You guys keep trying to paint the picture that I'm deliberately spreading misinformation about the VIP changes. Well this isn't true, and let me explain why.
One example of how you are wrong is when I made a comment that for lower statuses players who redeemed their fpps for cash bonuses (e.g. a chromestar who buys a $10 bonus for 1000fpps) will have their fpps upvalued when converted to starscoin. Someone was quick to come and say something along the lines of "Hey stop spreading misinformation, fpps used to be worth 1.6c/fpp but now they're converting them at 1.2c/fpp", even though I'd made it clear I was talking specifically about players who bought cash bonuses as opposed to fpp tournament tickets. I tried to explain this to them and they countered "Well anyone who doesn't by the tournament tickets must be stupid, because they have a higher value than the cash game bonuses". Well yes they do have a higher value, but whether or not you think it's "stupid", the reality is a large % of players lower statuses prefer the instant cash bonuses over having to grind out lots of fpp hypers, so the fpp value certainly isn't worth 1.6c/fpp to everyone.
Another example is I'd say something like "first time supernovas still get 28% rb" and someone would quickly step in and say "hey you liar, supernovas used to get a lot more than 28% stop spreading misinformation" even though i made it clear i was only talking about first time SNs and not continuing SNs.
So that's just me making valid, accurate points which is then twisted to make it seem like misinformation to support one's biased opinion against the VIP changes and attempt to reinforce the picture of me as some troll who's just spreading nonsense.
I will note that there has been the odd occasion where I've said something inaccurate by
accident, for instance I wasn't initially aware that SNs get their last incomplete VIP step computed at the end of the year rather than month. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, even Pokerstars Matthew himself once accidentally mixed up the cash game quests with the daily giveaway freerolls. But to say I'm deliberately spreading misinformation is an unfair analysis and just jumping to assumptions.
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Originally Posted by .isolated
It's amazing he can't be banned for being a known banned member (Pokie) that was banned for.............................trolling. He's admitted this many times.
Now this is an example of someone spreading misinformation, although coming from someone like .Isolated (not his first account, he's had ones in the past which have been banned) this doesn't surprise me too much. I'm not this guy Pokie and pretty sure a mod even verified that there's no way I could be him, so this is completely made up.
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The name he admitted this on was "mottotom27" which is not banned. His Occupation on that profile: "Trolling on 2p2"
Yes, that's correct and I did have a previous account on 2p2 and yes I did used to sort of mess around a bit a while back. People keep using what happened in the past as an excuse to try and discredit my opinions in this thread. But times have changed since then, and part of the reason I made a new account was that I wanted to start again fresh and turn over a new leaf and so recently I have taken the site much more seriously.
I'm sure we're all guilty of doing the odd troll (or joke that's insensitive/in bad taste) here and there, some perhaps guilty than others, but the point I'm trying to make is that over time, people can change, and so can their character. This is why I even recently made my location on this account to "realising my new identity" to reinforce that I'm a changed man and still looking for ways to improve my character even now.
I won't say I'm perfect, but I do think I have been contributing much more constructively and rarely do I "troll" these days. I have contributed many things to the 2p2 community recently that I would describe as being helpful or constructive. I've posted advice in microstakes forums, started my own pgc thread so people can follow my progress up the stakes, answered queries about the VIP changes and asked interesting questions/made points of my own, just to name a few. If you look at the bigger picture of my whole body of posts, you'll see that the positives clearly outweigh the negatives.
In contrast, we have a group of people in this thread (not talking on behalf of
everyone here) who contribute nothing and all they do is complain about the VIP changes without adding anything constructive to the discussion. Some just keep saying "F.u. stars" over and over again which does nothing for anybody and is just annoying to read. Why aren't these guys getting criticised or reported? Well it's not hard to work out: you guys are all on the same side that's why, and also explains why it's really hard for anyone with an opposing view to get their thoughts across without being disrespected or not listened to properly.
I sincerely hope the mods will not give in to mass peer pressure and realise the monopoly the higher status players opposing the VIP changes hold over this thread having taken over it.