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Todays fast tracks have been sent!

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If you find a security exploit within MTV/PV, and you tell us about it (without first trying to cashout/spend your illgotten gains - we'll give you a $100 cash finders fee!

Todays news is in progress, i'll reply to this thread throughout the day with updates.

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I plan to queue up todays mini ad issue shortly after posting this! I'll reply with the ad issue stats in an hour or two.

Anyway, i'm in Asuncion, Paraguay at the moment... I'll head back to Santa Catarina, Brazil likely tomorrow (after doing the ad issue etc). So if i'm quiet, it's because i'm on the road - but otherwiee everything is ticking over like normal.

My drive over was LONG! We set off at 10-11pm on Friday night, and arrived here about 24hours later... We only drove about an hour or two, before deciding this car is utterly awful, the headlights are useless, the roads are barely marked, windy/hilly and all the rest of it. And just dangerous -- so we found a hotel and crashed there until sunlight.... Then next morning we set off, uneventful, pretty scenary and all the rest of it.
The crappy car we've got then proceeded to break down twice lol, the second time right on the Brazil/Paraguay fronteir. In this crazy marketplace, single lane of traffic driving at 1mph, trying to push through a million motorcycles and padestrians. No where to park, contantly harassed by vendors trying to sell you / direct you to nonsense; up a slight hill. Hurrendous place to breakdown lol... So after pushing the car, and paying some marketplace vendor a few bucks to let us stash the car in his stall... My girlfriends reaction was, ah brilliant - we've parked. Lets go shopping lol. Meanwhile her brother was similar, ah that'll do, worry about fixing it later - lets go sort out paperwork lol...
So we did all that, then push started the car half a dozen times as we crawled it to a local mechanic. Waited there a few hours to change the alternator. And all good!

Then on the long straight road to Asuncion, I was asleep in the back of the car. My girlfriends brother was driving (he drives perfectly well, but doesn't have a license for some reason)... anyway, so that idiot was speeding along like everybody else. And then drove straight through a police stop at speed, what an idiot! Then he pulls over, and says swap places with me; the police are coming and I dont have a license.... And we don't want to compound the speeding / failure to stop problem with more ammunition etc... And at that point, I was asleep... no idea what's going on. I figure its just a speeding ticket. No biggy -- I didnt realize he drove straight through the checkpoint lol... Which kinda invalidates the no license bit lol.

So these angry policemen surround the car; and im getting the blame for all this nonsense - as they assume i was the driver - I just nod and agree.... And then they take all the paperwork, and tell us to follow them to the police hut thing.... Meanwhile i'm figuring out what the hell just happened lol - what am I getting blamed for --- as I only half understand what i'm being shouted at for lol.

Then in the police hut, they put on such a charade... inflaming all the charges etc. You're in big trouble etc etc... "Have you lost your mind" etc... And I'm agreeing in my head, except all this flack is getting pointed at me lol...
But the Police in Paraguay are famously corrupt... and whilst going back to the car to get something. The police officer basically asks me how much will pay you make this all go away.... And i'm thinking... Really!? lol... And I don't have a clue about any of these things - so I just asked how much do you want. And he said 1000 Real ($250) ... so i'm like fine, whatever, i'll see if i've got it... Then after agreeing to that the charade continues for a while. And I pay the guy, along wiht a line that this is all i've got (a total lie, I just dont want him looking too deep, as there's 3000euros in my laptop bag; which is like a years wages here lol) .... And the funny part is; he takes it, then 5minutes later comes back and gives me 200 back. Saying he doesn't want to take all my money... How nice lol.

And then, my girlfriends brother comes over and asks if I have 50 Real (10euro) , as he ha to "buy his guy a drink" lol... basically another bribe lol.... And we share a laugh, that wtf, I just paid my guy; and you're getting screwed for another 50 lol.

So... that was that!
Thereafter my girlfriend & her brother, not a care in the world for what just happened, are laughing and taking the piss out of me; as I overpaid like a fool. Apparently the police would have accepted 50 lol. Not 800 lol. Nevermind!

So that's my Paraguay experience so far lol... hot as hell, broken down car, long ass drive, sitting in some mechanics back yard for a few hours. And bribing a corrupt, but nice policeman for something I didn't do. Brilliant!

The police here are weird... it's really hard to work out whether they're good/bad. As they stick to the rules like glue, but any excuse at all, and they'll try and get some money out of you. Not for an official fine, but for a bribe to let you go... It's a real debate as to whether thats good/bad.... Especially as the bribes are so small. (Even what I overpaid, is less than a standard speeding fine in Spain @ 200-500euros. And you wouldnt dream of driving through a checkpoint in Spain; that's not far off jailtime) ... Anyway, that's that!

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Work wise... PV is looking good, the counter has rocketed straight back to 56k+ users. And I haven't even done todays ads yet. So I reckon that'll hit 60k+ by the end of the day.

* I've asked the programmers to fix the PV stats page, that's all showing zero right now.

* Lucas is getting started on the shareholder section... he'll split the shares, change the transfer fee, permit instant trading, and hopefully add the bulk buy option also.

* I posted on facebook yesterday the new servers we're about to order from Iweb -- as we move to a new datacenter with a much bigger bandwidth -- which is our current bottleneck, now that the database servers are replicating nicely.

And other than that, I don't have any other news right now... I'll copy the programmer bullet point updates for the last few days with tomorrows news.

Jo

MichaelKline
Traffic Value: $960.97608 United States

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07/12/2014 18:14

Tada!!! It's here at last. Thanks Jo. Having Fun?
[Apparently Not]

zhaferin
Traffic Value: $533.17304 Indonesia

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07/12/2014 18:19

fozikhan
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07/12/2014 18:19

Giggs78
Traffic Value: $13,264.36795 Italy

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07/12/2014 18:20

Catt
Traffic Value: $1,193.5857 Brazil

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07/12/2014 18:21

Paraguay is reportedly a mess... Brazil has some corrupt cops too but you might want to be careful since what you did in Paraguay COULD bring you to jail here in Brazil.... or find you dead. Sometimes handing money around helps and sometimes it is VERY VERY dangerous.. mostly of all if they notice you are a foreigner.

Tbiz
Traffic Value: $4,013.67386 Canada

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07/12/2014 18:21

lol well atleast that police guy i woud say is good. since he didn't wanna take it all.
one thing i dont get why u carry the money in a laptop bag?

Isn''t a laptop bag already something a robber woud aim for in the first place?
Wow lets rob a laptop ow yea i get 3k cash xD

sorry just saying :p
not the best spot to put your money in normaly let alone there?

aadheen2010
Traffic Value: $1,574.99202 Pakistan

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07/12/2014 18:23

Enjoy..............Jo
But be careful...............
Have a nice vacation.........

dguy
Traffic Value: $15,993.01608 Canada

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07/12/2014 18:24

First things first Jo. We need MTV to take out about a 10 million dollar insurance policy on you because it is clear you are determined to get yourself killed!

klikdiva
Traffic Value: $1,701.2323 Honduras

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07/12/2014 18:24

LOL!

Have to tell you, you'd probably have solved that with $25... At least that's what works in my country

raybalba
Traffic Value: $1,929.33136 Philippines

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07/12/2014 18:26

are you forgetting something, Admin JO??

so many pending ad campaigns.. what is your plan about that?

do we need to wait 1-2 months ??

just tell us honestly.. my downline is waiting for 19 days.. and im not happy anymore. he is my responsibility.

im doing all i can to help him.. but please help us also.

at 1st im proud that i am a member of PV so i introduce it to my friend.. but now.. all this delay in pending ad campaign..

im not happy anymore.. as an upline.. it is my responsibility to help my downline..

i did every thing that i could.. i keep telling you to that " please activate the pending ad campaign of my downline"

19 days pending is not good anymore.

chotufz
Traffic Value: $2,177.71961 India

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07/12/2014 18:27

share split ?

...................* Lucas is getting started on the shareholder section... he'll split the shares, change the transfer fee, permit instant trading, and hopefully add the bulk buy option also...........

MarcdeKoning - Administrator
Traffic Value: $468,983.12758 Netherlands

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07/12/2014 18:28

* Lucas is getting started on the shareholder section... he'll split the shares, change the transfer fee, permit instant trading, and hopefully add the bulk buy option also.

Woohoo

Tbiz
Traffic Value: $4,013.67386 Canada

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07/12/2014 18:31

better cansel all those shares marc hahaha :p

slosumo - Administrator
Traffic Value: $28,438.4426 Slovenia

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07/12/2014 18:31

Let's hope that no cops know you from MTV lol - then you won't get away with a 50$ bribe

MarcdeKoning - Administrator
Traffic Value: $468,983.12758 Netherlands

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07/12/2014 18:34

Instant trading/fee reduction means a new opportunity for me to start day trading again

With the 3% fees and the current prizes this was no longer profitable.
I'm glad I can start day trading again

raybalba
Traffic Value: $1,929.33136 Philippines

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07/12/2014 18:34

@newguy1

my downline submitted a support ticket last november 18.

for your information.

aadheen2010
Traffic Value: $1,574.99202 Pakistan

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07/12/2014 18:35

Day trading my kind of thing..................

newguy1
Traffic Value: $17,897.90531 United States

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07/12/2014 18:36

raybalba Yeah. Sorry man. I deleted my post because I completely read it wrong. I guess I'm the one that needs to learn some reading comprehension. Hahaha. I realized you were talking about "pending" ads for 19 days. Sorry.

Bortoff
Traffic Value: $314.44564 Japan

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07/12/2014 18:39

great even though

its supposed to be a double ad issue

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