For reference, previous answers thread:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...2-17-a-660775/
So... this is a big update (and a big Answers post). Sorry for the delay.
What's in the update:
A.
Rush Poker: I'll try not to be too over the top here (too late, my tweets betray me), but we think this is a good one. I really encourage you to just jump in and try it out, as words do little justice trying to explain how this game plays.
Very briefly - In Rush Poker, you are constantly involved in a hand. As soon as you fold, you are taken to a brand new table and dealt a new hand. A single table of Rush Poker will play approximately 2.5-4x faster than a normal ring game table (it all depends on how often you fold).
Lots more info here:
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/rush-poker/details
Quick tip: If you don't like the transition (moving from one table to the next) animation, there's an alternative "Fade" transition which you might like better (you can sit out to change it or just go to the Misc tab under the table Options).
Just three stake levels to start today, and it's not available in Classic View (so use Standard or Basic).
You won't know just how fun it is until you give it a shot!
B.
Ring Game buyin changes: No Limit and Pot Limit games are having their buyin ranges changed. We are doing this based on both popular demand and our own internal analysis.
Old games -
Cap: 30bb min, 30bb max for Hold'em, 40bb min, 40bb max for Omaha
"Normal": 20bb min, 100bb max
Deep: 50bb min, 200bb max
Normal and Deep tables had a 5:1 and 4:1 ratio between the max and min buyin. We felt this ratio was too high. So the new buyin ranges are:
Cap: No change (already at 1:1 for max/min)
Normal: 35bb min, 100bb max (now under 3:1)
Deep: 75bb min, 200bb max (now under 3:1)
What about people that like to buy in for 20bb, you might ask. Well, that brings us to...
C.
Shallow tables: We've introduced a new table type called "Shallow" which has a 20bb min and 40bb max as its buyin range. We debated this quite a bit (our other option was to lower the min buyin at Cap tables to 20bb) but ultimately decided Cap was a different enough game from what Shallow will be that it was worth creating the new type of table. So while I apologize for the addition to lobby clutter (although with the Standard View lobby you can filter to your heart's content!) I do think this was the best way to provide the vast majority of players with the game of their choice.
D.
7-Game/Mixed Hold'em changes: A few months ago a number of well reasoned 7-Game players brought up the point that they thought 7-Game was favoring the NL/PL player more than the Limit player because the NL/PL rounds played so much bigger in the same game. We did some analysis on the games and determined that they were right. So we've changed the games a bit. Instead of a 2:1 ratio of Limit blinds to NL/PL blinds, there is now a 2.5:1 ratio. There's still a slight favoring of the NL/PL games in terms of how big the game plays, but since there are 5 rounds of limit and only 2 rounds of NL/PL, it all evens out. PLO actually skews those numbers for 7-Game, so Mixed Hold'em (which is also changing to a 2.5:1 ratio) is very close to even now between Limit and NLH.
E.
Bet slider changes: We've added an option in the Bet Slider Options to increment (with both mouse click and mouse wheel) in small blind steps instead of big blind steps.
F.
Bug fixes: A bunch of bug fixes, but of most interest here is that we believe we've fixed both the "invalid bet amount" popup on ante tables bug and the new table not appearing when you get moved tables in a tournament bug. Please let us know if you still experience either of these.
Not that I need to say this, but please give lots of feedback about these changes, obviously there are some big ones. B, C, and D were all done based on player feedback and a thorough analysis, with the driving goal being how to best make the games as fair and as fun to play as possible. I hope that we've succeeded in that goal.
Questions:
1. Is there an auto-rebuy feature at FT or plans for one?
- I'm not sure if you're asking about ring games or tournaments, but either way the answer is yes. For ring games, you'll find the settings under Options->Set Buy-In Preferences. For tournaments, the auto-rebuy settings in on the table of a rebuy tournament itself.
2. Can I buy a bonus with IronMan Medals and clear it concurrently with this end-of-year bonus?
- Yep.
3. Hour long late reg for Guaranteed tourneys plzplzplz
- This is coming, but we need to fix a couple of things first. We need to display exactly how long late reg will last in the tournament lobby, so nobody gets confused. The other issue has to do with how late reg interacts with synchronized breaks. Right now if late reg touches a break, the tournament won't go on break. We need to change that so it will still go on break (and allow people to register during the break). Once both of those things are done, we'll very likely start extending late reg more levels for our guarantees.
4. Can you guys add an option to not have the tournament lobby pop up every time you register for a tournament and every time the tournament starts?
- Yes, this is coming. I'm not sure when exactly.
5. The Hand History downloads are awesome but could you create an option to either get more than 10k hands per download OR be able to download a set amount of time broken into 10k packets
- I think the plan is to allow more than 10k hands at a time once we're sure it won't slow anything down. We're currently in the process of opening it up to a lot more people. Most active players should have the option in their My Promotions section by now.
6. could the minimum amount for player transfers be lowered? currently its $
- We don't have any plans to change this at the moment, but I can ask around.
7. who cares about short stacks, MORE AVATARS.
- We have a woman avatar who will flip out and cut your head off coming soon.
8. What actions are fulltilt taking against pokertableratings?
- We've got a few projects in the works that should make what they do tougher and tougher. For the moment, though, Rush Poker is the perfect game to play to fight them (there are no observers and therefore no observers datamining).
9. "There isn't currently an MGR hit for buying into a tournament with FTPs" - This doesn't seem to reconcile with what we have heard about overlays.
- I should have been more clear. There is no MGR hit for buying into the tournament, but if there's an overlay (or added money), there is the normal MGR hit that has nothing to do with whether or not points were used as the buyin. One type of tournament that's probably confusing is the points only buyin satellites where the prize is in T$ (instead of in points). In this case, there is added money in the form of T$, which is why those points tournaments have an MGR hit (it's not because points were used, but rather because there was added money). Hope that makes sense!
10. What about the ratholing? Did I just miss this part somewhere and if so, sorry.
- There is a project in the works that will allow us to increase this. I don't know if/when we'll increase it or what we'll increase it to if we do, but at the moment we can't do anything even if we wanted to (we're currently capped at 30 minutes or 32 hands).
11. Is it possible to create higher buy ins for superturbos sng please?
- We've added some, but how high were you looking for?
12. Will FTP ever let us change screen names?
- Never say never, but we don't currently have any plans for this.
13. Will FTP ever let us play 24 cash tables?
- See above, but probably even less likely.
14. (last time i tried stacking was few months ago and it still wasnt working....)
- Have you tried recently? A number of improvements were made to the table popping code that seems to have satisfied the vast majority of players. A few players still seem to be having issues, and we're happy to look into those, but chances are it's working for you right now.
15. is PA getting fat? tell him to lay off the mayonnaise please
- Uh, you tell him.
16. what about double or nothing?
- Still no plans.
17. Can we please get HU Super Turbo SNG's in these games: 1. Razz, 2. Stud, 3. Stud H/L
- My sources say yes.
18. Are you gonna implement EUR/GBP cashier?
- Yes, but EUR first and not for at least 4-5 months.
19. Please make the "empty tables per player policy" coded into the software. It's annoying to follow the rules and then see others who don't and keep getting away with it.
- This is coming in one of the next couple of big updates.
20. Any plans for an option to check "Auto Post Blinds" by default?
- Yep. This is being worked on right now and should be ready (with a couple of other cool, related options) in one of the next couple of updates.
21. FT has been crashing for me too (around once every 8 hours or so), and coincidentally, this also started since last week. Any ideas what the cause is?
- That's very odd that you had been crashing more lately, since nothing had changed since the last update (which was in November). We're definitely aware that there are still crashing issues with the client. While it's been getting a lot better over the last few months, there is one big reason players are still crashing, and that's Flash. Unfortunately, there isn't anything we can do to make Flash stop crashing, so we're working on taking out Flash from the game completely. In fact, this should be done in the next big update or two. Once that happens, anyone currently experiencing a high number of crashes should hopefully see a dramatic reduction.
22. DRAW GAMES, WHEN?
- I don’t know. Probably this year, though.
23. please do something so that players playing Heads Up no limit cash games receive more Full Tilt Points than they do now. With the current system it is very hard to even get the mere 200 points for iron status in a day. It takes A LOT longer and a lot more hands then playing a full ring game for instance. I don't think this huge difference is justified.
- I agree, and we're kicking some ideas around to help the situation and make it more fair for everyone. Just so I set expectations correctly: I have no idea if we'll actually do something, and if we do something it probably wouldn't be for a good 6 months at the earliest.
24. Why no 180 player sngs except $2?
- There's an $8 version that goes off every 50 minutes in the regular scheduled tournament section. It's almost like a 180 player SNG except you know exactly when it will start.
25. enable "ä,ö and ü " @
http://pokerforums.fulltiltpoker.com/
- I'll look into it.
26. Sorry if this has been requested before, but can we have an option to hide tables we are currently sitting at? It's bothersome when I'm trying to open a bunch of tables and I accidentally click on a table I'm already sitting at, and the window just pops up.
- We won't hide them, but we'll make them a different color in the lobby.
27. Is there a way to have a bet half pot option post flop?
- We're thinking of making those buttons somewhat customizable. Won't be for a good while if it does happen, though.
28. Also is there a way to hover mouse over your cards after you fold, and see what they were?
- As someone mentioned, this already happens, but with a text tooltip instead of an image. We're going to change that to an image (popular demand and all).
29. I was wondering.. would it be possible to create a hotkey that can be linked to custom layouts?
- I'm pretty sure this is possible, and I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion.
30. When I sit down at a table, I ALWAYS wait for my big blind and I ALWAYS check auto-post blinds. That I cannot automate this from within the FTP software (and not through some third-party program) is mind-boggling!
- It's coming, I swear!
31. give us as much information as possible about this $10k bonus for 'select' rakeback-denied players. specifically: if we are one of the people that asked for rb and didn't get it, what can we do to increase our chances of getting one now
- It's just a test, so only a small number of players got it. There isn't too much you can do to increase your chances of getting it, since we aren't sure when or even if we're going to run a bigger test. We definitely haven't stopped experimenting, though, and will take all the feedback we've received from this test and look into ways to expand it and make it better.
32. I know the main lobby is a bit full, but I think a 14+1 or 25+1 super turbo 90 man would do well
- I'm pretty sure you're right, and we'll think about it. I'm really hesitant to put more SNGs in the main lobby, though.
33. How about a way to double click on a players name in the replayer and have their note box pop up so you can take a note after a guy left the table
- The main use of Flash in the game is the Last Hand Replayer. We're getting rid of Flash, which means we're replacing the replayer. One of the benefits of that is we're going to slip a couple of extra features in while we re-write it. Player Notes is one of those features. So this is coming, and possibly sooner than you think.
34. Matrix HU SnG's
- We've kicked this around a bit. I'll bring it up again and see what we can currently do and what we'd have to do to modify them (since right now we have the Matrix Pool which would probably be a waste for HU).
35. Have an option on the table similar or like the "Make a deal" option but instead it an "Add a table" (or whatever) option. When you and you opponent agree to play more than 1 table against each other a new table with you and him pops up..instead of having to find each other in the lobby and risk getting sat by someone else.
- I'll look into this as well.
36. ty for adding the weekly $216 lhe mtt. but i notice its alternating from fr to 6max week by week. if it could be permanently 6max that would be great
- I think we're going to keep alternating, sorry. Some people really like one over the other, but there's no overwhelming favorite, so keeping both is the best compromise.
37. Right now when you filter for "Freerolls/FTPs" tournaments, it doesn't include tournaments like the $750K guaranteed, which you can buy into for 43K points. The problem is that if you can buy in with cash, even if you can also buy in with points, the tournament doesn't appear in the filter. Could you please fix this?
- I asked around and this isn't an easy fix, unfortunately. Right now the filters only know about the "displayed in the lobby" buy-in currency. We may be able to do this at some point, but nothing is specifically planned and it wouldn't be for a good while.
38. Any chance that you'll add live tournaments (e.g., WSOP, WPT, etc.) to the FTP store
- No current plans, but it's a definite possibility.
39. When will you sort out the awful customer support problem?
- We've done a number of things recently that should help. Before getting to them, let me say that "just hire a bunch of people" isn't the easy solution everyone thinks it should be. We're constantly hiring, and that won't stop.
Recent changes:
- We've gotten FTPSean to have a much more active presence in the forums. This isn't a solution by any means (most CS issues should never get to the forums in the first place) and we hope to make that part of his job really boring as soon as possible.
- We've hired a new director of CS. Again, not a solution, but hopefully we'll soon see systematic improvements in response time and response quality from this change.
- We've raised the priority (and started working) on a number of internal CS helper projects. Things that players will never see, but should increase the efficiency of CS as a whole.
I've said it before and hopefully I won't say it again, but there is no magic fix here. We know we've had issues, and we're working on fixing them. It will take some time, but I would argue things are better now than they were even 4 weeks ago.
40. the login lag still exists for about 10-15 seconds.
- I don't think we can reproduce this problem at the moment. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, I’m sure it does. When we remove Flash, let me know if you're still having the issue. It's quite possible it's the loading of Flash (which does happen at start up) which is lagging your game.
41. How is the development of the steps coming along?
- Actively working on it now. Should be available the first half of this year if everything goes according to plan.
42. Say If I lose one [security token] and it could end up in someone's hands and they try to login to my account if by some small chance they had that info, could I have the one that is lost disabled?
- With a second token you can disable the lost one very easily from the game, yes. If you don't, the person who finds it could in theory log into your account, as long as they also know your login and password.
43. tripple draw (different betting structures, not just limit like stars but also potlimit) Badugi, 2-7 and A-5 lowball would be awesome!
- See above answer to the draw question.
44. I would like to be able to double-click on a player's name in a tournament lobby and have my note for that player pop up.
- We have a project on the to-do list to let you take notes from the tournament lobby. I'm not sure when it'll get done (it's not being actively worked on) but it will definitely happen.
45. separate auto-post for the antes and the blind in the ante games. this way you can unclick the blind auto post and still post antes as it comes around
- We're going the other way for ante tables. Forced auto-post (like speed tables) with a "Sit Out Next BB" option. This will happen at the same time our other auto-post options come out (within a couple of updates).
46. You heard it here first: FulTilt is going to introduce small buyin tables: 20bb min, 50bb max. They will get an icon.
- So close!
47. I'd like to see restrictions on how many tables you can wait-list. Too many people are waiting on 30 or more tables.
- I don't think that's going to happen, sorry.
48. When will FTP get live chat support?
- I don't have any kind of time frame, but it's definitely something we're looking into.
49. Can we fix the 7 game tables that have uncapped buy-ins?
- Should be fixed as of today with all of the other changes. Sorry about that.
50. Not sure if this has been raised before. I use the mouse wheel to alter my bets. Sometimes instead of scrolling the bet slider it scrolls the chat box. This ends up turning off the auto-scroll on the chat which means I almost always miss it when somebody says something. I think it happens if I scroll on the window before the slider appears, but it's very annoying nonetheless.
- I'm not sure what we can do about this actually. It's definitely because you start scrolling before the action gets to you. I guess we can make it so if you have Highlight Bet Amount on and there is no slider, nothing at all scrolls when you use the mouse wheel (or maybe the chat only scrolls if the mouse is over the chat box at the time). I'll look into some possibilities.
51. how about being able to change the clock for timezones...sayy central or pacific times perhaps?
- This will happen, but I don't know when.
52. Is there some reason why FTP won't let players open fold? I know it is bad strategy, but why not let some people make the game easier on the rest of us?
- I've been asked this before (probably 2 years ago) and I still don't know the real answer. I've only been working here for 3.5 years and the no open fold thing was built in from the beginning. I'll see if anyone is around that might know the answer. If I had to guess I'd say: It slows the game down a little (if you misclick it and then have to check the popup saying I didn't really mean to click Fold) and it's really never the right thing to do anyway (cue the weirdcounterexmplepolice!).
53. It would be nice to be able to buy into Midnight Madness with FTP's.
- I'll look into it.
54. i want to know if for european players FTP plane to put a super stack tourney 10+1 in european hour (afternoon start 12.00 13.00 or so)
- Looking into this as well (assuming you mean 12:00 or 13:00 CET).
55. I mentioned this is the Academy thread in another forum, but how about putting some tourney $$$$ in the Academy store?
- Probably not straight T$, but when we have tournament tickets I'm sure we'll put some of those in the Academy store.
56. When is the next SNG Madness? I love those.
- Hasn't been scheduled yet. Likely within a few months, though.
57. Doug could you look at how the disconnect time balance kicks in on ante tables. If you post the ante and then disconnect it activates your time balance, when you havent really put any $ into the pot. IT's a bit annoying for other players and i'd rather my time balance was saved when for when i'm actually involdved in a pot.
- I asked around and this looks possible. I'll see if we can sneak it into a release in the next few months.
58. Doug the client sometimes uses 300,000+K of memory when running, why is it so resource heavy?
- A decent amount of this is Flash, actually. I expect that number to come down quite a bit once Flash is gone.
59. If it's folded to me in the SB and I move the mouse and click into the bet area, I type in my 2.5xbb (2500), the raise/bet button will update from the default min raise of 2000 to 2500 for a split second, but as soon as I move the mouse to click and push the bet in, it goes back to the original min raise of 2000 and thus I only push out a min raise, and go into a fizzy fit of wtf?
- I *think* this has been fixed (unless it's a pokershortcuts thing after all). Can you let me know if you see it again?
60. 150 point sats to the BLT affect rakeback. Yes or No?
- Nope, the award points so no MGR hit from the satellite itself. The BLT with all of its overlay, though, has an MGR hit.
61. Please address my open letter here: [Clayton discusses the fight over the "A" HU tables]
- We're going with solution #1 with a twist. When it goes into effect (and it's still a ways away, sorry) everyone will see a different random "1/2" table at the top of their list. So no table will be "better" than any other. With that and the fix for people sitting alone at a bunch of the same limit heads-up tables (which is actually coming sooner than the "A table" fix) we should hopefully see some improvements in the mess that is the heads-up world.
62. How does FT get OPR to not collect and post SNG & MTT ratings of games with less than 30 players but can't stop PTR from posting the same type of info on ring games? Or is it that OPR agreed to your request and PTR is just giving FT the finger?
- OPR is an affiliate and are willing to work with us. PTR is...not.
63. When your involved in a cash table, you have the stats box in the top right... Is there a way to include the stats you see in the lobby (hands to the flop and pot size) in that box?
- Sounds possible. I'll look into it.
And the old record of how high I can count has been shattered!
Doug
.. All sounds cool. Just one more thing to do, please sort the rakeback thing for existing users that didn't sign with any affiliate. If RakeBack Pros are having troubles processing too many requests at the time please find another preffered affiliate that is capable !!
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