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This year's christmas celebrations was a much better one.
Thank you. This I agree with. There were about 50 things I would change if I could do it all again (no end time on the 180-day promo window is top of list) but overall 2017>2016 in almost all respects.
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180 sng challenge was definitely the best even though it ran for 6-7 hrs.
Just so we are clear. This burns money at a fast rate. I was amazed it lasted two hours, let alone six.
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Also liked the KO challenge
Thank you.
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and the freeroll on the xmas day with an EV something around $42 was one of the best I ever played on your site.
This was conceived early in the process, and I loved it. I like the fact that the EV was big - huge even - especially as the daily EVs ended up being a little lower than planned.
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Happy Hours day was the least engaging and imo should have not been included in these challenges. I think it ran for just 3 hrs in a day and they were scheduled to run way too early for most of your player pool and there was no info or banner on the main lobby saying that the happy hours have started.
Thanks for feedback. It definitely could have been smoother. It have a lot of EV away for sure, but not in a way that was super-palpable.
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Happy hours a couple of years ago with a smiley next to the cash table/mtt/sng was a better one but still I'd consider Happy Hour a waste of day. I'd have rather liked boost every 4 hrs instead of every 8 hrs on that particular day or even a free upgrade to next tier chest but with the same reward points.
Interesting suggestion. I'll keep it in mind.
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Few challenges/promos that I really missed were:
i) Win with a straight flush or better(Another challenge that was loved by many after 180 sng challenge and which was seen in 2015 christmas celebration)
ii) Bluff a hand on the river with 2-7, Jack High or lower, etc.
One of the challenges with these type of promos is that weaker players chase them and play weaker as a result. This is good for the players at the table when it happens, but bad for everyone else at the site - including the players themselves.
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These were little harder challenges but it was so much fun to chase these hands and the rewards were also high.
It is tough to make challenges that are challenging, but don't f up your poker game.
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But overall it was a great month, first thing I'd do when I wake up is check what do we have for today, but once we got to 2nd week or so, many of your challenges started to repeat and so the excitement got little less. Would have liked new type of challenges like I mentioned above but it was a fun one.
We tried to avoid repetition as much as possible, but a certain amount is pretty much necessary. There was a LOT less than in 2016, and I believe a little less than in 2015
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Ok so I have an idea about free giveaways. We had this promo many times before and it used to be very popular and fun but haven't seen this for a long time now. "Milestone hands"
We have dealt a lot of hands, and the next turn of the odometer will be due at some point
I'll keep your suggestion in mind: I really like it.
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Have few more ideas:
1) Golden Spin n gos - Like for example, in the next 1 hour, first 500 games will be choosen a special prize. These may include - Bigger prizes, 2 or 3 ITMs places, free chests, freeroll tickets, StarCoins etc.
2) Battle of Planets for a short period of time but this time leaderboard also includes spin n gos.
3) A challenge which has to be completed in 30 mins, so if you complete a challenge within 30 mins you win 2x the regular prize.
4) Giving some life to Step sit n gos with giveaways.
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1. One concern is that there is enough randomness in Spin&Gos already to add this... also once the 500 are burned, the promo ends... I've seen how annoyed people get when they hear about limited promos.
2. Interesting. I like BoP but one of the big problems with leaderboards is that once they start only the small number of players with the volume can compete, and the rest are out in the cold.
3. I love this. We have toyed with this idea for a while. Expect to see something like this within coming months.
4. Steps is being discussed constantly. Bear with us.