We need to hold Party responsible.
Casino Rewards kept the referral list intact when they took over Captain Cooks et al. Obviously it can be done.
Why do you suppose CR did this? To be “nice?” Doubtful — more than likely, they knew that if they didn’t map the players over, there would be a huge outcry from the affiliates who referred “lifetime” players to the Captain Cooks casinos. CR realized that if they didn’t map the players, they would lose the respect and business of the affiliate community — much like what is going to happen with Party now.
Mapping over the players is “the right thing to do.” Legally, I don’t know if they are obligated to do this. But that doesn’t really matter. The bottom line is, Party chose not to do the right thing. I will not support a program that is not affiliate-friendly.
Dominique is right, and this is exactly what I said in my post yesterday or the day before — if we do nothing about this, if we sit back and take this quietly, it will happen over, and over, and over again in the coming year.
My response will be to create a lot of public pressure and negative publicity against PartyPartners. I’m going to post my opinions here and elsewhere, and I’m going to add them to my site’s blacklist. I don’t see what else I can do, really, short of taking legal action (and as I said, I don’t know if we would have a strong case).
I do believe Party is the group to hold responsible here, not Empire. The new owner is responsible for taking care of the acquired business. Casino Rewards (not Captain Cooks) was responsible for mapping over the players from Captain Cooks. Logically it just makes sense for Party to be the responsible party here (no pun intended).
I don’t care how much they paid for the players. Their actions are anti-affiliate in nature. Affiliates need to stop promoting them so that they can’t afford (financially) to buy up any additional properties.
We absolutely need to stand up and make a big fuss about this now.