Pokerstars May promotion

Pokerstars are running a promotion for UK players where if they earn a small number of VPPs they get rated like players from other countries who have to earn a much larger number of VPPS. Now I have not played much with VPPs but this gave me an excuse to do so so here is what I have found out:

- playing low-cost tournaments or sit n gos earn such a small number of VPPs it is simply not worth it

- playing limit 9 or 10  handed ring games is the best way to earn VPPs. If I play 6 tables concurrently at $1/$2 limit for about an hour I can earn about 80VPPs

- you earn VPPs to get rated at a "star level". Based on your rated star level. you also earn FPPs. The FPPs are what you spend on goodies or tournament entries. Everyone on Pokerstars starts as a Bronze star and Bronze star guys earn 1 FPP for every VPP they earn. So my 80 VPPS per hour will earn 80FPPs.  When I progress to Silver star, Gold Star, Platinum star and Supanova rating levels I will earn more FPPs for each VPP. This means I can buy goodies more quickly OR enter more tournaments.

- my goal for May is to earn 3000 VPPs which under this offer will elevate me to Platinum star in June and also give me 60,000 free VPPs to push me towards Supanova. you need to earn 100,000 VPPs in a calender year to become Supanova - this is one of the highest ratings and their are special tournaments for Supanova players only.

Now this is interesting for me as I dont play much limit poker and suck at cash games. Maybe by forcing myself to grind away I will get better. I have studied cash games for the last couple of months and changed how I play but I am still a losing/break-even player at best. So this may cost me some money to meet to 3000 VPPs target. But I want to see how it goes.