Disco monkey . Use this thread to get froM 40 posts to 300 tonight :)

[AndrewT]

i feel like this is becoming more "jason getting to 10,000" posts, before its about me getting to 300....

Go back a year or so ago and you'd be given very good odds on that ever happening

any chance of me getting my post count back from before mr mod?? i would to advertise the package on here and also the one at the end of the series that im doing for the main event day. i promise all posts will be constructive and i wont justbe here to leech from the marketplace

Karl, you've got the chicken and egg thing the wrong way round.

Stop thinking about selling the pieces and contribute on here just like anyone else who doesn't have a prospective staking request in the pipeline.

Once you get to 300 posts, then (and really, only then) should the thought of maybe asking for staking come up. That's the way round it's supposed to be.

[AndrewT]

wtf the 300 post limit is just an arbitrary figure w/regards to posting on the staking board.

How can their be heaving handed modding on this front when the person is known to alot of people.



does not compute

The 300 posts is an arbitrary limit, but it's there as a line in the sand to protect against people not entering into the spirit of the intention behind the limit.

Karl is known to people on here - so what? We're not preventing him asking the people he knows to stake him directly. By putting the staking request on here he would be specifically advertising to the people who don't know him.

Now, essentially, Karl has already got what he wants as everyone knows he has a staking request out there (and the thread on 2+2 has been linked) so anyone who does want to stake him can easily do so.

[discomonkey]

wtf the 300 post limit is just an arbitrary figure w/regards to posting on the staking board.

How can their be heaving handed modding on this front when the person is known to alot of people.



does not compute

The 300 posts is an arbitrary limit, but it's there as a line in the sand to protect against people not entering into the spirit of the intention behind the limit.

Karl is known to people on here - so what? We're not preventing him asking the people he knows to stake him directly. By putting the staking request on here he would be specifically advertising to the people who don't know him.

Now, essentially, Karl has already got what he wants as everyone knows he has a staking request out there (and the thread on 2+2 has been linked) so anyone who does want to stake him can easily do so.

i do actually agree with the bolded part completely. you are right that it should be about becoming part of the community and then taking up the option of buying/selling. I guess i wrongly assumed (assuming is always bad anyways) that being part of the british community and this being the major british poker forum that becoming part of the forum in a way that allowed the buuying or selling of peices would be relatively arbitrary. I apologise for being wrong about that.

[titaniumbean]

wtf the 300 post limit is just an arbitrary figure w/regards to posting on the staking board.

How can their be heaving handed modding on this front when the person is known to alot of people.



does not compute

The 300 posts is an arbitrary limit, but it's there as a line in the sand to protect against people not entering into the spirit of the intention behind the limit.

Karl is known to people on here - so what? We're not preventing him asking the people he knows to stake him directly. By putting the staking request on here he would be specifically advertising to the people who don't know him.

Now, essentially, Karl has already got what he wants as everyone knows he has a staking request out there (and the thread on 2+2 has been linked) so anyone who does want to stake him can easily do so.

So the mods are not here to mod the staking board for quality, we use the 300 posts figure as the method and therefore there is no come back on the mods etc. fine ok.

Yet the mods are deciding that this what I will only describe as a 'known account' is getting heavy handed modding for the sake of it or to prove that there is a rule? Even though if a new acc comes posts 300 amazing posts then puts up a thread for w/e staking there is nothing to make people expect they will be trustworthy and no come back on the mods.


I really really don't get it. I didn't realise posts had to be of a certain quality, you should probably reduce herbie and myselfs post count by a few thousand!

[discomonkey]

i don't think it is to do with the quality for the posts, its more to do with the principle of attempting to get 300 posts to make a staking thread.

i dunno if its bc a few people know me (im sure this could come across as arrogant but that is not my intention) and the mods are trying to make a point that this isn't gonna be allowed period and can use a non random as an example of this.

i was given examples of people (no names) that had done similar to me (posted good posts got over the limit required and then posted their staking thread on the 307th post) and had no issues, and then another example of someone who just "+1, lol, sup" every post and got reprimanded..... i thought i was showing a bit of respect for the forum by trying to contribute as much as possible over the 300 posts that i would be making and will continue to do so after i reach the landmark 300.

[titaniumbean]

Yeh I understand both ways, I just think with this being such a strong community and the fact that so many people know you just makes it a bit silly.


fwiw i've just posted for 2%

[TightEnd]

Hi Karl

People have got to 300 and asked for staking straight away, that is correct....however not as far as I can recall by going from 50 to 300 in a night!

Anyway, as has been explained, no hard feelings here...I know you, lots of people know you and we'd love you to stick around and contribute. Sure you have a lot to offer.

The aim really is to try and be consistent and avoid precedents that make the staking board a more difficult thing to mod in the future, which anything circumventing 300 posts, or trying to shortcut the process, does.

See you for the £500 at DTD?

[The Camel]

Think you'll find posters who just use +1 and lol to get to 300 won't sell their action regardless of being allowed to post on the staking board or not.

People on here aren't stupid.

Does seem a bit harsh to reset Disco's post count though.

[titaniumbean]

Hi Karl

People have got to 300 and asked for staking straight away, that is correct....however not as far as I can recall by going from 50 to 300 in a night!

Anyway, as has been explained, no hard feelings here...I know you, lots of people know you and we'd love you to stick around and contribute. Sure you have a lot to offer.

The aim really is to try and be consistent and avoid precedents that make the staking board a more difficult thing to mod in the future, which anything circumventing 300 posts, or trying to shortcut the process, does.

See you for the £500 at DTD?

Surely the fact that it is an open, tongue in cheek thread + many of his posts are in PHA just seems ridic harsh to reset him.


Anyway I BLAME HERBIE!!!!!!

[TightEnd]

I wasn't talking about the reset.

Merely talking about someone trying to fast-track to 300 in a short period of time, and why that can be frowned upon/be a decent indicator of problems ahead.

(after all, the overall aim is a staking board that operates efficiently with a minimum risk of grimming in so far as we can control factors influencing that)

[smashedagain]

Shut it titty.  I do actually feel guilty now. 1 for Karl and 2 for the hassle i have given the mods.
Have you sold out yet? Tikay linked your 2+2 thread which was pretty decent of him.
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[titaniumbean]

I wasn't talking about the reset.

Merely talking about someone trying to fast-track to 300 in a short period of time, and why that can be frowned upon/be a decent indicator of problems ahead.

(after all, the overall aim is a staking board that operates efficiently with a minimum risk of grimming in so far as we can control factors influencing that)

ah sorry you hopefully realise i'm deffo not having a go, just intrigued.  i think the community as a whole is alot more important in protecting the marketplace rather than just a post requirement.

[tikay]

Think you'll find posters who just use +1 and lol to get to 300 won't sell their action regardless of being allowed to post on the staking board or not.

People on here aren't stupid.

Does seem a bit harsh to reset Disco's post count though.

I don't think it was harsh at all Keith, given that I said this in my reply.....


".....Reducing your Post count to Zero? Guess it was just a bit of quid pro quo.

I daresay it will be reinstated to it's pre "flood Posting" levels if you agree not to further try to circumvent it....."




...and Karl agreed that was reasonable.




Since then, he has asked for it to be reinstated so that he can sell his action.




I can't really put bigger spaces between the lines.

[TightEnd]

I wasn't talking about the reset.

Merely talking about someone trying to fast-track to 300 in a short period of time, and why that can be frowned upon/be a decent indicator of problems ahead.

(after all, the overall aim is a staking board that operates efficiently with a minimum risk of grimming in so far as we can control factors influencing that)

ah sorry you hopefully realise i'm deffo not having a go, just intrigued.  i think the community as a whole is alot more important in protecting the marketplace rather than just a post requirement.

Yes I agree with that, but equally I am sure you realise that we need some sort of template for the staking board, post requirement etc that provides a framework for it to operate

as tikay explained earlier....put yourself in a mod's shoes last night. He probably doesn't know Karl, Jason's being a prat, and the posts are coming thick and fast...

Lots of experience suggests that caution is correct, and things can be sorted after.

(with a lot of debate, sometimes!)

[The Camel]

Think you'll find posters who just use +1 and lol to get to 300 won't sell their action regardless of being allowed to post on the staking board or not.

People on here aren't stupid.

Does seem a bit harsh to reset Disco's post count though.

I don't think it was harsh at all Keith, given that I said this in my reply.....


".....Reducing your Post count to Zero? Guess it was just a bit of quid pro quo.

I daresay it will be reinstated to it's pre "flood Posting" levels if you agree not to further try to circumvent it....."




...and Karl agreed that was reasonable.




Since then, he has asked for it to be reinstated so that he can sell his action.




I can't really put bigger spaces between the lines.

That's what I meant, reinstating the posts pre last night.

Although I'm getting old, I can still read between the lines occasionally.