Is Blonde becoming spam city?

[tikay]

I woulda thought they'd be giving the merchandise away, after all you'd be a walking advert.
I have already voiced my opinion on spamming events
The thing is we are the player base for the poker room so they have to keep us informed don't they?
Personally i hate some of the changes that have occurred over recent months but i also realise they are a necessary evil, it can only get worse too.

Agreed Ian, it's a function of getting bigger. It was lovely when it was small, & it's hard to keep the "balance" as it grows, but that's just the way things evolved. More Members = more problems keeping everyone happy.

But there must be a reason why Members keep joining us. We have never advertised in the Print media, TV, or Web, not once, so it's all word of mouth. Plus, the "draw-card" of Dave Colclough - which was always going to be our main seliing point, the support of Poker 425, of Phil Quayle & the William Hill suits, the outrageous good fortune I had in picking up some TV gigs (& thus the ability to promote blonde), the tireless - & wholly unpaid - work by the Mods, & most of all, the unswerving loyalty of so many Members.

Size begats problems, that's just the way it is.

[Gamblor21]

I for one don't mind any of the "spam" about tourneys... as long as it is informative! Its not as tho they are sticking it down your neck. They are letting you know that there is a tourney at this time were you can play tikay & dave etc

For me it is the same as someone letting me know about a tourney on any site bluesq willhill stars laddies etc etc! If it is posted in the right manner then really it is there to inform others what could be useful to them.

The live tourneys should be mentioned as much as possible, its an excellent resource for you to pick events that are good to attend the right structure etc etc.

Keep up the good work blonde! And Tikay where ever was that T-shirt!

[Colchester Kev]

Vidal, your T-Shirt is awaiting a new delivery of cloth, they only had enough left for a 4 berth .... so we had to wait

[The Baron]

All merchandise requests to me please.

[Rod Paradise]

Vidal, your T-Shirt is awaiting a new delivery of cloth, they only had enough left for a 4 berth .... so we had to wait

OWWWW - That's like George Best telling you you're an alky!!!

[Nem]

Vidal, your T-Shirt is awaiting a new delivery of cloth, they only had enough left for a 4 berth .... so we had to wait

OWWWW - That's like George Best telling you you're an alky!!!

[NoflopsHomer]

Ask one anyone who has bought their own skin how much that costs.

Some of us were lucky enough to be born with our own skin. 

[tikay]

agreed red-dog, but they managed before the site was introduced.....

You mean, before the CardRoom was introduced?

Yeah, we managed. Cost Dave & I over £100k between us, not a single penny of which we have had back - NOT ONE PENNY.  And the idea of the CardRoom is to pay the running costs of blonde, not to make a profit.

Neither Dave nor I draw a salary, Dividends, or expenses from blonde. We pay various salaries, though I'd hardly call them living wages. The Techies need paying too, & there's bandwidth, servers, accountants costs, the cost of blonde Bash's, (not cheap!), da de da de da.

Unless we find a means of income, over & above a bit of advertising income & badgng fees, we'd have to close the site, full stop. I'm about out of money, & have to find income away from blonde to survive now. Fact.

We can solve all this via our CardRoom, though it needs a bit of pushing now & then. I'm sorry if you feel that's too big a price to pay, do you have a better idea? And please don''t suggest making the Forum, or our Live Updates, pay-per-view, because we are never going down that road, ever.

[danmonkey]

Well I don't post nearly as much as I read, but I felt the need to interject on this one.  Blondepoker is a brand for heavens sake, and one that is brilliantly realised and couldn't in my opinion do more for its 'customers'.  

It is not a utopian gathering place for marxist card players where we speak in hushed whispers of the evils of the commercial world.  Its a poker website with good content, great live updates, excellent quizzes and a pleasant forum community.  

But its all about poker.  Poker is measured in money, and money makes the wheels turn in life as well as poker. In the nicest possible way, Blondepoker needs money to survive.

I just can't believe anyone would object to a company advertising on its own website.  Its like a taxi driving around with the light off in case a punter thinks they are being too aggressive in trying to pick them up.

[NoflopsHomer]

agreed red-dog, but they managed before the site was introduced.....

You mean, before the CardRoom was introduced?

Yeah, we managed. Cost Dave & I over £100k between us, not a single penny of which we have had back - NOT ONE PENNY.  And the idea of the CardRoom is to pay the running costs of blonde, not to make a profit.

Neither Dave nor I draw a salary, Dividends, or expenses from blonde. We pay various salaries, though I'd hardly call them living wages. The Techies need paying too, & there's bandwidth, servers, accountants costs, the cost of blonde Bash's, (not cheap!), da de da de da.

Unless we find a means of income, over & above a bit of advertising income & badgng fees, we'd have to close the site, full stop. I'm about out of money, & have to find income away from blonde to survive now. Fact.

We can solve all this via our CardRoom, though it needs a bit of pushing now & then. I'm sorry if you feel that's too big a price to pay, do you have a better idea? And please don''t suggest making the Forum, or our Live Updates, pay-per-view, because we are never going down that road, ever.

Plus snoopy had to be 'de-wormed'

[b4matt]

 

[tikay]

what my main point is, is that saying spamming is not allowed on blondepoker.com then everyone plugging tournaments is a case of the "pot calling the............" very  hypocritical if u ask me

Depends what you call "spamming". We allow - encourage indeed - Members to Post about comps on ANY site. Wm Hill, Betfair, Stars, Party, UB, Full-Tilt, Blue Square, Laddies, etc,. ALL these sites get mentioned, including by myself, when there is something going off that the Members may be interested in.

I have personally encouraged, & still do, to this day, despite having our own Room, Members to play the $100 Freeze on Blue Square, & the deep stacked freezes on Laddies, because I think they are good comps. And I've said many times that we all aspire to be the all round quality of PokerStars.

Hypocritical? I don't think so.

It's an "open site", but we draw the line at newbie Members spamming from the first Post, or "pure Spam", & our Members tell us that's the way they like it.

We Promote our own site in a reasonable manner, & I don't have a shred of conscience about it, all things considered.

[tikay]

what my main point is, is that saying spamming is not allowed on blondepoker.com then everyone plugging tournaments is a case of the "pot calling the............" very  hypocritical if u ask me

But isn't it more a case of " we won't spam on your site so please don't spam on ours?"  

Blonde representatives won't go on other forums etc to spam events on blonde and doesn't expect other sites to do the same here.  I don't think anyone said anything about promoting/spamming Blonde events on the blonde site/forum?

Thanks Mr F.

We play it completely "straight". We have never, not even once, tried to spam blonde, covertly or otherwise, on any other Forum, & we never will. Were that everyone else could say the same....

Some of our fiercest critics have been guilty of spamming via blonde PM, believe it or not, with the sole intention of taking advantage of blonde for their own self-interest.

Incredibly, we have Members - well-known & hitherto respected ones - who are trying to rip off blonde, by covertly spamming their own sites & rakeback deals via blonde PM, or by stealing info from blonde Profiles for their own ends. (More of which later today).

I ain't trying to say we are angelic goodie-two-shoes, but Dave & I, & the vast majority of the Membership, believe in being straight, & up front. That's the way it is, that's the way it wlll stay.

[tikay]

Well The Baron is the only one who spams the BPL tournaments, after all his paid job is to run BPL etc. Lots of people play in the tournaments against other blondeites and now in the new league so ti would be strange if it wasn't mentioned on blonde's forum.

When we forget to mention/spam our own Tourneys, plenty of folks complain - as they should!

[matt674]

Incredibly, we have Members - well-known & hitherto respected ones - who are trying to rip off blonde, by covertly spamming their own sites & rakeback deals via blonde PM, or by stealing info from blonde Profiles for their own ends. (More of which later today).

Oooo goody a "who-dun-it"!! Is there a butler involved?