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Originally Posted by DarkMattersMan
Tuff **** imo. And people, please stop throwing out the argument that 'omg, if you ban our cheating software it will allow one or two Russian wizzkids botters to have unfair advantages over the rest of us'
(and yes, having an unfair advantage over other players in a competitive game IS CHEATING)
Fact is anybody signing up in 2015 will only be made aware of these huds by coming to 2+2 or P5's etc. tens of thousands, probably alot more that play for years probably still dont know they are being exploited.
Hell, even I came to learn of huds only in 2012 after visiting a casino and bragging about my first biggest win. A player who is a well known stars reg doubted me because I told him I never heard of such softwares.
I still dont use them and I think they have destroyed the game.
I will come back to Pokerstars full time if and when this new change is implemented.
Would imagine sites would be thrilled to see some people thinking bots are no big deal in the grand scheme of things, compared to HUDs - to the extent that the discussion veers off into a conversation about HUDs rather than bots
One thing that maybe differentiates HUDs from bots is their availability to the public? There's even a couple available for free these days - and the ones that cost money oftentimes offer licenses for free if you sign up to try out new sites and put in a certain amount of volume.
It doesn't seem like PS will ever ban HUDs because regs who multi-table must make up the bulk of their revenue? Maybe one day they might offer HUD free tables or something like that though?
In an ideal world, it'd be nice to see PS offer theft protection to consumers, the way credit cards do (with full reimbursement of losses versus illegal bots, etc). Guess I see player protection (and trust in the site) as the larger issue.
PS. The only software I use from the list is PT4, which has a Leak Tracker feature, but I don't ever use it - have heard other people find it helpful though, so maybe other people might feel differently about it
Last edited by TrustySam; 06-12-2015 at 12:08 AM.