*Official* Suggestions for Stars Thread

[NSchandler]

Lee, the new FPP system for small stakes NL games is great. That almost single-handedly makes me want to switch from FT to Stars. Basically, in 24 hours when the tables get switched over, I'm there.

But I'm pretty agitated about this account-specific reload you're offering. The problem with such a reload is that it creates a great deal of uncertainty regarding what you need to do to get rewarded on your site. Do you have to play high limits, or will any limits do? Do you have to have a large balance on the site, or is it targeted to people with small balances to encourage them to put more money on? Do you target loyal players in order to reward them for their loyalty or are you aiming for players who haven't given you much action lately in an attempt to bring them back? It just creates a giant guessing game.

I'm sure you're aware of what a fiasco the Party VIP program was, and basically it came down to nobody knowing wtf they had to do to become a VIP. A lot of people didn't even know if they were VIPs. Your VIP system is much better primarily because you know what you need to do in order to get rewarded.

Account-specific reloads are a step away from that. All of a sudden players start wondering if playing on Stars infrequently is the way to go because it attracts account-specific reloads (or so the thought process goes). You should have seen the frenzy that went on in the forums here when Party offered account-specific reloads - people posting what limits they play and how many hands to determine how Party decided to give out bonuses, etc. etc. Account-specific reloads are just a mess: they (unintentinally) ostracize players and lessen the reward for giving Stars all your play (because doing so might screw you out of a nice $1000 reload).