blonde poker forum

A long time poster a great supporter of Blonde


very unhappy


no poker on general discussion, just crap gossip and dating services from sad lonely women. elsewhere you cannot make a point without being flamed or sarcastically abused. These days the moderators are not as effective as the original bunch. FAR MORE IS LET THROUGH. adverts everywhere, very commercial. Just out to make money out of me.

I am not interested in giving this place money. I want to use it as a community. I do not want to know about your crap cardroom all the time. I play on a serious site with great software POKERSTARS


I am going elsewhere, to further my poker eudcation


goodbye

why post under a different name? :S

Sorry you feel that way, all the best.

The forum is what it is, but i do tend to agree some long time posters get away with acting like right "unhelpful so and so's" and it dont help with the karma of the place.

As DN would say I think "foyal rlushy" is having one of those days.

why the hissy fit under an alias ?????

I'm sure as long time poster, great supporter of blonde, i'm sure your grievances and comments would be looked at with far more creedence had you posted under your normal alias.

As for the mods i feel they do a very good job (the other forum i read occasionally could learn an awful lot)

 ;spam; :)

i agree some long time members get away with stuff a new member would be hounded out for.

No poker on general discussion, isn't that because it is for general discussion threads rather than poker?  :dontask: If you aren't interested in general discussion then ignore it and just look at the poker threads, doesn't seem too complicated?

I have no problem with someone criticising Blonde providing they make alternative suggestions. For example with regards to the commercial aspects of Blonde, suggest how it's costs will be covered. Without wanting to fill up Tikay's inbox, if you want to have a moan but don't want to post it under your real name then can't you just PM Tikay, rather than hiding behind a made up ID?

thats cause the other boards are full of it the gd board is for everything else


there is a fine line between over modding and under modding i am a butt of alot of the jokes PROBERLY
and so are the other mods we try and keep blonde civil and there is no out and out flaming if there is its removed as soon as possible

the site has grown in size unbeleivably in a short time the new mods are just as good as the old mods but there is alot more work to do infact in the good old days we would only have to remove stuff every now and again infact before there was any offlical mods the site was so small i think we only removed stuff a couple of times in total we are now removing numerous posts a day, there used to be only 1 board to watch now there are numerous and on busy days we can miss things which i why the report to moderator button is there now the mods are unpaid and have real lifes to live and cant its impossible to expect someone to be on here 24/7 but most hours of the day someone is about


do you know how much it costs to run a site like blonde apart from the bandwidth and servers and expenses like flights and hotels for the updates the webmaster and the writers i think it would be a drain on any pocket unless a form of income was available to cover some of the costs. i am happy to put up with a few adverts so that i can have a comunity


thought you were not intrested in gossiipand wanted more poker


good so do alot of people

but when i want a fun game with fun people in a friendly atmosphere on improving software i play on blonde




goodbye nice knowing you (i think) hope you have a good rest of your life

Who's Flushy upset now then?

i just counted 14 post on the first page on gd with poker as the main theme

So you are leaving. Announcing it under a user name with 1 post makes it look like you aren't. Typical forum behaviour.

Your mother must be so proud.

Scored out as the user in question has left and i wasted about 30 secs.

Sandy

I will respond to the OP asap, my wifi-equipped train has now almost arived in Edinburgh.

I will reply under my regular blonde alias.

In the interim, I'd appreciate it if Members did not openly speculate as to the true identity of the OP. Nobody has correctly guessed so far, & only harm can emenate from such speculation.

Thanks.

bye bye   thanks for your input

probably

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

r u sure?

is it reliable i was thinking of using it last time i was on the train but had a funny feeling it would kick me as often as my mobile did on the train

congratulations mate , knew you would get it right someday

its not my fault the spell checker has both versions in it and i am lazy i just go with the one that it puts in first

I love this bit.


'I want something for nothing'.

Whoever you are, mind the door doesn't bang your arse on the way out.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao :goodpost: ;iagree;

I can assure you that I don't  ::)

just to be serious for a moment

I am sorry you feel aggrieved the way things are going in the world of blonde

my comments are as follows


yes, the general discussion board does go through spells which are unpopular with some. However its a free forum. People post what they like as long as it is flame free etc. If it goes through a prolonged spell of inane stuff then you will usually find a few of us steer it back on course, balance-wise. and then it goes off one one again!

as for non-poker..well its General discussion..we have over 10 boards, some are entirely devoted to poker

Commercialism...slightly more so yes. Its the real world. We cannot expect founders, shareholders etc to continually dip into their pockets to fund expensive updates, site improvements, wages etc

so we need income from a card-room, from sponsorship and modest advertising. Without it, there would not be a site or a for

a poor card-room?..well its not Stars certainly but it is improving and you get great customer service here as well as a lot of great friendly comps

I am sorry you did not post under your original blonde alias. You would have nothing to fear if you did so as I respect the feedback

if you would like to contact me privately pls do so by pm or to r.prew@blondepoker.com

 thanks

I understand not wanting to post it under a genuine name, lots of loyal members tend to rip to shreds posts like this, and it can get personal on either side before long.

Much easier for the mods that you've kept your identity secret, saves a job.

and thats true too!

Just as well, as they're not what they used to be.

well, the thing is...most of them are. I blame the newbie mods for the slip in standards though. Only possible explanation

I still think if Tikay wanted to leave that badly, he should have posted it under his real name, though.

This "balance" thing to which Rich referred is quite interesting actually.

I mean, who "makes" the Forum what it is? (good or/and bad). Yes, the Members, & the Mods, though it's hard to quantify in what proportion, but at a guess, it's 90%+ a function of what the Members make it.

I got attacked several time recently by a Member who said that he could not be arsed to Post on blonde, as so many of the threads were crap. So i said, "well why don't you start a few more "interesting" threads yourself?" He went all mutton-Jeff on me then! There's a thing......

It's free, we do our best, work very hard on it, & folks make their own minds up. That's about the strength of it. Mr "getrealpeople" has "enjoyed" a free Forum, but has had enough of us now. So be it.

Half the questions I ask do seem to go unanswered most likely because i'm new, though maybe I just ask stupid questions hehe, tend to stick to reading unless something particularly interests me now. I don't see why you would tell someone so blatantly disillusioned with this place to mind the door on his way out, probably better to be concerned about why it happened or stay quiet, but then again the post wasn't particularly tacitly worded in itself. I do actually think there are a lack of interesting topics relating to poker at the moment but it's still an interesting forum regardless which is a bonus, so most of the criticism is completely unfair, though there is probably an underlying truth in there somewhere.

Damn you Andrew, rumbled again. Alright, I'll stay. Can I tell a train story?

As to "the Mods are not what they used to be", that's a little unfair, but everyone is entitled to their view.

I could not be happier or prouder than I am with the current Mods. They are a terrific crew, & work well as a Team.

i've been here since the start and helped tikay out when he was running the forum on his own and i still think i am being ignored when i make a post and that everyones out to get me

its not the case its just sometime you can make the most intresting post but it doesnt grab the mood of the forum and gets ignored  sometimes when asking questions people who are online that day havent a clue if you asked it the week before you would get 30-40 replys and then the thread divered off to something about som e building tikay built back when the romans invaded

Mostly it's because we just don't like you.  :D

i know but i aint crazy YET

I can't say I've ever noticed that new people (or those with few posts) get their queries ignored just because they're new. If someone has a question then, if they make it clear exactly the information they're after, and ask for info, rather than demand it, then it usually gets answered pretty quickly.


I posted that mostly because of the particular phrase I quoted - it was the 'something for nothing' aspect I objected to. As Tikay said, this place is exactly what the members make of it. You get out what you put in.

A little while ago Snoopy asked me if I wanted to write some articles for the main site. I said I'd love to. Since then, I've written precisely sod all. If I were to then post a thread on here bemoaning the fact that the articles on the main site were rubbish or whatnot then wouldn't that be really hypocritical? Same with our friend here - if there's not enough 'good poker stuff' then either post some yourself or put a cork in it. It's cost you nothing, you're not handcuffed here.

In my opinion its not someone fed up with the site, rather some shit stirring coward just out to kick up some dust.

If you are really leaving then post under your real name, i would, but the thing is your either not leaving or planning to come back a bit down the line and be content with everything again.

As tighty said he has respect for feedback but i have no respect for someone who doesnt even have the balls to speak out in his own name!!

So good riddance!!!

Given the rate of growth of all things Blonde, I think it is incredible that the place has managed to retain it's integrity and it's comunity feel. Credit is due to all those involved in Blonde for achieving that.

As Blonde continues to grow it is impossible to expect everyone to get along like best mates, there will be more minor disputes and the mods work will get harder and harder.

As Blonde grows, so it will change, it will not suit everyone. Inevitably we will lose members, some of whom will be respected regular posters.

If Blonde no longer suits you and you feel the need to move on, then good luck to you. The internet is a big place I'm sure you can find somewhere that meets your needs.

As someone who doesnt post too much on here I feel I have to make the following comments:

There's so many times I come home after a good or a bad day.. and i KNOW that if I come on here and catch up with everything I generally end up smiling.. tho more often that not I'm generally breaking up with laughter....

And some of the stories I hear... both poker and otherwise are enthralling... where else can do all that?

And to the mods, regulars, updaters and newbies.. keep up the good work .. :)

I've been away from blonde for nearly 2 months due to some life changing and I have missed the place so much its untrue, Im currently sat at a mates PC drunk as a skunk and as soon as i knew he had the net i just wanted to post,  Its just a shame that my 1st post back for a while is in a pathetic thread like this one.

If you're not happy with the place then bugger off and find some other mugs who want to listen to your pathetic moaning.

Love Jim,

as rolf would kinda say "can u guess who it is yet"

Welcome back JDx

Thankyou beautiful.

Its a fact of life that on a community as big as this one, there will be threads and people that you dont like. Anywhere. So I dont see the point of monaing about that.

But mainly, im not too sure about your comment on the advertising of the cardroom etc. I cant remember every seeing something trying to force you to play at Blonde, and practically no advertising cluttering the forum itself. Kev actually does a very good job in organising freerolls, added value comps, and Blonde Leagues for the forum.

i sooooooooooo want to play guess who


is it male or female?
have they got black hair?
are they wearing a cravat?
its..........

Welsh Guess Who....

Does she have a moustache?

now i know your pissed .x

Pfft thats scottish guess who isnt it!

Without turning this into a dating section on the forum but.......I always had an eye on you cutey ;)

its got to be some1
from way back at the start of blonde,
my minds wandering.....

Have you only got the one then?

The person just needs to grow some balls and own up

If this was aimed at me then i got as many as you need baby ;)

Ha ha! Iron knows - Iron always knows I tell ya. Cant put a dime past him guys. With Bongo on board now it's sneak proof!

Its bound to change as it gets bigger and as it gets bigger its harder to control (shakes naughty thoughts from my head)

Can I just say that what I miss more than anything from the old days is clicking on to General Discussions and seeing Red had posted...I would clap my hands with glee..put the kettle on..make a cuppa and be treated to a first class story that would either make me laugh or cry.

None of the good ones were poker related as I can recall but boy oh boy the man can tell a story.

PLEASE come back to us RED xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx its been too long.

Oops take that back...the one with the model eating/drinking red blood was excellent.

The thing i like about blonde is that the topics ARE varied.

I honestly believe if it was only "poker related" there wouldn't be as many members as there are now, i think its the diversity of the subjects that keeps "new" members here.

Again with so many people here, you will never please ALL the people ALL of the time, but i enjoy the majority of the topics and i also enjoy the lively debates that ensue, and as i have stated before its the fact that they are done without people getting to personal and vindictive against others (maybe the mods remove these before we see them) that i feel it works so well.

This is just my opinion, and thats what blonde forum allows me to do, express my opinion, i dont expect everybody to agree with it (in fact if we all agreed on everything it would soon become very boring)

Is that a bad thing?

More members, means more subjects in the forum, means there's more chance of something appealling to a member and keeping them interested  so in that instance it is a good thing.

Less people means less inerest in Blonde Poker and less interest in the other advertised sites on the Forum, so financially for blonde in this instance, yes, it is a bad thing.

More members dilute the closeness of the smaller group, things are not so personal and thus you lose the intimacy and sense of belonging that comes from it. People tend to resent when the status quo is broken and something or someone new comes on the scene, so in this case, for the individual it, would be a bad thing.

I suppose it all depends where you see yourself fitting into the community as to whether you consider it a good or a bad thing.
Personally I love the site and  hopefully it will go from strength to strength. I think for blonde to do this, the community needs to keep expanding so as far as I'm concerned it's a good thing.

Can someone confirm if this was a long time poster using an alias or just a shit stirrer?

surely PI ironside can check the IP and match it with a regular poster. Anyone who wants to leave so be it, theres been a lot of goodbye blonde type threads lately and is there really a need for them? Nobody forces anyone to come here, if you dont want to then don't just stop bloody whining about why you are going- you arent that important that blonde will cease to survive and grow when you've gone.

You must be a "sad, lonely" man because you're having a little flirt on the forum... well... getrealpeople seems to think so. (I don't see a problem in it tbh)

Why don't we all just lose our identities and character and become nothing but poker playing robots thats all act, think and post about the same thing, would make the forum a lot more interesting... no?

standard push.

If they are leaving then how exactly will it cause a fight when members point out what they are saying is a load of tosh ? Why hide your id if leaving anyway ? Anyone who has been on a forum longer than 2 minutes will know it's a run of the mill troll post and that it more than likely is a longish term poster. Unoriginal.

Sandy

Not quite sure where your coming from here unless i have missed something along the way, all i did was to Welcome back a member. There was no flirting on my behalf just grown up banter. 

nothing against you or jim, maureen, I'm just quoting what getrealpeople said on the main post... :)

it was my attempt at being sarcastic, might leave that upto the experts in the future though

I didn't see this thread yesterday,lol, it must have been pushed down the list with all the non poker related threads  ;D.

I am not sticking up for the OP when I say this but I can see some of his/her points.

There is alot more non poker related threads now than ever. When I 1st joined blonde there were just 2 boards GD and live tourney updates so anything poker was posted on the GD board so it seemed to be full of poker related threads. When there was a discussion about having more boards IE live poker and  internet poker all the poker talk moved to there so the GD board is filled with more off topic threads. Now before you bite my head off I haven't said it is a bad thing I said I can see where he/she is coming from.

I also think that it is a good idea to have more boards,as if it was all posted on the GD board it would get filled very quickly and new threads would move down to page 2/3/4 very quickly. But at the end of the day it is called 'The Blonde Poker Forum'

I dont agree that the MODS are worse/better. I think whoever is MOD is doing a good and differcult job but I sort of know what they are saying about senior posters getting away with far more than some.

I think what they said about adverts and the cardroom is unfair. Yes they are more adverts and promoting of the cardroom but it has no effect on the forum really and if that what it takes to keep blonde running and doing all the live updates then great, if you dont want to play on blonde or any of the other cardroom that we have links to then dont.

Like I said at the start I'm not agreeing wholey with what the OP said just I can see some of his/her points so please dont hound me out of the place  ;D.

no poker on general discussion, just crap gossip and dating services from sad lonely women.





WHOOPS!!!! one sad lonely woman returns from Portugal!!!!

LMFAO!!!

As I said, we are all nothing but poker playing robots, you are not allowed a personality.

Sorry but the original post really made me quite angry...........
but let's start by getting a two things straight
I am not a mod and would never want to be one
I am not financially involved in any way with blonde.

A general discussion board should do exactly what it says on the tin......so if you are having a bad day why not post it and get it out the system, and if you are using the site to meet people, good for you because you already have something in common.

As regards the moderators I have no idea if they are better or worse, what I do know is that this site is still one where you do get sensible opinion.

As regards having trouble with change. Might I suggest that you buy a copy of "Who moved my cheese?"

Now I play on Pokerstars they have a format of qualification for big tournaments that suits my style of play. So much so that I have been to both the WPT and WSOP with them. Do I get rakeback with them? No. Do I know any of the people behind the site? No I do not. When I play on the blonde web site at least I have some idea of where the money goes. Personally I would rather support this place than any other because of its honesty. Do I like the software? Not especially. Does it matter? Not especially. Do I know the people behind this site? Yes some of them. IMHO are they good people? Yes in my dealings with them. Could I talk like this about stars..........no

In two weeks time 200 of us will get together to play some poker. In two weeks time 200 of us will get together to enjoy each others company. Long may it continue.

So I say to you Getrealpeople...............I think it is you who needs to get real

lol, 1.24pm in an office in Didsbury, Manchester.................

Most people can remember where they were when a significant event happened:

When Kennedy was shot

When Armstrong first set foot on the moon

And now Snatiramas getting "quite angry"

whatever next ;)

Excellent post Sir.

geo.

 ;iagree;

As regards having trouble with change. Might I suggest that you buy a copy of "Who moved my cheese



[/quote]



Not only buying a copy but also reading a copy of "who moved my cheese" what an excellent idea!!

Or failing that ask your HR dept they tend to have a copy or two floating about, I gave a copy to each member of my team!