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Yes, it's simple to opt out of Sharkscope, & you can do it yourself;
Go to their site, then OPTIONS (Top Right) & you will see "Opt In" & "Opt Out". There's a little form to fill in, (Alias & e-Mail addy), click "SUBMIT" & that's it, job done.
hi rose,
i have been working over the past few days to achieve this. i am pleased to say that i can do what you ask and more now.
as the first one, i have given you a private HERO Card webpage. only you can see your stats. it is password protected. you just need to let me know by PM what password you would like set. you can then try it out and see whether you find it helpful.
if you go to www.PokerSuperHero.com and select HERO and from the drop down list you will see "Personal". Your totally private HERO Card is number 2.
for everyone else, i have developed the website to provide 4 options. you can see these under the Hero tab if you select "Options".
regards
rob
Ah yes, THAT was the word I was looking for.
I have been away and have been meaning to post some thoughts on this.
It wasn't so long ago that our sky ambassador TK was unhappy in a sharkscope thread when he stated 'they just take it' but somehow is in favour of aussies site despite sky being a non-software site.
Nuggy has touched on aussies failure to abide by sky forum guidelines including inflammatory posts (see 'poker whale') and now advertising a third party site for profit.
as usual sky haven't been proactive in making it clear what is allowed. I asked customer services to look at the poker whale thread and well....if my name was on that list I'd have exploded!
Aussie was asked some time ago by some to opt out but has only provided the option in the last day or 2.
why do I need to give you my email to opt out?
how do I know that a member wont received my stats when they've paid?
there is no regulation.
Aussie takes the tournament thread data and processes it, did he ever ask the community or sky if it was ok to do this?
his avatar is quite apt really.
personally this doesn't affect me much, but I have strong feelings on the matter. if I was a top player, I wouldn't want all the newbs knowing I was the best and visa versa.
IMO the tournament thread data should be stopped and all links to aussies site removed, and if any are posted, their forum rights removed.
winners generate interest in games. i dont even play on sky and when aussie released the cards of people like mattbates and divsdreams i was like a kid looking over football stats. it made me want to jump into mtts.
the worst thing regs can do for their games is block stats and hide their winnings. recreationals will flock to games where there are big winners and want to play with people who have a big name or reputation.
now again i was one of the most critical of aussies 'whale' and 'bully' threads, but the idea of hero cards, presenting the data that is already out there in a cool and user friendly way is a boss way for sky and the regs to generate interest in games. all the data is already out there. aussie has no back-door into sky. he merely collates the results from lobbies then goes to work in producing some really cool data.
that data will have some at the table usefulness. but nothing in the same catagory of a HUD or HH database.
but really it is just a cool and unique service that people shouldnt worry about, certainly not regs. they should be praying for people to be able to see their success and hope that people take an iterest in their games. sky should hope the site catches interest from outside the skypoker community too.
sky could if they wanted prevent sharkscope from publishing data, they could also bar aussie.
i'd argue they wont as it is great publicity. its called graph-porn for a reason. look at any pgc thread over over on 2+2 and the most common request off people is for graphs. aussie's site promotes skypoker.
he doesnt direct anyone specifically to the paywall, provides the juiciest hero cards that generate most interest and positive publicity for free [that of the crushers] and the whole thing seems like a labour of love. you sky peeps should be properly buzzing that such a service exists for you and the site.
any MTT regs should welcome the postive interest in your games his site will generate.
sky should promote the site for him.
unfortunately it is the most extensively data-mined site out there.
and it allows all manner of 3rd party software. you'll be playing against people like me who have screens like this when grinding: http://imgur.com/C9ECcWZ
other sites are stricter on 3rd party software but allow sharkscope to promote their site by displaying results.
888 recently went back on their policy of not allowing scope to collate results.
gl finding a site with a HUD-less enviroment, boss community and safe, reliable and fast payouts. sky has a lock on that triumvirate.
i personally doubt i'd enjoy live poker nearly as much. i'm a stat freak and enjoy having a database and numbers to play around with. it adds significantly to my enjoyment as much as anything.
i know a few live players who simply are not into online poker, and never will be.
two totally different beasts.
it makes me play more on sky poker too.
even critical of my avatar. funny. poor kelpies at falkirk. i take it that you willl reduce the frequency of your visits to the website and falkirk..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kelpies
with pleasure, it is done.
regards
rob
thanks ted.
in response to teddy's comments.
I can see why you think aussie's cards etc were promoting sky.
players asked for this and the cards were published with their consent.
the cards of the top players are inspiring. but it hasn't stopped there.
the vast majority of aussies DB is made up without their knowledge or consent.
does anyone really play on sky because of their 'top' players?
ask a newb if they joined because they saw mattbates player card or is it because they want to be more like negreanu?
anyhow, i'll bow out of this discussion, but it seems to me the only strong defender of the aussie site is teddy who admits he rarely plays on sky, and long term regs such as lambo and geldy can see why it is not entirely fair/right.
sigh. i am just being polite gerald.