I reported this to Major Nelson. He thinks it is a problem with the game itself. Possibly, but MSFT should work with Tik Games to resolve it. I don't play in 50k or 500k games because of the cheaters even though my legitimate bankroll is $560k from playing $4k games after the last leaderboard reset.
There are people who exploit the cheat. Some have over $10m after playing fewer than 500 competitive tournament hands. Pathetic losers.
Red Ninja Rider wrote:Yeah the game is basically worthless, I get booted off most of the time playing 4K games so there's really no point to playing. I guess the developers got our $$$ and there are not refunds whether the game works or not. If you're considering playing online poker, look elsewhere... There are many free alternatives that work.
Very bad! This has happened to me a lot. It's not my connection as I do not experience this problem with any other LIVE games. It is particulary frustrating in the tournaments competitive matches!
I sent them a complaint about this and that Away Mode is enabled for the Tournaments (a cheat if you ask me):
http://www.tikgames.com/Help/tabid/55/Default.aspx Let 'em hear your voice!
TomQuan wrote: and that Away Mode is enabled for the Tournaments (a cheat if you ask me)
and that Away Mode is enabled for the Tournaments (a cheat if you ask me)
Salvaging your buy-in when you're about to lag out:When players begin to drop off quickly and you're the only one left (or one of three players left) on the table, do the following QUICKLY:1) press the START button, 2) press UP on the D-pad, and 3) press the X button.This will force you to leave the table before the game kicks you out into 8th place (thus losing your buy-in).If you're quick enough and time the sequence properly, you'll end up with the winnings for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place depending on when you left the table.Good luck and good gaming!
I just recently started playing this on a regular basis again. I worked my way up into the $4000 buy-in tournaments, and every now and then I'd see someone leave the game unexpectedly. At first I just assumed that they had gotten tired and quit (I usually play late at night), but then I saw it happening more and more, even people with large chip counts getting booted. Then last night, I was playing in a tournament, and I saw five people get booted at once - I was the only one left - and then I got the boot as well, coming in 8th place and losing my $4k. I'll definitely try the Start-Up-X next time I find myself in that situation.I absolutely loved playing this game, but if this sort of thing is happening on a regular basis, I'll have to really think twice about continuing to play this. How widespread is the cheating at the $50K and higher buy-in tournaments? I'm glad I found this out before I started getting involved in those.
Being on away m8 is not cheating its the same as a player in a tournament who has a big chip stack just folding away into biger money so how can foldin be a cheat? still i know how frustrating it can be knowing that if the man/woman plays hands he could take out other players for you. good luck
NavigatorMk2 wrote: Being on away m8 is not cheating its the same as a player in a tournament who has a big chip stack just folding away into biger money so how can foldin be a cheat? still i know how frustrating it can be knowing that if the man/woman plays hands he could take out other players for you. good luck
This just happened to me in a free game. Won a hand and got booted. Makes me wary of joining big money games. Hope this issue is fixed soon.
Murgatroyd7 wrote: NavigatorMk2 wrote: Being on away m8 is not cheating its the same as a player in a tournament who has a big chip stack just folding away into biger money so how can foldin be a cheat? still i know how frustrating it can be knowing that if the man/woman plays hands he could take out other players for you. good luckIt's definitely not the same. Folding every hand would at least require participation. When you do this, you're just letting the game play for you until the end. If someone's so "busy" that they can't play the game themselves, they just shouldn't bother playing.
AudioChron wrote:This issue has still not been fixed - I just was robbed of hours of playing in which I built up my Competitve bankroll through Tournament games, jumped into my biggest game so far, $4000 buy in, got down to last 2 at the table, then get kicked out with no explanation, or even the prize of Second Place - even though I had 3x the chips of my competitor.This is the first thing that has made me think of LIVE in a negative way - I can't believe how angry I am!!!
I just read that they have a new Texas Hold 'Em that dropped Sept. 1st of 2009, is this true????