derbegott

Many of us enjoy chatting at the tables sometimes esp at final tables and funplayers do enjoy it even more.
And no. Funplayers dont care about rake at all. They often dont even know what rake is.

James Obst oviously talking about his post and not about him ignoring it in general

also imagine back in the day isildur1 had a different name every day he played. there would be SO much less hype about certain palyers and this hype also attracted a ton of players to join. thi completely deletes the change for creation of legends and endboss palyers people look up to and see as a rolemodel.

I think what u totally missed here is the community aspect. people LOVE to find friends when they play online games and also online poker. they want to make friends and have a nice chat with people they play every day.
With your solution this is completely gone and imo a HUGE problem.
It is so great being able to chat with your opponent especially when u see them again the next day.
The way you want to do it, it will basicly becomes feel even more like a bot game. When you see a screenname again on a different site u at least know its the same guy u battled with yesterday and maybe u can beat him today or maybe say hi to him today.
When u cmpare it to video games this will feel more like a singleplayer campaign instead of a multiplayer. And funpalyers clearly prefer multiplayers and interacting with uther humans online, finding friends and building a community.