Originally Posted by
kewlJ
Originally Posted by
Mission146
Honestly, the only Administrative action that BBB ever did that I highly disagreed with was trying to shut down DarkOz when he was discussing something strictly topical to gambling. Neither DarkOz nor the forum have any responsibility not to discuss AP-related things and I find it endlessly amusing that people would get pissed off about such discussions taking place on WoV, but then be part of gambling Twitter, Discord, whatever.
Oh, but there are definitely no casino operatives infiltrating Discord or reading posts on Twitter that are also literally public. lol
Seriously, you are comparing what happens or is allowed at the garbage heaps that are twitter and discord to WoV? Advantage players are in a constant battle with the casinos we play. We don't expect WoV of all forums to be part of that fight destroying opportunities. So, yes, I believe WoV
DOES have a responsibility to protect such opportunities by not publishing them.
I can think of at least two times when the man that started that forum, intentionally destroyed opportunities for others. One being the Plaza promotion, where he didn't just mention it, but specifically laid out how to beat it and how much that was worth in terms of profit each hour. The result was the best machines were pulled from that promotion, even before it started.
The second one was personal to me. My brother and I were camped out in Colorado for a couple weeks playing a nice profitable blackjack side bet. Again Wizard posted exactly step by step how to beat that side bet and what it was worth. Almost immediately, I think the next day, the amount allowed to wager on the side bet was reduced by 75%, which all but killed any profit from it.
In both these cases, I believe Wizard decided he wasn't going to play these opportunities, so he killed them for everyone....just because he could. He couldn't just wait until after each had played out and then revealed the math, for the sake of revealing the math.
Intentionally doing this is taking money from players.
I apologize for missing this post, somehow.
First of all, there's a bit more to it than just Twitter and Discord.
You see, when I got raked over the coals, it was for Nuking a post (not the poster) that linked to a site that Doxxed, in particular, WoN/SAP's wife. Naturally, Doxxing anyone is not permitted on the site, so that is a pretty clear cut rule that I had to uphold. For upholding this rule, in the context of being a Forum Admin, many individuals (some AP's) raked me over the coals.
Fast forward a little under two years and DarkOz makes his posts describing plays. I strongly suspect that some AP's, probably some of the same ones who went after me on the SAP/WoN thing, got in BBB's ear about shutting DarkOz down. I wouldn't be shocked if I were to discover that BBB was in on some plays as I understand she was dappling in all of that---which I gather from Monet's posts here. If that is the case, which I don't know, she'd have also been shutting DarkOz down out of selfish motivations to preserve future opportunity for financial gain for herself. In other words, nothing legitimately to do with Forum Rules or policy whatsoever.
As you may or may not recall, some of these same individuals who I suspect of getting in BBB's ear also attempted (though within the rules) to discredit DarkOz at every opportunity. This had been going on for a year, if not more, though I am sure they would describe it as, "Just fucking with him." BBB came up with some half-baked argument about not sharing info on plays for revenge, as if that would somehow violate any Forum Rules, and, it would seem, started to go after DarkOz on that basis.
Not being an Administrator, I have no idea what put an end to that. I will say that DarkOz' story (both of the play and personal) was interesting enough, and he seemed willing enough to discuss it, that it would make for a good article in my series of articles I was writing at the time. With that, I asked if he would be willing to do that and he was.
So, basically you end up with I think BBB going after DarkOz for pressure that I believe she was getting behind the scenes to shut him up...though I could be wrong about that. If there was such pressure behind the scenes, to get her to Nuke DarkOz for some rule that she had just made up off of the top of her head that you can't discuss AP for revenge purposes, then I imagine it came from some of the same people who wanted to come after me for, God forbid, actually having the audacity to enforce clear Forum Rules.
Which of course makes all involved hypocrites, at least, if all of my suspicions are accurate. I'm really not surprised that some would be hypocrites. That said, I do understand the actions, and logic behind the actions, as it relates to all parties involved. Personally, were I DarkOz, I'd have started singing long before that---don't piss me off. The only reason that I don't talk about as much stuff as I could theoretically talk about is because many on the AP side of things have been kind and reasonable to me.
I really don't give a shit about your opportunities, the opportunities of other AP's or even my own opportunities because I'm not a fucking hypocrite. You either like free speech, or you don't; a statement is either true, or it is untrue. Also, you're the last person who should ever be suggesting that WoV owes you anything whatsoever; should I quote the Collected Encyclopedia Brittanica Full Set's worth of your lifetime posts (everywhere) that trash Wizard personally? What the fuck could the site possibly owe you?
The site has rules. If you're an Admin, then your job is to keep and enforce the rules. There's no rule that says you can't discuss AP, and certainly, AP is sometimes discussed. Perhaps the lesson is that if you treat people reasonably, then they will be less-inclined to publicly disclose the AP playbook. Shit, I almost went into great detail on some stuff out of pure spite, at one point, but I had other people who are AP's to also think about. Just because I wouldn't necessarily share some stuff doesn't mean that others can't.
DarkOz was the first to share the Plaza tax promotion, as I recall. Wizard just analyzed the thing. Wizard actually doesn't publicly disclose nearly as much stuff as he theoretically could. Also, Wizard analyzed it for Video Poker, which was actually far from being the best EV play for that promotion. Dancer said no VP killed it, which I disagreed with him about. Of course, I don't believe I publicly shared what would have been better plays, but I assure you, there are FAR better plays.
So what about you and your brother's play? Did you tip Wizard as to the play and then he published it and analyzed it? You don't fucking own side bets. If he wants to analyze a side bet, then he can analyze a side bet. I'll tepidly agree with you if he heard about the play directly from you.
Besides, you talked, at length, about your card counting experiences and tips for doing that. Is AP allowed to be discussed only on condition that you approve the specific subject matter? Again, hypocrite.
Anyway, just be less greedy and you won't care. If I'm doing something and it gets killed, I really don't give a shit.