Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Ignition has decided to kill a long-beloved feature of online poker -- the chat box.
No longer can you berate opponents for bad-beating you, nor can you drop your own witty retorts when others bash you.
I'm no stranger to the chat box. Who could forget my relentless trolling of opponents on Pokerstars, Interpoker, and Absolute Poker? In 2001, I actually had sex thanks to the chat box on True Poker. I feel like I need to mourn for this death.
The chat box still exists, but you can no longer type your own words. Instead, you can only select from the following messages:
Good luck!
Unlucky!
Good game!
Hahaha
Well Played
Wow!
Zzzzzzzzz
Nice Hand!
Thank You!
You can also from pick 6 emoji faces if you wish to use those instead of the above phrases.
Lame.
I assume they did this in order to prevent fish from being berated.
But this is yet another step toward removing what was good about online poker, and turning it into a generic, by-the-numbers exercise.
I have to imagine this will bother fish the most, as they tend to be the most chatty. Shit-talking back and forth is often what keeps the fish playing.