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Just a quick reminder to give Bernie a nudge concerning the weekend deepstack changes.
Just a thought, if you want all questions for you aimed at this thread, would it be an idea to get it stickered, as I found it buried on page 3 (no comments please lol).
Steve
1) Done - see the "Weekend Deepstack" Thread you started.
2) Stickying the "Ask tikay" Thread? Nice thought, but I happen to be opposed to the whole logic of "sticky's". Basically, a good thread will "keep itself" on or near the front page by volume of Posts, & a less good thread will fall off. Applying a Sticky to a Thread does not make it a good, or interesting, Thread, though - it just holds it on the front page artificially. It also seems a little elitist, as other Members don't have that "privilege". But I WOULD like the "Ask tikay" Thread to remain a focal point for questions, so I'll have a think about it, & take feedback from anyone who can add anything useful to the proposal. We cannot assume, of course, that Sky-Rich would approve such a request, anyway. Thoughts, anyone?
Just to add to the "Sticky" Proposal, one problem we have is that the front page of the Forum is not very "deep", unlike most Fora software, so only so many threads will fit on it. Combine that with the incredible increase in Community Post-count recently, & it's true, stuff DOES drop off the front page quickly, & once it does, the thread tends to die. It's unlikely, looking at the software, that the pages can be "deepened", so it's a problem of the Forum's recent increase in popularity - a nice problem! But it adds fuel to your argument. Conversely, if we have 4, or 5, or 6 "Stickied" Threads, in effect, other Threads will drop of the front page even quicker.
A problem that Joseph Heller would have articulated beautifully, I fancy.
Just wondered if you have thought about when you will run the last contest?, as for sticky, well, I think that it may be beneficial, especialy if new forum users/new players who are unsure about poker related issues may feel more able to post in this thread if it is kept on the front page, and I wonder if altering the slightly to say something like general or poker qustions welcome, just a few thunks
Good Post Barry, & interesting thoughts there, thank you. Realy, it's one for Sky-Rich, as I've indicated earlier, & I must confess, it does seem a little elitist, which I'm not comfy with really. I come from the wrong side of the street!
We want to link it to Saturday's new show - "MASTER CASH", as a means of stimulating viewer & Community interest in the Show.
It's really important that we give this Show a good chance to succeed, as we've neglected Cash Games a bit hitherto, hence why I plan to run the Competirtion with a "MASTER CASH" theme, or link.
I'll be Online most of Saturday, but will disappear for Rehearsals & the Show late afternoon, so if you, or anyone, wishes to help with the Thread after I go Offline, I'd be most grateful.
As this moment, I'm still developing ideas as to what the Competition will be (in other words, I don't know yet....), & I need to talk to the Series Producer, Ladies World Champess Ling, too, for her thoughts. And she's in America at the moment, I believe, back today or tomorrow.
All the best
Your wish is my command, and or kiwini too, if he wishes, looking forward to the new show too
If it were, well, personally, I'd love to see a Cash-Only Board - "Cash Corner", or somesuch. It would be a right stormer, that.
I've only belatedly realised that the Sky Poker Cash players must feel a bit miffed, as almost the whole Forum is slanted towards Tourneys. The worm needs to turn. Just a bit.
The forum list is:
General Poker Chat
The Sky Poker Tour
Poker Strategy
The Shed
The Sky Poker T.V Channel
Sky Poker Announcements
Community Suggestions
Technical Queries
Area 51
Isn't it possible to add another forum called "Ask Tikay" or "Cash Corner" or whatever?
All the best.
Whatever Sky Poker may wish to label the various areas is fine & dandy, but the industry-wide generic names are "Boards".
The thing as a whole is "a Forum" or "the Forum"
Within the Forum, there are seperate specialist areas. These are called "Boards" or "the Boards".
So, we visit the Sky Poker Forum, & interact in & view the different Boards.
Pedancy rules.
There is only one Sky Poker Forum. It contains several Boards. Within the Boards are Threads. Within the Threads are Posts.
All the best.
Specialist subject coming up, during the advancement of technology, Locomotives have gone from Steam to diesel to leccy, have you any favourites from each generation?, my current fav has to be the GBRf class 66726 Sheffield Wednesday, although, this is the 2nd Locomotive named after us. I also think the Flying Scotsman from the steam generation was great
I'm afraid that's a question only Sky-Rich can answer, as he is more au fait with the software architecture of this particular Forum.
In a regular Forum, yes, it's easy, & 100% necessary, because as the Forum gets bigger - & this one is growing at an incredible rate - you HAVE to break it into more manageable parcels. Or Boards.....;). For example, stuff is dropping off the front page of the "General Poker Chat" Board far too fast right now, due to the sheer volume of traffic. Hence this very convo we are having.
The Sky Poker Forum/Community is a fancy piece of kit though, so I've no idea if it's do-able.
By the bye, so you & I know each other? I seem to recognize your "style" from somewhere.
On the subject of 'stickies'. Having been a large forum admin, sorry, admin of a large forum for many years - just like Tikay - one strange thing I've noticed is that stickies often get missed. People have a tendancy to 'not see them', despite their prominent place in the thread list. It must be approx 7,357 times I've seen people ask a question relating directly to the subject of a sticky, only for them to then say "What's a sticky? Oh, I never saw that up there.". It's odd but it does happen!
We had a conversation about tournament guarantees a few weeks back (same Board, different Thread.)
All the best
Regular Members are less inclined to read stickies, because......
1) It's usully generic info.
2) If it needs stickying, then it means it needs artificially supporting to hold position. Interesting Threads don't need stickies!
This of course, is my personal view (based on experience) & is not intended as being critical of the way they do it here. It's just a hobby-horse of mine, & a view I've held for 6 years.
Personally, I never read Stickied Threads, but that's just because I'm stubborn & obdurate. But I bet I'm not alone.
But we all see these things through different eyes, & it's not a big deal either way.
ps. You can bring a friend if you so wish,
When & where did Barry Post that? - I must have missed it, & would like to reply.
It's not widely known, but I have more than a passing interest in transport matters, especially Railway locomotion, rolling stock, catenery, & permanent way.
Obstinate, immoveable, intractable, and resistant to sin. ......... Fetch me a bacofoil halo!
"Obdurate" means stubborn, & awkward. (Not, as many think, "female").
I said he could bring a friend
2) Thank you, that would be appreciated. The efforts that guys like Barry & yourself make on behalf of this Community do not go un-noticed.