Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Beer Wars Review @ Facebook Profile!

Beer Wars was given the review treatment on 17th Sep at Facebook Profile (http://www.facebookprofile.com/). Check out this excerpt:

(10 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)

....... The application has thousands of beers from across the globe to choose from, including many from Australia, America and Europe, so you won’t be left dry when searching for your favorite beer. It is picking up users very quickly as well, around 400 already and it has only been released for a day or two. The Developers who are Australian (Hence the dig at you Yanks) also have a website you can go to at
beerwars.org to discuss the application and provide some feedback...........

Final Verdict

Extremely great way to see the most popular beers from among your groups (friends, city, country) and to share your own tastes.

Enjoy!


All in all, very pleasing feedback. Thankyou to all at Facebook Profile.

Monday, September 17, 2007

It's On!

Beer Wars is now well and truly underway, and reached 241 users this morning!

Add Beer Wars to your Facebook now!

The statistics pages are beginning to take shape, and are showing some interesting trends - most notably, a close race on for "favourite beer" between James Boag's Premium Lager (101 votes) and Cascade Draught (93 votes).

Here's the rundown:

Favourite Beer:
1. James Boag's Premium Lager (101 votes)
2. Cascade Draught (93 votes)
3. Cascade Pale Ale (65 votes)
4. Corona Extra (54 votes)
5. Stella Artois (39 votes)

Beer People Are Currently Drinking:
1. Cascade Draught (21 people)
2. Cascade Pale Ale (17 people)
3. Corona Extra (13 people)
4. James Boag's Premium Lager (11 people)
5. Cascade Premium (9 people)


Friday, September 14, 2007

Beer Wars Launches Today, Sep 14 2007

Beer Wars goes live today! Look out Facebook, this will be big.

Add Beer Wars to your Facebook now!

In case you don't already know, Beer Wars is a cool new Facebook app that allows you to nominate:

  • the beer you're drinking at the moment and
  • your top three all-time favourites
Then, look on as word spreads, and thousands.....millions of other beer drinkers the world over go into battle.

View beer preference statistics as they unfold. Find out which are the top listed beers among your friends, your city, your country, and worldwide!

This is a world first. Who knows what the end result will be. Only time can tell....

Your beer needs you. Stand up and represent!!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

There's a war brewing!


Today is awesome. Today an elite crew have convened in an undisclosed location to build Facebook's (and indeed the world's) first ever beer ranking application: BEER WARS.

Here's the pitch:

"Your favorite beer is an important part of who you are – it’s seen you through the good times and the bad. But now your beer needs YOU....

Tout your all-time favourite beer, give props to that new beer you’re enjoying at the moment, or rubbish your least favourite beer. See who else shares your tastes, view beer preference statistics in real time, and find out which beer is the greatest of all beers. People....this is a beer war. Stand by your brew. Be the best that you can be."

This is going live soon, and when it does, it's going to be big. BEER WARS.....STAY TUNED. THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET CRAZY.

- We have all blown off our jobs to make this happen, so if this doesn't go big we are basically screwed.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Beer Wars is committed to protecting the privacy and security of any personally identifiable information ("PII") you provide. PII includes information that can be linked to a specific individual, such as name, address, phone number, or email address.

This policy was last adjusted on 12 September 2007.

We reserve the right to modify or amend this policy at any time and for any reason. Any material changes to this privacy policy will be posted prior to their implementation.

Our Privacy Principles:
  • We protect your anonymity. Except as described in this privacy policy, we will not share your PII with third parties, unless required by law or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served.
  • However, note that all non-PII defined as unrestricted in the user’s Facebook privacy settings may be collected on Beer Wars, and is considered public.

Information We Collect:
Beer Wars may collect, use and store any non-identifying or aggregate information which is not restricted by the Facebook user, and is not tied to PII. We reserve the right to collect data sets not used in the current version of Beer Wars to permit extensibility of the application, and scope for greater richness in later releases.

How We Use Your Information:
The collection of non-PII information serves primarily as a means of giving functionality to the Beer Wars application. However, if (and only if) permitted by the terms set out in both the Facebook Developer Terms of Service, and the Facebook Privacy Policy, we may also reserve the right to display, provide, edit, modify, sell, resell, lease, redistribute, license, sublicense or transfer such information.

Contact Information:
If after reading this privacy policy, you should have any questions or concerns about it, please email them to beerwars@insight4.com.