I didn't read any of the previous posts but I wanted to jump in here and say yes opinions matter.
(in case the irony isn't obvious, the above was a total joke; yes, i read it all).
AZB has returned cues, prompted payments, and made and broken reputations for people, players, promoters, tournaments and salespeople. It's introduced people who would not normally have met, shared ideas, and shared viewpoints and perspectives. It matters.
heh heh: Especially because it's the one place where a bunch of people can say whatever they bloody well want and not get into too much trouble for it- sort of like the Enquirer being able to nail a real story on the head every once in a while. : )
And I've also learned that when azb is dead silent, there's usually a reason.
Easy example: remember when that eurpoean guy posted a new thread asking for help in planning a trip to the phillipines and absolutely no one responded? He just happened to post his question the very week the thread about the shooting of a famous cuemaker in the Philippines. That thread had been temporarily deleted, so the poor fellow couldn't have known, but no one jumped up and told the guy anything. That conspicuous silence should have told him a lot... but maybe it was too subtle.
