Originally Posted by
Rob.Singer
Originally Posted by
redietz
It's a tabloid for tourists. Nothing wrong with that, really, unless some poor blokes take the content hugely seriously. I like the Monti Rock column. I did find a couple of the sports inclusions interesting. They did a running tally of baseball team totals and ATS records. It was good to just take that in at a glance. They also have an annual ATS contest pitting the managers of all of the Las Vegas books against each other. That's pretty good filler.
Again, other than a weekly heads-up of promos at various casinos, it's of no real value to anyone who knows what they're doing, but why would it be? It doesn't exist so tourists can lose less money.
I don't disagree that's what it is today. It's a shell of its former self, and after just one year of publishing my column it enjoyed it's most popular and prolific time ever--straight through until the day I quit sending in articles.
Today, the paper has not only shrunk in length & width--it's got less than half the # of pages. It's truly pathetic, but then again, I couldn't write my column forever, and Eileen D. didn't really think like her genius husband anyway. As a result, the GT of today is a joke. There were sponsors who bought ad space back then that would never even give it a thought without my Undeniable Truth column. And the reason it's a skeleton paper today is because the sponsors said bye-bye. Chuck knew how to run a successful paper. His wife does not.
So Gaming Today downsizing had more to do with the lack of Rob's column than with the internet stressing a weekly tabloid as a news source. Interesting theory. It also had nothing to do with the Las Vegas economic crash of 10 years ago. It had to do with Rob's column.
Now here's something I don't quite understand. I don't see any difference between Gaming Today content today and 20 years ago. Rob, explain the vast differences in the paper under "genius" Chuck and "non-genius" Eileen. The only difference between the two is really the lack of your column, which leads us to the inevitable conclusion that not maintaining Rob's column clearly profiled Eileen as a "non-genius."
I will be sure to pass this forum posting onto Gaming Today, so they can appreciate their current folly. Maybe they will reward me with a free subscription.
Rob, one other question. That comment, "There were sponsors who bought ad space back then that would never even give it a thought without my Undeniable Truth column."
Would you care to name one still living? You know, one of them thar sponsors who would not advertise in GT without your column?
I find that quite a claim. Sounds almost narcissistic bordering on nuts. So could you name one? You said "sponsors" plural, so you must have some folks in mind. I know you wouldn't make that up off the top of your head.
Could we have a name? So, you know, we research types could verify the undeniable truth about it?
Thanks in advance.
Your friend,
Bob
P.S. If Rob doesn't provide a name, you know that I'll be dropping into the GT office to hand them this post and see if they know any sponsors who might have ceased advertising because of a "lack of Rob."