Everyone is on the same clock.

This

GMT I believe

0:00 GMT is the start of August promotions. 5pm Pacific or 8pm Eastern in the U.S. It would be nice if the clock would also show Lock time for this purpose.

First time i see this page: http://lockpoker.eu/promos/ronin/leaderboard/

Was this always there? Seems like the prizes will be truely limited this time around?

First time I see it too. I guess they will keep a leaderboard this time with limited prizes as I can see the first 2 levels are already covered.

The value of Ronin just went way down because of leaderboard. I'm glad Pokerstars and FTP2 are on cusp of coming back to USA.

If the bottom 2 levels of Ronin are locked out on the first day of month it just shows their limited prizes are too limited. Seriously the bottom levels are closing out quick and it is just a lame middle of the week day. Lock shows their inability to run things well again.

Someone confirm/correct my Ronin math please. I'm currently on a train and trying to do this in my head but...

If I were to get to Level 16 and put in a total of $2,350 rake taking me the whole month, but hit a goose egg on the other Ronin because they were locked out by being limited, I would only get $225 on $2,350 for about a 9.50% RB..."instead of the about what 40.00% RB???"

Ouch 9.50% RB instead of 40.00% RB because the prizes are limited.

Wow, this truly sucks if this is the case...

Does this leaderboard apply only to rakeback players?

Well this just sucks.

Leaderboard applies to everyone.

I don't see myself losing out on any value if people reach the rake levels at this rate (i'll be faster), ofcourse "sucks" for those who won't, though.

Thing is, i think everyone has to realise they can't keep offering ~100% rakeback to everyone.

Well I was saying it should be a Ronin without limits on the prizes (I started a thread about this). Pulling back from a un-sustainable 100% doesn't mean that Ronin should now be a joke. Me thinks Lock ain't so smart with the old method or the new.

Having the bottom two levels closed out on day one, a Tuesday LOL, is some weak sauce.

At this point the promotion will be essentially over in a week

True, this promotion won't attract casual players like this. And yeah there definately are different ways to run a promotion like this. My "selfish me" doesn't mind how it is now, but i do see why a different way (for example prizes to everyone, but lower value) would be good for all the rest)

The way it is now, it does encourage those with near the volume to keep reaching these levels to step it up, but yeah not sure how many people will actually do that.