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Isle of Man – Microgaming launches Achievements rewards system
By Phil - 14 November 2013
The MPN (www.thempn.eu), formerly known as the Microgaming Poker Network, is pleased to announce the introduction of Achievements.
Achievements reward players for completing a series of challenges within a game. The MPN is embracing the power of rewards with the introduction of an Achievements feature, a new way for players to track and share their online poker accomplishments.
“Poker isn’t just about winning money,” says Lydia Melton, Head of Network Games at Microgaming. “It’s also about challenging yourself and your friends and having fun doing it. Our new Achievements feature is about enhancing this aspect of poker.”
The Achievements system has challenges for all player types from serious to recreational. Achievements which go live today in the first phase include Pimp My Client, which encourages new players to configure the MPN poker client to best suit them, Chatterbox, which is awarded to players who socialise with their opponents at the table, Cliché Collector, which goes to players who collect a series of iconic Hold’em hands, All Rounder, which players receive for trying all poker variants, Early Bird, for those players who start new tables and tournaments, Live Wire, which is awarded to players who qualify for live events via the MPN and Bing Blang Blaow, which requires no explanation for those players familiar with the popular meme.
The Achievement system is just one of a long list of developments the MPN has released on its software this year to enhance the player experience. Other examples include a new Bad Beat Jackpot, the unique Blazing Cannon feature and a new downloadable Mac OS client. Such improvements have helped the MPN to attract several new operators to the network this year including Paf, OlyBet and Red Star Poker.
“Making poker more fun and challenging in new and exciting ways is very important to us,” said Christopher Hirst, Head of Poker at Betsson Group. “We’re very happy that the MPN shares the same goals and we think Achievements will be a real game changer.”
