BlondePoker Room Suggestions

[totalise]

I dont know if there is an "official" thread about where we put our suggestions, if so, please can someone merge this into it?

this is what id like in an ideal world. Please note, this is not a thread where you complain about bad beats/bad customer service, if you want to do that, do it in a different thread. Please make software suggestions in this one, be it for the good of the site, the good of blonde, or simply for the good of yourself.

This is my list

1) bigger cards, specifically the hole cards, they were so small it started to give me a headache after 25 min
2) ability to choose your location at the table. I hate hate hate having to sit in the top left on one tbl, bottom rite on another.. just makes it less streamlined
3) table sizes.. this never fails to amaze me, I cant fit 4 tbls on a 1600*1200, theres overlap, this is terrible to try and deal with, and that follows with the next point
4) the timer. Man this is a real problem, the tables steal focus, and by the time you have finished typing in the bet and clicking enter, you have managed to raise on a different table and then that damn buzzer is
goin wild and you dont get to act in time.  I like fast tables, but I dont like tables that steal focus/overlap so you cant properly see.
5) Manual typing of bet sizes.. it seems like you are typing in a "raise" amount, rather then a raise "to" amount.. ie if u have a $10 bb in there and type in $30, it makes it $40 to go, if you dont, it makes it $30 to go. Id prefer to see it just be a raise to amount. Simplifies the process.
6) I dont know if I was doing something wrong here, but everytime i reloaded a table, it seemed to uncheck my "auto post blinds" box... which was pretty annnoying. Im not 100% that i wasn't messing up somewhere on this, so take it with a grain of salt.
7) Changing table coloring.. the blondepoker layout is horribly intensive on the eyes, i guess its easy enough to get used to, but i like my colours either very dark, or very light, not this mix in between.
Hand Histories seem pretty hard to read in real time and (at least in my case) the hands stored on my PC are in some garbled XML format that I cant read. This might be an error I have with Vista/New PC not having an XML reader, but regardless, the Instant Hand History in real time should be more streamlined.

Please note all the above is for cash games

Saying all this, the software ran very smoothly, the action was fast, its a site I can easily get used to, and I already seen some play on there that id never ever see on the american dominated sites, so am looking forward to playing more on there.

Remember that blonde has a LOYALTY scheme in place for its loyal customers, so you get the additional multitude of benefits that provides you with!!!!

[snoopy1239]

Thx for the feedback, I'm sure Kev and Aaron will appreciate you taking the time to offer your thoughts.

[Colchester Kev]

It cant be a coincidence that players across all the playtech sites are coming up with the same things when these issues are talked about.

blonde alone can make playtech aware of our thoughts, and WILL do so. But blonde combined with other providers on the network can get changes done.

It is our intention to consult with people from other sites and combine our efforts to make amendments to the software... this wont happen overnight though, and may take a little time.

But please believe me when i say that every point is listened to and noted, and will be passed on.

As has been proved on the forum before with the brilliant STT post from I Zimbra, these things do get presented to people who make decisions, and they DO listen.

[jakally]

6) I dont know if I was doing something wrong here, but everytime i reloaded a table, it seemed to uncheck my "auto post blinds" box... which was pretty annnoying. Im not 100% that i wasn't messing up somewhere on this, so take it with a grain of salt.

No, you doing nothing wrong, this just appears to be a quirk of the software.

[Woodsey]

Could I make one further comment please.

The sliderule for raising seems to jump from 2bb to 4bb what you are trying to raise. Wouldn't it make more sense if it stopped on 3bb as that is a more common raise size.

Thx

[kinboshi]

6) I dont know if I was doing something wrong here, but everytime i reloaded a table, it seemed to uncheck my "auto post blinds" box... which was pretty annnoying. Im not 100% that i wasn't messing up somewhere on this, so take it with a grain of salt.

No, you doing nothing wrong, this just appears to be a quirk of the software.

Also, you only have the choice to Auto-post blinds and then sit in immediately (even if you're not in the blinds), or select wait for the BB and then you have to select Auto-post blinds once you've posted the Big Blind.

You should be able to select auto-post blinds AND wait for the BB.

If that makes sense...

[I, Zimbra]

With regard to I-Poker/Playtech software issues, there were a few threads about this on the Internet Poker forum but all prefaced by headings for different companies (.e.g "New VC" or "BSQ this and that"), so the truth is that there are now probably several 'official' threads if you see what I mean.

These are excellent points, I just want to comment on a few of them, and I think the following relates to tournaments easily as well as it does to cash games:

4) the timer. Man this is a real problem, the tables steal focus, and by the time you have finished typing in the bet and clicking enter, you have managed to raise on a different table and then that damn buzzer is
goin wild and you dont get to act in time.  I like fast tables, but I dont like tables that steal focus/overlap so you cant properly see.

Completely agree, and Tank and Wardonkey have mentioned this as well (from an SnG multitabling standpoint).

I think Stars gives you thirty seconds decision time to act on a hand; Tribeca used to give us twenty seconds. I've clocked I-Poker at around fifteen/sixteen seconds, and that's assuming one is not first to speak pre-flop, where you get even less time.

I was speculating about that with another player recently who surmised - and I think he's right - that this is because the timer for the under the gun player starts as soon as the "card-dealing graphic" begins to play itself out; the deal itself is rather slow, so by the time your cards have been revealed, a quarter of your clock is already gone. Have a look next time you're under the gun and see if I'm right, the 'countdown' clock should appear, a quarter full, almost as soon as you get your cards.

Fifteen seconds of decision time is bad enough when you're on the button and have the whole table's actions to sit through to think over the possibilities; to get just twelve seconds or thereabouts when in first position seems to me to be a bit of a tough sell.

5) Manual typing of bet sizes.. it seems like you are typing in a "raise" amount, rather then a raise "to" amount.. ie if u have a $10 bb in there and type in $30, it makes it $40 to go, if you dont, it makes it $30 to go. Id prefer to see it just be a raise to amount. Simplifies the process.

This is something that always takes me a while to remember about, because I never use the slider and always type my bet. This is not to say that I couldn't get used to doing it this way in time, but it's an issue in that I guess most other sites don't operate this way, and could be seen as off-putting.

Having said that, and while we're on the subject: I am not against the slider in the same way that a lot of other players seem to be; as bad as I find it to use - and in fact I won't use it at all except to slide my chips all the way to "all-in" - I think the bad players are going to have even more trouble with it, and that tickles me somewhat.

Incidentally, I was wondering why 4 times the big blind became the standard raise on Playtech, it seems that question has now been answered. (Tap the slider twice for 4x.)

People have been lamenting the loss of the 2x/4x/8x/16x widget that Tribeca used, but in a way I think that tool helped to generate 'good behaviour' on the part of the opposition; raising to three times the big blind preflop was so easy. People always say that cash games are harder to beat where you have a 'bet pot' button, so perhaps we shouldn't be too quick to make the betting more convenient?

Hand Histories seem pretty hard to read in real time and (at least in my case) the hands stored on my PC are in some garbled XML format that I cant read. This might be an error I have with Vista/New PC not having an XML reader, but regardless, the Instant Hand History in real time should be more streamlined.

Another definite agree about the XML.

I have Windows XP and have no idea how to read the XML hand histories; if anyone knows what I'm missing out on then please, please, please enlighten me...

[thetank]

For resizing tables...

I found that if I went to mini-view (which is too small) but reduced my screen resolution (to make them bigger) that I could get four or six tables all appropriately sized with no overlap.

[Irishdenis]

Hi All,

Just to show we are taking note... Blonde are holding a meeting with our providers tomorrow to talk about these issues. As you can imagine this will mean a number of software changes and patches. As players we agree with all the points raised and will push for them to be implemented soon.  As for a separate thread we will soon have a new look to the site. We hope to have a separate thread just for the Blonde cardroom. You will also see a lot of new features and I can only say that the entire team are working on this...with the exception of Tikay who now days sleeps for most of the day. Just imagine a hibernating squirrel.

[totalise]

Could I make one further comment please.

The sliderule for raising seems to jump from 2bb to 4bb what you are trying to raise. Wouldn't it make more sense if it stopped on 3bb as that is a more common raise size.

Thx

yes this is a good point, I dont mind the slider in general, but in an ideal world it would be more liberal in what you could slide it to.

For resizing tables...

I found that if I went to mini-view (which is too small) but reduced my screen resolution (to make them bigger) that I could get four or six tables all appropriately sized with no overlap.

good stuff, is pretty useful as an interim measure.

[madasahatstand]

it would be a good starting point if i could log in. then im happy to comment on the layout

[Sark79]

it would be a good starting point if i could log in. then im happy to comment on the layout

At last, someone who has the same problem as I do,  lol         I was beginning to think it was just me

[Colchester Kev]

Playtech are having issues at the moment, which is causing log in problems.

[steeley68]

I really miss the 'manager' button, or did i miss it on screen?

[Sark79]

I really miss the 'manager' button, or did i miss it on screen?

It was good, but as so many people used it, after a short time they stopped people asking questions or complaining whenever there was a problem. I guess that is the good thing with this forum, at least we know what it happening.  Most other playtech folks right now would have just given up or gone to the pub