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Hilarious.
I'd best not say any more, in case I get in trouble.
And yes, I'm having a great time, thank you. Very sad day today, as my non-poker holiday ends, it was perhaps the happiest 10 days of my life, but that's another story altogether.
WP whoever it is that won whatever comp it is being talked about though. Winning is good
Yes, I think you may be right.
My point stands, nonetheless. People would rather moan than praise, be negative than positive, believe the worst rather than take others at face value. None of this is anything we as poker players or human beings should be particularly proud of.
"Sky Poker pulled a stroke there". Oh really. They pull strokes?
"Sky Poker are a bunch of idiots, they messed up yet again". Do you know why players feel empowered to be so rude? I'll tell you. Because they KNOW The Business cannot reply in kind. Can you imagine the furore if The Business responded in kind?
"OMG OMG OMG they were rude to me". The bottom lip would be quivering 13 to the dozen. So it seems a bit rich to me to speak or write in such a tone when they know The Business cannot respond in kind. It's like hitting someone who has their hands tied behind their back.
A chap came on here a few days ago asking for a bit of help with his game, as he was running bad. He never suggested the software was rigged, or he had lost with Aces 103 times in a row, the ace always comes when he has Kings or any of that nonsense, he just said "I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what". His post was polite & respectful, well constructed, easy on the eye, not splattered with multi-exclamation marks, & broken into sensibly sized chapters. After around 16 hours, he had not had a single reply. Not one. A year ago he'd have had 10 or more. I replied, & then another chap replied. Nobody else has, 48 hours on. (See HERE ) Are we as a Community proud of that? I know I'm not. We can do better. Life & poker should not all be "me me me".
If he had said "Sky Poker ripped me off for £2 & have no idea what they are doing", how many replies would THAT have got? "SORT IT OUT SKY!!!!!"
Do you see where I'm going with this? We are entitled to chunter & grumble about Freerolls & £2.30 Tokens, I don't dispute that. But the balance seems to have got out of kilter, & that's really something called "group think" at work, where everyone sort of follows everyone else instead of thinking independently. We have a handful of contrarians here - you included - but we need more people who can form their own opinions.
Anyway, back to John Gale. It's not a regular every day tale, it's a spectacular story, a celebration of all things good in poker & in life, & most of all - beating adversity. At a time when Tomgoodun & Dale (& a special friend of mine Next Door) are battling adversity, there was a deeper meaning & reason for my Blog - I hoped it would inspire others for whom life may be a bit uphill right now.
Anyway, we'd best move on.
Memo to self - don't post at 0730 when I feel chuntery.
Well there's a thing.
As it happens, I spent a very happy half hour last night with John Gale & Nolan Dalla (Nolan is the WSOP Comms Director, & long-term friend)) & we discussed that Blog, & my comment about piles & varicose veins. John thought it was hilarious.
And guess what? he said "well I've not had varicose veins yet, but yup, I've suffered from piles".
So there you go, it was written half in jest, but it turned out to be true. That's called "knowing your subject".
I must add that John was abso thrilled to bits, & quite right too.
To me, that's a "good vibes" story. I like good vibes stories.
Try clicking HERE
Is that any better?
With regards the bit in red - this is more a volume/value debate surely? When someone starts a chunter post, a huge chunk of the responses are trolling/sarcastic/put downs and make a thread look busy but with no real value.
It's a lot harder for people to respond like that when somebody posts a positive, well constructed piece on the boards that doesn't warrant more than a 'VWP' / 'GG' / 'Nice Post' response... which themselves aren't the most value-adding of posts to make and I imagine lots of people read the post but don't think it worth posting such a short reponse.
Not that I disagree that we need more positivity here though
Always nice to see us Brits picking up bracelets