Heard on PFA radio about RunItUp’s plan to have player avatars change with how they play. Totally agree that this idea is dumb as shit for the reason Druff mentions.

But consider the following: What if RunItUp had its own HUD software that players could use at their own selections of various levels of detail? Players could choose how much hand statistics they want to see, perhaps grouped into 4 or so levels, such “Basic”, “Intermediate”, “Advanced”, and “Master”. And tie-in to the availability of that self-contained HUD instructional videos on how to use those stats.

As someone who shies away from online poker because I don’t want to deal with potentially playing online with HUD experts, I’d be much more willing to dip my toe into that piker pool if the HUD was built in and the site provided training on how to use that info.

Mind you, I think the daily change of user names is also a good idea, as that would make the HUD useful for a session and not help more experienced users use the info to bum hunt using longer histories. But even within an individual session, a HUD would be both useful more skilled players and instructional for lesser skilled ones.