New Daily Contest Format - Survey results

[Vman96]

I'm very disappointed in your decision.  I'm totally bored, for example, with today's contest.  If you insist on using Deuces Wild, couldn't you at least do Deuces Wild Bonus?  There's no way I can sit through 5 games with today's "no-choice" game.
 
And in case anybody thinks I don't pay to play, I do -- as a Silver member.  I do this so I don't have to see the ads.  I can't post on the chat board, but I can read the chat if I want to.

For STP, nope, it can't be Bonus Deuces Wild. STP doesn't even offer it in actual casinos (it only offers it for Double STP).

And I decided to play a session just now because I love STP. And I got this:

[Quote]CONGRATULATIONS!
If you were playing quarters in a casino,
you would have won
$941.25
in this session[/quote]

Something like my 8th play money royal (includes multiple hits in 50/100 play) in 12 months. Where was this on Thursday when I was really playing quarters??    This is really getting old for me.   

[skunky]

I will not be hanging around much longer if this format remains. I'm also tired of the online game popup getting in the way. Thats why I joined as a gold  member was to not have popups!! Sorry, but thats how I feel

[WreckedEm]

although I am not a gold member, my wife, her sister and their mom,are.All three of them will be cancelling their membership when it expires. If you are in favor of the new change, that's all good. If you are not, then the only way to show that paying members do not like things forced on them after you've paid, is to hit them where it hurts. In the wallet.If enough people feel the same way, they will have no choice but to change it back. That's the way paying customers get their voice heard. This decision cost $300 a year from the 3 people I know who cancelled.

[chattycattty]

Thank you all for participating in our recent survey about our Daily Contests. We know there are some who have strong opinions on both sides of the issue, which is the number of game families that should be featured each day in the Daily Contest game. We understand that no matter which approach we move forward with, there will be those who are disappointed that we didn’t decide to go the other way. However, the results were conclusive and a clear majority has spoken.
For that reason, we will be staying with one game family per day in the Daily Contests at this time.
While the Daily Contests will have one game family per day (DDB, Deuces Wild, etc) that everyone competes in, the game that is featured will continue to change each day to feature more than twenty of the most popular video poker games.  Along with this, the game family selected will vary from day to day throughout the month. Hopefully this allows something for everyone to enjoy.
The Monthly Contest at the end of each month will continue to feature multiple game families to choose from so users can change as often as they would like during the Monthly Contest.
As a reminder, all of the games are still available with the full selection of game families. If you do not like a particular contest game, you can still enjoy your favorite games in the non-contest environment at any time.
Again, we understand this decision will not appeal to everyone but we thank you all for your feedback in coming to this point. Those who were in favor of multiple families offered additional insights that will help us as we move forward and help the site continue to improve as time goes on.
Thank you all again, and good luck in the contests!
For the results to be conclusive, it sure seems like an overwhelming majority do not like the new daily contest format.  If you are going to ask us to vote, we deserve to know what the final voting figures were. 

 
If you go back to the multiple game daily format, those that want to play TDB can play it on every game as their strategy, and those such as myself can switch it up between low volatility games as their strategy, and as a whole this would be the best solution to satisfy the clear majority.
 
I am still waiting for your statistics on the vote and your rational for making this archaic decision.  It would be like walking into a casino and all of you favorite machines have been changed from multi-game format to TDB only machines one day and DW machines the next.  I just don't get it.

[suecasey]

Talk about BORING -- Bonus Poker Deluxe?  Seriously?  :(
 
My favorite game hasn't even been on there yet this month -- Dream Card.

[faygo]

    My take , do whatever rows your boat. 

[BillyJoe]

  I can't post on the chat board, but I can read the chat if I want to.
I am just curious, Sue... really - no hidden agenda here. Do you read chat on a regular basis as you play?

[Webman]

I am still waiting for your statistics on the vote and your rational for making this archaic decision.  It would be like walking into a casino and all of you favorite machines have been changed from multi-game format to TDB only machines one day and DW machines the next.  I just don't get it.There were more than 1,000 votes cast, and a majority of them were for the new format (one game type per day). Should we really ignore the majority vote? The contest format may change again in the future, but for now we'll try this and see how it goes. If I may, in your analogy of walking in to a casino, all of your favorite games are still available to play throughout the casino (site). But in the corner, a contest is being offered, and in that contest there is one game selection. You can go over and play in the contest, or you can play the other games that you enjoy more.  That's always been the case to an extent... as an example, some people love Spin Poker, and some people hate it. So on Spin Poker day, some people choose to play games other than the contest and there's nothing wrong with that. If you don't have any fun playing the non-contest games, it would be great to hear some ideas about how those can be improved so that your experience on the site is more satisfying when the contest game isn't one you wish to play.

[LasvHall]

So boring to have to sit and play this game today, just hit the button and hope for a RF to be dealt as no other way to win. I think the problem with your vote was offering the 3 choices, how did the vote come out for each choice? I think all it did was split the vote for the people wanting to go back to the way it was. The vote should have had only 2 choices, stay with the new format or go back to the old, I think we would have had a better tally of how people really felt. So, how do I get my month of free play for winning a daily, when I cancel my membership at the end of this month will I get the free month? No longer worth it to me to pay to play on this site, have you noticed webman that the people who used to chat have pretty much left? Have you wondered why?

[Webman]

When I say a majority, the vote in favor of a single game was more than the other 2 options combined, so that was accounted for. If you won a month of gold, it has been applied to your account automatically. If it was not, please contact support@videopoker.com and they'll make sure it gets awarded properly.Yes, some of the old chatters are gone, and new ones are around. If you have ideas on how to make the contests more interesting, there is a topic dedicated to that and we'd love to hear your suggestions:http://forum.videopoker.com/forum/forum ... p?TID=5684