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Dear Des, wtf is going on
SirPercival:
For the record Des I have no issue with LPPL and was only refering to what I and others have seen/heard in chat. I wasn"t being ridiculous even although those making the comments might be.
AMRN:
I thought it was just me - I"m kind of relieved to hear other people voice concerns that I"ve felt for some time. APAT doesn"t necessarily feel like APAT at times now - it used to have a very special feel, and that seems to have dissipated to some degree for some reason that I can"t put my finger on.
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on October 14, 2013, 21:06:08 PM ---
The difference is not one big change rather lots of small nuances that for me anyhow, have a combined effect of eroding that indescribable Apat experience. I get the feeling I"m slowly becoming less a member and more a client if that makes any sense.
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^ This seems to sum it up well.
AMRN:
Having said that, and having reflected on Des" comments above, I do get the fact that the market and APAT's place within that market has changed significantly, and we have to adapt, particularly from a commercial perspective.
Des:
--- Quote from: AMRN on October 14, 2013, 22:24:30 PM ---
I thought it was just me - I"m kind of relieved to hear other people voice concerns that I"ve felt for some time. APAT doesn"t necessarily feel like APAT at times now - it used to have a very special feel, and that seems to have dissipated to some degree for some reason that I can"t put my finger on.
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on October 14, 2013, 21:06:08 PM ---
The difference is not one big change rather lots of small nuances that for me anyhow, have a combined effect of eroding that indescribable Apat experience. I get the feeling I"m slowly becoming less a member and more a client if that makes any sense.
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^ This seems to sum it up well.
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I think this is a very fair comment and I"ll give you my view on it Steve.
APAT is a very busy thing now....it"s gone from being a standalone tour to having an online poker room and a 200 tournament a week pub poker business, all in the space of eighteen months or so.
So where guys like Leigh and myself would have been completely across the the detail of what"s happening on the forum in previous years, these days it is difficult. We are more "corporate" in the way we work almost - with specific responsibilities. And the quantity of work is considerable across the APAT team. As Leigh alluded to elsewhere, it doesn"t take long for the fun to fizzle out.
Now the theory behind creating all of this was good, APAT takes a little more control of our finances, become a little less reliant on market movements, while continuing to build on something we all believe in. But it"s very easy to become busy fools and lose sight of the most important thing in our entire proposition - our customers. I think the focus on online and local has taken our eye off the ball a bit and I have to take responsibility for that.
I"m as excited and enthusiastic about APAT as I ever was - but I need to spend more time here in the forum ensuring any concerns that you guys have are addressed.
Sugar_Free:
--- Quote from: SirPercival on October 14, 2013, 22:22:18 PM ---
For the record Des I have no issue with LPPL and was only refering to what I and others have seen/heard in chat. I wasn"t being ridiculous even although those making the comments might be.
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To be fair, I think they are more against the APAT.com software than APAT itself, and who can blame them. Under BOSS it"s a dog"s breakfast.
I think the issue they have with APAT is more of a "we don"t really like change" one, a few more live weekends at one or other"s events and no more of the APAT v LPPL games will soon get us mingled.
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