Okay, I had forgotten you had posted the definition which I looked in
some
dictionaries and could not find again recently,
"* Troll - Newsgroup posters whose primary motivation is to get a rise
out of people."
I resent being called the above, and resented it then. I believe, as
I said
in a post, that calling people's names is insulting, the more so if
the
person calling names assumes people's motivations.
The rest of the paragraphs in this old post e-mailed also assumes
things
about me that are not true. If I said I was confused about EV/ER it is
because I was, and in my post on the matter I explained why. It was
proven
later by many posts without a shadow of a doubt that the terms are
used
differently by different authors. Using language so cavalierly
without a
dictionary to define "troll", "EV/ER", etc., etc. is bound to lead to
confusions, and it has. I do not possess telepathy to guess what
people are
talking about when using ill defined terms.
I play Video Poker often on my visits to Las Vegas and like the game.
Since
Video Poker is a game I like, I enjoy exploring its many aspects.
There are
many styles of play I try in Video Poker such as short coin,
progressive
systems, a slot style of play, using streaks, etc., etc. I'm not the
only
one interested in this but some other posters or former posters such
as
Steve Jacobs or Rob Singer are too. In any case, such styles are often
claimed by others to be beneficial. I welcome any new style of play
in Video
Poker as something else to try, a variation on an old theme, and I
like
different anecdotes and situations where the game appears. This is not
unusual for someone with a hobby, it happens to all gamblers as you
can see
in the literature of books on gambling and realated matters. This
interest
in all aspects of the field seems to be sacrilegous to vpFREE. It
seems
vpFREE adopts just one style of play based on certain mathematical
theorems
valid in certain limits, and any curiosity about exploring other
avenues is
not only discouraged, but censored and insulted in some cases, such
as the
almost ten months old e-mail you have sent shows.
It was a very unpleasant surprise for me to start posting in vpFREE
and get
the reaction I got. Don't worry. To me VP is a hobby I enjoy and if I
can't
enjoy myself talking about it on certain message boards, then I
won't. You
know I have not posted again in vpFREE since October of last year,
and if
posting in FREEvpFREE is going to be high maintenance, I rather do
something
else.
Peace,
A non-Scandinavian non-legendary creature who does not live in a cave.
> I guess I really don't know what a troll is. In my dictionary it
says
> that a troll is a legendary Scandinavian creature that lives in
> caves. I wish I was that.
> E
E:
To jog your memory, here's message #170 on FREEvpFREE
Smart Groups, which defined an internet troll for you, and which
you acknowleged reading at the time:
Date sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:08:45 -0700
From: "vp_FREE" <vpFREE@C...>
To: FREEvpFREE <FREEvpFREE@S...>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] FAQ definitions of ER and EV
mubowor:
I have read your posts on Winpoker, vp-mail and vpFREE, and there is
little doubt in my mind that you are a troll. *
You seem to get a kick out of inventing obscure, unlikely
situations to
support devil's advocate positions. When challenged, you usually
become
a moving target, changing the scenario after the fact, pleading
ignorance, blaming someone/something else, or otherwise confusing
the
discussion.
Your introduction of the vpFREE FAQ as an excuse for being
challenged on
misusing ER/EV is a case in point. Considering your ability to cite
and
understand several mathematical concepts, I don't believe that the
FAQ
had any bearing on your error, and I don't believe that the FAQ
entry
confused or mystified you. When I challenged your supposed FAQ
confusion, you responded with your standard type obfuscations that
don't
warrant a serious response from me.
I don't appreciate your use of the vpFREE FAQ in your trolling
repertoire, since it has wasted my time, and I have better things
to do
than entertain you.
It would be nice if you could abandon your troll persona, since you
come
across as a pleasant, intelligent person who would have a lot to
contribute if you played it straight. If you choose to remain a
troll,
please do it somewhere other than vpFREE.
Peace,
vpFREE Administrator
* Troll - Newsgroup posters whose primary motivation is to get a
rise
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--- In FREEvpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vpFREE" <vpFREE@C...> wrote:
On 19 Jul 2004 at 2:19, superquadfullhousroyalistic wrote:
out of people.