Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback
I feel like the bet max of 100,000 points on blackjak and high low is a little too low. Perhaps 500,000 points for everybody would be a little better. What do you all think?
I think this is the third time someone has brought this up. No word from the staff so far. Don't get me wrong. I agree with you. Actually, the bet max used to be 500000 for premiums. And, get this, for trivia only, the bet max for standard members was 1000000. Now it's 100000 for premiums? That doesn't make sense to me.
Well, let's hear your response, staff. lol That was somewhat meant to be sarcastic.
I'm going to throw in here first the disclaimer that I don't play either game all that much, not sure I've ever played blackjack to be perfectly honest. so I don't have as much direct experience with the issue.
That being said, we lowered the betting limits because people were racking up points at a rediculus rate, before the point reset and before we changed the limits down again. This was incredibly and especially true for high low. Points had become a joke. (Some would argue still are, but I'm not going to go into that here. :) )
Would people settle for something between the 100000 and the 500000? Just a thought.
I know I would settle for five hundred thousand, as it originally was. I think that's a fair bet max.
I used to play Hi-Lo when there was no bet max, and I almost always had somewhere between 0 and 10000 points. I lost all my points almost every other round. If Hi-Lo was what was making people rack up all those points, I'd love to know their secret. Lol.
Or, here's another idea...If you want to keep the bet max the way it is now, can you at least return Hi-Lo to the way it used to be?
I think 500,000 would be a fair max for everyone, not just premiums. Also, I dont like where you have to play it twice in order to win, so I do agree with Jessica that it should be returned to the way it used to be. I just don't see any point in doing it twice to get points.
Exactly. You don't have to win twice in Blackjack to get points. Mind you, the game is a bit more strategy-based than Hi-Lo, but only slightly.
yeah.... winning twice in high low just to get the points is stupid. bring back the old way.
and yes, 500000 is enough for anyone. you'll get people complaining that it's too hard to get points, and you'll get the ones that want the betting limit lowered. you can't win.
Compromising is beautiful.
Just out of curiosity, can someone explain exactly how you can have an outrageous amount of totally useless objects? I mean, you can't do anything with points, they get you nothing except bragging rights and a large number on the randomizer. Does it really matter to anyone if someone has a few trillion? I mean, is that going to make someone so depressed that they turn into a points anorexic or something? I just don't see where the big deal is here, and certainly don't see why you would put a limit on something that does absolutely nothing.
I thought it was more fun with no bet nax. It made things a lot more risky. Right now, that's not really the case. Well, what the hell? I'll just bet a hundred thousand points. I have 200 million more to spare if I lose them. See what I mean?
I'm not saying to take the bet max away completely again, because we need to think of those who like it low, but somewhere in the middle would be nice.
hahaha yeah, i really don't see limitless bets coming back anytime soon. and anyway... was that not just for premiums?
as for the points, maybe they don't do anything right now, but in the future... who knows. i know the staff have been talking about it for a while, and i'm sure there was some kind of topic on it too!.
for now though, the more points you have, the more you can spend on the games. hehehehe
Gees, so much negativity coming from post 10. lol
Well, in a way, it's true though. Wasn't that the point of taking away the usable points system? So they wouldn't have a use anymore?
If they put a limit on bets for everyone, what would be the point of being a premium member? Other than the few extra anagram games I mean. Having no bet limit was fun. But yes, I do agree that having to play win t twice in high low was kind of a stupid decision.
Sorry, I meant having to win high low twice to get the points was kind of a stupid decision.
I can see why some people might like it. Here's an idea about that. Since you break even on the first call if you're right, maybe you shouldn't lose any points if the first call is wrong? But you would still lose the points if the first call was right, but the second call is wrong, of course. Sorry if that makes no sense.
i think maximum of 50000 for non-premium, and 500000 for premium will be the reasonable betting points system.
Well, I never have liked the break even stuff on High low anyway. I don't see any point in it.
Me neither, but if they wanted to keep it that way...
I agree with Season about the bet maxes for standard and premium respectively.
I also agree with Joanne on that.
If the staff doesn't want to change the betting limit, then I think they should switch the break even thing on HiLo. Another thing I don't like about that game is that if you lose the third or fourth time, you lose all the points you've won. If that even made a bit of sense?
That's why there's an option to quit and play again with the same bet. You won't lose all your points that way.
I agree with Michael on that one. Sorry, but there has to be at least some risk, losing your points you've won so far in that particular round being one of them, although I do agree with you about the break even thing, at least if they don't want to change the bet max.
That's true Jessica, there does have to be some risk. At least they have the quit and play again option.
Honestly, I don't think there's really advantage to carrying on unless you have a good card. You don't win any fewer points by quitting and playing again. That much I really do like about the game.
Yeah, if I get a 6 or around there I quit and play again instead of taking the chance of losing all the points I've won so far in that round.
What would be real cool is if we all were allowed to vote on the point amount that was able to be used for betting. Shouldn't we decide it as a community?
That's a good idea. Actually, I think voting should be used more often with issues that the community really seems to be divided on, and any users who don't participate, well, I guess they don't get a say. Of course, there should definitely be fair warning when the vote will be held, and maybe users should be given, say, a week or so to vote. Although, with an issue like bet max, maybe there should be a multiple choice type vote so we don't get a thousand different responses. Okay...I'll go away and stop my pointless babbling now.
i think 100000 for standard and 500 for premium. or just make it 500000 for everyone, but standards still have to break even... i mean 10000, the only standards would get anything desent would be to play 24/7 and win every single game... seriously...
or 1 mill for premium members, and 500 for standard members, or 250000 for standards premium 500000. it's a rediculious point margen now...
or standard get 500000 points premium get unlimited or something.. points are pointless anyway...
either that or they should put a total point cap on how much a person can have. so we don't have 1001334321234509999
put the cap at like 999999999999999999
I don't think a cap would work, because there would be a certain point people just wouldn't be able to play the betting games, but yes, points are, well, pointless, except, of course, for the bragging rights. I just like to have them so I have lots to bet with. Lol. The 100000 bet limit gets really boring when you have over five million points, because it would take a lot to lose it all. Risk is always fun.
hmm, you could still play the betting games, but not win anything.. but, true, there'd be no fun. the same goes for 10000 for standard members when you have like 1million.. that's y i said either make it 500000 across the board or take away the bet limit for premium members while still giving the standards a chance to win on their own a good amount.. i think it's fair...