I've received over a dozen e-mails asking me why I am no longer
posting, and i'm been remiss in responding to them. I am attaching
below a recent response that I think explains my position.
I'd just like to remark that at least half of the posts in the last
three months have been off-topic ("XVP") to some extent. This REALLY
seems to set some people off. The sad fact is, though, that the days
when we happily alerted each other to all those 103% plays laying
around like ripe fruit are long gone. There simply isn't that much
to report (except downgrades). Furthermore, people are shy about
sharing info on the few good plays that DO show up because to do so
seems to lead directly to the plays' premature demise. So given that
this board---as well as the overall concept of advantage VP--has
become useless; a thing of the past--I'm not unhappy to leave.
Whatever amusement factor I have derived in the past has been
obliterated by the flamers and the censor.
I also think everyone should take note of the recent El Cortez
barring of players who "only play on triple points days", the cutoff
of Palms and Stations mailers to those who are only playing positive
machines, and other alarming trends. The people who MADE money have
already been identified and hounded out of the casinos; now, it
appears that those of us who DON'T LOSE are also becoming pariahs.
You may wish to reconsider your next Vegas vacation for someplace
that doesn't hate to see you coming.
Anyway, take care, everybody, and I hope you all continue to win.
---ROJ
Tom Sims barred me for two weeks last month for one of my responses
to Bruno Magli. The response in question was actually measured and
polite (especially in light of the thinkgs HE had said), but there
was SOMETHING in there that Tom objected to. I protested this, what
I felt was unfair and unequal treatment; his response was
essentially, "too bad".. I still don't even know exactly what it was
that he objected to (and I've repeatedly asked him).
So anyway, I don't tolerate being treated unfairly, I don't abide
petty rule-mongers and tinpot dictators, and I don't allow myself to
be kicked around for someone else's pleasure. I TRIED to conform to
TS's guidelines (and succeeded quite well IMHO). But TS cuts his
friend, Bruno, far, far more slack than he does me (although he
eventually barred BM for four weeks, it was only after a flood of
nastiness spewed in my direction over the course of several days; if
I had posted anything like what Bruno did, I would have been
INSTANTLY whisked off the board).
Therefore, I have chosen not to post to this board any more, until
such time as someone else than Tom Sims is moderating it.
---ROJ
