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08-19-2009 , 03:25 AM
How about letting me find out with the search feature how many tables a person is playing on my table? There are so many people that are obviously playing 10+ tables and take forever on their actions. I dont want a bunch of people chiming in saying they play 24 tables and dont miss a beat cuz no they are lying. Ive done the mega tabling thing and there is no way to be quick all the time. Stars needs to be like FTP where they show the player's tables so that if they play to slow and to many tables normal people can just find out and change tables. After tonight's play and having to deal with 1-2+ players taking forever on each table (this is at $50nl) I think I might sick with FTP.

Last edited by mr.giggles; 08-19-2009 at 03:32 AM.
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08-19-2009 , 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by mr.giggles
How about letting me find out with the search feature how many tables a person is playing on my table? There are so many people that are obviously playing 10+ tables and take forever on their actions.
THIS!!!
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08-19-2009 , 03:59 AM
If someone consistently takes long enough to act that you feel the need to leave their table, why do you care why?
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08-19-2009 , 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by textbubble
Having € tables will probably become confusing one way or another, no matter how lucidly it's implemented. At least that's been my experience on 2 or 3 other sites I've tried that offered this, but managed to create more pbs than they solved.

But, as a euroland player, everytime I deposit into/out of my poker acct ($) into my € life, I'm paying some evil entity a Forex commission (1.5-2%?) and I hate it. == an extra rake. Best plan undoubtedly, keep the U$ as the de facto table currency, but let us run our accts in whatever currency we like best.

Beyond that, I'd like to see (haven't read all 97 pages of this thread, so apologies if it's all been said already)

1) keyboard mapping of Check, Call, Raise, Fold mouseclicks. I'm on a Mac, don't think I can use AHK.

2) ability to color-code players right onto their table avatars, so I don't have to open up my notes to get a rapid idea.

3) many more 6-max medium/high buyin FO and RB tourneys. For now, in my time zone (CET), there's only the 44$ at 17:15
+1 this really needs to be done very soon!
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08-19-2009 , 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Tapirboy
If someone consistently takes long enough to act that you feel the need to leave their table, why do you care why?
Level or are you this stupid?
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08-19-2009 , 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by riskyrain
Please make the sync'ed breaks every 2 hours instead of 1 hour. I think this is a fair compromise to those who don't like the breaks and to those who do.

Who needs a break every hour?
+1

10mins break every two hours would be better than 5mins break every hour imo.
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08-19-2009 , 11:10 PM
I'm sure this has been said a million times, but PLEASE

Boot people who are sitting out on heads up tables after X minutes.

On 50bb min HU tables - Have an auto post blinds check box instead of auto starting first hand in 15 seconds
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08-19-2009 , 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by jongreenway
I'm sure this has been said a million times, but PLEASE

Boot people who are sitting out on heads up tables after X minutes.

On 50bb min HU tables - Have an auto post blinds check box instead of auto starting first hand in 15 seconds
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08-19-2009 , 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jongreenway
I'm sure this has been said a million times, but PLEASE

Boot people who are sitting out on heads up tables after X minutes.

On 50bb min HU tables - Have an auto post blinds check box instead of auto starting first hand in 15 seconds
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08-20-2009 , 12:16 AM
not sure where else to put this

was signing up for some sngs and I got something along the lines of "cannot connect inbound", I closed it instant, thought it might have been a random pop-up, anyone else get something like this?
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08-20-2009 , 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Spenda
not sure where else to put this

was signing up for some sngs and I got something along the lines of "cannot connect inbound", I closed it instant, thought it might have been a random pop-up, anyone else get something like this?
Getting it constantly, play SNGS also

"Inbound connection Disconnected- no way to restore connection"

Emailed stars about it but they said its only to say your sng tourney has finished or something
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08-20-2009 , 01:13 AM
Would you guys consider doing tournaments where the blinds increase at a slower rate further down the tournament. For the EPT you guys have 60 minute levels on day 1, and then 75 minutes levels on day 2. Why not do something similar like 10 minute levels for the first x hours, and then 15 minute levels there on out. Or 15 minute levels for the first x hours, and then 20 minute levels.
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08-20-2009 , 01:24 AM
How about setting a smaller max time when a player is busted or $0 bankroll. I hate those players (esp in 10 handed games) where they will go bust and leave themselves in the seat until three blinds pass, which can be 30 mins to play 30 hands... or longer in the case of Omaha08. It is almost always a short stack, gets pissed and takes the attitude that he will punish the players that took his/her money.
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08-20-2009 , 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 1meandog4u
How about setting a smaller max time when a player is busted or $0 bankroll. I hate those players (esp in 10 handed games) where they will go bust and leave themselves in the seat until three blinds pass, which can be 30 mins to play 30 hands... or longer in the case of Omaha08. It is almost always a short stack, gets pissed and takes the attitude that he will punish the players that took his/her money.
Give them time to redeposit.
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08-20-2009 , 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Alex Scott
I see your point, but I remember from my own experiences that when I first ventured into playing online poker (in 2002 I think), I was quite put off by the fact that all the tables were in US Dollars. I don't think I even knew the exchange rate between USD and GBP at the time. I didn't care about US Dollars, I just wanted to play in pounds and not worry about conversion rates.

From our research and in my own experience, this is a very common feeling. Breaking down this mental barrier, and getting more players to try real money, is very important.

We will be very careful when adding new games and tournaments in other currencies so as not to harm overall liquidity.
Please don't introduce tables with other currencies than USD.

I appreciate the idea to acquire more real money players, but offering tables in several currencies will confuse the casual player. They will avoid tables that do not match their home currency.

I remember the first time playing online, it was at an ongame skin (bwin) I think. They offered GBP, Turkish Lira and several others. I never played on them, cause I was afraid to lose money with the conversion.

Keep it as simple as possible!


The casual player should not be confronted with a lobby that shows 5 currencies and looks like a stock trader software interface.

Even though Stars is big, beside of that I think that the games will mix up better, when Stars only offers 1 currency. The casual customer sees more unknown opponents, and less regs (if some regs start to multitable in only one currency), and is less likely annoyed by the same sharks taking his money.

The idea to provide several (two) currency accounts in the cashier is a good idea though. Let the customer cash/ cash out in in their home currency. Then they don't have to deal with the variance of exchange rates.

If they join a table, a pop up should say: "The conversion rate for buying USD chips to play will be exactly the same when you leave the table, no matter how long you play. [ ] Click here if you don't want to see this message again."

Again, please do NOT introduce tables with currencies other than USD.
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08-20-2009 , 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by schummlalala
The idea to provide several (two) currency accounts in the cashier is a good idea though. Let the customer cash/ cash out in in their home currency. Then they don't have to deal with the variance of exchange rates.

If they join a table, a pop up should say: "The conversion rate for buying USD chips to play will be exactly the same when you leave the table, no matter how long you play. [ ] Click here if you don't want to see this message again."

Again, please do NOT introduce tables with currencies other than USD.
+1

And yes, remove sitting out players at HU tables after a certain amount of time.
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08-20-2009 , 10:01 AM
I'm another one who thinks having multiple currenices is a terrible idea. When I first started playing online, I was a little daunted by playing in $, but I soon got over this very quickly. Why isn't it enough to just have players have their rolls in whatever currency they wish? It's going to confuse the hell out of me, so I hate to think what the new players will think... they have enough to figure out as it is.
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08-20-2009 , 10:02 AM
Multi currency splitting games is a horrible horrible idea.
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08-20-2009 , 10:23 AM
i can't open cashier or vpp box, it says:
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runtime error

R6025
pure virtual function call
problem on my end w/ my computer or stars software?
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08-20-2009 , 10:31 AM
Hello,

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Thank you for your email.

This error has been reported to our programming team and a fix should follow
shortly.

Please try restarting your client in about 60 minutes to download any
potential update.

Have a good time at PokerStars and if there is anything else we can do for
you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Regards,

Zandi D
PokerStars Support Team
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08-20-2009 , 10:33 AM
The error with the cashier is already fixed.
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08-20-2009 , 10:40 AM
confirmed
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08-20-2009 , 10:42 AM
NO to multiple currencies
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08-20-2009 , 11:40 AM
By "confuse the casual player", are people refering to themselves?

It's not confusing in the slightest.

Many more Europeans are worried about depositing in USD because of many reasons.
The ability to play in your own currency can be a huge turn on to some people.

And i'm 100% for European fish flooding onto PokerStars from other sites that already offer games in Euro.

The games would get so juicy... I'm salivating at the thought! Bring it on, Stars!
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08-20-2009 , 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by didder
It's not confusing in the slightest.
I doubt it would not confuse you:

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Many more Europeans are worried about depositing in USD because of many reasons.
Did you actually read my post?
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