[Q_and_A]

Back to the Party player specific bonus offers.

1. The Party points awarded for the different limits (ie 12 pp for 20 hands @ 3/6, 18 pp for 20 hands @ 10/20) tries to take into account the total Party rake, first, by the total hands raked v. total hands played at each limit and, second, by the average amount of rake per hand raked at the different limits (or no-limit as the case may be).

2. Players that have established a history of high volume play are rewarded with an accelerated point accumulation, Silver/Gold.

3. The result is that the players that generate the highest volume rake (most income to Party) receive the most party points.

After a point is earned, a point is a point as a point. There should be no further need to adjust or vary point quotas for player specific bonuses.

Bonus incentives are desinged to reward players for past play and, most importantly for the site, to offer incentive for increased and CONTINUED play. The Party point accumulation formula as it applies to EVERYONE is designed to do this by merely EARNING the points. There need be no subsequent individual player adjustment after the points are earned like we're seeing in the player specific offers, currently the Acceler-8-tor offer.

Offers should be evenhanded across the board. If a player wants to attain Gold status, play more, he/she will be rewared within 3 months. Plenty of incentive, exactly what the site would like to see. It was incentive enough for me.

The players that have been loyal, played and maintianed high volume at Party, are now feeling betrayed. Their bonus point targets/quotas are being quadrupled or worse. Their corresponding bonus money is proportionately and significantly reduced compared to the low volume/limit/ LOW RAKE player.

This all seems backwards.