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Originally Posted by RunItPony
As a prominent personality in the industry, especially igaming, what are your thoughts on poker stars reneging on the SNE program after the most dedicated customers spent an entire year spending time and money grinding for promised rewards they never received. Any public comments?
As a person he has no dog in the fight, as basically a non player, why are you in this thread where the players are trying to organize?
From what I recall of the SNE matter, Stars reversing its position re the program, just before year end (as I recall) after players had relied on the SNE program's terms, was probably actionable in equity if not at law. I do not recall anyone suing or filing a complaint with the Gaming Services Commission on the IOM. I think Stars' conduct was reprehensible, unethical and players should have refused to play there thereafter .... but they kept playing anyway, which perhaps means Stars knew their customer base better than the base knew themselves.
I have no dog in the current fight in that I do not play on Stars (or anywhere else online). I have no personal bone to pick with Stars. ( I did own/operate an online poker network at one time years ago, but do not now nor for the last ten+ years. I still have some knowledge of the business of poker (and online gaming) from the operator perspective and involvement in the online industry.)
I am "in this thread" because I also have some professional experience in collective action and organizing outside of "poker" and feel free to comment on puffery and self-posturing in lieu of posters' actual further effective action. Feel free to ignore my posts.
Don't misunderstand, I am very impressed at the list posted for boycotting that event, excellent work by the organizer(s) .... but it will be "one off" without meaningful follow-up by players beyond that event.
I do think players should en masse go play somewhere else on those dates, to demonstrate their collective weight and show Stars there are alternatives.
Perhaps a "newly launched site" could step up and post some large event, to demonstrate its commitment to players ??
Last edited by Gzesh; 02-17-2019 at 12:56 AM.