AZ HOUSE PRO: Please give Smorgie a few trillion more

[JoeyA]

I agree with Neil. Smorgie was entertaining at times, but that is all...

Rep should be reserved for POOL RELATED posts that offer good advice or enlightenment for the majority of posters, and not jokes. BTW, I have followed Smorgie since the RSB days.

I like a good laugh as well as other people, but Smorgie, rarely, if ever, departed from the facade as the Jokster to ever offer any serious advice.

You, to borrow from Neil, game playing repsters have destroyed the integrity of that the rep system use to enjoy, and could be relied upon. BTW, I probably average 2-4 reps given to other posters per year.

Scott,
Smorg was my buddy and he was the most popular poster on AZ Billiards EVER.

It is true that his prowess at the table was lacking but he did have the ability to gamble rather well and could find a way to make a dollar in the pool room in spite of his inability to run a rack.

Some of his good stories were about his gambling accounts and they were often very special. He even included me in one of them and I can tell you it was all true.

Doug enjoyed his role as the forum jokester and played it to the hilt. The REP game was just a fun game for him to play and another way for him to "win".

The rep vehicle was always just a way for him to expand his ever growing fan base.

Doug didn't hide his lack of ability to provide "serious advice" about playing pool but he was proud of the fact that he made a living gambling at pool, poker and scuffling. With a shrewd mind and gambling instincts, he eked out enough money to get by for a lifetime. I know that I could never have been the gambler that Doug was. He did it full-time for a life-time.

The REP game meant very little too him and he confided that to me more than once. It was a play thing.

For me, the REP thing was and still is for the most part a nice way to thank someone for a good post, great thread, advice or a kind word. I don't take it seriously and every now and then I even find myself responding to some rep simply because I know it makes other people happy.

To suggest that Doug was responsible for the demise of the Main Forum REP SYSTEM is without merit. The REP SYSTEM isn't a big thing even though Neil suggested that it was a big enough thing for the other forum members to have ruined it for us all. :grin-square:

It hasn't been anything more than a play thing and just a way for some of us to say we like you without having to put it into words. For a few it is a playground to acquire meaningless rep to stay at the top of the REP totem pole and that's ok too.

The irony is that rep has never been a measurement of the quality of serious advice given and never will be.

For me, I like the "serious advice" over the humor but I miss Doug's humor a great deal, even more than the serious advice.

AZB is a big kid's quasi-pool room, where we occasionally learn a little something new, while we're having fun.

I'm FAR MORE disappointed with losing quality posters like JAM than I am about the frivolous use of REP by some of our forum members.

JoeyA

 

[mnorwood]

What rep list are you talking about???? Where can I find it.:scratchhead:

 

[Tom In Cincy]

Please Make Smorg the "STICKY" in the Rep Room


Begging to get the REP point Room fixed...

from the office of Dr NO.

 

[cubswin]

I don't get why it matters. Those people that were friends with Smorg should have their own memories. The rep system is flawed to begin with, and really doesn't mean someone is a good person or a bad person. Just means that 100 people out of a thousands have decided to start giving them rep over and over.

Personally I don't get the love fest with Smorg, there were other posters that are now dead that made a bigger impact to me.

 

[ShootingArts]

The difference

I don't get why it matters. Those people that were friends with Smorg should have their own memories. The rep system is flawed to begin with, and really doesn't mean someone is a good person or a bad person. Just means that 100 people out of a thousands have decided to start giving them rep over and over.

Personally I don't get the love fest with Smorg, there were other posters that are now dead that made a bigger impact to me.

The difference is pretty simple. You, I, the vast majority of the members here can come and go without more than a very few noticing. Everyone knew when Smorg was here, everyone knew when we lost him.

Smorg did devote much of his posting time to humor. However when he did decide to post in a serious mode I could be certain that his would be one of the best posts in a thread, usually the very best. He possessed a sharp wit, a shrewd intelligence, and was a keen observer of human behavior. This did indeed make him very special to very many of us.

Hu

 

[akaTrigger]

The difference is pretty simple. You, I, the vast majority of the members here can come and go without more than a very few noticing. Everyone knew when Smorg was here, everyone knew when we lost him.

Smorg did devote much of his posting time to humor. However when he did decide to post in a serious mode I could be certain that his would be one of the best posts in a thread, usually the very best. He possessed a sharp wit, a shrewd intelligence, and was a keen observer of human behavior. This did indeed make him very special to very many of us.

Hu

Yours words describe Smorg to a T, Hu. I don't know how you do it so perfectly, but you did. Thank you.

 

[juegabillar]

The difference is pretty simple. You, I, the vast majority of the members here can come and go without more than a very few noticing. Everyone knew when Smorg was here, everyone knew when we lost him.


Hu

This statement is uncalled for. I for one respect that people like Smorg, but why do those of us whom did not idol him have to be obliged to him?

 

[the420trooper]

This statement is uncalled for. I for one respect that people like Smorg, but why do those of us whom did not idol him have to be obliged to him?

No, YOUR statement was uncalled for.

If you didn't have anything positive to add to this thread, would it have been terribly difficult to keep your opinion to yourself?

Smorg was the friend of many here, and if we choose to remember him in a way that he would have appreciated, why not let it be? You don't have to participate, but you don't have to come on here and trash a dead man's memory, either.

Edit: ShootingArts didn't say anything that wasn't true, and he also never said that those who didn't feel obliged to Doug, should. What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[sde]

No, YOUR statement was uncalled for.

If you didn't have anything positive to add to this thread, would it have been terribly difficult to keep your opinion to yourself?

Smorg was the friend of many here, and if we choose to remember him in a way that he would have appreciated, why not let it be? You don't have to participate, but you don't have to come on here and trash a dead man's memory, either.

Edit: ShootingArts didn't say anything that wasn't true, and he also never said that those who didn't feel obliged to Doug, should. What are you trying to accomplish?

Well said!

Steve

 

[trustyrusty]

wow, I had no idea this rep thing was SO IMPORTANT...

I leave folks rep for good, insightful posts, funny posts, or even to poke fun at folks just to be ornery....and I do like reading things that others say about my posts thru reps. The whole "rating" thing???? No idea. I liked all of Smorgs posts, didn't know the man, but I believe I did rep him for busting my gut on occasion. As far as where he "rates"?? I'll leave that to those who care about that sort of thing.

I seriously don't understand why there'd be many opposed to Smorg being the KING of REP, but like I'm sure I've already shown, what do I know??

 

[juegabillar]

No, YOUR statement was uncalled for.

If you didn't have anything positive to add to this thread, would it have been terribly difficult to keep your opinion to yourself?

Smorg was the friend of many here, and if we choose to remember him in a way that he would have appreciated, why not let it be? You don't have to participate, but you don't have to come on here and trash a dead man's memory, either.

Edit: ShootingArts didn't say anything that wasn't true, and he also never said that those who didn't feel obliged to Doug, should. What are you trying to accomplish?

Trooper:

This is an open forum and I voiced my opinion just like everyone does, I didn't trash Smorg. I didn't know you were so sensitive about this.

 

[ShootingArts]

seemed like an attack on me or my post

Trooper:

This is an open forum and I voiced my opinion just like everyone does, I didn't trash Smorg. I didn't know you were so sensitive about this.

The way it was written and quoting from my post it seemed like you were attacking my post, maybe even me. Since what you were getting out of my post made no sense considering what I had written I simply ignored your response thinking that you would eventually figure out that I had never written what you were objecting to.

Hu

 

[juegabillar]

The way it was written and quoting from my post it seemed like you were attacking my post, maybe even me. Since what you were getting out of my post made no sense considering what I had written I simply ignored your response thinking that you would eventually figure out that I had never written what you were objecting to.

Hu

Hu I quoted the entire statement to make sure my message went through. I did not misquote, or selected part of the quote to make it appear out of context.

When I saw this: The difference is pretty simple. You, I, the vast majority of the members here can come and go without more than a very few noticing. Everyone knew when Smorg was here, everyone knew when we lost him.

My reaction was that you were looking down to the poster, insinuating he was meaningless poster/member of the forum, and that no one cared about him (the poster) but that in fact Smorg was the great Poobah and we had to idolize him.

That statement made me ticked.

 

[ShootingArts]

We aren't that widely noticed

Hu I quoted the entire statement to make sure my message went through. I did not misquote, or selected part of the quote to make it appear out of context.

When I saw this: The difference is pretty simple. You, I, the vast majority of the members here can come and go without more than a very few noticing. Everyone knew when Smorg was here, everyone knew when we lost him.

My reaction was that you were looking down to the poster, insinuating he was meaningless poster/member of the forum, and that no one cared about him (the poster) but that in fact Smorg was the great Poobah and we had to idolize him.

That statement made me ticked.

Your interpretation of my statement is what made you ticked, not what I wrote. The post I was responding to questioned why Smorg was a big deal to some of us. There was never any indication in my reply that he should be important to everyone, only an explanation of why he mattered to those that he was important to.

I am surprised that I find good posters with over a thousand posts that I have never noticed before. I'm sure that there are many on here that don't know I post here. Out of thousands of users there are only maybe a dozen or two that almost every poster here is aware of. Smorg was one of these exceptional posters, perhaps the most exceptional as evidenced by his rep. He was miles out front until he quit posting regularly. While rep points are no indication of a person's real world reputation they were a real indication of how popular Smorg was.

You might notice that I included myself in the group of people that can come and go without notice. I never talk down about myself which should have been a pretty strong indication that I wasn't looking down on the general population of the forum.

The proof is in the pudding so I'm going to challenge you and any other doubters to see for yourself. Open the members list at the top of the page and leave it sorted by name. Click on any three pages and tell me how many names you recognize. Of the three pages I checked I vaguely recognized two names and knew one person, although not well.

Hu

 

[juegabillar]

Your interpretation of my statement is what made you ticked, not what I wrote. The post I was responding to questioned why Smorg was a big deal to some of us. There was never any indication in my reply that he should be important to everyone, only an explanation of why he mattered to those that he was important to.

I am surprised that I find good posters with over a thousand posts that I have never noticed before. I'm sure that there are many on here that don't know I post here. Out of thousands of users there are only maybe a dozen or two that almost every poster here is aware of. Smorg was one of these exceptional posters, perhaps the most exceptional as evidenced by his rep. He was miles out front until he quit posting regularly. While rep points are no indication of a person's real world reputation they were a real indication of how popular Smorg was.

You might notice that I included myself in the group of people that can come and go without notice. I never talk down about myself which should have been a pretty strong indication that I wasn't looking down on the general population of the forum.

The proof is in the pudding so I'm going to challenge you and any other doubters to see for yourself. Open the members list at the top of the page and leave it sorted by name. Click on any three pages and tell me how many names you recognize. Of the three pages I checked I vaguely recognized two names and knew one person, although not well.

Hu

Hu, you are obviously a very smart poster, however, sometimes your responses do seem to be "high horsed" if you know what I mean. You were obviously demeaning the poster. You included yourself as to make it seem a "politically correct" response. The poster to whom you responded obviously did not understand what the big fuss with Smorg is about, just like me, and a few other posters in this thread that made their sentiments known. People are glorifying Smorg, instead of admitting he may have been a great contributor to this forum.

 

[RD3P]

negative rep to Koolkat for bragging about something as stupid as "rep"

 

[KoolKat9Lives]

negative rep to Koolkat for bragging about something as stupid as "rep"

I was trying to do something good for the most popular poster here ever. Sorry you didn't see it that way mr trigger happy.

 

[RD3P]

I was trying to do something good for the most popular poster here ever. Sorry you didn't see it that way mr trigger happy.

lol you said you didnt want to pass the guy so i give you some red and help you out and you call me Mr. trigger happy???

now im starting to think you really were bragging in your post...regaurdless of what you say about smorg....

do you think people really care how many rep points you have...they dont...
whens the last time someone started a post just to quote your rep points....
you make a good post cool...maybee you get some.
you make a bad post...maybee you lose some....but in the end it doesnt matter one bit.
how do you even know what someones rep count is???

it shouldnt hurt your feelings in the least getting some red...unless you wear pink satin undies or something.
light me up with red rep every day it wouldnt matter.
also records are made to be broke....congratulations on your rep count sur.

 

[KoolKat9Lives]

lol you said you didnt want to pass the guy so i give you some red and help you out and you call me Mr. trigger happy???

RD3P, we've gone through about 10 threads over the last year or so trying to figure a way to keep Smorg #1 and every effort has failed. The only feasible and reasonable way we've found to have Smorg be and STAY #1 is by having the admin do something behind the scenes. He was #20 just before Xmas and AZ House Pro magically popped him up there.

Passing out red is not the answer and prior moves like this has led to divisiveness. No one likes it.

Hang loose and peace.

Matt

 

[RD3P]

then just tell people to stop giving rep points

Do it for SMORG!!!! dont be a sissypanz.
for some reason , i want to give you more red now,