Two Plus Two Older Archives  

Go Back   Two Plus Two Older Archives > General Poker Discussion > Poker Theory

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 11-22-2005, 01:50 PM
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Random Number Account Names

Does anyone think this is the future? To prevent datamining, when you sit down at a table, your online poker site of choice will assign you a random 10 digit number? You would not have a read on anyone, except during that particular session.

Thoughts? (if this has been discussed into the ground pleaes provide link)
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 11-22-2005, 01:57 PM
Solami17 Solami17 is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 12
Default Re: Random Number Account Names

Would it matter if your opponents had a 10-digit number or a username? Either way, you can just keep track of him/her through the number...am I missing something here?
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 11-22-2005, 02:17 PM
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Random Number Account Names

The number would change everytime you join a table. It's never (or rarely) the same twice.

You log onto a table and you are 16976519870
You log onto another table at the same time and you are 9972570720

The next day you log onto hte same two tables and you are 895418597040 and 126879120857

or whatever.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 11-22-2005, 02:41 PM
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Random Number Account Names

The amount of numbers doesn't matter if you are doing just a random assignment. You could just use Seats 1-10. But I think that a lot of players (read: a lot of the fish) like the ability for uniqueness and customization. They don't lie awake at night thinking about datamining and how to stop it. And the rest of us like to know who everyone is, so while this would stop people from having thousands of hands on you, I doubt it would ever be used.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 11-22-2005, 04:34 PM
neuroman neuroman is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 47
Default Re: Random Number Account Names

I think KinkyKid is right. As a marketing tool, it's useful to let people have their own little custom account and maybe do some chat schmoozing under their username. Most fish would probably rather be at a site like that than a site with the cold atmosphere of random numbers.

Until you have a clientele that wants a site using random numbers to prevent data mining, you won't see the gambling websites offering that. And if you did, would you really want to play at that site anyway? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 11-22-2005, 04:44 PM
68Mustang 68Mustang is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 18
Default Re: Random Number Account Names

But then again the appeal of PS over PP for many noobs is the simple fact you can upload your own unique image. I have a couple of friends that wont touch PP cause the PS avatar is huge factor to them. Make everyone a boring number and loose the individuality = loose more fish than the smaller % of stat PT users. It wont happen. PP will probably jump on the avatar boat soon too.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:16 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.