The Worst Month Ever

[The Camel]

I thought people were getting disinterested in poker.. then I played the GUKPT Grand Final at the Vic this weekend.

The place was buzzing and they set a new prize pool record.

Does it matter that Blondepoker is a little quieter than it was?

I don't think the site will ever be sold now in current climate, why else would we need to prop up new thread and new posts stats?

 

Typically lateral thinking by Mr Camel.

I'm conflicted really. I'd not like to see the thing die slowly, just wither away, that's what really bothers me. Euthanasiaia would be better than a slow death.

I'm quite fond of the place, & all the friends I've made because of it.  

Where would we draw the line, at what point should we say "well there's no point in continuing"?

There is a hardcore bunch of blonde posters who make a ton of effort to construct good posts & threads, which are a great read, no matter what the topic. Without them, it's gg.  

Looking at all the other UK based poker forums, we are doing amazingly well.  

Why would you want to kill it if, say, 30 or 40 people are still getting enjoyment from it?

Because it's expensive?

Tony has made about £10k from the TFT thread.

Sure that pays a decade or two hosting costs.

Did you make anything?

How is that relevevant? I don't own the forum.

If there was no forum, there would be no TFT. And Tony wouldn't have made 10k.

I don't think Tony owns it either, but I think you making money from TFT is just as relevant as Tony making money from TFT. After all, If there was no forum, there would be no TFT etc.

Your argument implies that if you won money at poker and you used any of the advice you might have received on PHA, then you are entitled to pay.

Tony is the only person that gets on every bet.

Various posters risk losing their accounts to put bets on for him.

The only reason they do this is for for the thread, which is on his forum.

If their was no forum or no thread, he wouldn't make that money.

Hahaha. OK Keith, you win.

Thanks.

Really have no idea what your argument was. Made zero sense.

True. Sorry.

Let me put it a different way.

Tony pays the hosting costs for Blondepoker and we are all grateful he does, because if he didn't there would be no forum.

On Blondepoker there is a thread where some very knowledegable and winning punters dispense free advice for bets for him. Other posters risking losing their betting accounts by placing +ev bets for him.

Tony has won a substantial amount of money by following this information. If there was no forum and no thread, he wouldn't have won this money.

If anyone else has won money following this free information, that's great. But it is completely irrelevent, it is a simple by-product of the thread existing at all.

When you put it that way I can't believe he's thinking of killing the forum.

Stingy old bastard.

Are you completely unable to have a disagrement with someone on a forum without finishing on a post dripping with sarcasm?

Silly me. I should have stuck to my resolution of ignoring any comment you made on one of my posts.

[nirvana]

the last post was just kinda funny I thought rather than sarcastic, not that I want to come between you 2 girls

[The Camel]

the last post was just kinda funny I thought rather than sarcastic, not that I want to come between you 2 girls

Only having this spat for your benefit as you seem to enjoy the drama Mr Nirvana

[nirvana]

the last post was just kinda funny I thought rather than sarcastic, not that I want to come between you 2 girls

Only having this spat for your benefit as you seem to enjoy the drama Mr Nirvana

lol, it's not quite up there with some that have been had here but it's some kind of start :-)

[The Camel]

the last post was just kinda funny I thought rather than sarcastic, not that I want to come between you 2 girls

Only having this spat for your benefit as you seem to enjoy the drama Mr Nirvana

lol, it's not quite up there with some that have been had here but it's some kind of start :-)

From little acorns.....

[lucky_scrote]

You have to put a lot of time into a forum to get new members. They don't often pop out of nowhere. When this site had live tournament updates I imagine the new members were rolling in pretty hard.

I have posted on a different poker forum that is run by Matt Dale for the past 10 years. It used to be so incredibly active but it also helped that his old poker skin on boss media had a link on it to "Poker forum". Considering it was a fairly unknown poker forum, it had a lot of members and posts. These days it doesn't get any new members and occasionally the odd regular stops posting. I counted and there were a total of 8 threads made there in November. The forum could have shut up shop 2 years ago but it's still crawling along. I imagine give it a year it's gone.

Blonde poker is here for a looooong time. It has so many regular posters. If I were to offer my two cents I would have some trying to stay involved in team events or see if you can get another blonde bash going. Scrap the main site as Keith said and just link it up to the forum.

[Karabiner]

the last post was just kinda funny I thought rather than sarcastic, not that I want to come between you 2 girls

Only having this spat for your benefit as you seem to enjoy the drama Mr Nirvana

lol, it's not quite up there with some that have been had here but it's some kind of start :-)

From little acorns.....

Tom's just jealous of all those winning bets I reckon.

[bobAlike]

Is it rude to ask what DTD put through Blondes bank account every year?

[h]

I always thought that it was strange that DTD never promoted blonde inside the club.  They could easily do a banner, put the logo on the advertising screens, some flyers. 

Think the main site should be auto linked to here.  Whenever I'm using a new device and go the the home page it does feel like a dead site.

there is a direct link on DTD site to forum
i think i seen blonde on DTD on club flyers in the past also although not recently

obviously DTD are focussed on own and party poker face book groups

[Ironside]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

[The Camel]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

What was the original business plan for Blondepoker?

To run an online skin?

Or to build a community and look to sell the site?

[Ironside]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

What was the original business plan for Blondepoker?

To run an online skin?

Or to build a community and look to sell the site?

just a guess but i think they were looking at being funded by affiliate links

[The Camel]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

What was the original business plan for Blondepoker?

To run an online skin?

Or to build a community and look to sell the site?

just a guess but i think they were looking at being funded by affiliate links

Kinda sad Colclough doesn't pop in now and again.

Maybe brings up bad memories.

[Ironside]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

What was the original business plan for Blondepoker?

To run an online skin?

Or to build a community and look to sell the site?

just a guess but i think they were looking at being funded by affiliate links

Kinda sad Colclough doesn't pop in now and again.

Maybe brings up bad memories.

dont think he has a share anymore

[The Camel]

I know when i started posting on THMF then Blondepoker times were different, but the reason i joined the forums and posted was the fact i was a fan of Elblondie and THM, would promoting the "names" on blonde help with numbers now a days i have no idea.

What was the original business plan for Blondepoker?

To run an online skin?

Or to build a community and look to sell the site?

just a guess but i think they were looking at being funded by affiliate links

Kinda sad Colclough doesn't pop in now and again.

Maybe brings up bad memories.

dont think he has a share anymore

No I'm sure he doesn't. But that doesn't stop him coming to the forum occasionally.