they will reduce your ability to script/bumhunt next year..

Part of the announcement appeared to suggest that this would be tackled, but still....

500 Zoom pool is going to be even more fun than it is now !!!

Seems like the only people who probably haven't really been affected at all is MTT pros. Very few earn much from the VIP program as it is, and these changes aren't really going to alter the player pool around them.

greedy scumbags

First they came for the affiliates, and I did not speak out, because I was not an affiliate
then they came for the SNE's, and I did not speak out, because I was not a SNE,
....

they even increased the price for tickets
$215 MTT ticket – 21,500 StarsCoin

right now 215$ MTT ticket 13,500 FPP (x 1,2 conversion rate = 16,200 stars coin)

Another major rip off or am I missing something???

1.2 coins for every fpp.

It is a shame to see adequate people from Isai's team working for Baazov and not slamming doors.

You guys were responsible for many ups of poker, now you are killing it.

QFT

Just leaving it here to make you remember who they really are
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...rules-1563827/

when I started in poker, poker stars was the site to play on. they had the following

the best software,
the best vip program/rake back
the best customer support
the best profit oppertunity
the best traffic
and the most reliability.

there are very few sites that actually offer less then 30% rakeback. since the current system was paying 5.5 points per dollar and 5 in the uk is 90.9%.

if your capped at 30% then that means uk 30%*0.909=27.27% that literally is the worst rake back i can think of anywhere.

you downgraded the software to the point that every other day i have lags or crashes.
you are now amongst the worst in the industry for software reliability

the fact that games can and will be changed to be killed makes you amongst the least reliable site to target a poker career on.

and also currently the standard on stars is tougher then anywhere else.

if i want to make money from poker I would have to be manifestly ******ed to pursue it on pokerstars.

I had an interesting thought can a pokerstars rep answer this one question name one single area where stars are now not amongst the worst sites in the industry.

cause i realized your now no longer the leaders in anything but i seriously struggle to see one single area where you offer anything which is even comes close to meeting the average for the industry seriously.

Am I doing it wrong?
100 000 FPPs =120 000 coins
100 000 FPPs=1600$
120 000 coins=1200$
=400 difference + no stellar rewards + no quarterly freeroll

omg even TonnaMunz is pissed

so "playing primarily for volume" is not something that takes skill, do you actually have any clue of what you've written there?

Yes, if you want the max. rb you need to exchange your points before the end of the year otherwise you are loosing MUCH

both 30 and 27% are higher then 888 and party. and pretty much on par with most ipoker skins now

ROFL, PokerStars has absolutely zero respect for their customers. "Overall this will be good for the vast majority of our customers" because of a 10% bonus increase for ChromeStar! Meanwhile everything else gets nerfed, well played. #balance

ChromeStars don't withdraw any significant money (can you challenge that statement? don't think so) so in the end that buff just goes back into Stars pocket.

The lies and the greed disguised as being good for us makes me puke in my mouth.

slightly confused as to how Gold Star and lower are apparently not losing any value, when the value of FPPs is being reduced.

Currently a UK Goldstar who pays $500 in tournament rake in a month earns 2500 vpps and gets 5k FPPs, which are worth roughly $80. In 2016 FPPs are being replaced by Star Coins with a value of 1c each, so will that same player expect to receive ~8000 Star Coins? Or am I missing something?

i get 50% RB on Ipoker so thats not quite.

the standard on Ipoker is much softer on ipoker then stars during my last experience.

I have heard standard on 888 and party was weak. also other sites can run without lagging or crashing most of the time.

further we can expect further and further changes its only going to get worse not better.

i said amongst the worst. the only site that offers a lower then 30% RB that I am aware of is sky poker.

and whilst I have many criticisms of sky poker I will say this most of the time there site runs smoothly and the games there are much softer.

UK players will be back at a 5.5 multiplier I believe (although multipliers on EUR tables are to be reduced across the board.)

It`s possible that the multiplier will be different than this year, there isn`t any info about it right now.

I have been made a quick analysis, and found out that introducing a new jp sng format with 3bb stacks and 10% rake would have a more positive impact on the long-term viability of the poker ecosystem and would return the game back to one that rewards skill via winning at the tables rather than playing primarily for volume.

I understand that you have the power to .... us if you want and we cant do anything about it, but dont call it love.

"Shame on you Matthew for having no balls."
"Isn't it obvious that the "2% of players" you're are adressing to are likely some of the best players in the world and mostly pretty smart guys."

Cuz those are the 2 worst VIP programs on the market, well 2nd and 3rd worst now i guess

This is just not true, with a simple google search or just by going into the affiliate subforum here on 2+2 you can get much better deals than just 27%-30% on mostly ANY Ipoker skin, and im talking just direct rakeback, not counting depositors/reload bonuses, private rakeraces and other bonuses.

By my quick calculations, a high-volume small stakes cash player earning 400k VPPs in a year currently receives $9,600 in Stellar and milestone rewards and $22,400 in FPP cash. This is a total of $32,000 and works out at approx. 43% rakeback.

Under the new system, there will be no Stellar and milestone rewards and the FPP cash value is reduced by 25% to just $16,800

This is nearly a 50% reduction in value (more if you take into account the lack of Quarterly freeroll) and works out at 22.5% rakeback.

Please correct me if I've missed something.

EDIT: Oh, and the games will probably be much tougher with players filtering down.