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Time bank

edited July 2014 in Poker Chat
Could we please have a time bank on sky ?? its hard to play any more than 5-6 tables when playing 6 max so a time bank for sky should be a must, this is the only site I have played on without 1 which is ludacris considering its all 6 max.....

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  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Time bank:
    Could we please have a time bank on sky ?? its hard to play any more than 5-6 tables when playing 6 max so a time bank for sky should be a must, this is the only site I have played on without 1 which is ludacris considering its all 6 max.....
    Posted by K8LOU
    We've been asking for this for a few months now mate with no update as to if/when we can expect this to be implemented.  Seems the main focus was for compatibality with an iPad.
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    In Response to Time bank : We've been asking for this for a few months now mate with no update as to if/when we can expect this to be implemented.  Seems the main focus was for compatibality with an iPad.
    Posted by DoubleAAA

    Think this has to be more important... iv heard ya can only 1 table for the ipad???
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    In Response to Re: Time bank : Think this has to be more important... iv heard ya can only 1 table for the ipad???
    Posted by K8LOU
    Yeah it should be but for whatever reason they've opted for the iPad compatibility.  Would be good if they also introduced antes.
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    In Response to Re: Time bank : Yeah it should be but for whatever reason they've opted for the iPad compatibility.  Would be good if they also introduced antes.
    Posted by DoubleAAA
    +1 man! cant see that ever happening tho
  • edited July 2014
    To be fair to Sky, the recreational players that are likely to play more one-tabling on an iPad are going to deposit lots more money onto the site than multi-tabling regs...

    And in turn, those extra rec funds will inevitably end up with the regs... as well as adding greater traffic which hopefully improves the game further for all...

    So prioritising development of the app is probably the better option to benefit a greater number of players.

    Not to say I don't hope the time bank doesn't come at some point though, as I'm getting older and my brain slower it'll become increasingly helpful!!!
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    To be fair to Sky, the recreational players that are likely to play more one-tabling on an iPad are going to deposit lots more money onto the site than multi-tabling regs... And in turn, those extra rec funds will inevitably end up with the regs... as well as adding greater traffic which hopefully improves the game further for all... So prioritising development of the app is probably the better option to benefit a greater number of players. Not to say I don't hope the time bank doesn't come at some point though, as I'm getting older and my brain slower it'll become increasingly helpful!!!
    Posted by shakinaces
    Not really because the recs will happily 1 table as a pose to the regs who will pays tons more in rake.
  • edited July 2014
    The app should make a time bank even more important I would have thought as people on 3g may momentarily lose signal. Definitely a feature I would like to see added, don't usually need it but sometimes hard decisions on multiple tables arise simultaneously and time becomes a bit of an issue!
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    In Response to Re: Time bank : +1 man! cant see that ever happening tho
    Posted by K8LOU
    Well they said that with the new software they now have the capability to inplement antes and whatever else you might expect to see when using poker software.  Maybe they can run a book on the year/month it actually happens :)
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    In Response to Re: Time bank : Not really because the recs will happily 1 table as a pose to the regs who will pays tons more in rake.
    Posted by K8LOU
    But the regs only play to take money off the recs.

    Recs are far more important than regs. 
  • edited July 2014

    Not a huge fan of timebanks.  Of course they have a ton of upsides but they are pretty much abused these days in MTTs.  Obviously not a problem with them on cash tables but you can't really introduce them for one form and not the other.  If they were put in please do not add much time on them through the levels, and make sure they are user activated rather than automatically put into play when the timer runs out.

    The App is clearly a much higher priority when you consider the target market of SkyPoker.  All about ease of play and second screening for recreational players to have a punt with the TV is on while sat on the sofa.

    On antes, really don't care either way, doesn't really matter to me one way or the other.  Some regs seem to think the introduction of antes will automatically make them big winners, if you can't win on a site without antes, you can't win on it with antes.

  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Time bank:
    Could we please have a time bank on sky ?? its hard to play any more than 5-6 tables when playing 6 max so a time bank for sky should be a must, this is the only site I have played on without 1 which is ludacris considering its all 6 max.....
    Posted by K8LOU
    I too think his songs are $#!+
  • edited July 2014

    +1 To this, I asked in feedback n suggestions ages ago.

    With regards to what people have said about rec players, I am a rec player. I happily play 4 tables on other sites where the pace is slower. I find this impossible on sky. Obviously this is not high volume compared to people who 12 table or more, but demonstrates K8LOU's point that at what ever amount of tables you want to play sky is not comparable to other sites.

  • edited July 2014
    +1 for a timebank

    agree with Tommy that some steps should be taken to stop abuse of it tho.

    if everyone had a 30s timebank, with 10 seconds added every level to replenish anything used would probably work well?

    iPad app is probably more important interms of making a difference to volume of players, but surely a timebank would be a quick and easy addition to the software, compared to developing and adding features to an iPad app...
  • edited July 2014
    In Response to Re: Time bank:
    +1 for a timebank agree with Tommy that some steps should be taken to stop abuse of it tho. if everyone had a 30s timebank, with 10 seconds added every level to replenish anything used would probably work well? iPad app is probably more important interms of making a difference to volume of players, but surely a timebank would be a quick and easy addition to the software, compared to developing and adding features to an iPad app...
    Posted by chicknMelt

    My thoughts entirely Andy.  It would not take long at all to introduce a time bank to the software and to also add antes.  My arguement for having antes is that anywhere else you play be it live or online you will find it very hard to find an mtt that does not have antes so I guess it's just keeping up with how the game is played everywhere else.  It might actually put-off potential new customers when they see that they're are no antes as they will have been used to this in their local casino or other poker sites.
  • edited July 2014
    All other sites have ante's and most others have timebanks too... at least PS does. If it puts off rec players, then why do so many play on PS? It's not a big deal as some people make out - the game will still be fast so long as steps in tournaments can be put in place to stop it being abused.
  • edited July 2014
     ´+1 for the time bank. 

     Just 10 secconds an hour I think would be enough on tourneys. And stackable, so you can save up time for later on..
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