Originally Posted by Midwest Player View Post
KJ, why don't you start a blackjack forum of your own. I think it would be successful. It would give Norm some competition. Kind of like LVBear who runs blackjackinfo, but he still manages to play blackjack.
I have no interest in starting or running a forum. Especially now. In the past couple years it seems like there are a zillion trolls throughout the blackjack AP forum community. It may be a smaller number than it appears, using many handles, but there is definitely a group, who's only interest is to be disruptive. It seems like it is a fulltime job to stay on top of that.

Secondly, I don't think you can run a forum anonymously. Norm, Shackleford, Ken Smith at the original BJinfo, Don Schlesinger with his forum, all used there real name. Stanford Wong used a pen name or whatever you want to call it, but everyone knew who he was. LVBear uses his real name for his official duties at BJ21 and BJinfo. I am a fulltime professional player already fighting an uphill battle to protect my name and longevity.

And one other thing about all these people, big names in the blackjack community: I don't know that any of them were ever fulltime players or AP's. I think Don may have stated that he was for a while, but it couldn't have been that long with all the other things he has done and been mega successful at (more successful than blackjack). I am not sure what Shackleford considers himself at this point. But I am a fulltime player, Midwest. And between playing, scouting, networking, detailed records, I put in fulltime hours. After years of really grinding and puting in many hours, I have managed to get my career down to where I put in slightly less time and actually have some free time but I am not looking for a second fulltime (or even part-time) job or career that is going to pay next to nothing, with major headaches.