I'm a SNG player but can highly sympathize with the plight of the cash players as they hurt us with changes a while back (plus our rake only being worth 5.5 like 6 max is lollable). As others have said divided we fall.
I think with these new promotions being shown people should double their efforts during the happy hour which will then get outraged emails from people who are just trying to play the happy hour promo, bringing heat from both sides.
Also if people are signing up for other sites to play after Jan 1st during the sitout or longterm we should avoid signing up through raketherake as their ceo went on record saying he suggested this to stars.
Karim Wilkins, the CEO of RakeTheRake, commented: "I think the move by PokerStars was expected. In fact I recommended the change to them earlier this year. It's the method most rooms use these days. Affiliates should be rewarded based only on the money their players' generate in rake. Our players are tight players so we will a drop in commission but I think it's perfectly fair." Source:
http://pokerupdate.com/news/networks...e-rake-method/
Our affiliates should have our best intentions in mind not be in bed with the poker sites, he even says he expects a drop due to this.