Payouts are done. Check.
I got a decent payout with my scrypt rig. So, I'm gonna try sha and throw 3 S3s at the pool today.
My mining session went smoothly, got paid out. No problems so far.
For about 0.05 btc of mining I got about 0.13 XAU
The payouts will be irregular, and late. Because of this we were thinking of closing the pool, but decided it is better to leave it open, while we establish a fully automated one.
I believe it makes it an unfair advantage for those who are getting paid and for those who aren't. Those who were and are getting paid have an option to trade, calculate mining profitability and adjust the rigs. It seem's most of us had problems with adjusting workers difficulties. I'm not tempted participating in alpha phase when real money is involved and some 'random' miners are having unfair head start at trading.
Alpha phases of developement are alpha phases with a reason. In video games user accounts are deleted and accomplishments erased after testing phases and before launch. Users who participated in testing phase are usually compensated with a fan pack, amount of ingame currency or some costume because they were there from the start. In this case this is not testing anymore. Your XAU currency is being traded on a free market and we are supposed to take you seriously.
One for closure? "What was the standard by choosing addresses being paid and those who weren't?"