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Originally Posted by MeleaB
I'm not defending anything, but Stars might do so by saying something such as:
The rule was put in place to distinguish between static and dynamic automated processes (i.e. Ones that don't take into account actions and card info, and ones that do.) Some of those now-prohibited actions may seem trivial, but a line has to be drawn somewhere.
If you have trouble counting to three or four then most PCs have a built in calculator.
I dont think that you see the problem here really.
Stars is banning this in order to prevent ppl to play better or get some kind of automated process in case they dont know how of a certain amount you should isoR for example.
Problem is that software like TO is only aiming to give the capability to automatize the action and isnt giving any kind of suggestion regarding the amount of isoR as default. So in the end you are actually taking the decision anyway bc you need to configure that particular scenario in the first place.
So again, this only accomplishes to slowdown the game and isnt preventing any kind of abuse.
My honestly 2 cents about all this mess:
I feel like PS is screwing around big time with this. They should simply ban Notecaddy, and all kind of scripting abuse like auto-seat, or another kind of script that could give a big unfair advantage damaging the games and the fair competition.
Instead they are doing a mess with all kind of changes, regarding pokerstove, predefined sizing, huds colors, etc. I mean, no one is going to take care of all this stuff that feel unnatural just in order to play poker.
You could say "but banzay, HUDs could be considered unfair too". Yeah it could be considered, but you have software that is giving HUDs display for free if you want to and anyone can install. Then you would say, well, then auto-seat script should be allowed since everyone can install too.
Problem is, having HUDs and preset bets, doesnt damage the actual gameplay, you could say that it actually improves the speed of game and the overall feel about it. Auto-seat script damage the gameplay directly in a very specific way, blocking profitable seats to other players, even in some case blocking the creation of new tables at all. (I always remember some stupid video on youtube where ppl was rotating seats like crazy some years ago... I cant find the video right now).