Tom Siddle

Why do the sit outs have a positive impact? People just get angry when they try to do something quick like answer door or go toilet and get kicked out (And lose the stack they’ve been building) There have been good and bad changes and I think the ones I talk about are the bad ones. I think you underestimate the header but that’s hard to evaluate. Its fine that we have difference of opinion, don’t want it to be frosty.

How would you know though why the retention rate is, you don’t know it would be because of the reasons I talk about (stacks resetting, break time being reduced, alias removal, 5 handed, games breaking quick). It could be other reasons, the game looks much nicer now and has a more fun vibe, or it could be for other reasons I don’t know.

It’s not really adapting is it, it’s just easier now cos it’s closer to nash open shove and 3b shove ranges. We can’t really know the enjoyment level players are experiencing can we . As I’ve said before the increased number of players is for different reasons than these gameplay changes. Everything I’m saying is just so obvious

I honestly hand on heart can say every reason I give is for the enjoyment of the game and not to just set up the game for maximum chance of screwing a fish. Im barely even a reg I just play a long session every two weeks or so.

Yeah you can have me saying ‘no one likes it’ is silly. I would say from experience that it’s likely that most people don’t like it though. But I’m gunna for sure have you saying that ‘players are enjoying the game more’ is silly. Even if there is more players I’d be shocked it this was true. And seems another guess from you. I only repeat my reasons (for the decline of the game) as a reply whenever you say the game has improved.

You talk so much crap it’s unreal. Why don’t you understand this feedback I is so solid and obvious. I don’t just want the games 6 handed because I like playing with more players, I just like the games breaking less. This is even more important now with the resetting of stacks. The 2 minute sit out time is so bad. You have to stare at the screen for hours straight and can’t get a tea or go toilet or answer the door. It means stacks get reset more often and harder to build a good game. And yes I do want to know who I’m playing against I don’t deny it. I want to remember how someone has been playing and try to play against them, also remember what they have seen of me (have they seen big bluffs from me etc). That’s the fun of poker, and it’s gone, when someone gets kicked and rejoins, they’re a different name, when game breaks they’re a different name, when they play 2 tables there a different name. Nobody likes it. let’s leave the rake increase behind because I guess I semi accept it. How do you have any idea what impact banzai having its own section has? That’s just a complete guess from you. This entire thread it’s just like you’re defending it blindly. I don’t want it to be like hostile, I just cannot see how you don’t see this.

What stake do you play? Im not sure about B1 and B5 but B20 the game has been killed, the fun of the game has definitely decreased a lot due to the like the 4-5 reasons I regularly give. There are still some great games that get deep but the changes just get in the way of the good games. The games breaking more regularly due to 5 handed, forced resetting stack , intentional ratholing, no alias, and only getting a 2 minute break is bad as well, people go to the toilet and get kicked out. On my banzai I don’t even have the timer anymore to tell me how long of the break I have left. There’s probably been so many times people have been battling and tried to go toilet or answer the door and get kicked out the game. I know it’s a fun 10bb spin game, but the game isn’t as fun when people are so often on 10 or 20bbs, it makes it just a nash chart shove game. This is what happens a lot more when the games break, people get kicked out, people rathole, Games are good when there’s variety of stacks from 10bb-80bb plus the rake has increased, which I guess I have to accept as other sites are raking the same, this one I can’t really complain, it’s like inflation, it is what it is.

Mate it’s because there are other reasons more people are playing. The game is being marketed better. And it now has its completely unique section on unibet to its way easier for players to find. So it’s bound to have more players playing. They shouldn’t rely on us 3 but we are valuable feedback.

Yeah the design and the new theme is nice, and the music and the arenas, it’s just the gameplay that has been worsened

How do you know though? Do you play 6 hour sessions on banzai? you can only know if it’s better or worse by either being a regular player of long sessions or by surveying loads of players that played a lot both this year and last year. Ive told you already the metrics don’t mean anything. You aren’t listening to the feedback of a high volume B20 player last year (as well as two of my friends who also we’re high volume). I think cos you were involved in the changes you just blindly defend it to the hills.

The hands played, rake and players playing doesn’t really mean anything. Banzai having its own header section makes a big difference to that. Im surprised hands played per player is more, cos games break quicker and people find it harder to build bigger stacks. It’s hard to know exactly why. Hand on heart I have other friends who played this game and we are all fully in agreement that the game got much worse. I don’t understand how you can’t see this. The removal of alias takes away the enjoyment of battling a player throughout the day, as their name keeps changing. You need to bring back the alias. 5 handed is worse, the inability to keep stack when game breaks is worse. The fact that opponents are resetting stacks is boring as well.

What is that graph? Is that amount of players playing?

I played banzai a few times recently (After I stopped playing at the start of the year due to all the changes making the game much worse) I played mostly 3 handed, the games are always so short these days compared to when they always used to be 6 handed. (That’s down to a few different reasons) I then built my stack, the other two players left and had to rejoin a game with only the initial buy in. (Super frustrating) Banzai is just so so so much worse than it was last year. It was even enjoyable battling against people throughout the day in which you knew their name, and the competitive element of going back and forth against the same players. That’s what competition is all about. Now you don’t even know who’s who cos every time someone changes table their name changes. I could go on with how many things have made banzai worse this year, could list 10 things. The rake increase was obviously dissapointing but I understand why you did it. Thanks. Tom

That means nothing really it’s a few weeks you need like a year worth of play for a good sample banzai is incredibly high variance. anyone can win a bundle in a few weeks

I don’t mean anything personal ever of course I wish you all the juicy bonus you can get 🤣 I just say what I think and sometimes comes across a bit personal They are kind of unconfrontational and don’t really wanna get involved