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Originally Posted by teddybloat
The reputational harm of spin wiz - a minor piece of software that did not allow the targeting of individual recs - was initiated in a forum currently being viewed by 121 people and the controversy whipped up by people who dont even play the format.
VW is a global scandal and one caused by a company deliberately cheating tests set by national governments in order to protect the enviroment. And broke and discussed in global media
'Similar or GREATER magnitude... Seriously?
There are seating scripts that overtly and explicitly hunt recreational players. No action.
Instead some badly worded and probably unenforcable rules that will likely give further advantage to those willing to break the new badly worded and unenforceable rules.
Flanneling at the edges and not addressing anything substantial, but doing it in a rushed and vague manner.
This is what happens when people inflate relatively minor issues whilst ignoring bigger issues that take effort to solve.
Yes. Seriously. They had over 7m spin and go tournaments in the first ten days. It is the format they have promoted most heavily, it is the new gateway product for new players.
Having that "random" seating corrupted by a bit of software that the site approved is a staggering deception of most of the players. A few diesels in the US with dodgy software is similarly deceptive and if anything more niche than this one VW engine.
It is the deception that kills reputation. Any Spin player finding they play at a disadvantage thanks to SpinWiz will be at least as angry as a VW diesel buyer - I think more so. A fair game - a random game - is the whole offer, tweaking an EPA test regime a far smaller part of the whole car proposition.
**** what do I know? I'm only a professional Risk/Project Manager paid to maange, reduce, eliminate and mitigate risk at programme and strategic level. It was an absolute killer in this thread when Stars customer support asserted that the table selection was random.
Stars can be grateful that the media in the UK is obsessed with FOBTs - the Mail/Express/Mirror/Guardian or Dispatches or Inside Out or others could have had a field day with Spin Wiz. Worse Adelson could use it to keep Amaya out in California or New Jersey and online poker out of the US.
The VW row is California based - given that Stars is embroiled in a row there on integrity issues just what impact do you think Stars misleading players about Spin and Go would work out there?
As for seating scripts and scanning software - Stars have already said they intend to act in those areas soon. You moan about rushed but also about them not yet announcing on that issue - make your mind up - whic is it? Too rushed or too slow?
As for vague, well the PDF is the clearest explanation of the range of third party software yet - it is fairly hard work but it is actually pretty damn clear and is clearly the product of a lot of work. It really is no vague an if there is some ambiguity or lack of understanding by readers then Stars will clarify, working as they already are with the software suppliers.