Why do online poker rooms look like they were designed on C64's?

[Random Variable]

Yeah, it's just poker. But they're so dull.

 

[Capt Caveman]

So, they can be played on as my pc's as possible.

 

[Double Trouble]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
So, they can be played on as my pc's as possible.

Yeah, that's probably the reason, but it would be funny to have some cool graphics... It would be even funnier if players had the opportunity to choose from a bunch of "celebrations", or taunting etc. It wouldn't impact the game itself, but it would be funny.

"I raise"
<select Phil Helmuth whine mode>
"how can the be such idiots! I call and they raise me every time. They don't respect me"

:laugh:

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Name one specific one?

Bodog actually slows down my Dothan 1.8 laptop with 1gb of ram. Radeon 9000 also doesn't really keep up.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Name one specific one?

Bodog actually slows down my Dothan 1.8 laptop with 1gb of ram. Radeon 9000 also doesn't really keep up.

close the torrents of porn downloading in the background

 

[Alone]

Because poker tables are generally boring. In fact, everything on the game floor of a Casino is stunningly ugly to force you to look at the slots. Look at the carpet next time you're there.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
Yeah, it's just poker. But they're so dull.

This here is why Vista was created.

 

[Random Variable]

I only one I've found that bucks the trend is PKR.com.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Bodog has a relatively pretty interface. Poker rooms want to reach out to as much people as possible. I like to minimize distractions. I usually turn things like animation off. It's just a distraction especially if you're multi tabling.

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Name one specific one?

Bodog actually slows down my Dothan 1.8 laptop with 1gb of ram. Radeon 9000 also doesn't really keep up.

close the torrents of porn downloading in the background

I think you've just nailed my two favorite online hobbies.

 

[QueBert]

that PKR.com looks nice, but I signed up and it won't let me add cash to my account because I'm in the US. that sucks 🙁

 

[Colt45]

That's a little cruel to a C64 🙁

 

[pray4mojo]

when you multi table you dont pay attention to those kinds of things.

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
when you multi table you dont pay attention to those kinds of things.

And so you can multitable without crashing your system constantly.

 

[DayLaPaul]

Poker is a no nonsense game, hence the no nonsense design of most poker rooms. I'll take real features over fluff any day.