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Originally Posted by
Tasha
Evenbob, the Top Poster turned his back on WOV, telling WOV off. Wow. You know this is some VERY serious shit when the Top Poster walked away, telling it off. Boz did something similar, but his was the reverse. He made it clear that he wanted WOV to ban him, he didn't walk off himself. And Boz was NOT a Top Poster. The Top Poster basically saying,"Fuck WOV, this place has turned to shit, I'm out," is actually a pivotal moment in WOV History.
Boz is not a top poster, but Evenbob is? What a joke! Top Posters should be measured by
quality not quantity. No decent forum rewards posters with extra recognition for commenting on every single things said. That is recognizing the top trolls.
I have never appreciated Evenbob's style. To me it was trolling. He would walk right up to the line of insulting others without crossing. That does not a "top" poster make. Tell me what he has contributed that anyone else is better for?
That said, What Evenbob said as he resigned is exactly right. If someone like him can't figure out the rules, what is ok and what isn't (which changes day to day), then what chance does anyone else have? Hell even the mods now don't seem to know anymore and have to check with Wizard or are over ruled by Wizard. It is ridiculous.
The problem with that forum is the very thing that made it special 10 years ago....
Michael Shackleford. Of course 10 years ago, he gave a shit, now he doesn't. He thinks it is a big joke. I think it is too late for WoV to recover and be anything other that the troll forum all these forums have now become, but if there is any chance at all, Wizard needs to step aside from moderation. He could still participate if he wants and no doubt would receive special treatment but he should not be calling the shots. (t)Eliot is a freind of Mike's....read what he wrote today because he is 100% correct.
On a
real gambling forum math is God. Freedom of speech is a joke when it defies the math. That is not to say that anyone that comes along claiming something that defies math and reality like 18 y.o.'s in a row or 60 winning hands of blackjack in a row (and other claims that same person has made) should be banned or anything. They should be free to make their claims....THAT is your freedom of speech!
But the mods and other members HAVE to be allowed to push back in the name of math and over and over and over again, if the person keeps repeating their baloney, which seems to be the playbook these days.
None of it will happen. WoV will just continue it's descent into full blow voodoo forum where the trolls are protected and the decent posters, real players, math guys and just anyone based in reality continue to walk away. . I mean it is really already there.