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The whole TSP thing is a bit confused I think. But we all maybe have different reasons for wanting to get into it. Some people may want the recognition of their peers and really treasure the blue hoodie. Others like me see it more as a way of getting a seat in a big event (and it would be a one off for me as I would never generate the rake to stay in the team}
Having qualified for GUKPT Luton by other means, the chance of testing my game against some of the best players in the country meant a lot. And although I was not a TSP member, I still was representing Sky Poker, and was not treated any differently to them.
Obviously Sky need a core of the TSP team to be people with the game to succeed at these events, but they also need to give a cross section of players some chance of getting there too. And this should not exclude STT specialists or us donkament players. The current 3 league system gives everyone a chance and rewards people who play a lot on the site, but still requires them to win whichever discipline they specialise in. Its not perfect, but it works.
Yes it is theoretically possible for someone to qualify for the final by Russian Roulette, but the rake would be horrendous. And in the quarterly final there are probably a few players who would be wasting their time playing a big live event. But there will also be at least 30 players who would deserve and welcome the opportunity to play a GUKPT.
But maybe there is a better way than a one off final to make sure the cream rises to the top, or would that overcomplicate it ?
I agree that there are some excellent players in the DTD league (I played twice this month and havent cashed once !} But most of the regular better players there have developed their game (and bankroll) enough to qualify through the MTT league, if they have the desire to do so.
a small "jibe" with people saying smaller bankrolled players don't get a chance - This is a game of skill and luck ! if your good enough sure it may take month's or years but you will climb the stakes and be where those bullies are to. I'm fairly sure 99.9% of todays big players where once the small fish looking up just like i was, work for it and you will get it.
Posted by Nutter5932
Some excellent well thought out points.
I think everyone appreciates the way in which Ryan, Redmond, Wayne and the rest of the team conduct themselves. Their ability and commitment was never in question.
But they represent the site and most of the Sky members don't know what their role actually is or what they've achieved outside of SPT.
Every site has to evolve and if you compare poker to other games/sports investment at grass roots level sets the foundations for a solid sustainable future.
You only have to look at the sites that have failed because they didn't have the forsight to realise you have to keep your punters happy.
Other sites give everyone the opportunity to win packages for Series events I cannot see why a request for the a very small number of the best performing DTD players to take part in the Sky Team Tournament is such a big ask.
I also think that Sky are foolish not to have at least one Lady in the team I'm sure they make up at least 5% of the site and most other sports acknowlege the importance of being seen to promote equality.
You only have to look at the contributions Vicky Coren and Liv Boree have made to see what a positive influence they create!
This whole thread has not been meant as a dig at certain groups it has been to discuss ways the site could be improved.
If anyone has been offended by my posts I apologise I simply meant to put my opinions across
hello from corsica. i am just about to go and lie by the pool, apparently it going to be 28 degrees today.
my thoughts are...
i dont think there should be a voting system for people to be invited to join TSP. This would exclude the thousands who dont participate on the forum and would skew the results towards popular players.
Although admiring the work that Chris (scouse_red) and his people do with the DTD awarding a place would not be a good and fair idea as it is solely a Monday night game.
The blue hoodies are five sizes smaller in real life and don't fit. I wore my skypoker badge to all sponsored events and even as a spectator on the final day at the GUKPT. I have the skypoker logo tattooed on my arm. (one bit of that paragraph is untrue.)
I think that the qualification rules are fine. I see that we all vote for what's in our own interest. Nevertheless, I hope that we all see that skewing the qualification as a result is advantageous for the few yet a handicap to the majority.
I am proud to be in Team Skypoker. I anticipate that my place will expire at the end of this month but I am trying everything I can do be in team next quarter. I am an average MTT player and could never accumulate sufficient points to finance a continuation like the top cash players.
Now where's the sunscreen?
That is why we are also proud to have you in Team Hitsquad!!
I'm glad TSP exists, I enjoy supporting the team. Long may it continue, it's great having somebody to root for in major live events. However actually becoming a member of TSP is of little or no interest to recreational low-stakes players like myself.
However, I think the poker league is now pretty much a wasted promotion, it only appeals to the small proportion of players on the site who are seriously chasing a place in TSP. For everybody else there is longer any incentive to win league points. When the leagus and the league stars freeroll offered cash prizes players like myself would play more to chase league points. Not any more, the league is now irrelevant as far as I'm concerned, I don't bother looking at it any more. Every poker player wants to win cash, not many would prefer to win a spell in TSP.
LOL !! I Love Football/sporting analogies!!
& gotta say..... am afraid, despite re-reading, i cant make yours work!!
On a few levels, maybe am being over-critical!!
Football Team game, play a match??? who on who's side, wont work!! LOLOLOL, ...kiddin!!
I like my FACUP Analogy, Scotty77 ManUtd, Hursty Man City, aussie09 Chelsea, HitmanRV Fulham of course, {NOT Accrington Stanley}, & Sikas, from the little i know of Current Form, that puts you as Barcelona, now how does that work in the FA CUP!! lol