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[BorntoBubble]

my main challenge is to rev up the rail

we do lack breadth of poker content. a few more meaty debates on there (the re-entry one is a good one, HUDs was another) would do wonders

i'm not too well placed to do it though, not an online grinder, not on the live scene as much etc etc

Basically we all gave up poker when it got hard and started punting instead

[TightEnd]

my main challenge is to rev up the rail

we do lack breadth of poker content. a few more meaty debates on there (the re-entry one is a good one, HUDs was another) would do wonders

i'm not too well placed to do it though, not an online grinder, not on the live scene as much etc etc

Basically we all gave up poker when it got hard and started punting instead

certainly some truth in that, but at the same time we lost some grinders/pros, for whom the forum probably became too recreational

this follows a period where we lost a lot of recreationals because the grinders made it too serious and in a few cases lacked inter-personal skills

so it goes in cycles. people come and go. mainly go, tbh lol

[Tal]

Circumstances meant  (I assume) the UKPC updates couldn't be publicised in advance, which was a shame. I suspect they slipped under a few people's radar, meaning we didn't get the interaction the updates normally do.  

I hope that was the case, as I remain of the view they were a big draw for the forum.

[TightEnd]

Circumstances meant  (I assume) the UKPC updates couldn't be publicised in advance, which was a shame. I suspect they slipped under a few people's radar, meaning we didn't get the interaction the updates normally do. 

I hope that was the case, as I remain of the view they were a big draw for the forum.

they are yes and undeniably would be a big boost on a regular basis but there is no immediate prospect of them returning, apart from one offs

I/we only decided to go double (sky poker forum/blonde) on UKPC updates a couple of days beforehand. To really push them was a bit awkward as Sky Poker was paying me, and I was doing updates on there, so to wholsesale throw everyone across to blonde (where updating is far easier) seemed churlish at best. So i didn't.

[tikay]

Anyway, if anyone has any constructive comments to assist in halting the decline, hit us up please. But if you have never started a thread, feel free - they all help.

I do have a few ideas, it's just finding the time.

The Competitions that folks run - Scotty, Mere, Tighty & occasionally others (apologies if I forgot you) are a HUGE help. Scotty's "Greatest Mind" comp already has 450 replies, which is over 5% of a typical months total. From one thread. 

Fred had 1,740 posts in August - 25% of TOTAL blonde Posts in August. It's a double-edged sword, of course, but I fear without it, we'd be buggered. Proper buggered. 

Anyway, there you have it.

200 posts per day (6,000 per month) would seem to be the lower limit to make it worthwhile continuing, & we are a-heading in that direction.

We shall see. 

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

[BorntoBubble]

Circumstances meant  (I assume) the UKPC updates couldn't be publicised in advance, which was a shame. I suspect they slipped under a few people's radar, meaning we didn't get the interaction the updates normally do. 

I hope that was the case, as I remain of the view they were a big draw for the forum.

they are yes and undeniably would be a big boost on a regular basis but there is no immediate prospect of them returning, apart from one offs

I/we only decided to go double (sky poker forum/blonde) on UKPC updates a couple of days beforehand. To really push them was a bit awkward as Sky Poker was paying me, and I was doing updates on there, so to wholsesale throw everyone across to blonde (where updating is far easier) seemed churlish at best. So i didn't.

I was gutted to have missed the updates as as good as the updates are the interaction is also massively important!

Saying that I was very drunk that whole weekend so my interaction probably would not have helped.

[BorntoBubble]

Anyway, if anyone has any constructive comments to assist in halting the decline, hit us up please. But if you have never started a thread, feel free - they all help.

I do have a few ideas, it's just finding the time.

The Competitions that folks run - Scotty, Mere, Tighty & occasionally others (apologies if I forgot you) are a HUGE help. Scotty's "Greatest Mind" comp already has 450 replies, which is over 5% of a typical months total. From one thread. 

Fred had 1,740 posts in August - 25% of TOTAL blonde Posts in August. It's a double-edged sword, of course, but I fear without it, we'd be buggered. Proper buggered. 

Anyway, there you have it.

200 posts per day (6,000 per month) would seem to be the lower limit to make it worthwhile continuing, & we are a-heading in that direction.

We shall see. 

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

I need to post more when im browsing, I will set that as my target for the month. I probably make 90% of my post's from my PC but spend 90% of my time on blonde on my Ipad/Mobile.

[tikay]

my main challenge is to rev up the rail

we do lack breadth of poker content. a few more meaty debates on there (the re-entry one is a good one, HUDs was another) would do wonders

i'm not too well placed to do it though, not an online grinder, not on the live scene as much etc etc

You & I just don't have the ability to do much with the poker Content, we are off the radar these days as to what makes people tick in poker.

[The Wycher]

I think one of the problems is that the next generation of poker players don't look to far past facebook/youtube etc.

I keep seeing story's that poker is in decline and guess that must be true at certain levels. However, I play in a local pub once a week and we have had upto 25 players at times and they play most days of the week now. The majority of the players are young (early 20's or younger) and hardly any have been to a casino to play, which means that potentially at the moment this forum probably has little to offer as they are unlikely to play the big tournaments and cannot easily get to DTD.

[tikay]

I think one of the problems is that the next generation of poker players don't look to far past facebook/youtube etc.

I keep seeing story's that poker is in decline and guess that must be true at certain levels. However, I play in a local pub once a week and we have had upto 25 players at times and they play most days of the week now. The majority of the players are young (early 20's or younger) and hardly any have been to a casino to play, which means that potentially at the moment this forum probably has little to offer as they are unlikely to play the big tournaments and cannot easily get to DTD.

Online poker is in decline, even though most remain in denial.

Live Poker? I have no idea, there's no way to accurately measure it. I suspect it is holding it's own, but that's just a guess.

For now, I think blonde MUST diversify. 2+2 seems as vibrant & busy as ever, but that apart, every poker Forum I know is in decline.

[EvilPie]

my main challenge is to rev up the rail

we do lack breadth of poker content. a few more meaty debates on there (the re-entry one is a good one, HUDs was another) would do wonders

i'm not too well placed to do it though, not an online grinder, not on the live scene as much etc etc

Probably doesn't help that you're not allowed to mention any of the UK tours that make up the other 95% of poker that happens in this country.

[RED-DOG]

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

People are strange though. For instance, I abso lurrve the "On this day" thread, but I rarely post on it.

[EvilPie]

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

Plenty of people posted when the thread originally started though.

I can't see why they'd regularly come back to put across the same point again that nothing had been done about since the first time they mentioned it.

[RED-DOG]

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

Plenty of people posted when the thread originally started though.

I can't see why they'd regularly come back to put across the same point again that nothing had been done about since the first time they mentioned it.

So what?

[EvilPie]

The whole subject seems not to interest many - only 3 people regularly post on this thread. 

Plenty of people posted when the thread originally started though.

I can't see why they'd regularly come back to put across the same point again that nothing had been done about since the first time they mentioned it.

So what?

What?