casinomeister said:
You are implying that Phoenecian casino, it's affiliates, and RTGs M. Staw are out to screw the player. Or did I miss something?? What is your point?...It's like you're waiting for me to have my back turned...
Bryan, are you suggesting that most RTG units, long history of theft, screw jobs, attempted screw jobs, up-stakes-and-run and all the rest notwithstanding do NOT have a stone-cold proven track record of criminal behaviour? Do you recall the history of RTG? Why this sudden all-out defense? RTG, three or four acceptable operations aside, is the longest running joke in the OC industry. All this HAPPENED, Bryan.
Remember Merlin?
TCO?
Grand Banks?
Angelciti?
Virtual v. 1 et al?
Prism?
TVS?
Golden Comps?
Crystal Palace et al?
I can currently name THREE OR FOUR RTG units I feel I could play at. There must be about forty out there - if you include clones, about 200. RTG is an industry joke - we all know that. You have been as involved as anyone in most of these disputes, and you know it too. To suggest that a comment about RTG "maximising the screw job" is in some way "inappropriate" is rather confusing to me. RTG - not casino, nor affiliate, specific. You have yourself been a LONG standing hater of RTG. Until a relatively short while ago you would allow NOT ONE RTG on your site - and correctly so! We essentially agreed - now we disagree?
No Bryan, I don't need you nor anyone else's "back to be turned" before I make a point. I'm sorry you feel the need to portray me as such a gutless, weak individual. However, I think you'll find that my record in managing my own affairs in OC land speaks for itself - so I'm not particularly put out. Others will judge whether I'm a spineless coward or a gutsy fighter who don't take no shit, and everyone is entitled to their opinion one way or the other.
And let me come full-circle and repeat: Whilst I believe Phonecian to be one of the better RTGs out there, I find it MOST eyebrow-raising that their BOSS should come out and say "...
we're making changes that all AFFILIATES will like".
Why would Dean prioritize affiliates over players?
What changes, affiliate-friendly, could benefit the players?
Are they going to introduce DWFP?
Are they going to introduce JOB 7/9?
Are they going to pull a few decks out of the pontoon game?
Are they going to "loosen" their slots?
Are they going to introduce deposit bonuses on all deposits?
Are they going to pull the "0" on the roulette wheel and make it a coin-flip?
Are they going to run a "blackjack 2:1" promotion?
LOL. I think maybe not. You can betcha the players would like all of the above. Bryan, there are precendents here: when CON switched over to that God-awful new software, something was apparently amiss. Affiliates (which, I know not) complained that profits were down. They were not happy. PLAYERS WERE WINNING. This is a fact. It's a fact that certain affiliates - many affiliates - are NOT on the players' side, and it doesn't take much to work out why that is. I'm not saying this about you, or Ted, or Cindy, or any other I know for a fact to have a foot in both camps. But the fact remains.
This was the point of the post, Bryan. My "nightmare list" of options was to make the point, graphically, that changes that may be agreeable to a certain category of affiliate (not all) would certainly not remotely benefit the player, and I would like to know why Dean chooses to prioritise in this way. I'm not suggesting - and I'm somewhat flabbergasted that you read it this way
- that Phonecian is out to screw the player. Dean is far too smart to do this. He knows, as all smart casinos know, that the way to make the maximum money possible out of his casino is to treat his players as 24 carat gold - and he does an excellent job, on both fronts.