I’m not sure which planet I landed on during lockdown boss… but these awards don’t seem to reflect the CM I have followed in 2021.
Other than the bag of spanners… the relevance to us mere UK players is almost 0.
Also the logic and reasoning (or lack of) is definitely not why we usually see from Bryan (who usually has a much higher level of intellectual thought). I wonder who wrote them…..
Sorry
@L&L-Jan that your continued dedication to the forum, always here to answer any player regardless of whether it’s a L&L brand issue or not, wasn’t noticed/ acknowledged.
Micro gaming? Really? What logic is that…. When the majority of us play at a massively reduced rtp (around 92%) so that one person has a life changing amount???
Wouldn’t the gaming experience be better if 32 people won half a million each?
Yeah, agreed, a bit low key this year, a bit truncated. I didn't do the slots write-up/summary as I usually do, rogue awards missed out, Crypto casinos to the fore (which as you say have little relevance to the UK as the decent ones here rightly bar us.) Covid has had an effect in some ways, the RTP reductions and UKGC shithousery too. In fact, 2021 was the worst year since I have been here. It was so bad, in desperation I even won something.
A bit of a pyrrhic victory as the fun that goes with the award (usually a shield and presentation at the MM) I will miss out on as there won't be one, so I wish it had been another year!
Seriously though, due to the personal circumstances of various persons, I think time was very limited this year so we have a kind of skeleton content compared to normal. A normally detailed, comprehensive and even entertaining yearly summary is understandably considered an anti-climax when reduced like this in comparison to previous years.
Behind the scenes
@maxd has been retrieving monies as normal, there's been forum revamps and updates, we get the news flows as usual from
@News Hound, there's been the same amount of hours spent in moderation, a constant stream of new members appearing and new casinos coming on board. Sadly, most of these as you point out above are irrelevant to the UK because a new UK-facing casino of any note appearing is about as likely as Mad Vlad getting the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. So I totally get why the UK membership feel a bit sidelined.
I expect, all getting better in the world (which I really hope like most of you will actually happen) that next time you'll see this was a one-off. The one good thing and to me the most important is the fact we have a community of good, experienced people here who have enduringly contributed throughout 2021 and continue to do so. That will I expect be foremost in people's opinions and enjoyment of CM when the 2021 awards are consigned to past memories.
