Harry's Videoslots Marathon

[Harry_BKK]

Good morning lovely people!

Time to carry on with the marathon, hope the 4-day break has helped.

Down to business:

- marathon will continue @ 08:00am GMT / 09:00 CET
- game provider: finish awful iSoftBet and then on to the mighty big providers
- strategy: same as before...hit spin and pray for a good win
- reports to follow

Wishing you an awesome mid-week day!

P.S. Deadline for the AUD50 raffle is today, 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET. The winner will be announced latest tomorrow. There is still time to post your Christmas story

 

[Jd666]

Good luck Harry.

Be nice to see you in profit for a session

 

[Chipkin9]

Good morning lovely people!

Time to carry on with the marathon, hope the 4-day break has helped.

Down to business:

- marathon will continue @ 08:00am GMT / 09:00 CET
- game provider: finish awful iSoftBet and then on to the mighty big providers
- strategy: same as before...hit spin and pray for a good win
- reports to follow

Wishing you an awesome mid-week day!

P.S. Deadline for the AUD50 raffle is today, 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET. The winner will be announced latest tomorrow. There is still time to post your Christmas story

There is a raffle? Huh.

I've been too busy keeping up with your marathon, I failed to even notice.

Well here's mine, and to be honest I'm not even ashamed or embarrassed as I was only 6 at the time.

Well, it was Christmas morning and I was first to wake. I ran downstairs excitedly to open my presents.

My sister and I had our xmas presents on separate sides of the living room; with her wrapped presents on one sofa and my wrapped presents on another and all the santa toys out in the open.

Before opening my own presents I decided it was best to see what Santa and everyone else had left for my sister and proceeded to unwrap all her presents.

My parents and sister came downstairs to me playing with all her stuff (Pram and all). True story

Having written & reread all that back the guilt is just hitting me...

PS: Good Luck with the rest of your Marathon maybe the slot Gods will be on your side today

 

[Harry_BKK]

Part 29 - iSoftBet - Part 3

Geez, am i happy to have finished this provider. Although 1 or 2 were somewhat better slots today, namely Legends of Skull and Robo Smash. They at least show some potential and LoS is entertaining with multiple features.

Next is the last one of the small providers Genesis!

FYI, i cannot play all SG games - WMS, Bally, Barcrest, Shufflemaster etc.

Remaining providers are: MG, Netent, Playtech, Rival, Play N'GO, NextGen

My final advice regarding iSoftBet - proceed with caution, a lot of it. Base game is regularly 20-30% RTP and the bonus rounds are 7-8/10 a complete miss, hence no recovery to be expected. Either you are superlucky and hit some bonus rounds in quick succession or if they take long to hit it must be on at least double your usual bet!

Today i deposited total $500 and ended ahead only because i hit one bonus round at $3.75 instead of the usual $1.25 bet and one at $5.00 instead of $2.50. Take those extra pays off and my balance would be $470 lower, ending with hefty $220 loss on a just few slots.



This is one of the reason i gave Legends of Skull a 6-7. Collect wilds and once the counter is full the whole reel goes wild for a total 4 spins. With a little luck you have 2 reels wild and then just 3OAK's on 30 lines will give you at least 20x bet wins. That slot has some potential, the bonus round as well.

 

[Jasminebed]

I think you under-estimated Paranormal. It can produce some pretty good wins, and was voted as one of the best new slots of the year in Dunover's informal poll.

Glad to see you made at least a small profit today.

 

[goatwack]

It'll be good seeing Harry's playthrough on Rival. Much like Playtech, they're criminally underrated and lambasted but the software itself is great.

Even if we can't play it in the UK anymore

 

[Harry_BKK]

I think you under-estimated Paranormal. It can produce some pretty good wins, and was voted as one of the best new slots of the year in Dunover's informal poll.

Glad to see you made at least a small profit today.

Sure can, i don't doubt that. But i will never give a game my vote when after 100's of spins you finally get 3 scatter, you then get to make a choice out of 3 and minimum 1/3 will be a coin win of 2xbet!!! ....that is just totally unacceptable in my view.

What it can produce in wins is then irrelevant to me. If i hit 3 scatter i want some bonus round or free spins not a shitty 2xbet pay.

 

[nikantw]

What it can produce in wins is then irrelevant to me. If i hit 3 scatter i want some bonus round or free spins not a shitty 2xbet pay.

That is why netent wants to hire programmers that understand player psychology, as we saw in their site sometime ago.

On another note, thank you so much for doing this.
If you were doing it on my casino (if I had one ) I would give you 100% unlimited cashback on your loses during the marathon for bets up to 5.00 or something.

 

[SlotGrinder]

Thing is , what players want from a game and what makes them spend the most money on said game are two different things . Making slots that players enjoy is not the primary goal of course although it is an important factor . Understanding of player psychology will be used to create slots that keep us playing as long as possible . I expect bonus teases and the like are an important part of that. That feeling that you're one spin away from a nice random feature or triple wild reel excitement . If they don't have teases then you just see the reality of dead spin after dead spin and quickly leave the game

 

[Harry_BKK]

Part 30 - Genesis

Geez, last time it was Shaolin Spin, today Disco Night Fright. The slot is supposed to give extra wilds in FS, can be stacked and pays are quite high, hence some potential...only problem is that in 13 bonus rounds with 10 Free Spins i never saw a single 3OAK, let alone more of those wilds. Absolutely ridiculous to program a slot like that

But then the Viking to the rescue, Valkyrie with wild on reel 1,2,3 and 5...see pic below.

However, some good news...i have a third "must try slot" - Dinosaur Adventure or call it Rhino junior as it is in 5x4 = 1024 ways format. Much less volatile then the original. Even the pay for 5OAK Dinosaur is the same as for 6OAK Rhino = 7.5xbet, see screenshot

Other than that Genesis is absolutely horrible, they insist on having 2OAK 9's as a pay and on Autospin you can skip the win count and it takes forever to start the next spin.

 

[spintee]

Part 30 - Genesis

Geez, last time it was Shaolin Spin, today Disco Night Fright. The slot is supposed to give extra wilds in FS, can be stacked and pays are quite high, hence some potential...only problem is that in 13 bonus rounds with 10 Free Spins i never saw a single 3OAK, let alone more of those wilds. Absolutely ridiculous to program a slot like that

But then the Viking to the rescue, Valkyrie with wild on reel 1,2,3 and 5...see pic below.

However, some good news...i have a third "must try slot" - Dinosaur Adventure or call it Rhino junior as it is in 5x4 = 1024 ways format. Much less volatile then the original. Even the pay for 5OAK Dinosaur is the same as for 6OAK Rhino = 7.5xbet, see screenshot

Other than that Genesis is absolutely horrible, they insist on having 2OAK 9's as a pay and on Autospin you can skip the win count and it takes forever to start the next spin.

Talk about rhino'e littles sister I came across its cousin the other day, Silver Lion, Not seen the game b4 and its good

 

[Jasminebed]

Glad to see TSII come through for you.

I've had visions of you hitting that 5 wild wildstorm on 60 cents going through MG and defenstering your brand new laptop!

 

[Mouche12]

Yep Harry, good to see your wins on the Dinosaur and TSII, softens the pain somewhat of your losses so far, hope to see some more (winnings)!

 

[Harry_BKK]

And the winner is....

First of all, thanks ever so much for sharing your personal Christmas story, brings us all a little closer together as a community.

As announced yesterday, i raffled off the prize of AUD50 today. To make it as fair and impartial as possible i wrote your CM usernames in a numbered list in consecutive order as you posted your story. I ended up with 15 numbers and employed then an online random number generator to draw the winner. I very much hope you are OK with that.

Posted Christmas stories:

1 NutNut
2 Jono777
3 geordiecolin
4 JDRocks
5 spintee
6 mina1929
7 mimi26
8 interlog
9 Deeplay
10 mrshyguy
11 lotusch
12 QueenBee
13 nikantw
14 Jasminebed
15 Chipkin9

Drumroll please......

and the winner is number 6 - mina1929 :clap:

Congratulations mina, please send me a PM with your name and surname, ecopayz or neteller account number (EP preferred) and i will transfer the prize money immediately.

With this occasion let me wish you all a Merry Christmas!

 

[nikantw]

....
13 nikantw
......

lucky 13


Congratulations mina!
Merry Christmas!!

 

[Jd666]

Bloody hell Harry, what a load of shite these obscure slot makers provide.
Relying on the old faithfulls to claw something back.
Happy Christmas to you as well mate.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Part 31 - Genesis 25-37

Horror show encore!

Geez, some terrible slots, only Dinosaur Adventure stands out from all Genesis games, the rest is shite, shite, shite....sorry, but never again.




Can you guess how this slot works?

 

[slotmaster]

See I told ya it was time for microgaming. If only I can pick slots for myself during this losing streak I am on.

 

[Jd666]

First time I played todays Weather, I got the feature with nudging stacked wilds and ended up with just over 1000x bet.
Kept trying the odd few quid after that and it did naff all.
Had good hits on Drone wars and Tiger VS Bear too, but generally they just drain your money

 

[mina1929]

And the winner is....

First of all, thanks ever so much for sharing your personal Christmas story, brings us all a little closer together as a community.

As announced yesterday, i raffled off the prize of AUD50 today. To make it as fair and impartial as possible i wrote your CM usernames in a numbered list in consecutive order as you posted your story. I ended up with 15 numbers and employed then an online random number generator to draw the winner. I very much hope you are OK with that.

Posted Christmas stories:

1 NutNut
2 Jono777
3 geordiecolin
4 JDRocks
5 spintee
6 mina1929
7 mimi26
8 interlog
9 Deeplay
10 mrshyguy
11 lotusch
12 QueenBee
13 nikantw
14 Jasminebed
15 Chipkin9

Drumroll please......

and the winner is number 6 - mina1929 :clap:

Congratulations mina, please send me a PM with your name and surname, ecopayz or neteller account number (EP preferred) and i will transfer the prize money immediately.

With this occasion let me wish you all a Merry Christmas!

Thanks so much Harry, I truly appreciate it

I hope you have the happiest Xmas ever

 

[Naok777]

Can you guess how this slot works?

Sorry, cheated on the guess part and played it
Two five reel slots in base game, during free spins they both connect with a sticky wild reel in the middle to create one 11 reel slot.

RTP distribution seems very heavily biased towards bonus though.

 

[Harry_BKK]

Sorry, cheated on the guess part and played it
Two five reel slots in base game, during free spins they both connect with a sticky wild reel in the middle to create one 11 reel slot.

RTP distribution seems very heavily biased towards bonus though.

That's right. Geez, some low pays in the base game as they basically are 2x 50-liners, hence you need a lot on the screen just to get your bet back.

First slot that i have seen where you can have an 11OAK, paid both ways.

 

[Vegasbum]

I am not really surprised by your results Harry. Slots are a losing game. You may think your results are dismal but It is the way things are today. I used to play a lot but not so much any more. I noticed a change in Microgaming after the USA could no longer play and that is when I slowed down my play. Sure we all get some big wins once in a while but in between big wins the slots RTP has to be no more than 60%.

The new slots today are terrible. In both design and pay back. It is time for a new hobby.

 

[Jasminebed]

Vegasbum, my one line hero. Nice to see you again.

Have fun with Harry's $50 mina.

Thank you Harry for this huge undertaking.

I think most of us are familiar with MG and NetEnt's catalogues, and they are huge.

I know you did not ask for my advice, and although we have a brief acquaintance, I know when you are a man with a mission, you are a man with a mission.

I've appreciated your input on games. But you've awarded the Christmas prize, maybe put "to be continued" on the thread and just play what you enjoy for a bit.

You certainly deserve that.

 

[jumboshrimp]

I agree with Jasmine, put videoslots to rest and continue it elsewhere or stop altogether. You have done a yeoman's job.

It would be interesting to see the same games repeated elsewhere by somebody.

I think you have become jaded with all this poor return, I would give Today's Weather a solid 8 out of 10. Massive return potential and I find it fun to play when it is not ice cold.

Happy Holidays(49%RTP BTW), everyone!