I think an all out on patronage and advertising for a rogue software group was in order under certain circumstances, aside a proven unfair game. I was under the impression you did too. I agreed with you not Cindy.Casinomeister said:Why don't I just rogue the whole bunch and say the hell with it? For several reasons. One is the complexity of the different groups Playtech is dealing with. Some groups are worse than others, but by looking at the information that I have available to me, there seems to be only three or four casino groups that have some serious issues. I would rather focus on these casino groups and try to convince them on how players ought to be treated (indeed if they are being mistreated), instead of tossing the whole bunch into the rogue pit. This is a much more productive way to handle these issues. If the entire software provider is placed in the "evil" section - then many bridges will be burnt unnecessarily. Some of these bridges are needed to assist players that have problems.
As for boycotting? That is strictly an individual's choice, I won't have any part of it nor will I condone it. My job is to present information and to assist players in making their own choices. I can warn you when there are potential problems, and try to steer you - and casino operators - into the right direction. I know by experience that players will do whatever they want. Most are loyal to the bonus offerings, and that's about it. Talk of making some boycott is usually just that - talk. It's not a realistic option.
I would rather see that the good operators are given credit for doing a good job and not being penalized for the mismanagement of other casino properties that they have nothing to do with. This is how it should be done IMO and not so knee-jerkish and rash.
WORD FROM THE MEISTER
The GPWA
I'm no longer a member of the Gambling Portal Webmaster's Association. I quit the organization mainly because many of the active members have a different philosophy and attitude concerning the online casino industry that doesn't mix with mine too well.
What has really turned me off is this phenomena that is rampant in this industry called "affiliate greed", and it seems to be widespread in the GPWA.
I guess the catalyst for this was the uproar most everyone from the GPWA had over the scheduling of the Gator speaker at the Affiliate Conference that's scheduled (still) next month. The GPWA has been very vocal against the use of "scumware" (which I whole heartily support), but they all jumped on this bandwagon screaming "boycott-boycott!!" Fine and dandy, boycott the event.
But what really pisses me off, is that I suggested that these webmasters ought to boycott advertising for a software provider that condones unscrupulous and at times criminal activities – it was pooh-poohed. Hey, but when traffic and profits are threatened, they cry foul!
Cindy Carley - ex GPWA head honcho.
When he (casinomeister) came back 2-3 weeks ago to try to impose his RTG ban on us (gpwa), we didn't agree with that either. Now, I made it *very* clear to him that I agreed with 99% of his blacklisted RTG casinos, but I would never agree to a blanket ban of all RTG casinos as he was trying to get us to do - but that was only my opinion.
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