Too many people trying to sell cars ITT, not enough that sell aeroplanes. But as Pleno says only lazy people learn about aeroplanes.
Tighty is right on the chat abuse, and I genuinely believe Sky has it worse than any other site I play on. I think a lot of that is down to demographics. Very experienced players and newbies don't usually get involved. It is those in that phase where they think they know it all. Sure most of us went through that phase too.
+1 quintillion
I get called a 'cu*t' multiple times a session, maybe a valid name calling but it's meant to be propa nawty yet no one ever loses their chat.
However you can lose your chat for essentially pointing out the sites flaws and doing your utmost to improve it.
Massive +1. The chat boxes on Sky are the nut worst. When the new software came out, I was like "Yay, I can chat to the recreational players while grinding, this is fun for me and good for the game". Now as soon as someone chats, I usually end up turning chat off because 99% of the time, it's not worth reading (Fortunately I got banned before that inane forum ban = chat ban rule happened).
There's a DYM reg who I've reported to Sharkscope and Sky on multiple occasions for using Sharkscope to berate weaker players in chat. Last time I played him he was still
being a **** able to chat to people, and still using Sharkscope to berate players, so obv nobody did a thing rofl. There's also that OAP wannabe gangsta reg who has been on the site for YEARS abusing people in chat, offering to meet people at SPTs for fights, and even tried to fight a woman at an SPT, who still had chat and forum privileges last time I played him.
Same thing applies to multi-accounting bans. There's been people who have posted on the forum saying "I'm also using account X" who didn't get banned. There's also a DYM reg who I've personally reported before, telling me in chat that he's got another account, which was also a high stakes DYM reg that no longer plays.
Obv no bans. HOW?! I don't even bother reporting it any more, because there's no point when I'll get spoken to condescendingly by Customer DontCare and nothing will happen anyway.
I used the word idiot, in response to someone asking why I seemed peeved. IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE therefore I lose all table chat/forum privileges on the same site where i'm constantly called a ***** but their superior security department cant even auto scan the chat windows lolz.
Most ridiculous rule ever. Someone tilts in chat and gets banned (Ofc this doesn't actually happen irl because nobody cares, but lets assume someone actually gets banned for chat abuse on Sky). There's a HUGE difference between someone tilting in chat after losing a big pot, and someone being an arse over a prolonged period on the forum and doing something ban worthy.
Conversely, someone can do something which breaks forum rules, such as spamming Poker Chat with bad beat posts which belong in BBV. That doesn't mean they deserve a chat ban too. There's just no reason for such a dumb rule to exist, you can always ban someone from both if necessary anyway.
they banned you, so you hold a grudge?
Beaneh has done more for Sky Poker for absolutely nothing then a lot of the people on Sky's payroll. He has a pretty damn good reason to hold a grudge, IMO.
Titbean's way of expressing himself might well be tilting and make himself look a bit of a ***** but he's a single human person and entitled to do what he likes.
Sky's media/community team are straight up punters though. Absolutely shocking approach to community and customer service. They are acting like companies did in the bad old days. I'd be fucking embarrassed if I ran their forums. The behaviour their in moderating issues is absolutely petulant and defensive and just not how the internet works.
Titbean has a poiint regardless of how he chooses to express it.
Couldn't agree more. The "Sky_Poker" account needs to be ditched, and Sky need to have individual accounts for mods. That way, individual mods can be held accountable for their actions. I've been saying that since the day that account was created.
Treat a customer like shit on the "Sky_Poker" account - Meh, no big deal, happens all the time atm from what I've seen and heard. Treat a customer like shit on your own mod account - GG Job.
Again, the best mod by far on there by a million miles is TommyD, and again, he's doing a better job for £0.00 than the Sky community staff are doing for more money than they deserve.
Author