I don't want to run a pplns pool, I want to run prop. It's better for noobs and part time miners. Our hopper code stops the pool hoppers and when they do decide to try, their shares are given to the other miners, so it only helps the people who don't try to cheat the system.
Yes, sometimes we have bad luck on a block and it takes longer than average to find a block, so people end up making less than they would somewhere else, and often we find blocks faster and people make more. People don't understand the luck factor involved because in big pools it's not noticeable, but smaller pools it makes a big difference. If we average a block a day and we find a block in 5 minutes, you got paid a days worth of work in 5 minutes. If it takes us 2 days, you got worked for 2 days for 1 day's worth of pay. It's just how mining works. It works the same on big pools who find a block every 5 minutes, but you don't notice when a hard block comes along and it take 10 minutes.
And if you believe the pool to be a scam, don't mine there. If you're going to post that it's a scam, lets see some proof.