Big changes coming soon.
Sorry I havent been around here guys. Looks like Scotty is doing a good job in my place though 
Just wanted to make you all aware that there are going to be some very big changes to the site's appearance and even name taking place. Believe me, I've been working a lot while not being here
Pokerforum.ca is merging with another site under a new name, (but you'll still be able to get here by typing pokerforum.ca of course) You're going to like it. I can assure you that much This forum will be transported into the new site, and no posts will be lost.
It's a fair amount of work to do yet between myself and the site that I'm merging with, so there isn't a specific date set yet...and it's proven difficult to collaborate with the owner of the other site because he's in the USA and we've never met in person!
more to follow. 8)
Just wanted to make you all aware that there are going to be some very big changes to the site's appearance and even name taking place. Believe me, I've been working a lot while not being here
Pokerforum.ca is merging with another site under a new name, (but you'll still be able to get here by typing pokerforum.ca of course) You're going to like it. I can assure you that much
This forum will be transported into the new site, and no posts will be lost.It's a fair amount of work to do yet between myself and the site that I'm merging with, so there isn't a specific date set yet...and it's proven difficult to collaborate with the owner of the other site because he's in the USA and we've never met in person!
more to follow. 8)
Comments
because it's nice to have a place all our own
we'll see, but if sloth says we'll like it, i'm sure we will
i hope i hope
This is an internet forum.
Unless an internet forum is heavily moderated (which this one is currently not, I think), you can't really say it is any particular *kind* of forum. For example, a Canadian forum. Or a poker forum. Possibly a Canadian poker forum.
There have been quite a few posts about poker here, and quite a few about poker of specific interest to Canadians.
There have been quite a few posts which have has absolutely nothing to do with poker in general, or poker in Canada.
In the end, the forum will be what the posters want it to be. If the posters want a Canadian poker forum, it will be that. If posters want it to be a forum filled with bad beat stories and online poker consipracy theories, it will degenerate into such a forum. If posters want it to be a forum about monkeys, then, for the love of monkeys, it will surely turn into www.monkeyforum.ca
A change in domain name, or server location will not change the forum content. Merging this forum with another forum certainly *could* change the forum content, but I'm sure that Sloth has made a wise decision in this regard.
If this *was* actually some kind of heavily moderated forum strictly about Canadian poker, there would theoretically be no discussion about:
1. Online poker
2. The NBA playoffs
3. Poker at the Turning Stone casino
4. Where a nice place to play poker in Vegas is
5. Monkeys
all of which might actually be of interest to some Canadian poker players. (Especially #5)
So, don't panic. 8)
It's an internet forum now, it will be an internet forum after whatever changes Sloth has in mind.
Answer: If posters want it to be.
ScottyZ
And with the talent in here I fear not 8)
You should change that point of view.
ScottyZ
Lol. I would, but...
In all seriousness, I embrace change in general. At the same time, my immediate impressions of forthcoming changes to this site are: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
But, it sounds as though the 'new' format will in fact make for a better, broader discussion of the topics we've shown interest in discussing. Basically, we lose nothing and gain potentially a lot, from the sounds of it.
And as HellmuthFan pointed out, it should make for some good cross-border tournaments indeed.
Let's get a general feeling of anti-Americanism started now, just so we're ready to be belligerent, come the merge.
Regards,
all_aces
Hehe, that wasn't supposed to be some kind of attitude adjustment suggestion. I was just trying to scare you.
Cashier: "And 36 cents is your change, sir."
all_aces: "Change? AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" [runs away pulling out hair]
ScottyZ
My girlfriend just happened by, and read this passage over my shoulder. Imagine trying to explain to someone how we arrived at this scenario.
If it was, like, 5 cents, I'd be OK with it. But 36 is much, much, too much. As a matter of fact, with the new Ontario tax laws, 36 cents sounds like how much I'll be getting back from a ten for a pack of smokes, or from a fifty for a case of beer.
These sin taxes are killing me. I sin a lot. At least our government, in its wisdom, isn't taxing gambling winnings. I really don't understand how the people of America can let their government make an absolute fortune from casino profits, and then let them tax them on the winnings, should there be any!!!
Just trying to get the ball rolling....
Regards,
all_aces
time to go hide :shock: with them monkeys :shock:
Well, instead of taxing the winnings, they take a much simpler approach and just *own* the casinos. (At least, this is so in Ontario.) They make quite a bit more money that way. 8)
Well, now that I think of it, publicly owned casinos might not even be the optimal way to maximize government revenue. I'll bet the state of Nevada takes in far more tax revenue from the corporate taxes alone on their casinos than the total amount of gross profit from all of Ontario's casinos combined.
I've always found taxation of cigarettes strange. Hey, we need more money for health care to treat bazillions of people with various lung diseases. How do we solve this problem? Ban cigarettes? Nah, let's just jack up the price of cigarettes via taxes instead. But, shucks, now we have loads of unhealthy people with even *less* money than usual. I wonder if this will increase the costs of government health care? Darn, it probably will. No problem, we can just increase taxes. Hmmm... where can we increase taxes... [repeat ad idiocy]
Wouldn't it smarter to ban cigarettes and issue more healthy nicotine sources instead at an equivalent (or lower) price? This is supposedly an age of modern technology, so why do we still have to use the same nicotine delivery system that was used in the 1600's? Give people the part they want, not the part that kills them.
I already know how to market it:
"Less of what you don't want, more of what you want."
BTW, just in case any smokers are fuming at this point [ba dum pish!], I'm not trying to be anti-cigarette or anything like that. I was just trying to make a point that it's silly to slap taxes on products which are addictive and as justification, somehow imply that these products are optional. You can't pass something off as a "sin tax" when a significant proportion of your population is physically addicted to the product you're taxing, and there is no alternative product (in the same price range) available. I guess the government just won't be very popular calling it something more accurate, like an "addiction tax".
ScottyZ
The government can't just ban cigarettes. It may be unhealthy but it is not illegal. Its just like someone saying lets ban rap music because it encourages violence. Therefore they bump up the price of cigarettes to try to make people not smoke because they are too costly. My dad quit smoking because of the cost (and for health reasons obviously).
Anyway this is a poker forum so lets stay on that subject. By the way, if it mattered, I don't smoke.
I don't really have an issue with it, was just wondering. However there are many Poker forums out there, so what is going to draw people to this one? All I can say the fact it was Canadian focused is what got me to sign up.
Well, by "ban" I guess I meant "make illegal".
There is an easier (and less hypocritical) way to "make people not smoke" cigarettes. Make cigarettes illegal, and offer (or allow the sale of) an alternative healthier nicotine product at a reasonable cost.
This, I think, is not a valid comparison.
ScottyZ
One of the many reasons that this directive carries no weight is that it comes from a post with no poker content whatsoever.
8)
For the benefit of everyone:
As far as I know, there has never been any kind of standing rule on this forum that posts must be about poker.
As a courtesy (and to keep things well organized), try your best to *begin* off-topic threads in the Off Topic forum section. However, I've got no problem with individual threads straying away from poker, or otherwise going off topic. (within reason of course... not *every* thread can be about monkeys)
Plus, if you are ever harrassed by some other forum member as to what you can or cannot post (I can't imagine experiencing this myself, but you never know...), simply report this to your friendly forum moderator, who will attempt to deal with the issue with all possible tact and cleverness.
ScottyZ
This is a poker forum, so let's stay on that subject.
ScottyZ
Okay then lets say the ban of poker just because it is addicting and people could blow their life savings
Does anyone know when the merge is happening?
I cannot more wholeheartedly agree with Systine here. The Canadian content is what makes this site special and what keeps me interested and active in this forum.
Local casino information, home games, Dave Scharf, and regular Canadian tourneys/get-togethers, in my opinion, are an internet treasure.
I have complete faith in sloths judgement.
you mean it wasn't because of the monkeys
j/k
That's why I'm here. I love the focus on Canadian monkey content.
ScottyZ
The merger doesn't bother me. I'm a super mod on a non-poker website that has predominantly U.S. membership. Ya just gotta leave politics at the door! Trust me. Other than that we should be fine.
Now, the two tribes merge into one. Alliances form, maybe some romances, and there's plenty of backstabbing.
As forum members are voted off, one can't help but wonder: who will be the Survivor?
Actually, 'outwit, outplay, outlast' (or whatever the Survivor motto is) is a pretty good tournament slogan, and strategy.
Regards,
all_aces
imagine the flame wars when we join these yanks, gah this will be great!
I think we should all change our sig lines to read: "I'm still high off of our gold medal win on American soil." :twisted: