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Originally Posted by Alex Scott
This is correct, although I'm not sure how it made it's way on to 2+2 already. I don't think there will be any major changes to the FPP structure except that it will be possible for us to award, for example, half an FPP. This could mean that micro-stakes ring game players find it easier to earn points in ring games (on the flip side of the coin, it will mean we no longer round up in tournaments).
The major impetus behind the change is Euro currency tournaments which have already been announced as part of our plans for 2009. The current system was fine for USD only, but not granular enough when multiple currencies are on offer.
Maybe my english is too bad, but this paragraph I simply don´t understand. What advvantage does an european player have when playing an Euro tourney??? I don´ t care whether the buy in is 100 USD or 100 Euro. If 100 USD is too small for me due to loss of value of the USD, then I can play higher USD tourneys, don´t I?
Other pssibility: The prize money is given in Euro, and no matter how the USD develops related to the Euro, the prize in Euro stays the same. In other words. There´s a 10k Euro first prize, which equals USD 14k on the day when the tourney is held. The winner of the tourney doesn´t log in after the tourney for one week, and the next time he logs into Stars 10k Euro is 14.2k USD. Since he won the money in Euro he now has an extra 200 USD in his account. For several reasons this is obviously not realistic, so it´s probably only a Euro tourney, but the prize money will be given in USD. WTF cares?
Why not make it possible for players to convert the account into another currency? There have been numerous post here about this, such as here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...-stars-372749/ It shouldn´t be that tough to handle. You know the exchange rates at any time, since whenever I cashout I do so in Euro and PS converts the USD into Euro. So this would mean: An account has a balance of 10k Euro. I sit down onto some given table and play with USD 100, therefore at this time 71 Euro are taken from my account. Next time I play I sit down at another table with USD 100 and 72 Euro are taken from my account...whatever the exchange rate is. This way I have 10k Euro in my account, go on vacation and don´t play at all for one month and still hold on to 10k Euro. Of course I do understand that exchange rates can go up and down, therefore we Euro players, who lost quite some money in the last couple of years, could profit just as well. But as somebody stated in the other post: It would be great to keep my poker roll in the same currency I buy my coffee and cigarettes and milk.
Any thoughts about this, Alex?
Best regards
Martin