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Abusing the 'fish'
Yet again, more regulars sat at low staked tables abusing players they deem not worthy of playing.
You do NOT have a right to abuse players because of their loss column and have a right to play without ridicule.
Not only that, it is pretty dumb to abuse perceived poor players.
And well done on turning the abuse on anyone who speaks out against you.
No wonder people on the forums think you are idiots.
You do NOT have a right to abuse players because of their loss column and have a right to play without ridicule.
Not only that, it is pretty dumb to abuse perceived poor players.
And well done on turning the abuse on anyone who speaks out against you.
No wonder people on the forums think you are idiots.
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they wouldn't get away with it in rl
EVERYONE has a right to play poker without fear of ridicule and humiliation
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Also, we all know when you say the 'fish' you mean yourself
Yeh totally agree with you, it's a big pet hate of mine too. I wasn't lolling at that. It was the peado thing.
It's strange that they are still allowed to chat because I'm sure they've been reported multiple times.
Maybe they're aware of the rules and make sure they are 'abusing within them'.
I hate it, it is the one thing that annoys me in poker above all else
That said, it was pretty funny that they both bust in that game, and then they both bust in the game they followed me to.
And even funnier that the last bust was KK V AA
Karma
I seem to remember seeing a peado comment but can't remember who was involved.
Anyway, sorry if I seemed a little flippant earlier, but as I said, if it's innopropriate / offensive, then PLEASE report it, there's just no place for it in poker!
First they were doing 'friendly banter' and taking the mick out of everyone's nicks. Then they spent 5 minutes thinking of different names for ladies private parts and avoiding the censor thing.
They both started having a pop at this one guy, bringing up his losses on sharkscope etc and deriding every move he made.
I told em they were out of order and they started on me.
Followed me to another table, asking me if I am a teacher, and when I said I was a member of society, got loads of 'so was jimmy Saville, so was rold harris' etc etc, before starting on 'your mum' stuff.
To be honest, I can handle it, no skin off my nose and I just made sure I beat up on their blinds etc, but it REALLY annoyed me the treatment the other guy got.
But yeah, I do see your point, but then again, if we have regular players abusing others then I do think it should be up for discussion.
That is the problem. Report it, sky say they will deal with it but nothing changes and it gets swept under the carpet.
Morning MrWhOnete.
It's quite inexcusable, inappropriate chat by anyone, "regulars" or not, along the lines you suggest, is not acceptable, & is something everyone needs to work together to help stamp out.
As others have noted, the best course of action is to report it to Customer Care.
For legal, regulatory & commercial reasons, the names or aliases of those investigated, & in some cases chat-banned or banned, are never made known by the Business.
The system is as follows.
If a player is reported for chat abuse, the chat log for the incident is reviewed by the Office. The complaint cannot be taken at face value, as in many cases, chat abuse arises out of retaliation, or "afters". I'm told this is the case in a remarkably high number of "chat abuse" incidents.
Once the reported incident has been looked at, they then review the chat of the accused over a longer period, around 3 months I believe. A better overview of their chat behaviour can be obtained that way. I would doubt action is taken very often from viewing a single night's evidence.
Based on that evidence, & where appropriate, the accused are then sent an e-Mail by the Business, warning them as to their future behaviour, or informing them they have been chat-banned or banned. It was not always the case, but currently, a chat-ban on the Tables now extends to the Community.
I feel as strongly as you do in this matter, perhaps more so, we must work together to stamp out this ridiculous & unacceptable behaviour by a small minority. But I think it's unfair to say the Business "sweeps it under the carpet". The Business has access to far more evidence than you or I have, so as individual players, we don't really know all the facts.
I'll send this thread upstairs, so they can make themselves fully aware of this particular alleged incident.
Just to add to my earlier Post, I think the system is sort of verbal warning/yellow card/red card sort of thing.
Obviously, in certain cases, a "straight red" is issued.
Hopefully (I'm just guessing), if someone, quite out of character, has a bad night, & vents inappropiately, a little word in his or her ear will do the trick. Most of us have said silly things at least once or twice in the heat of the moment.
The real culprits are those who do it regularly.
As a sort of side-issue to this, "abuse" is not always easy to define.
Personally, I think calling another, supposedly inferior, poker player a "fish" is abusive, & it's a term I loathe. I'm not sure, however, what the correct term should be.
In the real world, at the back of the school classroom is the lad who has struggled in life, & is not very bright. Would we call him "an idiot" to his face, or in front of him where he can hear us?
If you peruse 2+2, the nosebleed guys use the term "fish" without a second thought. Doubt it ever occurs to them that their social skills are equally inadequate.
There are two players in particular that I have seen on lower stake DYM's consitently making fun of other players on the table, I have a feeling these might be the ones being discussed (they have a particular obsession with scope ratings)......
Did you know that Mallards are THE most promiscous bird or duck known to man?
They'll mate, literally, with anything, including a, err, deceased Mallard.
They mate with other species of ducks, too, if it moves, they are interested, such that several species are now endangered due to cross breeding.
Not sure about "cross breeding", if a Mallard tried it on with me, I'd be furious, never mind cross.
No no, "Sky Poker" was not having a pop at you, Neil, just letting you know that your point about using Sharkscope Stats to abuse others is not permitted. They were agreeing with you.
But talking about it in the chat box does not necessarily mean they are doing it, people like to say things for effect sometimes.
One chap I play with regularly claims to be a huge winner, but I'm pretty sure he is fos.
I never saw mention of "collusion" incidentally, unless you refer to the chat about multi-accounting.
I may be the only one who does not know who these two "regulars" are as it happens, so maybe I'm out of touch. But I don't want to know either, to be honest, it's none of my business. I DO think such suspicions should always be reported though. Gossiping on the Forum won't solve a thing.