Dear Microgaming

I understand totally where Jon is coming from.

I'm too tired to go into deep explanation but I believe a simple analogy follows:

If you flip a coin it can have two outcomes.... Heads or tails.

Each flip has equal chance of either occurring.

After a 1000 spins you would expect rough equality although due to nature of randomness it probably won't be 500/500.

Change the analogy to win/lose.

On a 96%RTP slot you expect to have more losing sessions than winning sessions (house edge) but just like you don't expect to get heads on every flip of coin you do expect not to lose most of the time.

Before you say Jon was in profit in previous years im sure he had losing sessions but showed an overall profit. Where his and others' scepticism derives is the increased quantity of losing sessions.

Or are we all just unlucky :p
 
I am glad i actually started this thread though at the time it was a bit tounge and cheek and i suppose a way to vent my frustrations.
I deposit on a regular basis and play the higher variance slots because they are the ones that i enjoy compared to a lot of boring ones that pay virtually nothing.
I have had many a decent hit and the feeling is great but my point is that apart from early in July not only did the games pay crap but when you did get a bonus that also paid a pathetic amount.
I played random on different days and different times but generally all would be cold.
Could all the slots i play be cold for so long? That is where i and others are questioning.
It is not me just who is feeling the pain.
When i deposit 100 or 50 euro i do not expect to win every time or even 25 percent of the time but i do hope i get a bit of playtime and thats whats not been happening for me so yes i am in that bunch who believe that something is amiss.
As Jon said earlier and to be honest i had been thinking myself there is not exactly been a huge amount of decent wins posted by players on the winning screenshots thread.
I know a lot of people will be thinking i am talking pure shite here but i know there are plenty thinking the same and are fed up throwing money away and not receiving value for money.
 
Checked my lifetime RTP on Game of Thrones at a certain casino and it is a shocking 56%..
This is obviously over thousands of spins and from day 1 I played it it was just not nice to me at all..
But fair to say I have also a lot of 130+% RTP averages on other MGS slots like IR and TFROL mostly..

On their newer slots tho I am quite balanced between 95-105% rougly..

So I suppose on the long run it all balances out..

;)
 
Some people may feel that this thread is about people that lose at slots as being well sore losers:p I don't think that is the case. My game play on Microgaming platform has changed dramatically since late December of 2014. I cannot win anywhere. This is more than just a cold spell but it's an Ice age as far as my experiences have gone. So each session has been deposit, spin and lose with little gameplay no matter which games I chose or where I chose to play them. This has not been limited to Microgaming either but I have had the same experience with Netent, WMS etc.

I did have a couple of awesome months from the start of October to the end of December and we all know that hot streaks of luck don't last for long then you go back to normal mode; i.e. you win some and lose most. That has not been the case for me its the very occasional little wins but mostly loss, loss and more loss.

I have had hot streaks in the past that have been followed by cold runs but they have never lasted this long before. So I have become a little paranoid and donned my tin foil hat and believe this never ending drought is connected to my really good hot streak last year even if I am playing different games. Makes you wonder if your overall RTP on a particular software follows you from casino to casino and there is some sort of tracking in place.:rolleyes:

2015 have definitely not been my year.
 
Checked my lifetime RTP on Game of Thrones at a certain casino and it is a shocking 56%..
This is obviously over thousands of spins and from day 1 I played it it was just not nice to me at all..
But fair to say I have also a lot of 130+% RTP averages on other MGS slots like IR and TFROL mostly..

On their newer slots tho I am quite balanced between 95-105% rougly..

So I suppose on the long run it all balances out..

;)

It may well be that we just forget how HIGH variance can be in slots like Immortal Romance and Game of Thrones (the latter I have not touched).

High Variance provides the biggest thrill but it's also undeniably the worst for playtime.

This is the case even when it finally pays something decent because unless stuck on a WR we all know with IR it's prudent to bank when hit big.

After another awful IR 18% RTP session I really am throwing in the towel on this slot. Sure I'll miss the big wins but I need to reign in my gambling to sensible losses and this slot always gets me in the chasing losses trap :(

Medium variance like Hound Hotel is more my cuppa now :)..... It has to be for both my wallet and sanity
 
Makes you wonder if your overall RTP on a particular software follows you from casino to casino and there is some sort of tracking in place.:rolleyes:

I have thought that too m8,but I am nearly sure that is not the case.
What I DO believe is that when you had a big win on a certain slot at a certain casino it will haunt you for ages. :oops::D
So I tend not to play that slot anymore at that particular casino.

But I had loads of examples where I hit it big on a slot,played it at another casino and hit it big again.

Again,might be coincidence.

It is a game of chance,so you never know what you are gonna get.
 
I have thought that too m8,but I am nearly sure that is not the case.
What I DO believe is that when you had a big win on a certain slot at a certain casino it will haunt you for ages. :oops::D
So I tend not to play that slot anymore at that particular casino.

But I had loads of examples where I hit it big on a slot,played it at another casino and hit it big again.

Again,might be coincidence.

It is a game of chance,so you never know what you are gonna get.

I play different slots at different casinos all with the same results. Anyway lately it feels like it's not a game of chance and I know what I am gonna get. A big fat zero:p
 
Some people may feel that this thread is about people that lose at slots as being well sore losers:p I don't think that is the case. My game play on Microgaming platform has changed dramatically since late December of 2014. I cannot win anywhere. This is more than just a cold spell but it's an Ice age as far as my experiences have gone. So each session has been deposit, spin and lose with little gameplay no matter which games I chose or where I chose to play them. This has not been limited to Microgaming either but I have had the same experience with Netent, WMS etc.

I did have a couple of awesome months from the start of October to the end of December and we all know that hot streaks of luck don't last for long then you go back to normal mode; i.e. you win some and lose most. That has not been the case for me its the very occasional little wins but mostly loss, loss and more loss.

I have had hot streaks in the past that have been followed by cold runs but they have never lasted this long before. So I have become a little paranoid and donned my tin foil hat and believe this never ending drought is connected to my really good hot streak last year even if I am playing different games. Makes you wonder if your overall RTP on a particular software follows you from casino to casino and there is some sort of tracking in place.:rolleyes:

2015 have definitely not been my year.


That makes 2 of us since December 2014 also I suffered the same, I once triggered 15 bonus rounds in a single session in about 30 mins @ Roxypalace on Microgaming slots and guess how many of them paid more than x100 bet..yep NONE
triggered 9 bonus rounds in about 300 spins on Dead or Alive at Betspin, the highest win x40 rest all around x10 or less, my last 10 bonus rounds on WMS games have all been less than x10 x3, x4 ,x5 etc with x10 being the max,
last few on MG have been the same nothing higher than x20, it's been over 9 months now since I had a bonus round that paid more than x100 and I can assure you, thousands of pounds has been spent and lost during this time..and well over 100 bonus rounds.
I try to stay out of the screenshots section..nothing pisses you off more than seeing someone post 5 screenshots all above x100 their stake, whilst you have been playing for 9 months without even seeing above x100 once, honestly I am lucky if I ever climb above the starting balance, a few months ago I was depositing £100 and taking 100% match and having £200 to play with, and managing to burn through £1000 wagering requirements without ever going above the starting balance of £200, that's all it has been like for the past 9 months, I have never seen this behavior before December 2014, it started then and nothing has changed since. You know how the common thing in shops at the moment is reducing the size of item's but at the same time putting the prices up, the same is happening with slot's especially Netent, their new business model is to release slot's with a crappy paytable, and BIG WIN when you get x30 but with an RTP more like a high variance slot. My last session I deposited £40 and took the 100% match..I only managed to wager a total of just over £100 towards the wagering and busted in record time.
 
That makes 2 of us since December 2014 also I suffered the same, I once triggered 15 bonus rounds in a single session in about 30 mins @ Roxypalace on Microgaming slots and guess how many of them paid more than x100 bet..yep NONE
triggered 9 bonus rounds in about 300 spins on Dead or Alive at Betspin, the highest win x40 rest all around x10 or less, my last 10 bonus rounds on WMS games have all been less than x10 x3, x4 ,x5 etc with x10 being the max,
last few on MG have been the same nothing higher than x20, it's been over 9 months now since I had a bonus round that paid more than x100 and I can assure you, thousands of pounds has been spent and lost during this time..and well over 100 bonus rounds.
I try to stay out of the screenshots section..nothing pisses you off more than seeing someone post 5 screenshots all above x100 their stake, whilst you have playing for 9 months without even seeing above x100 once, honestly I am lucky if I ever climb above the starting balance, a few months ago I was depositing £100 and taking 100% match and having £200 to play with, and managing to burn through £1000 wagering requirements without ever going above the starting balance of £200, that's all it has been like for the past 9 months, I have never seen this behavior before December 2014, it started then and nothing has changed since.
You know how the common thing in shops at the moment is reducing the size of item's but at the same time putting the prices up, the same is happening with slot's especially Netent, their new business model is to release slot's with a crappy paytable, and BIG WIN when you get x30 but with an RTP more like a high variance slot.
It's weird isn't it, my last purple patch was December too, everything I touched that month turned to gold, cashouts galore. It was insane. Prior to that I was making the odd cashout but obviously also lost a few deposits naturally, as is normal.

Funny how just about everyone has noticed the same similarities, namely 2015 has been utter gash, everywhere. Coincidence that it has happened to regular MG players across the board, simultaneously?

The plot thickens




.........and the tinfoil glistens
 
The real answer lies in more transparency if casinos want us to trust them. Videoslots (which incidentally I have done poorly on) show TRTP and their own pay out on each and every slot. If this information is kosher (and one assumes UKGC would ensure it is), then all casinos should follow suit :)
 
Microgaming has been slowly getting dire and it's got to be down to less money being put through the software. The emergence of new software providers and a glut of multiplatform casinos has to be the reason.

The newer slots don't not have the low roll big hit potential that we have always associated with MG, more than any other software. Hot as Hades for example, a bonus round of 5 free spins and a maximum of 5 sticky wilds says it all.

Also I've noticed that the occurrence of MG error codes have been getting worse across all casino. I see at least 6 disconnections an hour and it's infuriating when you have been logged in to a slot for a while.

MGS is multi-million pound software company and it really is pathetic the stability of the software. We the players are paying for a product, it should be reliable. They don't seem to care either, this constant errors is not a new thing and it has never improved.
 
Microgaming has been slowly getting dire and it's got to be down to less money being put through the software. The emergence of new software providers and a glut of multiplatform casinos has to be the reason.

The newer slots don't not have the low roll big hit potential that we have always associated with MG, more than any other software. Hot as Hades for example, a bonus round of 5 free spins and a maximum of 5 sticky wilds says it all.

Also I've noticed that the occurrence of MG error codes have been getting worse across all casino. I see at least 6 disconnections an hour and it's infuriating when you have been logged in to a slot for a while.

MGS is multi-million pound software company and it really is pathetic the stability of the software. We the players are paying for a product, it should be reliable. They don't seem to care either, this constant errors is not a new thing and it has never improved.

Yeah, playing at any type of Flash casino almost always results in the same persistent disconnects and broken gameplay. Which sucks because many of the best casinos are multi-platform and are usually my first choice.

It's got to the stage where seamless gameplay can only be found on download clients. Can't they allocate enough servers to cope with the demand or is the individual casinos fault? This is like playing Pro Evo online, horrible and buggy. MG are the new Konami!

Very rarely would you find a company release any type of software in its complete form. Many dole out incomplete, rushed products and patch them as they go along. I fail to see how/ why MG or any other type of software is supposed to be hardwired and therefore cannot be changed on the fly.

But I will make a cashout before 2015 is out, I swear!
 
November-December I had my best wins at Microgaming. Two best memories of MG from that time period was going from $20 to $600 playing tomb raider I did approximately 3000 spins at 0.75p - balance kept going up and up was crazy until it plateaued around $500. In short I felt I couldn't lose :p

Another one was when I played immortal romance at 32red on $20, got up to $300 based off one 3 reel WD and plenty of bonus rounds - I kind of went on tilt changed my bet from 0.30p to 1.50p and proceeded to bust out. Not to worry, a few hrs later played $20 at Guts and got my one and only 4 reel WD within 50 spins or something for about $900.

This year has been really up and down and definitely more down than up. I have had some nice wins playing MG but my OWN experience with games like IR have changed for sure. Just this week I played at thrills a few sessions and over 500 spins I still have not got one bonus round :( Not uncommon but last 15 or so sessions on IR I have barely seen any WD's or free spins that are worth anything and it doesn't seem to be changing anytime soon.

There is nothing wrong with pointing out ones own experience (as thats what forums are for) and for all the people that would say 'that is just your experience others are different' there will also be people that will also say 'I have that same experience too'.

Seems this thread is for those suffering from long losing sessions on MG and for that I share your sentiments :p

It's weird isn't it, my last purple patch was December too, everything I touched that month turned to gold, cashouts galore. It was insane. Prior to that I was making the odd cashout but obviously also lost a few deposits naturally, as is normal.

Funny how just about everyone has noticed the same similarities, namely 2015 has been utter gash, everywhere. Coincidence that it has happened to regular MG players across the board, simultaneously?

The plot thickens




.........and the tinfoil glistens
 

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