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I find it amusing, as there seems to be a group of players that compete in a race to every new announcement on the forum, to try to get their approval posted first. It doesnt seem to make any difference as to how trivial the announcement is, they want to be first and they will approve wholeheartedly. They will never disagree with anything.
Its Thursday today, Wow thankyou Sky, I love you Sky you never let me down.
"Any player not getting 2,000 points next month will have their left leg amputated." Wow thank you Sky, we dont need two legs to play poker. Ive always wanted to walk with a limp. I will never have to buy a pair of shoes again. I will be able to nick the one I will need from outside the shoe shops.
On a more realistic example Sky couldnt have come up with more ridiculous starting times for the SPT if they had tried. Yet there they are. Wow thankyou Sky, we love you, its a great idea to start playing in the middle of the night, I wont get tired and fall asleep. Well done Sky. I will be getting to Manchester the night before, but I dont mind hanging about all day, I will go to the Zoo. I love Zoos.
When Tikay announced that there was going to be a Viva Last Vegas, without publishing the details of the ridiculous points qualification requirements, there they were Wow We love you etc. etc.in massive print, and +1s evertwhere. Yet when the targets came out they couldnt qualify.
This obsequiosness doesnt accomplish anything other than giving the suits the wrong impression.
Sometimes improvement can be gained through debate. The only thing that can be gained through praising the ridiculous is more ridiculousness.
I think that the suits from Sky just dont seem to get involved in some threads where their input would be of value, and appreciated.
When Tikay posted in January that there was to be a long overdue overhaul of the mtt programme, I was a little bit excited. I am not sure what I was expecting, but a change is as good as a rest. There was no substantial change to any of the tournaments I play which was disappointing.
To finish off I would like to say a couple of things regarding the SPT starting times.
Firstly, on tbhis occasion Sky have at least not attempted to defend the indefencible, and are changing the starting times.
Secondly, this was done by listening to the more sensible players, rather than the groupies.
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love that post, just love it.
First: 20/5/2009
Last: 23/6/2017
Morning all.
As most of you know by now, Sky Poker are revamping the MTT Schedule. It's well overdue, & has to be done, & once it is all sorted, the MTT schedule here will be better, more logically arranged & timed, & better presented.
So if you have ANY questions, observations as & when changes happen, or, Heaven forbid, complaints, please post them on this thread. The Suits WILL read this thread daily, & if anything major arises during the changes, & you guys let us know, I'll send it straight upstairs.
Doing it this way will be far more efficient for both sides of the table, & help us all - players & business alike - get through the MTT Revamp more comfortably, & I'll happily explain why any particular MTT has been moved, changed, re-packaged or dropped.
It's a 2 way process - the players & The Business, Working together, we CAN make it better. And we will.
Re: MTT changes & discussion thread
First: 20/6/2009
Last: 23/6/2017
Posted by Jac35
If not, if this is your "apology", I'm siding with the "smartarse"
Do you really think that was called for? Do you not think you are being abusive to James? What's not to understand? Would you be happy if Sky James referred to you in those terms? And what has being Welsh got to do with it?
Please feel free to side with whoever you wish to side with. that is your right.
I see plenty things I would like to be done differently. As an example... the OH8 BH's have done well (relatively speaking) since their introduction. I feel there is room to have quite a few more spread throughout the day and a weekly affair with a bigger buy in etc etc. It seems like a slight mistake to me not to pounce on the current momentum and have a load more.
That said... I realise the majority of the forum and site are NLHE players. A load of people might play the odd one so don't care too much. I realise the Sky staff will have their own ideas and they have been employed in these positions because someone feels they are well positioned to make these calls. I realise some SNG players will have concerns about traffic/liquidity. And I realise that some people just wont give a [insert expletive here]. So maybe more will be introduced in line with my personal preferences, maybe they won't. I just have to realise that not everyone sees things the way I do. I will still politely give an odd nudge and hope it works out but there are bigger things to worry about and the things I really like about Sky drastically outweigh the things I do not.
It is like this with many of the suggestions you make. Some would love your ideas to be implemented, some would not and the majority couldn't give a [expletive here]. I don't think you mean any harm whatsoever and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting you in Vegas last year and hopefully we can catch up on a future trip and share a couple of beers. That said I think it might just be the correct approach to realise that there are so many opinions to cater for (most of whom are somewhere in the middle and do not really care). Also Sky and the Sky staff will have their reasons (whether they are always correct or not). It is their baby so to speak, and while they should, and IMO definitely do listen to our feedback. The final decisions rest with them.
It is not like they are sitting in the office getting smashed on Buckfast, don't give a [expletive here], and are coming up with this stuff by joting the first thing that comes into their heads on the back of a ciggy packet. I mean look at the start time issue you mentioned. It wasn't because they hadn't considered it. There were restrictions with the venue and despite these restrictions they have listened to the feedback and are still trying to see if anything can be done. I personally just feel it is a great move to have the SPT stuff back at all.
As mentioned I personally think the positives drastically outweigh the negatives on Sky. I am guessing that you feel exactly the same way and that is why you play here. It just doesn't always come across like that when you pull the Sky folks up over several issues. They are just folks trying their best to do their jobs, listening to our feedback and making the final calls on such issues with those and many other points bore in mind. It looks to me like you intend your suggestions to be 'constructive feedback' but the choice of words means it doesn't always come across like this (I am not trying to be a smartass, just glancing at the OP title should show the negative spin I am alluding to).
... and oblivious to everyone else there looking at you Hendrik and thinking, "ah, buckfast. everything is true after all".
;-)