Posted by CanadianFire (Ranked 8 on Hearts (VU Games) Ladder) on January 14, 2009 at 07:16:47:
IT Reads:
"By January 31, 2009, Hoyle Online will be shutting down, and unfortunately, that means this Ladder will no longer be active"
IT is not the ladder that will become inactive rather the site we play at.
Or is this Cases Ladder going to shut down and a New cases ladder will have to be created and accounts transferred??? Seems inane to me....UNLESS it is Cases Ladder's avenue to END all the life time prememium Memberships and convert them to yearly ones.
If we find or decide on a location to play at that is acceptable then the ladder..the members...and all the player stats etc will remain and continue to " Be Active"
Clarification on this should be provided and also why accounts cannot be tranferred to myleague ladders IF a New Cases ladder cannot be set up if this Cases ladder must be shut down.
Personally i have played almost 100 games at Safeharbour games, although the bots are smarter there it is not without its drawbacks. SHG pales in comparison to Hoyles.
Yesterday i played one game at http://www.rengamesonline.net/index.php
It also doesnt seem as good as hoyles but very close....and only playing 1 game i cannot give a proper assessment of this site but i find it user friendly without security issues and room entry issues that are present at hoyles.
In closing when i first came to Hoyles i thought it paled greatly to the Zone (MSN) but i became used to it and found the players friendly. I believe it will not be so much the site avatars nor the bots that will make a new site the place to play, IT will be the players that attend.
Hopefully the new site without security issues and game room access problems will actually be a blessing with alot more players being able to play in ladder games and tourney games.