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Originally Posted by JimmyRare
Exactly this! It's 2019 and the clients are as boring as excel sheets.
Hearthstone is addictive during the first year or two because of the achievements plus they have some additionals; some for pay and some can be earned with missions. Players feel they have got something. That is even when new and better cards come and the old become less good or expire. People like to play with a top deck that isn't free or takes a lot of work to achieve and all that cost them time and money and give enough in return.
How is it at Stars? One has some basic avatar picture and don't even sort of remember if there is any chat and so on. Could be ready-made lines of chat that can be earned also (Hearthstone, Eternal). Better avatars than can be earned. Microgaming has some achievements that I think are good. 888 can throw snowballs etc. on the opponents that I think is good. Drinks, cigarettes, other.
Good notes functions, all colours possible, other tags, country flags. House session HUD (loose, aggro). Server notes and same available with mobile GGnetwork as an example. Stars has zero for mobile players who additionally play against HUDs and notes. Stars has a good notes function, just could be better still. GG has some issues with hanging notes funtion that some multitable players find more difficult and is a bit on the way when using a mobile. Stars has always been the best there.
If the stars are good, depends on a place; they were good at Stars but are an intimidation and humiliation factor at Chico. Silver and gold avatars can be better depending on how they need to be achieved. In Hearthstone, one can achieve a golden one stuffs, avatar, cards like the back of the cards in poker. Those are permanent achievements but when they are with cards (or promotions) that expire like some top list and whatever.
Stars has/had some specials one can have on the avatar or so if having achieved something; that increases the social feel of the game and are achievements like at Microgaming.
No doubt a lot can be done to make poker more social and get achievements like that.