Quote:
Originally Posted by jjjou812
Josem, I am trying to take over for Monty as ******* poster, just from the riggie side. Even though I abhor admitting it, despite your verified shill status, when you participate you make valuable contributions to this thread (which is like saying you make valuable contributions in group therapy at the psych ward).
Why you want to muckrake with the issue of one riggie that voted multiple times is beyond me because it distracts from your other valid opinion and information. Even if true, one or a few multiple votes by some idiot does not invalid to the poll (probably is not even statistically significant) nor eliminates the large number of people that voted they think online poker is rigged. Whether it is rigged or not, your industry and employer has to deal with the public perception. Raising the voting issue does nothing to improve that perception.
That being said, your company's response to BF and the information that has come out since about the other companies really does put Pokerstars at the top of the list of reputable on line sites (may not be much of a compliment given the competition). Kudos for the company's response and professionalism shown during this time.
You are doing an excellent job with your posting approach as well, I am duly impressed, though you will only really achieve success when some of the riggies start calling you a shill (and then you can do that reversal back to full riggie spokesperson).
I gave up asking why Josem posts in this thread, basically you are asking him the same thing I have done many times in the past
When things settle down eventually people will appreciate (well riggies will not) how needed Black Friday and Purple Wednesday (my nickname for a couple days ago) were to the industry in the long run. As I watch people panic yet again this week (albeit much lower intensity) about if this happens to Tilt what about Stars/Party etc. I try my best to explain to them that in the marketplace, companies run like UB/AP especially and also like Tilt in time face a much higher percentage of running into "issues."
What happens at that time? The strong get stronger (and offer a reload bonus) and the industry gets more stable. That is what is happening now, and when the US gets its act together and properly legislates the games that will pretty much help complete this process the industry desperately needed to happen.
The fact that so many players were disrupted by this process is frankly unforgivable, and I do hope that many behind some of these companies are held accountable, but the reality is that market forces feel no sympathy in that regard. Essentially the marketplace is man-made nature where the weak get weaker and eventually die and the strong get stronger. We saw this as the industry went through the bonus whore phase toward the end and this is just the latest needed iteration.
As I said April 16th - Pokerstars will be even bigger than they were pre-Black Friday before the summer is done, and that is no doubt on the path of becoming true, because that is how the marketplace works at times like this.
My schedule is becoming more busy and while I have enjoyed my recent time here in the thread (always more fun messing with douche shills than riggies), I am looking forward to a couple solid riggies who can express themselves to help bring a new life to this thread, because I at times have a hard time keeping up with the extreme posters (on both sides).
My advice to you is to always mix up your game, though have respect for some of the better and nicer posters on both sides (as you did with Josem). The douches and idiots on both sides are your playground and fiddle with them as you like for your amusement and for the entertainment value of the thread. Play your cards right and you even win a lunch as a result
Keep up the good work here!
All the best.