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Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagam

Why'd you rip off the original Wiki Game website wholesale and turn it into an iPhone app? http://thewikigame.com/ http://thewikigame.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ http://wikipediagame.posterous.com/ I don't see your name anywhere on either of those pages. Do you plan to keep ripping off websites/web apps and converting them to iPhone apps in order to boost your portfolio? Edit: I didn't link his version because I didn't want to add fuel to the fire. Edit2: Wiki Game creator says it's cool, then I have nothing to be annoyed about. S'all good. :)

ivanzhao 16y ago
alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN). I intent to make it an app for learning. Hope this answers your questions. Ivan
- alnayyir 16y ago
  Did you at least have consent from them to rehash their idea? http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 Boom-shaka. You're in good shape chief.
  - maxawaytoolong 16y ago
    Why does he need consent? There are already 5 other apps in the app store that do the same thing as the wiki game, his is at least has a twist.
- steverb 16y ago
  So it's more like WikipediaMaze then... http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ But I doubt that it matters that it's similar game play. How many roll the dice & go around the board games are there?
clemesha 16y ago
Hey there! I'm the creator of http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, and the first thing that comes to my mind is: "New Competitors Help Validate Your Market" So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)
- alnayyir 16y ago
  Good enough for me.
csytan 16y ago
As his friend, I'm surprised that you would accuse him of ripping off a competing site. Since you don't know him, I'll tell you straight up that it's not in his character to do something like that. When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too. If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently. edit: language

ivanzhao 16y ago

alnayyir, I did not rip off The Wiki Game, at least wasn't intent to do so. In The Wiki Game, problems are randomly generated. In 3 Degree of Wikipedia (my app), they are created by other players, and limited to 3 degrees only, so each connection puzzle can actually encapsulate a concept that's meaningful and worth learning. Besides, all puzzles are dynamically ranked to filter out the bad ones (like HN). I intent to make it an app for learning. Hope this answers your questions. Ivan

alnayyir 16y ago
Did you at least have consent from them to rehash their idea? http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 http://hackerne.ws/item?id=1981552 Boom-shaka. You're in good shape chief.
- maxawaytoolong 16y ago
  Why does he need consent? There are already 5 other apps in the app store that do the same thing as the wiki game, his is at least has a twist.
steverb 16y ago
So it's more like WikipediaMaze then... http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ http://www.wikipediamaze.com/ But I doubt that it matters that it's similar game play. How many roll the dice & go around the board games are there?

clemesha 16y ago

Hey there! I'm the creator of http://TheWikiGame.com http://TheWikiGame.com, and the first thing that comes to my mind is: "New Competitors Help Validate Your Market" So, I'm totally cool with ThreeWiki.com! :-)

alnayyir 16y ago
Good enough for me.

csytan 16y ago

As his friend, I'm surprised that you would accuse him of ripping off a competing site. Since you don't know him, I'll tell you straight up that it's not in his character to do something like that. When Ivan showed me the initial prototype of his app (over 6 months ago), neither of us had heard of The Wiki Game. We had however, heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon) before though, and I'm sure many others have too. If you've ever worked on an idea, especially for the internet, you'll find that nearly all of them have been thought of before in some shape or form, so it's not surprising that they came up with this independently. edit: language