They are working on it. Digital signs take about three months to fabricate.
~FK
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mike" <melbedewy1226@...> wrote:
>
> I think it would be more exciting and better for them if they posted a running clock showing the highest meter. Something like "Quarter VP -$3812 Royal Flush" and show that number increasing.
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Frank" <frank@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm sorry, I just don't understand your statement. How was the sign wrong? When we met he actually asked me if the sign was acceptable and I told him it was perfectly fine. I must be missing something.
> >
> > We know the bank can reach 102.5% because it has already gotten there at least three times--Even on one of the meters that wasn't seeded, and rose from reset.
> >
> > Up to 102.5%+ is in my opinion a perfectly reasonable, and if anything understated statement.
> >
> > You did read the whole recount didn't you? By the method he used, the claim cannot be false. Unless you are disputing the accuracy of Winpoker and other VP trainer software.
> >
> > So I guess the quick answer is "no" he does not realize that anything is amiss and needs fixing...for that matter neither do I.
> >
> > Whatever it is you are taking issue with is not on my radar.
> >
> > ~FK
> >
> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Rob Singer <rob.singer1111@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I appreciate a good story and how it all came to be, and it's hardly a game-changer esp. for an out-of-towner like myself. But, did he recognize/understand that the sign was incorrect for those games, and is anything being done to rectify the situation?
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Frank <frank@>
> > > To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 2:50 PM
> > > Subject: [vpFREE] Occam's Razor
> > >
> > >
> > > Â
> > >
> > > Optional title, "Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar".
> > >
> > > I noticed tons of posts about the signs on the new M progressive. Few of them favorable and many of them outright accusatory. I postulated on it's origin and what it meant, but we need guess no longer. I bumped into its creator yesterday at the M, and simply asked him how he created it and where he got the numbers from. Here's the answer.
> > >
> > > He left his office, went downstairs, wrote down the highest meter (at the time) went back to his office, ran the game with that JP amount on Winpoker, recorded the return and added the words, "up to".
> > >
> > > Now here's the irony: In his own words, "I did this so there was no chance anyone could question it, or accuse us of false advertising." He figured if it was already at this number when he looked at it, and he included "up to" he was totally safe.
> > >
> > > You can imagine his surprise when he caught wind of all the hubbub on vpFREE.
> > >
> > > Sorry...no conspiracy...no deliberate attempt to deceive...no hush hush meetings in dark smoke filled rooms--just a single guy tasked with writing advertising copy for something he really wasn't all that familiar with, trying to do his job as best he could. It's not as interesting as an Illuminati spawned plot to fleece you of your money, but the truth rarely is as "interesting" as fiction.
> > >
> > > Most of the time the simplest answer is the truth and a cigar is just a cigar.
> > >
> > > Don't worry, I soothed his ruffled feathers and assured him had he boldly stated that the sun would rise tomorrow, some people on vpFREE would still disagree. That's its charm:)
> > >
> > > ~FK
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
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