My petty yet heartfelt complaint of the day

[Mudcat]

I don't like when books have separate things to click on for the American League and the National League lines. There should just be one click for all the baseball lines.

That means you, Intertops, Bet Trojan, Legendz, Bet Atlas.

No sir, I don't like it.



That is all.

[Stumpage]

I completely agree...In fact, I'd even like the option to have the 5 inning lines also being available on the same page as the entire MLB full game lines, as is the case with only some books...But that's just my added pettiness...

[rolemand]

You left out sports interaction

[TLD]

Agree.

Add Sports Interaction and Matchbook.

Also am having trouble getting used to the CRIS layout where there are two columns of games (and they are by team nickname instead of city, which I also don’t like because it’s an extra second or two of thought when I’m shopping and every other book has the same team labeled differently).

Oh, and I also don’t like books that don’t have the games in the standard rotation order. The VIP books are the main culprit here. Bodog for some reason now defaults to the chronological non-rotation order for me, but at least I can get to the standard rotation with one click.

And have I mentioned lately that fast timeouts make life a living hell?

On that last score, I’m noticing a few changes. Unless it’s my imagination, ABC Islands seems to last a lot longer since they made some software changes. I had played at Gameday and WSSB with their horrible timeouts, but since they transferred me to VIP I find that VIP seems to go indefinitely without timing out. If I had known that, that’s the one I would have picked from that group from the beginning. I believe someone mentioned in another post that 5 Dimes is good because they last an hour or so before timing out. That’s absolutely not my experience. Ever since their software “improvements” of six months ago or whatever it was, they are one of the absolute worst for me. Five minutes or something ridiculous like that.

There are other things in life I don’t like too, but that’s enough for now.

[rolemand]

WWTS times out in 10 minutes now which seems to be a lot shorter than it used to be.

What bugs me about the new Cris layout is the "checkbox" to the left of what you want. ALL the other books I use the box is on the right. I screwed that up twice before it made an indellible mark on me not to forget that again.

[kdmfox]

Nothing can be more aggravating than having to enter your password when making each bet at CRIS ... And when you need to make another bet or play multiple parlays, they make you jump through hoops to get back to the lines page.

[tacomax]

Intertops

I could employ a blind retarded monkey and he could come up with a better piece of software that the pile of crap which Intertops currently have. Yet again, they get the notorious annual tacomax award for crappest software on the planet.

[Mudcat]

Oh, and I also don’t like books that don’t have the games in the standard rotation order. The VIP books are the main culprit here.

Well perhaps some good can come from this thread (other than therapeutic venting). This situation with VIP is easily corrected. You can just go into your account preferences and there is a drop-down menu for preferred wagering order which you can set to rotation numbers. It seems to be permanent.

(I know because I was just switched over to VIP and had to do it in the last few days. I agree, not using the rotation numbers is bad mojo.)

[TLD]

You’re a sweet and wonderful man Mudcat, despite what people might say.

[isetcap]

I could employ a blind retarded monkey and he could come up with a better piece of software that the pile of crap which Intertops currently have. Yet again, they get the notorious annual tacomax award for crappest software on the planet.

That's a good award.

Who will be receiving your Most Respected Poster award this year? Do you have the list of finalists yet? Will the blind retarded monkey be making this selection also?

[Mudcat]

You’re a sweet and wonderful man Mudcat.

I have nothing to add.

[tacomax]

Who will be receiving your Most Respected Poster award this year? Do you have the list of finalists yet? Will the blind retarded monkey be making this selection also?

You know, I'm thinking of initiating that award to the "Tacomax Award Portfolio" but I'm wary that I'll have to keep awarding myself the title since I am, surely without any doubt, the most respected poster here.

Having said that I might form a committee to discuss nominations, a committee which no-one knows about. A secret committee, you might say.

[crackerjack]

I have a petty complaint... with WSEX occasionally I want to bet an odd amount. With their lame drop down menu, that's impossible. Sometimes I just want to bet $100 on a baseball game, but if you bet the favorite and are laying odds, you have to bet enough to win $100 (or increments to win $10) and can't lay a specific amount.

[ourbet]

Here, here crackerjack...the same type of thing applies to Caribsports (SBR B) too; it's bloody annoying!

[rolemand]

WWTS times out in 10 minutes now which seems to be a lot shorter than it used to be.

What bugs me about the new Cris layout is the "checkbox" to the left of what you want. ALL the other books I use the box is on the right. I screwed that up twice before it made an indellible mark on me not to forget that again.

OK I have to give props to BetWWTS. They no longer timeout in 10 minutes. I'm not sure what the time periods is now but it's at least 25 minutes as that's longest I documented between refreshes.

[slash]

The prize for the worst software/setup ever to be used by an online sportsbook goes to CRIS.....