This thread is a petition to sign where we ask Pokerstars to take action against unlimited seat scripting.
The scripters are horrible for the games. They provide no action to regulars and will only play when a recreational player with a low skill level wants to play.
They ruthlessly stalk these players around the tables with scripts that instantly sit them to the left of the targeted players. This has lead to some of these recreational players complaining in chat and quitting because of being hunted so savagely. There have also been instances where whole tables are blocked by seat scripters reserving seats so no-one can play.
They suck millions of dollars out the economy while providing very little extra liquidity to the games and creating an unpleasant playing experience to regs and recreational players alike.
Its pretty clear to anyone that spends a few hours watching the lobby who is using the scripts.
Pokerstars agrees with these points above but has so far stated it will not ban seating scripts. So far they have simply used the matter to push for more zoom games.
More zoom games are bad in my opinion. Zoom extracts much more rake out of the economy than normal tables. It does this firstly by reducing edges between players - looser players start playing far less hands because of the fast-fold button and the proportion of regulars to recreational players is stacked much further towards regulars because regs play more entries on average compared to recreational players. Please refer to this thread for more info:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/15...-zoom-1461881/
The optimal solution would be to outlaw the scripts. Ban a few accounts & freeze some funds to scare people and that would put a stop to it pretty quickly. Their arguments hold no weight.
Since we know PokerStars; stance on that, I'm proposing a different solution.
Stealing an idea from table starters.... why can Pokerstars not implement something in the software similar to table starters where if you don't play 18 hands you are banned from open-seating tables for 30 minutes.
The new rule could be if people reserve a seat more than say 10 times without playing 18 hands in 30 minutes then they are banned from reserving a seat without being offered it through the wait-list. They should still be able to join tables through wait-lists or table-starters (under normal rules).
This seems like an easy way to make seat scripts less effective and overall make the playing environment more friendly and less predatory for the recreational players.
This way the seat scripters can also pay for being able to script by simply playing some hands now and then.
At normal tables there is tons of competition for seats in good games at mid to high stakes and the regs sitting around playing 2-5 handed are hoping to (and more likely to) get into good games.
This is
good for Stars - games are open and running & rake is being taken. This is
good for recs - they always have a game to seat and not just an empty lobby that quickly fills when they sit. This is
fair for the regs involved - those prepared to fight for seats and potentially lose a bit to rake/ playing better players get seats more often in the good games.
This suggestion is not a ban on seat scripts but a way to limit the scripting so it does not get completely out of hand and it also helps create some more action.
If you agree that seat scripters should not be allowed to make unlimited seat reservations please sign this petition to PokerStars so GGARJ can present it to Pokerstars on their next meeting.
