As a way to voice our griefs and concerns ! i would like to encourage players to sit out this Sunday and show them that we as players have a voice and we are the power --not them.

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Being serious, has this ever worked?

Zero chance

I will join you, as I don't have access to pokerstars

Even if there were a chance, OP made an awfully unconvincing effort.

It'll fail as much as the title does.

I hope everybody agrees to this

Super soft Sunday for me!

Yeah can't we make this like, a Monday?

I've been protesting by sitting out from stars since, I dunnnooooo, mid 2011???? Still waiting on results.

It worked on pokerstars.fr but it was very well organized although much easier to do as it was on a smaller scale than ps.com.
This Sunday is definitely too soon to organize something that would actually have an impact but it can be done if enough people join in.

I think it can be an interesting thing to do as basically most of the players that play regularly on Sunday will be Goldstar+ and then impacted in some way by the changes - and they would probably just ignore it or consider the Pokerstars explanation as reasonable if nothing is done.

I heard russia will not sit out

As an American I'll be sitting out this Sunday.

Its to cold in scotland in Nov to sit-out.

nobody will sit out before the end of the year

This. However in the 2016 supernova elite thread in IP one cat (a RUSSIAN cat) made some interesting points and is perhaps more convincing. I like the gradual by period idea.

Wouldn't it make more sense for the high stakes player to sit out the 1k on Tuesday? But it will never happen. All independent contractors.

If only this would do anything.

Honestly they probably could. Stars WOULD notice it. And it would ultimately make no difference. Not JUST the 1 k tue and perhaps no sit out of any kind would...But if well coordinated prob worth trying on a larger scale.

Me and every one else is gonna last second reg all the guas, prisoners dilemma and suddenly its like every other sunday

reg players should create a syndicate. if this syndicate have 35 000 members, you can negociate something good with a room.

I would have to deposit for that.

Regs not playing means the greatest skill gaps are removed from the game. Fish vs fish battles, even though they may have slight edges, greatly reduces the amount of money that flows to one person. It's not like a pro vs a fish HU who is taking him for 30bb/100. When the skill gap becomes temporarily smaller, more rake is being paid for the same amount of money to be won by the best players who are then playing.

To cost PS money you'd need to create the biggest skill gaps and stop playing anyone else. Extreme bumhunting. That way regs can get the money via the cheapest route and PS has less opportunity to rake. Of course this is already being done and I don't like it but it is the most effective way to actually put a hurt on PS for these changes.

Funnily enough this reaction is exactly what PS is saying they want to prevent. They want to make poker more fun (yea rite) and give a better experience for recs. Imagine what recs are going to experience when everyone is just sitting out until they can get a 10bb/100 winrate on someone. Every rec is just going to get gangraped within minutes.

I think this is a good idea but also if every regular withdrew a % of his roll it might also make stars take note

For example if every single reg processed a withdrawal for 10% of their roll, it could quite easily roll into the millions just from 2p2

Incredibly inspiring OP. Got me fired up to fight the man.

But in all seriousness, this is a terrible idea that will only hurt you with a possible infraction on the site and lost opportunities to earn.

The only true action anyone can take to get Pokerstars to reverse their decision is to stop playing on Pokerstars altogether. However, I don't believe this will even be of any measurable significance to them. You have to realize that they were completely aware that there would be this backlash. They are aware that they may lose some customers, but they have projected that these changes will increase their profits.

You also can not set a "strike period" as many have suggested. Pokerstars will be happy to wait you out if you announce the end date of a strike. It will take a very large concerted and lengthy boycott to actually get Pokerstars to bat an eye, and I don't for a second believe the online community is capable of organizing themselves in such a way and collectively committing to and honoring such a boycott.

They got you by the balls folks...They know that even with the new changes, the vast majority of you will still play on Pokerstars (if you already do).