Well, don't most of us do what we do for gambling? At least a little?
I'm guessing that almost to a man, everybody on this board could match up, sight unseen, based purely upon past discussions and woofs here. (Personally, I'm blessed with having a video up, taken against my will and better judgement. The good news for me is that I play so bad on the video that it is worth at least a three ball spot, or 50 on a 100 from anyone that can hold a cue stick :-o)
The intel on any given player is out there, or readily available, and when I hear someone say something like what you've said, I have ask: are they worried about "gambling" or are they really worried about sneaking up on someone? To me the core issue is that this is, surprise, the age of the computer. Even though I'm nobody I've walked into strange rooms 1000's of miles from my home room and been immediately ID'd from a photo or description on the internet, or had someone whip out a phone, snap a photo or video, and gotten a line on me in minutes. I'm sorry, but you can't please everyone and we here to talk about pool, players, equipment and what not. I make no apology for the thread.
Lou Figueroa