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My provider for this is apparently down. Bad timing.
I put up a self-signed certificate in the meantime. Just ignore the "non secure" warnings. They don't matter.
While this is getting fixed, use the URL http://vegascasinotalk.com/forum (note it's not https), and it should be free of warnings for now
The same people who complain about the light moderation on a free website that you operate at a loss will probably complain that now you can’t even keep the website cert current.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Yet they criticize you when you complain about a (usually) legitimate issue with a product or service you pay for.
lol
Okay, I fixed it. Huge pain in the ass, as the problem wasn't what I thought it was.
Battled with this for hours until I figured out the issue.
Anyway, it's all better now and the site should work normally. Nobody's data or info was ever at risk, by the way.
Thanks, Dan.
See?
Yours isn't a truly thankless job: I and I'm sure others appreciate the time and effort you put in to keep this forum going.
Sounds like it is too difficult to run the forum. I'll buy it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Humorous us and tell us what rules you would enact, please?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLaPiNFuNKSounds like it is too difficult to run the forum. I'll buy it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I'll back it! Senzaman wazzyneeds!Quote:
Originally Posted by SLaPiNFuNKSounds like it is too difficult to run the forum. I'll buy it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
First official action - put UNKewlJ out of his miserable quandary and ban him.
Oh the absolute HORROR! You'd think people around here were on the verge of suicide with being denied the opportunity to read this nonsense or to post their "influence".
What, your "trusmpassage.com/fourums" doesn't have enough viewers?Quote:
Originally Posted by MDawg
Gee, I wonder why....NOT.
Bwa ha ha ha
Actually that other forum I post at must have TOO much traffic because lately when I access it it has some kind of screen just to get in.
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I actually haven't posted enough there, you've jarred me into action!
I hope you are in fact able to buy this site from Dan Druff.
You'll recall he said he won't sell, and IIRC I chimed in to the effect that everything is for sale if the price is right.
You're a rich guy with an agenda, so why not urge him to sell it to you?
Heck, you can't take it with you.
I think Dan the Dandruff man would be more interested in assuring the forum were run properly than the dollars derived. Between me or SlapInFunk I’m sure he would be assured.
However I sense that in some way the Dan Man enjoys running or being in charge of this forum such that he isn’t quite ready to let it go.
I'm curious what slaps plan would be. This place is so not what his father wanted but on the other hand there are actually a significant number of real deal serious pro-gamblers. Slap seems like a pretty grounded guy though. If he axes much there won't be much to draw others. So I was wondering
I can't speak for what Alan wanted after 2016, but I am running it very similar to how I observed him operating this place from 2013-2016.Quote:
Originally Posted by accountinquestion
I know you joined in 2019, but here's the history of this forum:
2010: Alan started it (with help from his son Slapinfunk), as alanbestbuys.com. It was intended to be a forum to support and promote Alan's LA-area consumer TV show. However, it also had a "Las Vegas" section, due to Alan's love of casinos and gambling. The Vegas section was what caught on, as various advantage players found their way here, and adopted the forum as an alternative to places like Wizard of Vegas. Alan rarely banned people, rarely deleted messages, and pretty much let everything stand as-is. He ran the forum in a very free speech fashion.
March 2013: I showed up. I did not know Alan, though I had seen him on Los Angeles TV at times over the years. I was just a regular user here, not an admin of any kind.
October 2013: The forum was having all kinds of technical problems. It was being spammed to death, and the outgoing email wasn't working, due to the forum service provider being blocked by most incoming email servers. I offered to Alan to run the forum on my PokerFraudAlert server, and to manage it from a technical standpoint. I promised to fix the email issue and stop the spam problem. He agreed. In return, he sent me a very small amount of money every 3 months, which I assume was roughly equivalent to what he was paying his forum hosting service. I did not make any admin decisions. I was just the tech guy and had the forum operating on my server.
February 2016: Alan did not want to run the forum any longer, and told me to shut the whole thing down. I didn't want to do this, and offered for Alan to transfer it to me. We announced it as a sale, but in reality he just gave it to me for free. Alan became a regular user at this point, and was not an admin of any kind. He also required that I change the domain name for the forum, and leave alanbestbuys.com to operate as a domain for his business. I did this, and invented the name "Vegas Casino Talk" within minutes.
That's the way it has stood since then.
I have tried to be respectful to Alan as the original founder of this place, even once he was a regular user after Feb 2016. I have also placed a permanent RIP banner at the top since he passed away in 2022.
Anyway, I've tried to keep the look and feel of the forum, including the free speech atmosphere, similar to how Alan ran it. That's why the users came, so that's how I have tried to keep it.
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Alan probably started this forum about the time his former "go to" forums went dark.
I think that I first ran across him on gambling forums sometime around or shortly before Y2K; at that time he posted on a usenet forum, alt.something or other, then he went to the much-maligned yet now much-missed Gamblers Glen.
So I'm posting on a gaming forum that was started for a different purpose, run by just another poker player, that next to nobody reads, and that's worth nothing?
ME?
I hope nobody I know sees me here!
You should be getting a salary and a large piece of the action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
Robert, you post here I believe because you've been run off or banned at other forums.
"Any port in a storm," yes?
Wrong yet again. Big surprise. I believe you've been wrong on everything you've ever said about me.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterV
I came here because of an invite by Alan.
Big names = longevity. The rest are just noise.
Fair enough, but I didn't comment on why you came here, it was as to why you post here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
I post here and have always posted here to do some of (and a bit more of) what your boy kew claims to do--share my expertise, my experiences, occasionally some jaw-dropping photos, and certain aspects of my extraordinary life. The big difference is of course, I have a true professional documented gaming history, I'm a published & known personality with at times somewhat controversial views, I have a stable long-term family life unlike the vast majority of known gamblers, and to the dismay & wanton disbelief of many (like yourself, Dan, etc.) 98%-99% of all of it is absolutely truthful.Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterVFair enough, but I didn't comment on why you came here, it was as to why you post here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob.Singer
And actually, my usefulness in the meaningful sharing of my information reached its shelf life about a year ago. Since then it's been all about entertainment, slinging insults and zingers at those whom I deem worthy recipients, and infuriating those who just don't like to be infuriated. :)
I'll send you an autograph if you'd like. And a piece of cake.
"Documented gaming history" and a driveway to park the rv is all Singer has.
I wouldn't say nobody reads it.Quote:
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There are currently 143 users browsing this forum. (4 members & 139 guests)
You ever look at this stat? This place has an unusual number of lurkers, often outnumbering browsing members 50 to 1. More like a stage than a forum.
Gotta wonder how many of the lurkers are bots?
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Originally Posted by MisterV
A lot, but I keep swatting themQuote:
Originally Posted by MisterV