--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Del Nero" <artcontrol@c...>
wrote:
Assuming you mean Mr. Dancer is a
"guru," I think vpFREE absolutely would not exist without him. I
would
venture that nearly everyone on this board, including the
Administrator
emeritus, has bought a Dancer-based product at some point. Dancer
has
taught a great number of us (most?) how to play video poker
accurately. I
think most advantage players (again, assuming that most of
vpFREE's
membership are advantage players) will agree that they owe a great
deal to
Mr. Dancer.
My position is that I tend to value mentor over guru, amateur over
professional, peer among peer over promoter, etc.
With that being said Mr. Dancer was deservedly elected to the hall
of fame by members of this forum, so it is clear his contributions
are duly appreciated. I, for one, have learned a great deal from his
writings especially relating to penalty cards and the "power of the
pack" which has enabled me to appreciate the theory behind the
mathematics in certain plays which has contributed to my enjoyment
of vp.
However, there is appears to be a reason that the stereotypical
Hindi guru lived on a remote mountain top. It is getting tiresome to
be subjected to the vp gurus snipping at one another in print. The
mantra "I am the sole practitioner with vision and integrity in a
field full of charlatans, hacks and copycats" is best left to
architects and designers, lol. Our guru's should take a lesson from
politicians who mostly limit their serious smack talk to the
election season or listen to WWE broadcasts where smack talk is
taken to an entertainment art.
David