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What has changed since the days of ClickFest?
Hammerite:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on April 08, 2011, 18:44:29 PM ---
The economy and the plethora of other tours have undoubtedly eaten into the enthusiasm but the value overall is the primary draw for me.
Oh...and the people...well, some of them. ;D
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+1
Plus the family pressure factor of being away for 2/3 days over easter I for one am a victim of this :(
Mikeyboy9361:
And this one clashes with Easter Weekend, and the first game of the new Cricket season!
TightEnd:
Competition. Lots of affordable deepstack events (APAT was first!) even up to things like the UKIPT which I think impacts everything as you can get in for v low money, frequently
Timing. Easter weekend. However if it wasn"t Easter weekend, there wasn"t another weekend free for weeks either side...we are back to competition again
A clickfest also created its own demand. People were concerned about sell outs so had to buy in early or risk missing out. With holding tanks that artificially shoehorn-ing of demand into a small timeframe is absent, so selling periods are longer...
I don"t think enthusiasm is lower (look at numbers for online leagues on APAT etc) but people pick and choose live events more these days
Back in the day, APAT was it, and big festivals aside smaller buy in players had nothing apart from the standard regular provincial casino fare to go at. That scarcity factor is now absent
Waz1892:
Still the best value and community tour on the planet.
AMRN:
big difference between UKIPT and APAT though - £550 stretches the realms of affordability for me.... £75 is realistically affordable to the part time player imo
as far as I"m aware, there is no other tour that offers a 2 day well structured deepstack with oodles of added value - for £75. I think APAT still has a market niche.
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