Grand Slam Has Started

[DiamondGeezer]

Just dived in through the Ladbrokes porthole. It was a bit disappointing as due to the numbers playing there was a lot of delay on the spinning of the reels. Once when I hit the feature it took over two minutes to resolve.

I wasn't in any danger time wise but it was not a very enjoyable playing experience. Also suffered a slow lingering death with no freespins. Looks like my first rebuy is coming when it calms down a bit.

How is everyone doing? Let's hear your trip reports which hopefully are more eventful than mine. Good luck everyone it would be great if a CM member could take this down.

 

[gambblex]

I see VINYL TWINS with virgin score

 

[retlaw]

Top of flop

Absolutely boring first game.Took me 30 minutes for 9000 coins,without any bonus round.Maybe in a couple of days it will go faster

 

[Balky]

The lag is horrible

Good luck to all fellow Casinomeister members

Balky

 

[gambblex]

Who are mysterious GUEST_00000001s?

Unused places?

 

[Mark_32Red (retired acct)]

Who are mysteryous GUEST_00000001s?

Unused places?

Hi Gamblex,

These are players who have not yet played a Multi Player Slots tournament and hence don't have an Alias. Not sure why operators would give seats to players who haven't played multi-player before, but hey-hum.

Most will probably go unused!

Mark

 

[est129]

There is a terrible lag that it's boring to wait for the reels to spin.

I need around 1/2 minutes for a spin looool!

 

[marioking24]

huge lags for me too.

i ended up scoring 9000 point... worst score ever
I probably wont rebuy or continue playing

But thanks 32 for the entry!

 

[zebedy]

Seems to be lagging for lots of people including me

I wonder if many people will feel like this with all the lag ,
*warning alot of FFFing goes on*

 

[nerv]

Now, some 3 hours after the start, there is already a player with a top score of 62,656 and he is still doing rebuys.

With this coinage (starting round 9,000 coins + 3x continues, 4,500 coins each = 22,500 coins in total) average result would be about 15 to 20 tousands. This means even with 30,000 hit (5 scatters or 5 wilds or 4 wilds during free spins) you are 12,500 - 17,500 coins short.

2nd have 56,900 and 3rd 47,074. Is it possible that all three of them got 30,000 hits?

Anyway, Vinyl predictions about who hits 30,000 win the tournaments went down and now, as I can see it, the one who with the holly grail of Tomb Raider - 90,000 cions hit (five scatters during free spins) can actually start thinking what she/he will do with 1 mill if ended right way.

 

[vervelinux]

Holy Grail of Tomb Raider is 5 wilds during free spins - giving you an incredible 112 500 coin win on a single line (+other lines that pay), second is 5 scatters during free spins 90 000.

Whoever gets one of these, is the one that really can go for pos. 1!!

 

[DiamondGeezer]

Anyone know what is the probability of hitting these holy grail monsters?

The player next to me on the scorechart was called BaileyBoy. So maybe that was the CM himself charging over the top

 

[vinylweatherman]

I see VINYL TWINS with virgin score

Guilty as charged - TWO seats

Looked in earlier, can't connect at 32Red, can at All Slots.

Reports of severe lag are worrying, hell it's ONLY 9000 PLAYERS, and many are NOT playing all at once. What kind of "third class" servers do MGS use for these tournaments, and is this cost-cutting the reason behind so many of the other issues with these tournaments.

The other tournaments are running pretty much as normal (in terms of numbers, maybe not speed), and I would have thought MGS would have used a new, and separate, server for the Grand Slam, after which they could have used it to increase the general server pool.

Hi Gamblex,

These are players who have not yet played a Multi Player Slots tournament and hence don't have an Alias. Not sure why operators would give seats to players who haven't played multi-player before, but hey-hum.

Most will probably go unused!

Mark

Desparation I expect. Same sense of panic that prompted the sale of tickets that were initially advertised as "cannot be bought" at 150, and then 75. It seems now that the remainder are simply being dumped to active players at the casino, even though they are not necessarily multi-player tournament users. It may also be due to the separating of aliases between casinos, with players yet to create these separated aliases.

Now, some 3 hours after the start, there is already a player with a top score of 62,656 and he is still doing rebuys.

With this coinage (starting round 9,000 coins + 3x continues, 4,500 coins each = 22,500 coins in total) average result would be about 15 to 20 tousands. This means even with 30,000 hit (5 scatters or 5 wilds or 4 wilds during free spins) you are 12,500 - 17,500 coins short.

2nd have 56,900 and 3rd 47,074. Is it possible that all three of them got 30,000 hits?

Anyway, Vinyl predictions about who hits 30,000 win the tournaments went down and now, as I can see it, the one who with the holly grail of Tomb Raider - 90,000 cions hit (five scatters during free spins) can actually start thinking what she/he will do with 1 mill if ended right way.

Well, it's over before it even got going. It may not be worth actively chasing such scores on such a LOW VARIANCE game. You are looking for VERY RARE hits to even stand a CHANCE, let alone a GOOD chance.

It is a bit of a shock to see so MANY scores this high so SOON. It all depends on how many players have already played, and how often. With such a large field, you WILL see the rarer high scores. It changes my thoughts on strategy though, as I would be looking for a far bigger start now that the scores to beat are so high. I will also be looking at the lower prize range, and basing my strategy on at least getting one of those. The lower the prize, the less worth there is in chasing.

Microgaming may also suffer, as scores this high after a mere 3 hours may put players off from rebuying, especially players who know the slot well (and how RARE those scores are to achieve), and have limited bankroll.

 

[gambblex]

Probability is...relax something close to State Lottery Jackpot

More realistic is maybe: what lowest score after using first 9000 coins at current "state of things" might be considered as "decent" or worthwile to take CONTINUE and when will be better to take a rebuy right away

What do experts think?

Even score of 30K looks no too optimistic

WIlds!!Scatters!!! Wild scatters and scattered wilds!!! Just to survive, BTW

"He spins the reels as a meditation.."

For 8500 players main prize will be a meditation.Who says meditation must be free?

 

[chayton]

Urk...horrible first round and I probably won't bother buying in. One idol feature and no free spins - I think I ended up with a score of about 5000. The lag wasn't too bad for me but I got my seat at All Jackpots and it always lags there so maybe I'm just used to it. Oh well maybe I'll get one of the booby prizes - the 8000 place or whatever it was.

 

[nerv]

Agree with vinyl. It is practically ended before even really start, at least for me.
Of course I will secretly hope (I will not say this on loud even when Im alone in a room) to catch something good with rebuys (my 1st score sucks).

About how much rebuys and continues players did in those 3 hours? I don't think there was many, as MGS servers where laging as hell. EWven now. You can easiliy test it while trying to get into dthe game. If "refresh" bar thake more that 1/5 it is laging (repeat this 2-3 times in a row to make sure).

BTW, wille I spinning and waiting for a spin to complete I though about how I actually pay 16,67 euro cents to look at blury reels.

Not to mention that in contiuonues that blury reels cost 33.33 per spin.

 

[vinylweatherman]

Well, I won 8 free rebuys or continues in the 32Red warm up tournaments, so I will be having 8 goes there at least.

I started with a whopping 18000 score off 10000 coins on last night's warm up, which I thought very good indeed for such a low variance slot. I ended over 30000, but came third. Now, so I am told, it is 6th, so even a start like this may not produce much of a result.

It would be interesting to see how quickly the top 10 is populated by "unreachable" scores of 50,000+

There is a chance that the focus on this big event, along with the strain on the servers (and resulting lag), diverts attention away from some of the other tournaments, where smaller fields will mean bigger chances of getting a top placing.

 

[gambblex]

My starting 9000 gradually moved to winbox yielding me 9100 score


I don't know why but I have no burning desire to take a rebuy at this moment.

I have a premonition I'll make ...several, anyway

Reels are spinning pretty smoothly.I feel happy

 

[big_mac]

If a do a rebuy but get a worse score, does that mean I can only do a continue with the new score and can't go back to the first one to continue that?

 

[retlaw]

If a do a rebuy but get a worse score, does that mean I can only do a continue with the new score and can't go back to the first one to continue that?

Yes, that's right

 

[big_mac]

Thanks, I guess that means no rebuys for me!

I got a slightly above average score on the first go, I could easily spend 60 on rebuys and not get back to where I started - so I will probably wait a while and see if the continues might get me up to 100. That's about as much as I want to risk on such a long shot!

 

[BubbleG]

Bit dissapointed . The game was lagging so much when I started I couldnt be bothered to sit there and wait so I quit the game thinking I could go back and continue my time from where I left off.... It would appear not

Maybe ill start again with a rebuy but ill be waiting for none peak hours at least.

Thanks anyway 32red for the entry.

 

[gloria460]

I have a score of 15,000 but looked at rebuying and it cost 29.91...what the hell. I thought the rebuys were 20.00...and isn't USA dollars worth more than euro?...edited to find out euro is more than US but it's really not fair..so let's say an American player win, we will get $666,667..this is my last time playing a euro tourney.

It would cost me 90 for three rebuys.

 

[miranda_x]

the euro is worth more then the dollar, i guess the tournament prizes are in euro so yes 20 is around $29

 

[vinylweatherman]

the euro is worth more then the dollar, i guess the tournament prizes are in euro so yes 20 is around $29

Well, this is odd because I recently got some publicity mentioning that this was running in BOTH the Euro AND the US Dollar, so surely a US Dollar account would automatically have the DOLLAR version

Maybe MGS issued the "wrong" release to the casino, and they USED it. MGS may once have THOUGHT of running this in dual currency, and later shelved the idea to run the whole thing ONLY in the Euro.

This is highlighting the problem of appeal again, having the cost of continues and rebuys appear so HIGH to accounts in lesser currencies is putting players off. The PRIZE is NOT displayed after conversion, so players think they are being asked for nearly $30 per rebuy for a $1,000,000 top prize, forgetting that, in Dollars, the prize will be nearer $1.5.

Players using the Canadian dollar will see an even BIGGER price, and for those using the South African Rand, well

 

[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??