function kirbyPopup(scale)
 {
	var expdate = new Date ();
	var popupCookieName = "kirby";
	var percentShowPopup = 100;  //CHANGE THIS PARAMETER TO CONTROL SAMPLING RATE
	var popupLocation = "http://www.marioparty4.com/kirbypop.html";
	var popupNewWindow = true;  //or show the popup in the same window.
	
	expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + (365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); // 1 year from now 
                  var stored_value = GetCookie(popupCookieName);   
	var dd=new Date();
	cn= Math.round(dd.getTime() / 100) % 100;
	if ((cn <= percentShowPopup) && (stored_value == null))
	{
	        SetCookie(popupCookieName, "alreadyOffered", expdate);
		window.open(popupLocation,'new_window','width=564,height=188,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no');
	}
 }

function SetCookie (name,value,expires,path,domain,secure)
{
        document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
        ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function getCookieVal (offset)
{
        var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
        if (endstr == -1)
                endstr = document.cookie.length;
        return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function GetCookie (name)
{
        var arg = name + "=";
        var alen = arg.length;
        var clen = document.cookie.length;
        if( (document.cookie == null) || (document.cookie.length == null))
        {
                return null;
        }
        var i = 0;
        while (i < clen)
        {
                var j = i + alen;
                if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
                        return getCookieVal (j);
                i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
                if (i == 0) break; 
        }
        return null;
}