various posts with 100K promotion symbol next to them...u need to like them and share some posts on facebook to earn some extra points...
Hope this helps u!!!
thanx

@sorter, your question isn't ridiculous at all! the entire beat the gmat team is currently living and breathing facebook apis and such. and so we sometimes forget that there are a lot of people who aren't as technogeeky as us. when i first told my wife about this competition, she also said, what does it mean to "like"?

anyhow, here's the info that you're looking for: in order to "like," you need to click the little icon of the "thumb" that is below each signpost. once you do that, then you will get points.

@sandeep, thanks for the suggestion. you're right. we don't have enough guidance on where to look and where not to look for signposts. will be updating things today.

DavidP wrote:@sorter, your question isn't ridiculous at all! the entire beat the gmat team is currently living and breathing facebook apis and such. and so we sometimes forget that there are a lot of people who aren't as technogeeky as us. when i first told my wife about this competition, she also said, what does it mean to "like"?

anyhow, here's the info that you're looking for: in order to "like," you need to click the little icon of the "thumb" that is below each signpost. once you do that, then you will get points.

@sandeep, thanks for the suggestion. you're right. we don't have enough guidance on where to look and where not to look for signposts. will be updating things today.

Thanx david!!But i hope i am able to see those 3 missing posts in my liking area?did u post 5 more posts after that 1st round of 5 post set?or only 2 posts comparisons and money9111

Hi David,
I have searched the complete BTG forum clicking every post almost..But still i couldnt figure out which 3 likes are left to be clicked please help if possible....

Its getting much tougher than any 700+ level question of Verbal for me

I knew David U wont help me so i find out a shortcut for myself....U can check my points i have cracked the likes and 3 bonuses too ,only 1 like left which i think is yet to be posted!!!at least do tell if that 1 like is yet to come or already there?