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Originally Posted by PokerStars Matthew
Over 1700 players received cash from Santa.
The 180-man promo - there were over 20 $5K winners. We went way over our expected spend on that particular promotion as the EV was fantastic for players who grinded for the prize.
As we evaluate the Christmas Calendar promotion, I'd be interested in your overall feedback and ideas if we do it again.
Tx, Matthew
Instead of these silly spin n go promotions (supercar, lolz - its not even funny actually, its ******ed since nobody is going to win it and even if they do, even less likely that theyll take the car since presumably rich people dont grind $0.5 and 'poor' people dont have the money for transport/maintenance/all that shizzle regarding the car) you should have a lot more of MTT/180s promos which will SIGNIFICANTLY boost the traffic if you make them winnable(this does NOT INCLUDE daily doubles which have gazillion people and impossible odds of winning them on the same day). 20 5K winners doesn't seem very much to me and I'm pretty sure you guys would profit a lot on the traffic alone if such a thing would last for a week or something.
I have a bigger chance of winning eurojackpot(fact) compared to your spin and go odds + MUCH, MUCH more money in the eurojackpot anyway.
Stop treating your customers like degenerate gamblers. I understand that your goal is to create a healthy ecosystem with a lot of $$$ but if the reason you sacked SNE is for these ridiculous spin and go promotions then you won't get very far in a year or two. Going from one extreme to another is EQUALLY BAD for the ecosystem. Nature 1on1, simple.
I understand that you are just a messenger here so I am not blaming you however don't treat people like idiots here. We both know what the quoted message means. If you ever repeat the promo you will significantly change the chances of hitting X cash. If you plan on doing that, then its better to invest that money into a better software on sundays. You have been getting complaints for weeks and you don't react. Personally I haven't experienced the problems people describe(timeouts etc) however I DO experience the overrall slowness and a few second lags so there IS A PROBLEM INDEED from YOUR SIDE.(even though I can play normally I have 2 eyes and I am WELL AWARE that it feels a lot different than on normal days)
You know when I enter a live casino(which I enter occasionally to play POKER) and see all those slot machines, roulette, blackjack tables etc - it doesn't bother me - in fact, its a nice scenery and makes things less monotone and makes me remember that everyone is different and has various reasons why they go to the casino. It's a spectacle of sorts when there's a break or something. It also doesn't bother me because I don't have 1000 slot machines dancing around me, because they are distributed proportionally to other things in the area. That way it lets me pick my poison willingly and already makes it so much better.
And on AmayaStars I can't breathe and 'look around the room' because I have ****load of ******ed Christiano Ronaldo(or Neymar lolz, CR can at least be an idol, trains hard, plays hard, wins hard and is a good person - while Neymar is just a kid with no manners compared to CR) promotions flashing in my eyes every 2nd week orso(whom I don't care about, great football player, has NO PLACE in a poker room/casino). I have nothing against spin and go(was playing them for a while), but I seriously can't stand all these all in shootout complications, gimmicks, 'you play this we give you that' you get tickets like this but you can also get them like that... its way, way too complicated for a reg(a semi reg actually) like me who knows their way around, let alone a REC who is the 1st time around. Make it simple for everyone(this Santa thing giving cash and the 1cent tournament was a huge disappointment since there was literally no info on how when why how much etc. - megabonus promotion was okay though) CR doesn't belong in poker. I'm not entering a casino to watch a ****ing football game or to fanboy someone and the minute I see little gimmicks forcefully handed to me I will lose my interest and feel stressed out. You offer a product and sell it - I buy it - thats how it works. Go advertise, sure - I expect that and that's just good business, but if you come forcefully knocking on my door I will kick you out and lose interest forever just because you are getting in my face.
The way you sacked SNE wasn't cool(not legal either), but to spend it all on these ****ty promotions('win a supercar? seriously?) is just humiliating. Bring back MM, MTT leader boards(can even make spin and go leader board challenges) and start addressing the needs of regs instead of constantly spitting in their faces. Instead of these 1time straight flushes make a straightflush daily/weekly/monthly counter leaderboard with some prizes, or a wheel/quads leaderboard.... There's also no use in playing 0.25 spin and go now when you can play the 0.5 one for much better face value. You killed off your newest addition(for a period of time of course) by not even realizing it.
I have a friend who likes to play poker, but also likes to gamble as well - and even he laughs at all this christmas shootouts shizzle and nonsense 'meet neymar' stuff.
Nobody gives a **** about Neymar anyway when you have Messi and others
Perhaps make more demanding challenges which grant tickets to special golden SNG's or MTTs with cash prizes or if you really want all in shootouts just a lot harder challenges to reduce the field from say 25k to 2500 people. Would mean something at least.
But yea, this CR supercar stuff is ridiculous. If anything, me and my pals had a good laugh about it.
Last edited by saycheese; 12-29-2015 at 07:34 PM.