Grand Slam Has Started

[gloria460]

Vinyl it doesn't look like they are going to pay it that way. I just came off of chat and it would be paid in your currency after conversion. I'm going to just wait til this is sorted out and not enter another euro tourney.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Vinyl it doesn't look like they are going to pay it that way. I just came off of chat and it would be paid in your currency after conversion. I'm going to just wait til this is sorted out and not enter another euro tourney.

I am sure this means "as per normal".

It is the same when I enter the other tournaments, which have always been in the US Dollar. When I take a $10 continue, for example, I get it converted to UK Pounds, and have around 7 deducted, depending on the conversion rate. If I win a prize, the conversion is reversed, so $100 becomes around 70.
Players who use the US Dollar have NEVER experienced this feature of the MGS Multiplayer tournaments before, as it has always been a straight forward affair with both tournaments and casino accounts in the same currency.

I get the same with the Euro tournaments, this being the first I have seen. The UK pound is pretty close to the Euro, but there is still a conversion factor, so I get the message pop-up informing me of this.

IF they are charging an account holder Euros, they MUST pay the prize to that account as Euros, although it will appear AFTER conversion.

The conversion RATE they use is another thing, we EXPECT it to be fair, and it is not often something we worry too much about. A small bit of conversion "unfairness" though on 1,000,000 is another matter.

 

[miranda_x]

the person now at the number one spot keeps doing rebuys, why on earth would you do rebuys if you are already in first place i wonder
must be someone with a very large bankroll, wich is ofcourse what i expected from this tournament , the person who has the most money is going to win

 

[Jasminebed]

I'm holding off on playing my first round, so I can cherish the faint hope I will get a monster round!!

Good luck to everyone.

 

[De Beuker]

7 in the morning here, thought this might be a good time to play my first round.
No lagging, all went just smooth, exept for the score..
2012th place for now
I'll try again tomorrow and save my continues, 7115 sucks.
Good luck everybody!!

 

[Tengil]

About the scores

Even if Im not in (would have got a ticket for 50) Ill say to the participants that dont throw in the towel yet.
At one qualifier at 32Red I saw a score of +100 000 and there has been so many over 60k so its not that uncommon to have scores over 50k. Lol donkaments.

And the price is in , I think mark from 32Red mentioned it. Oddly enough not a single mail or ad has mentioned it clearly.

 

[nerv]

Even if Im not in (would have got a ticket for 50) Ill say to the participants that dont throw in the towel yet.
At one qualifier at 32Red I saw a score of +100 000 and there has been so many over 60k so its not that uncommon to have scores over 50k. Lol donkaments.

And the price is in , I think mark from 32Red mentioned it. Oddly enough not a single mail or ad has mentioned it clearly.

I you are refering to 32red 10,000 GSOS qualifiers, those had totally different set of rules whith 10 continues and 5,000 coins each - 60,000 coins to play with wich is almost three times more that 22,500 you have now.


About tournament cost and prizes. It is clearly said and written that all figures are in euros. So, if you have USD account, you will pay adequate cost in USD (app. 29 USD) but prizes would be also adequatly converted into USD.

I have account in Euro and all tournaments nominated in USD I have played, were dealt this way.

 

[Jasminebed]

Well, took my spins this morning. Play went very smoothly, just over 10 minutes to complete, with three Idol rounds and caught the freespins on the last round, for a score of 15,800. Don't think that is good enough to continue for one of the top prizes.

Special Positions- win 1,000 each: 76th, 128th, 178th, 227th, 277th, 332nd, 376th, 474th, 568th, 753rd,947th, 1,177th, 1,627th, 2,013rd, 2,458th, 2,944th, 3,232nd, 3,506th, 3,827th, 4,020th, 4,242nd, 4,588th,5,000th, 5,655th, 5,927th, 6,363rd, 6,941st, 7,126th, 7,411st, 7,813rd, 8,007th and 8,328th.

I'm gonna jockey for that 8007th place

Looks like I may have overshot my original goal. And with less than 8,328 players, what happens to that last spot?

Also, the GSOS..xxxxx and Guest...xxxx players, and any others that may not play their coins for whatever reasons? If zero scores fill the bottom prize positions, will they split the prizes?

Do higher positions split as well... e.g. identical coins for 10th and 11th...would they split 5,000 plus 2,500 for 3,750 each?

One last question: If you are in freespins or the idol bonus when your timer runs out and you continue play, do you get to continue freespins or the bonus round?

 

[lauram]

Good luck forum members. Hope you all get a chance to cash out something.

 

[Pulver]

I got a measly 9000 and im not gonna bother doing any rebuys.

 

[Mark_32Red (retired acct)]

And the price is in , I think mark from 32Red mentioned it. Oddly enough not a single mail or ad has mentioned it clearly.

Hi Spider,

Sorry for not making this clear. The prizes are in Euros so will be converted to your account currency. Approximate jackpots (using XE.com on our accepted currencies):

Pounds - 919,632.81
Euro - 1,000,000.00
US Dollar - 1,502,674.52
Can Dollar - 1,579,684.59
Aus Dollar - 1,624,729.98

Some nice numbers. Anyone playing in Yen?

Mark

 

[LaHutti]

Well, I'm done
Horrible lag for me as well, and a freespin round paying 450, putting me in 3303rd place with 6003 in the win box, so not gonna bother buying anything.
Good luck to all of you.

 

[gloria460]

I you are refering to 32red 10,000 GSOS qualifiers, those had totally different set of rules whith 10 continues and 5,000 coins each - 60,000 coins to play with wich is almost three times more that 22,500 you have now.


About tournament cost and prizes. It is clearly said and written that all figures are in euros. So, if you have USD account, you will pay adequate cost in USD (app. 29 USD) but prizes would be also adequatly converted into USD.

I have account in Euro and all tournaments nominated in USD I have played, were dealt this way.

Most people including myself was under the impression that rebuys were 20.00. Nothing was ever mentioned about an conversion rate. Anyways since it's over 1mil USD I'm now going to try and win a smaller prize.

 

[WonderingSpirit]

To people complaining about lag. Atleast you guys qualified.

Good luck to all meister members

 

[DiamondGeezer]

ladbrokes is playing normally now - no lag.

I have just cracked the top 1000. Got a 3300 win in freespins and got freespins three times. Currently position 946 on 15160.

I have a cunning plan to unleash my continues right at the death .

BaileyBoy is in the top 100. I think there will have to be a Stewards Enquiry if the CM takes this one down .

Don't lose hope folks. You only need a few big spins

Keep to a budget though.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Dream on.........

One can only hope for the big one..............

 

[paulyt]

the person now at the number one spot keeps doing rebuys, why on earth would you do rebuys if you are already in first place i wonder
must be someone with a very large bankroll, wich is ofcourse what i expected from this tournament , the person who has the most money is going to win

Exactly right. That's why i never bothered even trying to win a ticket to the thing. I knew I had no chance.

 

[gambblex]

One can only hope for the big one..............

This September I hit 5 scatters TWICE within 7 days(not on TR slot)

I do not play slots too much or too long ago so it was very pleasant and interesting

What's was even more pleasant is that first hit was inside freespins,x1500total bet

Even grinding WR didn't hurt the result too much

So..it IS possible.

 

[Jufo]

I have a cunning plan to unleash my continues right at the death .

The best strategy is probably to play the continues right at the end of tournament, a few minutes before the tournament ends. This way you can guide yourself to a desired position, for example one of those positions with special prizes.

As a sidenote, I will use my self-built Tomb Raider slot simulator to determine when it is +EV to pay for the continues.

 

[gambblex]

Anyway,with such payout structure I wouldn't sell important things from my house (and house itself) to get some more rebuys.

 

[retlaw]

The best strategy is probably to play the continues right at the end of tournament, a few minutes before the tournament ends. This way you can guide yourself to a desired position, for example one of those positions with special prizes.

Yes, it has become my strategy too, and probably of many other players.
I also think the game will be very slow again the last 30 minutes.

I had 5 scatters in the Warmup tournaments.
My score : 51000 with only 1 continue.
It came to soon for me

 

[miranda_x]

Exactly right. That's why i never bothered even trying to win a ticket to the thing. I knew I had no chance.

if this would really be a fair tournament then everyone should get only one turn, no rebuys, no continues just one turn each. but ofcourse microgaming is counting on all those suckers doing plenty of rebuys at 20 each
like it is now you cannot call it much of a tournament but more a "who has the most money for rebuys contest"
i don't know why they even call it a tournament, in a sportstournament have you ever heard of the abbillity for sporters to say "here's a 1000$ can i do my turn again"

 

[klara1968]

DEAR MIRANDA

Everyone of us participants knew the rules from the beggining.Each and everyone of us wanted so much the ticket to this tournament.We had our chance and now money talks..like anywhere else.Remember-money without luck is like an expensive empty wallet..
I would say thanks for the chance i had and goodluck to all players.

have a great day

 

[DiamondGeezer]

Yes, it has become my strategy too, and probably of many other players.
I also think the game will be very slow again the last 30 minutes.

I had 5 scatters in the Warmup tournaments.
My score : 51000 with only 1 continue.
It came to soon for me

'I could have been a contender.'

How many of us will be uttering that over the next few days?

 

[gloria460]

Correct me if I'm wrong here. I'm looking at the leaderboard of GSOS and this guy MathicianN has a score of 52,000 at the no6 position. He does a rebuy (4500) and gets his score to 56,095...since then he has done 2 rebuys and has 9000 coins on each rebuy but that's not the only odd thing. His score has not changed one bit. If he did two rebuys and got 9000 each in actuality that would be four rebuys plus the other 4500 rebuy. This is very odd and did they catch the glitch so maybe that's why his score did not change in those two rebuys??