Observer chat being barred?

lJAMESl

Theres a story behind this but I'm wondering if observor chat should be barred on all tables, I sometimes get people coming on my HU cash tables for example nice people chatting to me and being friendly I always respond to these players as they are usually polite and just wanted to ask some questions. But now and again you get some guy who thinks hes an expert trying to criticise your play or just generally abusing you due to jealousy or whatever there reason may be, I think maybe it is harsh to ban it for all because of a small minority who obv have nothing better to do than abuse the players on the biggest running cash table they can find.

People will be saying why don't you turn off chat, well the thing with me and if you have played me you will know I like to use chat to sometimes wind my opponents up or just have some general or friendly banter, I enjoy using the chat facility as in live poker I am a very chatty player. But maybe this should be exclusively to players in the game and not any observer.

Anyway the story about 6 months ago or so maybe longer I had a friendly guy come on to my HU tble chatting away lasted for a few weeks, seemed a nice guy he eventually asked for my MSN which I thought at the time he seems ok so why not. After a while I noticed he was a bit strange and stalkerish and was asking me alot of personal questions constantly pestering me, I felt I needed to delete him as he was becoming a nuisance when I was trying to concentrate on the games (I usually 6 table and don't have time to chat on the tables aswell as elsewhere). Anyway this guy ended up finding out I deleted him, he came onto my table last night and abused me constantly for around an hour or so, it was pretty irritating everyhand I lost he would celebrate and give me a rubdown. I probably should of turned off chat but all the while I was thinking why should I have to. Some people are pretty sad and obviously have nothing better to do than stalk players and try to make there life misery. Is it possible maybe sky could have a block observer chat button just like Full tilt do on their software?

Would like to hear peoples thoughts on the matter.

Gl to all

James

Sky_Rich

Hi James,

i'm really sorry to hear about this and it certainly isn't acceptable at all. please report the incident to the customer care team (by clicking here) and they will take the appropriate action.

thank you

acebarry10

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Theres a story behind this but I'm wondering if observor chat should be barred on all tables, I sometimes get people coming on my HU cash tables for example nice people chatting to me and being friendly I always respond to these players as they are usually polite and just wanted to ask some questions. But now and again you get some guy who thinks hes an expert trying to criticise your play or just generally abusing you due to jealousy or whatever there reason may be, I think maybe it is harsh to ban it for all because of a small minority who obv have nothing better to do than abuse the players on the biggest running cash table they can find. People will be saying why don't you turn off chat, well the thing with me and if you have played me you will know I like to use chat to sometimes wind my opponents up or just have some general or friendly banter, I enjoy using the chat facility as in live poker I am a very chatty player. But maybe this should be exclusively to players in the game and not any observer. Anyway the story about 6 months ago or so maybe longer I had a friendly guy come on to my HU tble chatting away lasted for a few weeks, seemed a nice guy he eventually asked for my MSN which I thought at the time he seems ok so why not. After a while I noticed he was a bit strange and stalkerish and was asking me alot of personal questions constantly pestering me, I felt I needed to delete him as he was becoming a nuisance when I was trying to concentrate on the games (I usually 6 table and don't have time to chat on the tables aswell as elsewhere). Anyway this guy ended up finding out I deleted him, he came onto my table last night and abused me constantly for around an hour or so, it was pretty irritating everyhand I lost he would celebrate and give me a rubdown. I probably should of turned off chat but all the while I was thinking why should I have to. Some people are pretty sad and obviously have nothing better to do than stalk players and try to make there life misery. Is it possible maybe sky could have a block observer chat button just like Full tilt do on their software? Would like to hear peoples thoughts on the matter. Gl to all James
Posted by lJAMESl

Hi James

I certainly remember the day you came back to Sky, I seem to remember doing my ususal welcome on the forum 

I have had the unpleasant task of having to contact Customer Care 3 times because of abuse at the tables, 2 for personal attacks and 1 while I was railing, I know at least one of those were chat banned, I feel it is the duty of every player to report these incedents to stop abuse at the tables, I feel there is definitely no place for it at Sky Poker

loonytoons

hope you have you changed your msn james??

Cowgomoo

Yes I also have this problem. I find it hard to play heads up anymore as I always get someone stalking me and berating the other player which discourages them and makes them leave. If I ask the person to stop, this obviously makes him worse.

Quagmire72

These people that hand out abuse & moan about most hands must be complete nutjobs. I remember playing a tourny on poker stars and i got moved tables, i'd been on it for 10 secs & this colombian guy just started abusing me & i hadn't even played a hand on his table. After being on the table for 5 mins he'd been abusing everyone the whole time & he was throwing out plenty of zzzzzzzzzzz if anyone took their time(when anyone types the zzzzzzzz i'll use up my time limit to rile them even more). This continued for a while so i typed will you shut up ya big sausage jockey(forget his name). He instantly typed QUAGMIRE, then nothing came after that & it stopped. My thoughts are that after being called a sausage jockey he got so worked up that he couldn't finish his sentence, which might have been along the lines of: QUAGMIRE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!! I can just picture him there in his coke factory(typical stereotype, apologies) grabbing his failing heart & collapsing on the enter button after typing QUAGMIRE.

I suppose the moral is if you've got a dodgy ticker don't play poker & don't abuse anyone on my table. 8-D

Cowgomoo

I am infact being stalked right now by casey03, he challenged me to 5k heads up, i complied and sat down with 5k , and now hes reporting me to sky for my "antics"

acebarry10

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I am infact being stalked right now by casey03, he challenged me to 5k heads up, i complied and sat down with 5k , and now hes reporting me to sky for my "antics"
Posted by Cowgomoo

Hi

Unfortunately, you cannot name names on the forum, you must contact Customer Care, the contact information is at the bottom of the page.

NoseyBonk

In my last DYM game I got short and shoved JJ into the shorter BB who called with K2s and my jacks held. Then the other player said 'see you next tuesday'. Not sure where or if it's supposed to be a date or summink (?) Think they'll be disappointed, I don't go for them sorts lol

Nutter5932

I have the same thing happens to me sometimes - completely unknown people to me turn up at one of my Hu tables or STTs and will just spout how bad i am etc etc i have to say though 99% of the time its just friendly people who i have no problems talking to as i like doing it when i play.

Observer chat off is an option slughtly more advance may be individual ignore options ?

FlashFlush

I think if its just 1 or 2 people James you do need to send sky a quick email. They will sort it out for you, like you said most people are friendly. You should see how may railers turn up when you have Tikay or Rich on your table, I think there would be uproar if they couldn't come on and talk to the presenters.

rats107

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In my last DYM game I got short and shoved JJ into the shorter BB who called with K2s and my jacks held. Then the other player said 'see you next tuesday'. Not sure where or if it's supposed to be a date or summink (?) Think they'll be disappointed, I don't go for them sorts lol
Posted by NoseyBonk

they normally hang out around area 51, just in case you want to broaden your horizons! i'm normally stood up tho....

NoseyBonk

Thanks Rats but I'll give it a miss lol

unknown_username

Hi everyone,

You'll be pleased to know that the following 2 options are currently on our development list

block/allow 'railbird chat'
block/allow chat of specific seated players

We've got a lot of other development which will be released prior to this, therefore I can't give you an accurate date at this stage but I wanted you to know taht it's on the radar.

As for the present, I'll reiterate what Rich says, verbal abuse through the chat box is unacceptable and will not tolerated on Sky Poker. If anyone is being subjected to this then you simply need to send the following details to customer care and appropriate action will be taken:

Your poker alias
The alias of the abuser
The table name and approximate time

P.S. Happy new year everyone

Adam

EDKENT123

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These people that hand out abuse & moan about most hands must be complete nutjobs. I remember playing a tourny on poker stars and i got moved tables, i'd been on it for 10 secs & this colombian guy just started abusing me & i hadn't even played a hand on his table. After being on the table for 5 mins he'd been abusing everyone the whole time & he was throwing out plenty of zzzzzzzzzzz if anyone took their time(when anyone types the zzzzzzzz i'll use up my time limit to rile them even more). This continued for a while so i typed will you shut up ya big sausage jockey(forget his name). He instantly typed QUAGMIRE, then nothing came after that & it stopped. My thoughts are that after being called a sausage jockey he got so worked up that he couldn't finish his sentence, which might have been along the lines of: QUAGMIRE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!! I can just picture him there in his coke factory(typical stereotype, apologies) grabbing his failing heart & collapsing on the enter button after typing QUAGMIRE. I suppose the moral is if you've got a dodgy ticker don't play poker & don't abuse anyone on my table. 8-D
Posted by Quagmire72

ROFL love it

darich

Just  to reiterate what others have said. You need to report the villains to sky. I trust there will never be a day when observer chat is banned completely - imo the PTP nights and banter are one of the best things about this site. 

lJAMESl

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In my last DYM game I got short and shoved JJ into the shorter BB who called with K2s and my jacks held. Then the other player said 'see you next tuesday'. Not sure where or if it's supposed to be a date or summink (?) Think they'll be disappointed, I don't go for them sorts lol
Posted by NoseyBonk

Looool Class!

lJAMESl

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These people that hand out abuse & moan about most hands must be complete nutjobs. I remember playing a tourny on poker stars and i got moved tables, i'd been on it for 10 secs & this colombian guy just started abusing me & i hadn't even played a hand on his table. After being on the table for 5 mins he'd been abusing everyone the whole time & he was throwing out plenty of zzzzzzzzzzz if anyone took their time(when anyone types the zzzzzzzz i'll use up my time limit to rile them even more). This continued for a while so i typed will you shut up ya big sausage jockey(forget his name). He instantly typed QUAGMIRE, then nothing came after that & it stopped. My thoughts are that after being called a sausage jockey he got so worked up that he couldn't finish his sentence, which might have been along the lines of: QUAGMIRE, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!! I can just picture him there in his coke factory(typical stereotype, apologies) grabbing his failing heart & collapsing on the enter button after typing QUAGMIRE. I suppose the moral is if you've got a dodgy ticker don't play poker & don't abuse anyone on my table. 8-D
Posted by Quagmire72

Some gr8 sense of humor on this forum - quality post quagmire!

lJAMESl

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In Response to Observer chat being barred? : Hi James I certainly remember the day you came back to Sky, I seem to remember doing my ususal welcome on the forum  I have had the unpleasant task of having to contact Customer Care 3 times because of abuse at the tables, 2 for personal attacks and 1 while I was railing, I know at least one of those were chat banned, I feel it is the duty of every player to report these incedents to stop abuse at the tables, I feel there is definitely no place for it at Sky Poker
Posted by acebarry10

Hi Barry

yeah your always friendly and a top guy!

unknown_username

Hi James .. Well  the chat/abuse nonsense  comes with the territory, we all get  some from time to time.. However the stalker you had seems like a crank who probably doesn't even play poker, there are a few on ever site..  Dont let them get  to  you,  your too good a player  ...
sometimes it best to write in the chat,
"sorry people I cant chat,  I'm playing a 'mtt final table' as well,  on another site" 

If they think your not chatting they go away..  problem then is, you cant talk to you own table players     glk 

dantb10

I also get the odd random person coming to my hu tables and slating me continuously. Sometimes i find it quite amusing with the stuff they say, but sometimes they take it too far.

I suppose to have the option to ignore and still be able to chat to friends would be a great addition.

Abuse from fellow players is fine, as this means they are usually tilted and want to donate. I had a funny one the other day, i took like six buy ins from a player who then said ' how am i guna pay my rent! im supposed to be taking the family on holiday next week. Would you mind loaning it me back!!'

I obv didnt oblige, and he proceeded to berate me for about 4 hours.

Anyway james, i had top 2 kj the other day when you said 'your supposed to fold ak on the turn!' lol

Well at least you got your info!

gl all

MereNovice

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Earlier I reported someone for using abuse against me .... this was the response I got lol ERRRR, Error! Dear "NoseyBonk" (I replaced the name), We are emailing with regard to your Sky Poker account. We have permanently blocked you from our poker chat service for as you've been repeatedly using inappropriate language. Please be advised that Sky Poker does not condone the use of such language under any circumstances.
Posted by NoseyBonk

I hope that this is a hoax.
It's not even grammatically correct!

Quagmire72

I was playing on full-tilt the other night & some guy was abusing everyone at the table, swearing all the time aswell. I had one eye on the darts so i was taking a bit of time. He started with the zzzzzzzzzz. Like i said in an earlier post when peeps start with the zzzzzzzzzzz i let my time run right down to rile them. This guy was effing & blinding at this point so i said keep flapping ya lips & i'll use my time bank option aswell. Loads of swearing followed so i let him get on with it. Freak!