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Ongame guarantees in freefall?

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  1. lind0 lind0 is offline

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    Jun 23rd, 2010 (6/23/2010 7:48pm)

    What's up at ongame right now? Over the last week or so the guarantees in their tournaments have been lowered 3 or 4 times and seem to be in freefall. Most tourneys are suddenly at half the value they were before.

    I never paid much attention before, but I think most guarantees were being met until they started lowering them. Maybe occasionally there might have been an overlay, but I believe it was rare.... I guess I could be wrong though, it's not something I've kept track of.

    The concerning thing is the guarantees are suddenly not being met with enough players no matter how low they go, and they seem to keep dropping every 2 days. bwin seems to be panicking and just keeps lowering them, and if they go much further it's going to kill mtt's at ongame completely. Are we witnessing the total collapse of the entire mtt scene at Ongame?

    I know all you Americans probably won't care since they abandoned you a few years ago, but maybe you can bask in ongame's demise while the rest of us Canadians and Euro's gossip. Anyone know or care what's going on? Or should I not sweat it, milk the overlays dry, and then see you all over on stars and tilt again?
    Edited By: lind0 Jun 23rd, 2010 at 07:54 PM
  2. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is offline Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Jun 23rd, 2010 (6/23/2010 9:41pm) in reply to lind0

    Same thing on ipoker. Its brutal....
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  3. SkilzNDrilz SkilzNDrilz is offline

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    Jun 23rd, 2010 (6/23/2010 9:51pm) in reply to ApesAreFun

    i think its gg ipoker because of how much they lost in overlay in the recent ECOOP. you cant help but think its because of how poorly the regular mtts are structured and how bad the software is. a lot of the regular euro grinders on these networks play microgaming also, yet they dont seem to be suffering at all (obv b/c their mtt structures are second to none).

    imo ongame and ipoker need to pull their finger out and listen to their customers otherwise they wont be around very long!
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  4. wes_mc wes_mc is offline

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    Jun 23rd, 2010 (6/23/2010 10:04pm) in reply to lind0

    fwiw stars is seeing overlays lately too, although fortunately they are not reducing their guarantees as a result.
  5. Puggy82 Puggy82 is offline

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    Jun 23rd, 2010 (6/23/2010 11:33pm) in reply to wes_mc

    pretty much sure this is happening across all sites and is because of the World Cup and the WSOP in Vegas. Certainly it makes sense that the Euro sites are more affected by the World Cup, as soccer is the main sport in virtually every country over there.

    I would expect the traffic to be back in a month or so.
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  6. thearthurdog thearthurdog is offline

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    Jun 24th, 2010 (6/24/2010 1:14am) in reply to SkilzNDrilz

     
    Originally Posted by SkilzNDrilz View Post

    i think its gg ipoker because of how much they lost in overlay in the recent ECOOP. you cant help but think its because of how poorly the regular mtts are structured and how bad the software is. a lot of the regular euro grinders on these networks play microgaming also, yet they dont seem to be suffering at all (obv b/c their mtt structures are second to none).

    imo ongame and ipoker need to pull their finger out and listen to their customers otherwise they wont be around very long!

    I really think that the latest software update (about two weeks ago) was very good.

    I have definitely noticed this at iPoker (as Apes said above) but in my time zone have not noticed this at bwin.

    party (in my timezone at least) seem to be 'holding'. I see there are a few new Party 'skin sites' getting around now which may be helping there.
  7. The Spewtard The Spewtard is offline

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    Jun 24th, 2010 (6/24/2010 11:08pm) in reply to thearthurdog

    Just heard french players are banned from non french poker sites (ie ongame). Sigh
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  8. MakeMeMaster MakeMeMaster is offline

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    Jun 24th, 2010 (6/24/2010 11:23pm) in reply to The Spewtard

    It was fun while it lasted.
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  9. theNorfman theNorfman is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 5:50pm) in reply to MakeMeMaster

    gaming the championchip on ongame this morning is one of the sadder things i ve seen on my laptop's screen.

    it was at least 54k for first at some point in 2010 - this morning 27k. sigh.

    from 250k to 150k gtd.

    i m legit freaked out
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  10. Oggy_Oggy_88 Oggy_Oggy_88 is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:08pm) in reply to theNorfman

    ongame has dropped all the way down to 19th on pokerscout! ... this must be an error right??
  11. ImLikeWhoaa ImLikeWhoaa is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:14pm) in reply to Oggy_Oggy_88

    Settlle down for the love of god kids...pretty obv its only for the summer....its just good business
     
  12. flashdisastr flashdisastr is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:19pm) in reply to The Spewtard

    to Makememaster:

    what you mean with that?
    Edited By: flashdisastr Jun 27th, 2010 at 06:20 PM
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  13. MakeMeMaster MakeMeMaster is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:25pm) in reply to flashdisastr

     
    Originally Posted by flashdisastr View Post

    to Makememaster:

    what you mean with that?

    playing on ongame was fun, obv not doing it anymore
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  14. larss7on larss7on is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:34pm) in reply to MakeMeMaster

    I'd layoff the panic button until after the World Cup and WSOP. I'm sure the guarantees and traffic will be back. Ongame has been around and consistantly one of the best Euro sites..i'm sure it will be back to normal soon enough.
     
  15. vil1ain vil1ain is offline

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    Jun 27th, 2010 (6/27/2010 6:36pm) in reply to MakeMeMaster

    as said before this is probably because of the world cup and should change back shortly after the tournament finishes, also good weather and summer days will surely effect traffic aswell.

    really doubt wsop has too much to do with traffic for euro-sites.
    Edited By: vil1ain Jun 27th, 2010 at 06:39 PM
  16. LiquidSw0rd LiquidSw0rd is offline

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    Jun 28th, 2010 (6/28/2010 12:38pm) in reply to vil1ain

    Add synchronized breaks and ill be back.
     
  17. ApesAreFun ApesAreFun is offline Moderator/Euro Donk

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    Jun 28th, 2010 (6/28/2010 5:27pm) in reply to LiquidSw0rd

     
    Originally Posted by LiquidSw0rd View Post

    Add synchronized breaks and ill be back.

    Now here's a thought.
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