Betfair Poker Survey (Re-Brand)

According to the survey (so far) 55% like it and 45% don't!

I couldn't give a monkeys about the colours. I am waiting for BetfairPRManager to answer the questions put in the other threads: What exactly is the Player Evaluation System and and what did Mr Bertlisson explicitly mean when he said Ongame needed to 'help the fishes'.

Although I do have the ability to remove posts I am not allowed to. I believe in freedom of speech. If your post was removed it would be by a moderator for using a banned word or inappropriate language. I appreciate your feedback even if I don't agree with it.

possibly for misleading or inappropriate information eg: using the word 'great' and 'Betfair' in the same sentence

I've just had an email inviting me back to experience the great new Betfair poker skin aka a change of colour.
I have five questions:

1. Do you do anything about cheating yet?
2. Do any of your poker team know anything about poker?
3. If the answer to the above 2 questions is "no", (and I assume it is), are the two connected, just possibly?
4. What is the 'player evaluation system'?
5. Exactly what is meant by "We are really trying to make the software be attractive to fish"?

Not holding my breath.

Survey is really bad, betfair, can't you do anything right 

why pick a colour that 40% dont like ?

When you could choose a better colour that 90-100% do like ?

I think we will tone it down in the future but we have to work to our brand colours which are limited.
It was a useful exercise and one that I wanted to get your feedback on.

Gnasher - I think this is indeed what is planned (less bright yellow)

says it all when there is a page debate on colour of the cards yet so many legitimate questions arent being answered

me - not a great deal but others have posted a few on this and various other threads which seem to be ignored
if you put yourself up on here in a bid to improve the site PR and product confidence then you can keep ignoring the regulars when they ask questions that you dont like

1) We have a fraud / integrity department here in UK and there is a dedicated one at Ongame HQ. We are just battling with Ongame to release the data that proves who we have caught and how much is being re-distributed to players.
2) Would you like to go head to head in a poker quiz - challenge accepted!
3)The answer to the above two questions was yes so this question is not valid !
4) Explanation of the player evaluation system is coming in the next 6 weeks on our site (with our upgrade). Although there are explanations on the net we are putting together an FAQ with examples for you.
5) Simple explanation from a PR guy. The poker world relies on fish and new customers. Good players (sharks) should be able to win and profit from the game by being better than the rest. Fish on the other hand need supporting and encouragement as they are losing players. If we were to offer incentives for high rollers then the eco system would die as they would have nothing to feed on. By gearing our promotions and model towards the fish the idea is to keep everyone happy. The fish are happy that they are being looked after and therefore stay whilst the sharks can still profit and enjoy the new fish that we bring to the table.

Without plankton there would be no whales.

Fish isn't derogatory. Over 80% of poker players are not winning players. Should we just call them losers instead lol ?!?

lol, i wanted to share my picture of a fish with u guys, for some reason betfair must think it stinks [;)]

I'll fill it out. It's ok. I've seen better colour schemes, I've seen worse colour schemes. The truth though is that colours are kind of irrelevant. What's important are the game offers and bonuses. Put up more turbo guaranteed tournaments, more "betfair only" tournaments etc. and I'll play if the screen has purple and green polka dot avatars.

BTW, survey monkey is very over rated. There are much better survey programs out there like SPSS's survey developer or if you prefer online then question pro. With those you can generate a lot more text questions which will delve more into the reasoning than a simple survey and provide you much more feedback.

BetfairPRManager
1) We have a fraud / integrity department here in UK and there is a dedicated one at Ongame HQ. We are just battling with Ongame to release the data that proves who we have caught and how much is being re-distributed to players.
2) Would you like to go head to head in a poker quiz - challenge accepted!
3)The answer to the above two questions was yes so this question is not valid !
4) Explanation of the player evaluation system is coming in the next 6 weeks on our site (with our upgrade). Although there are explanations on the net we are putting together an FAQ with examples for you.
5) Simple explanation from a PR guy. The poker world relies on fish and new customers. Good players (sharks) should be able to win and profit from the game by being better than the rest. Fish on the other hand need supporting and encouragement as they are losing players. If we were to offer incentives for high rollers then the eco system would die as they would have nothing to feed on. By gearing our promotions and model towards the fish the idea is to keep everyone happy. The fish are happy that they are being looked after and therefore stay whilst the sharks can still profit and enjoy the new fish that we bring to the table.

Without plankton there would be no whales.

No 1. Re-distributed to players? Never mind the 'How much?', let's go for the "How?" Cheating in your own chat box was happening and the same players were doing it again and again - as I'm sure many on here would tell you.

No 2. Let's both have a chat with former professional player and well known poker pundit and TV presenter, Mr Caspar Berry. Then after he's put you right....

No 3. They weren't 'Yes' were they? On your own admission No. 1 lacks evidence. Oh, and so does No. 2.

No 4. 6 weeks to explain this system that is supposed to be transparent and easily understood?

No 5. Which PR guy? At what level? And again...evidence that that is what was meant, and that is occurring? Again - some transparency.


Now, try going round your tables, picking out the losing players and calling them "fish", in a non-derogatory manner of course, while also mentioning you work for Betfair. Then see how many of them take their business elsewhere, and how many stay.

What the frick plankton and whales have to do it with it is anyone's guess. Without cyano-bacteria I wouldn't be typing this tripe.
Much more aposite:
If bingo had negative expectation, there's be no bingo players.

Oh...wait a minute.