Can we all just agree to let the bitching and moaning go ?
This is a new pool, it's not perfect but what pool is when it starts out ?
In any event, time will tell / decide the fate of the pool so lets just let things unfold as they will.
I agree totally with Morebloodwine, I have stated before, The S3 attracted me, but as I mentioned before and until now I am still with BAN, and I could care less about the S3. Their payouts are what has kept me a member, and well worth the stay. Even when we fall under 2PH we still have nice payouts, and timely payouts as well. Who gives a flying pigs ass about an S3, those things will soon be obsolete anyways, 450ghash give or take, bottom line if you had enough hash to even be eligible for the contest, you have no worries anyways your making good coins (if you know what you are doing) if you didnt have enough hash to be in the contest sorry about yur luck but by the time you can afford an S3 it will probably not be worth its chips in cost because the ROI due to difficulty with be worthless (unless again you are a smart miner)
did or did not anyone notice some sort of "diverting" legit questions such as payouts on time or missing payouts, disappearing acts, S3 giveaways, pool has been up for some time, but there is always a "fix" going on the front & back end, fix is never ending, when too much complaints or "evidence" / comments about a particular problem, then payouts are suddenly appearing to be accurate & on time or a picture proof shows up ? looks like there is much problems at the pool that has to be fixed but no one knows when or how.
Not sure about the rest of your post but I saw a part I could actually prove, below is an excerpt of a previous post, I am still getting timely 2 hour deposits, and my bonuses are matching exactly what they say in my account information. My wallet screenshot shows their payouts and what i was doing during the time as far as switching time limits thru the site for the payouts. I tried 2 hour payouts, 8 hou payouts then 4 hour payouts and went back to 2 hour payouts. I can honestly say, SO FAR, I have never had an issue with payouts or bonuses, and below is just a small sample of proof. I use an offline wallet, not sure if that has something to do with it.
and I still have another 0.00227735 waiting to be deposited. but the rental is not complete for another 30 minutes.
My earlier post I pulled this from is
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=722202.980 page 50 so if you want to better understand the pictures and the arrows and red boxes you can read it there for yourself, it may be worth the time to do so
more valuable information there.
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Stop bitching about useless nonsense, the bottom line here is the pool itself, because long after the contest what really matters in the end are the pools ability to complete timely payouts, their payout schedule, and the amount earned in the payouts. I have not had a problem with the payouts, I have tried a few of their options every one works fine for me. They are right on schedule every time the payout is due. I dont care about the S3 because if the pool stays the way it is, the payouts will well earn me more than an S3 value faster than any other pool out there. And I am a member of a lot of pools. I test pools all day long, and I run honest tests no less than 24 hours for a complete evaluation of a pool. If I like the pool I leave 1 Thash there.
NOTE TO BAN ADMINS:
Just brush past this nonsense right now, keep doing what you are doing with the pool, DO NOT CHANGE, right now you know and the members who are sticking it out with you know you have the best payout in the network right now, and that (NOT THE S3 GIVEAWAY) is what is going to keep your members. The people here just for the S3 had no intentions of investing their hash in your pool long term, so no matter what you do people like that can not be pleased. My grandfather always said you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can not please all the people all of the time.