Rob Singer banned

[kewlJ]

The entire anonymity thing is a joke.

Here's the deal about the anonymous thing. In the AP community, especially here in vegas, but not limited to here, most AP's that participate on one or more sites, especially the more populous sites, like Wov, BJ21, blackjackinfo (for me), and some of the vp sites and/or Curtis's site (for vp and machine guys), know each other to some degree. Some people meet other AP's (I don't), but even without that, you know who people are. Sometimes, you know their real names, even having not met, sometimes you know their face. One guy on this site, I don't know his real name or face but I know almost exactly where he lives. I'd be willing to bet that even though I have met no one from this site, there are a few people, even on this small site, and many, many more throughout the community, that know my real name, first and last.

Axel thinks he knows me (I don't think he does). He swears he could identify my partner. Maybe/maybe not? A guy on another site, who I never met, picked me out at the tables. And even if you don't know the real name or face, participating on numerous sites, you get to know people and who is credible and as I always say "who knows what they are talking about and who is just talking". Most AP's use the same or similar handle on different sites. So I don't know how much anonymity there really is among AP's. The people we are really trying to stay anonymous from are non-AP's, especially anyone that just might work the other side. There are real consequences, financial consequences, career threatening consequences for losing your anonymity among that group.

I have been on several sites, for 10 years now. And I am a relatively young man, so that is a short time compared to some of you guys. Some of you guys born before cable tv, maybe even before color tv, have been battling on different sites since whenever the internet became a significant thing...I don't even know...the 90's? I was still a kid. So whether you have met someone, know their name, know their face, I just don't know how much anonymity there really is going on.