To Sloth, Scotty, Aces, Dave, and/or anyone who can help:
In light of all the bad beat posts...
I would like to suggest that a new board is added to the forum: the "Bad Beat" board. A few other forums have one and I think that it helps minimize the other boards seeing straight up bad beat stories and maximize the quality of responses to the poker strategy threads. I'm sure some people enjoy reading about terrible beats but if there was had a separate board then at least we all would have a choice.
You can tell me to shove it but I really think that some the hostility that flies around here is due to bad beat postings and I believe that a separate board would make this a better place.
I would like to suggest that a new board is added to the forum: the "Bad Beat" board. A few other forums have one and I think that it helps minimize the other boards seeing straight up bad beat stories and maximize the quality of responses to the poker strategy threads. I'm sure some people enjoy reading about terrible beats but if there was had a separate board then at least we all would have a choice.
You can tell me to shove it but I really think that some the hostility that flies around here is due to bad beat postings and I believe that a separate board would make this a better place.
Comments
Like last night in my SNG when I had...nope...won't do it here...
It can only consist of "I can't believe I lost" and a bunch of sympathetic replies.
No talk of how the game is unbeatable. No talk of pot odds and no justifying the villian.
So basically it would just be bad beats and nothing else.
May even cut down on some of the flaming wars that erupt and keep this a friendly place.
Essentially, most people do not know (or choose not to know) what a bad beat story is when they post one. After all, they posted it. That alone says they the poster is not acknowledging its true nature. Why would such a poster put their post in a "Bad Beat Story" forum section? They will post it in General Poker Chat, because that's the forum at the top of the list.
The real problem is classification of posts. I have my own idea of what a bad beat story looks like. Others have different ideas. Especially new players. Sometimes a legitimate hand analysis question does involve a bad beat. Sometimes bad beat stories are presented as bogus hand analysis posts. ("I should have mucked the Kings, right?")
Much better than relegating bad beat stories to their own forum section would be providing everyone the ability to hide/ignore threads. You see a bad beat story, you hit the ignore thread button. Unfortunately, this forum has no such feature AFAIK.
For now, use the "Report to moderator" feature if you see a really lame post (bad beat story or otherwise).
As for Dave Scharf's forum section, Dave is a Global Moderator, and generally king of his own castle. I will, on very rare occasions, move (or delete) a post from his thread that I feel might be better answered elsewhere (or thrown in the bin, respectively). However, since he also has the ability to move and delete the threads/posts himself, I would encourage him to fire at will.
ScottyZ
I am always for whatever the group wants. If it doesn't take, we can always dissolve it.
You have managed to suck all the fun out of suck outs.
I thought it'd have been a fun thread. Maybe not.
I think we should have a Bad Beat Stories section, and fill it up with discussions about pot odds in order to put BBC Z on tilt.
ScottyZ
whether the forum is used properly or not, i think its still a good idea - it takes little effort to set up, and if no posts in it, then nothings been lost
also consider that some people genuinely enjoy reading these posts too