Two of our ex player, Neil Roberts and Alan Mahon, are developing the next generation of games for mobile devices.
Football Shokx is a brand new app that we as a Supporters Club have been asked to test out. This App is not released properly yet as the lads want to see it working before they fully release it.
So far Michael Owen, Robbie Savage and few other specially invited Pros are helping, but we are asking if any of you that use an iPhone test it and feed back as well..
The ‘soft launch’ is only compatible on an iPhone and iPad, plans are in place to make it available for Android during the off season once we have tested it out and reported any comments. Alan and Neil are very keen to pursue setting up a Wigan Supporters League in the Football Shokx app, and I thought it would be useful to give you an outline of the App.
In essence, Football Shokx takes the principles of the stock exchange and lets you trade in football teams with virtual coins. The coins can be invested in buying stocks/shares (shokx) in teams, just like you would buy them in companies on the real stock exchange. The Shokx price for football teams goes up or down depending on how well that team is performing the results are then reflected in the profit you make and you are ranked within the Football Shokx Rich List according to your success in trading.
At present, players can trade in The Premier League, Championship, English Leagues 1 & 2, as well as Scottish Leagues. Ideally if the Wigan Competition can be set up during this season it will give them chance to familiarise themselves with the app, giving an advantage for next season.
Looking ahead, setting up a Wigan Supporters League is straight forward and can be done by our team and it would be ready for Latics Supporters to try.
Thanks for taking the time to take a look and any questions just ask, to download it just search ‘football shokx’ at the iStore..
Neil Roberts & Alan Mahon
