Will you join this HUGE network?

Tight Ted · 28-07-2008 3:50pm #1

This will surely be up there with FullTilt in terms of numbers. Any truth in the rumours that the first couple of thousand new users will get an awesome rakeback deal + full superuser priviledges?

http://www.pocketfives.com/online-poker-scene/absolute-poker-and-ultimatebet-form-cereus-3110357

lee_arama · 28-07-2008 3:54pm

Buh? Superuser privs? Like seeing my opponents cards so I can NEVER EVER lose? Awesome!

flyingpigspoker.com is it?

thedini · 28-07-2008 4:03pm

Tight Ted wrote: »

This will surely be up there with FullTilt in terms of numbers. Any truth in the rumours that the first couple of thousand new users will get an awesome rakeback deal + full superuser priviledges?

http://www.pocketfives.com/online-poker-scene/absolute-poker-and-ultimatebet-form-cereus-3110357

are u cereus?:)

bohsman · 28-07-2008 4:09pm

I should really close my P5 account after that.

CHD · 28-07-2008 4:13pm

thedini wrote: »

are u cereus?:)

get you coat...:pac:

RoundTower · 28-07-2008 4:16pm

bohsman wrote: »

I should really close my P5 account after that.

I'm pretty sure p5's is already owned by UB's biggest affiliate, so I don't know what could be in the press release that would make it worse.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 6:58pm

I've often wondered have ANY of the people who have a pop off AP on a regular basis ever actually downloaded the site for just even the curiosity factor, because if they had they would see that if Absolutes's integrity is suspect, the biggest online network's is also.

RoundTower · 28-07-2008 7:09pm

lol because the site looks like Stars, Stars obviously have superusers too? Don't be retarded.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 7:23pm

RoundTower wrote: »

lol because the site looks like Stars, Stars obviously have superusers too? Don't be retarded.

Look likes Stars????

Bar a few superficial diifferences it is the same software, obviously designed by the same people and seeing as it was a software designer who created the superuser account on AP it is not particularly hard to see that the capability would be there on Stars ( I'm not saying that it is happening )

RoundTower · 28-07-2008 7:37pm

lol because the site looks like Stars, Stars obviously have superusers too? Don't be retarded.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 7:49pm

RoundTower wrote: »

lol because the site looks like Stars, Stars obviously have superusers too? Don't be retarded.

I heard you the first time.......

RoundTower · 28-07-2008 7:59pm

you know what I just realised?

Firefox looks very like Internet Explorer. Bar some superficial differences, it is the same software, clearly designed by the same people. OMG HALP THERE ARE SUPERUSERS IN MY FIREFOX!

bohsman · 28-07-2008 8:02pm

RoundTower wrote: »

you know what I just realised?

Firefox looks very like Internet Explorer. Bar some superficial differences, it is the same software, clearly designed by the same people. OMG HALP THERE ARE SUPERUSERS IN MY FIREFOX!

Was just going to make the same post with live and online poker.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 8:12pm

RoundTower wrote: »

you know what I just realised?

Firefox looks very like Internet Explorer. Bar some superficial differences, it is the same software, clearly designed by the same people. OMG HALP THERE ARE SUPERUSERS IN MY FIREFOX!

If you actually looked at the sites you will see they ARE the same

except for different colours slight layout changes, the FUNCTIONALITY of the sites are the same and refuting my point with some microsoft v mozilla comparision you are just highlighting your ignorance in the working of computers ( You'll be telling me next that green joker poker and paddy power are two completely different sites, a better example would be the old boyles site and ladbrokes, same software different networks )

bohsman · 28-07-2008 8:19pm

DEEP THROAT wrote: »

If you actually looked at the sites you will see they ARE the same

wat?

Microgaming and Laddies powered by microgaming funnily enough have the same software but Stars and UB?

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 8:25pm

bohsman wrote: »

wat?

Microgaming and Laddies powered by microgaming funnily enough have the same software but Stars and UB?

AP not UB

bohsman · 28-07-2008 8:27pm

My point remains, unless theyve stolen Stars software since I last played there.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 8:30pm

bohsman wrote: »

My point remains, unless theyve stolen Stars software since I last played there.

or used the same designers to revamp the site......

have another look at it

bohsman · 28-07-2008 8:41pm

Ok, I had a look, bit like Dunnes own brand coke, they were obviously told to get it as close as possible but its completely different.

Sparky1808 · 28-07-2008 8:55pm

bohsman wrote: »

Ok, I had a look, bit like Dunnes own brand coke, they were obviously told to get it as close as possible but its completely different.

...and a third of the price

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 8:55pm

bohsman wrote: »

Ok, I had a look, bit like Dunnes own brand coke, they were obviously told to get it as close as possible but its completely different.

the packaging YES but the internal workings are the same

look at the tables, cash game lobby tournament lobby's they are all structured the same but packaged differently. The navigation menus are the same but laid out slightly differently. The hard part in software design is the internal workings, so any company that designed a poker network ( or any complex software package ) is not going to reinvent the wheel for his next client but will alter the superficial bits and pieces so that at first glance they will look different but in effect will work the same. Also different clients will want slightly different structures arrangements etc. If you don't believe me get any one you know with a software design background to look at the two of them and they will confirm that it was written by the same company / people.

As for the coke analogy, about 20 years ago coke were forced to reveal what the secret ingredient ( 7x ) was and since then the "dearer" generic brand colas in dunnes etc are in pretty indistinguisable from the real thing

mdwexford · 28-07-2008 9:09pm

Stupid thread, Dunnes coke is rank ffs.

bohsman · 28-07-2008 9:14pm

I'll agree that the menu up top is the same but everything else is just far less smooth and compact than Stars - not something youd expect from people after they had built Stars, I would have expected improvements if anything.

DEEP THROAT · 28-07-2008 9:28pm

bohsman wrote: »

I'll agree that the menu up top is the same but everything else is just far less smooth and compact than Stars - not something youd expect from people after they had built Stars, I would have expected improvements if anything.

The instant hand historys are the same, the way the tables work is the same, that annoying beep warning you to hurry up is the same, the time clock funtionality is the same, the only real difference is the cashier etc is browser based on AP.

This thread got me thinking about who designed pokerstars and ap as there is no mention of it anywhere, but interestingly enough they bought started out life in that well know centre of software excellance Costa Rica.

The bigger picture ( and the point I really wanted to make before I got sidetracked ) is that I'd imagine ALL poker networks are at the mercy of the people who maintain them. The networks themselves have nothing to gain ( and everything to lose ) but it only takes one disgruntled ( greedy ) employee to create havoc and I'm sure anyone with half a brain and a superuser account could milk the games whilst not drawing too much attention to himself.

To quote a well known hustler on the Dublin Poker Scene

" You can shear a lamb often but only kill him once "

Will you join this HUGE network?

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