Quote:
Originally Posted by runway model
Bizarre
Why not give us an OPTION to display positional hud stats? Then we CHOOSE what we want to display.
TT, I really dont believe you want to argue that PT4 users cannot be trusted with positional stats, and so its better not to even give them the option of having them............
Of course some positional stats will be useful. No decent player can deny this/
I think you misunderstand, of course there are positional stats - they already exist in PT3, and in PT4 we are advancing our positional stats options as shown below (development image, this feature is not finalized yet - more to come). We include these positional stats in our default HUD popups, but you have the freedom to include them in the on-table HUD groups if you chose to.
For example you might want to add a row that is "3BE 3BM 3BC 3BB 3BSB 3BBB 3BT" for Early, Mid, Cutoff, Button, Small Blind & Big Blind 3Bet stats along with Total 3Bet stats. The downside to placing the positional stats on the table is that you may find it takes up too much screen real-estate - hence using the popup is better.
What I was addressing in the prior post was the idea of creating stats that change on the fly to the opponents position on the table, its an interesting idea but it is not something we will be including at this time, our default HUDs are designed for totals only (totals are shown both as global or table-session stats - more on this shorty). The pluses are obvious, but the downsides outweigh the benefits.
- The positional stat is not as valuable unless you can correlate the position with the total value, which means you need both the total and the positional stat on the table at the same time.
- Positional stats require a larger sample size than the total requires for the same stat
- We already include this data in the popups where it is easier to view without risk of causing a big mistake. As a general rule, we do not add stats that change mid-hand because it can create player mistakes - as we all know in-game mistakes can be very costly. PokerTracker has to develop for a very wide range of computer specifications, what might work fine on a high end i7 over 5 tables may not work for a user who is using a core duo while playing 12 tables. Our users have overwhelmingly told us that they do not want stats display to be delayed (and we agree with them!), adding such a feature may cause a delay in some computer specifications which could in turn create a costly error for the player. That is too great a risk for us to take....
- The development time needed to add such a feature would probably push back the release date of PT4, if it was a feature that all of our users would want and could use without risk then the pro argument would be stronger, but it just doesnt make sense for us to develop a feature that a minority of our users want or need, that could cause errors in the player decision process, that would cause a delay in shipping.
I hope this answer helps to clarify, let me know if you have further questions.
Quote:
Originally Posted by the rural juror
reminds me of the time I call radio station during "all request" lunch and they say "sorry song not in rotation - cannot play"
We are listening, our policy to to have as honest and open dialog as possible with all of you. Many 2+2 posters have complained that software companies ignore their requests, we heard this complaint and have made sure that we listen and consider everything while keeping a open dialog with our users about their ideas. We will do our best to keep expectations realistic, we won't make promises we cannot keep. The downside to this open and honest communication is that occasionally we will explain why an idea is great in concept but has flaws in the execution, this is inevitable but we will strive to consult with the brightest minds in poker before communicating these decisions with you all - you deserve the truth, we will try to give it to you. We try really hard to be one of the good guys, we just want to do the right thing by our users and create killer software that helps our users profit!