Guess there was that small, but very vocal group of proponents of the Amaya changes who kept posting that the rake increases/reward decreases were going to be good for the ecosystem, because pros would just quit rather than 'trickle down'. And with more money for promos, the tables would be filled with fish who would last longer, and therefore games would grow.
It seemed like such a funny argument, because it didn't even seem like Amaya truly believed the changes were really going to be 'good for the ecosystem'!
Guess a couple of people might have felt like if something's bad for pros, it must be 'good' overall, or something like that? And then one of the posters just seemed to be trolling
Ya, that pic of the zoom lobby from last night isn't the greatest evidence of trickle down, since it was just temporary and the effect might have been minimal. But guess it seemed like this little snapshot in time kind of showed things to be different from the predictions of the supporters of the changes?
- 500nl zoom isn't overflowing with fish, it's empty
- so promos haven't help
- and while some regs must have quit (some of it might be seasonal, and due to the WSOP), at least one responded to the decrease in traffic by moving down stakes
Must say, the Pyramid promo does seem to be helping 10nl zoom - but it doesn't seem like the proceeds of the SNE changes are being used to fund that promo, since people have to play so much to complete each daily challenge, it winds up paying for itself.
Maybe the Pyramid promo might actually show that *increasing* rewards (and *lowering* effective rake) is what actually helps improve games, and not the opposite?
i don't know