Joined: Aug '08
Location: Canada
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 658
They shut it str8 down for remainder of game if i remember correctly. Cant recall when this started but at least been like this for a year more likely longer.
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
I have never heard of something like that before mascona. The only thing i know most sites do is disabling the chat when someone is all in, and chat comes back after th hand is finished.
Joined: Mar '11
Location: Romania
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 26
Not from you and you have changed any option in your account. Some tables have chat JokerStars closed for some meals such as Hyper-Turbo and nothing you can do.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 1660
What's slowrolling? Either way I'm not sure where I stand on that. Chat is fun especially nearer to the end of the tournament and if it's just completely disabled that's kinda lame. I support decisions that increase the fairness of the game but who would use the chat window to cheat anyway? It'd be obvious to everyone.
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Germany
Age: 52 (M)
Posts: 2219
At the bubble time and in allin situations where the chat closed. It was a protection vs. dirty talh or collusion at the tables. I think this is a right option for the introduced player.
Joined: Jun '08
Location: Poland
Age: 84 (M)
Posts: 545
Of course it is...I saw so many times someone asking whole table for slowplay ----> not folding automaticaly - only to be able to get a pay pleace....that's why they switching off the chat...
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 4827
I didn’t knew they would shut the chat because of that. It seems reasonable, I believe they must have had so many complaints about that in the past that now they do that to avoid more problems. They are the online room with more experience, so they should know what they are doing. Fine with me, almost never use it.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 1660
Ha ha, so slowrolling is the jargon for using max time out to reduce blinds? Makes sense, but son't they usually do hand by hand close to the bubble to negate the effect of this strategy? Also admittedly, I'll use it if it's the only thing I can do to increase my odds of placing.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 831
correct me if im wrong but isnt the term slowrolling like pre online poker... as in someone shows down a straight and the guys like darn nice hand... TOO BAD I HAVE FLUSH HAHAHAHAHAHA.
i always thought that was what slowrolling was
but ya ive seen chat being turned off on a number of occations and agree its quite possible its to stop people from using max time and trying to move there table as a whole further. i dont pay much attention to chat as my pokerstars chat is currently banned for a month lmfao.
Joined: Feb '11
Location: Canada
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 1660
Alright then, thanks for the clarification. I would've thought that the two occurences you guys described would have been called sand bagging. I guess that's the trouble with slang/jargon, it's usually not universally established.
Another way of describing slow rolling, would be, being a twat. 
