not allowed in action room forum

flash5153 said:
I am fairly new to this forum and have never been in the action room. Whats going on in there that everyone wants in?? And now there is a cover charge!!
Its got to be a stripper pole or free beer,,,
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If they've got beer and a stripper pole in there, I haven't seen it. :p

Basically, The Action Room is where people go to set up some gambling, on one thing or another.

It's really not difficult to amass 25 posts, without spamming or gibberish. A basic reply to any of the threads that appear every day will get you there, quickly. Someone is always asking what your favorite cue, tip, chalk, game, league, sports team, road music, memory or any of a thousand more possible things are.

There are several arguments that you can join, if so inclined. We call that NPR.

The Ask The Instructors forum is vastly under-used. There are several highly regarded instructors that all chime in and try to help with most any issue or question.

I think it's quite humorous that people are so up in arms about this 25-post rule. They probably are only interested in betting. If not, you can lurk everywhere else without the post-count.
 
Well I just went and looked,,I didnt see a stripper pole either.:sorry:

I didn't see anything I am interested in,,,as far as betting,,I'm thinking the biggest gamble would be getting paid if you won a bet. But I don't know how that works.
Maybe that is why there are so many new members/aliases!! For every welched bet there is a new member profile!! LMAO I wonder why?? lol
 
"CaliRed". said:
just out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to start ANOTHER thread on this, when there is no way you could have missed the other countless threads already started?

I have no issue with lurkers, but c'mon... as popular as this forum is, you can't find anything to post a meaningful comment to, every now and then?

But when you find out you need a measly 25 posts to view a specific forum, none of you have any problem spamming the forum with useless posts.

If that's how you pay back the people that host this forum for free to you, maybe they wouldn't be all broke up about it, if you didn't come here it all.

Thoughts from the lurkers?
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well as you all have noticed im new here, and i havnt made a bunch of meaningless post to get to 25 nor do i intend to. i was basicly saying that joking around. as for making another thread on the same topic like i said before im new to az. i looked on the first two pages didnt see anything on the topic and thought that i would bring it up. obviously that was a very bad idea. lastly i do make comments here in there were i can feel i can help another pool player with something. so forgive me i dont have alot of post because i sit around and make fun of people. in the end ill get my 25 post and be able happily view my favorite section

thanks
mike
 
I am not new to the Azbilliards website. I have been reading it for a couple of years now, more so in the last year(keeping an eye on my nephews progress). Every morning I wake up and have my coffee and visit 4 different websites. Its kind of like my morning paper. I think what bothers me more than having to have 25 post to view the action section, is the way the older members are treating the (name calling, lurkers) people who enjoy reading and keeping updated on the pool community. There behavior is a bit offensive, and probably explains why some people prefer to remain silent and read, rather than contribute and risk being attacked. I have seen it many times with forums......you are entitled to your opinion as long as it agrees with mine, and if it does'nt agree with mine I will let you know how wrong you are.
 
damayor said:
I wouldn't post a bunch of meaningless posts to get the 25. I joined in on a few and lost the posts that I had that were legitimate.........fair warning.

I do think that lurkers are being unfairly critized by regular posters. All forums have lurkers and many more than regular posters if you look at the statistics.

why do people lurk:
they don't have knowledge to contribute in the field.
they don't want to be berated for their lack of knowldedge.
they are not type A personalities.
they are not looking for attention.
they like to ease into forums and discussions.
they already know everything about CTE and want everyone else to suffer.
just a start.
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But why does a lurker who never posts or takes part in the forums need/want to enter the action room, which is primarily an area where people post lines and make bets. You are basically just sitting there and poking your nose in on other peoples business. If you never bet, and if you are not posting you are not betting, then you have no reason to be there other then to snoop in on other people business.
 
To see the action forum you should also have to put up a $500 deposit and put it in play to view.... It is the ACTION FORUM after all, just sayin....
 
flash5153 said:
I didn't see anything I am interested in,,,as far as betting,,I'm thinking the biggest gamble would be getting paid if you won a bet. But I don't know how that works.
Maybe that is why there are so many new members/aliases!! For every welched bet there is a new member profile!! LMAO I wonder why?? lol
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I feel ya on that.... I don't like betting online and there is a very few people that I would bet with if I did. Only people I am friends with or friends of friends. SC5 pooped in everyone's mess kit on AZ.
 
brandoncook26 said:
Maybe they should make it 250 posts. Then it would be easier to find the spam and those who really wanted to view would have to start contributing.
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I firmly believe that everyone should have to pay $25 a year and be a paid member.

That will cut down on the lurkers and trolls very quickly!!!!!
 
damayor said:
I wouldn't post a bunch of meaningless posts to get the 25. I joined in on a few and lost the posts that I had that were legitimate.........fair warning.

I do think that lurkers are being unfairly critized by regular posters. All forums have lurkers and many more than regular posters if you look at the statistics.

why do people lurk:
they don't have knowledge to contribute in the field.
they don't want to be berated for their lack of knowldedge.
they are not type A personalities.
they are not looking for attention.
they like to ease into forums and discussions.
they already know everything about CTE and want everyone else to suffer.
just a start.

I am ADD/ADHD and a type A personality and you really don't want to get me started, so, I've lurked in the background and now I'm outed.

If Pocketpoint could stay on here for months without getting banned anyone should be able to.

thanks,
da mayor
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I think you're an excellent poster...
...and we DO want to get you started.
I promise to disagree with you frequently....:)

And I like some of Pocketpoint's threads.
The ones I don't like ...I just don't respond....
..life doesn't have to be that complicated
 
damayor said:
With so many gambling sites being investigated by the Feds, maybe the owners got wise and decided to protect the "action room" a little with the 25 post rule.
just a thought
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this very well is a possibillity because of the online poker shutdown and if the feds knew for free how much was thrown about then there would be a problem.
 
You know why they feel the need to start another thread. To get another post in order to get to 25.



"CaliRed". said:
just out of curiosity, why do you feel the need to start ANOTHER thread on this, when there is no way you could have missed the other countless threads already started?

I have no issue with lurkers, but c'mon... as popular as this forum is, you can't find anything to post a meaningful comment to, every now and then?

But when you find out you need a measly 25 posts to view a specific forum, none of you have any problem spamming the forum with useless posts.

If that's how you pay back the people that host this forum for free to you, maybe they wouldn't be all broke up about it, if you didn't come here it all.

Thoughts from the lurkers?
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Celtic said:
But why does a lurker who never posts or takes part in the forums need/want to enter the action room, which is primarily an area where people post lines and make bets. You are basically just sitting there and poking your nose in on other peoples business. If you never bet, and if you are not posting you are not betting, then you have no reason to be there other then to snoop in on other people business.
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I don't know Celtic, I've never been to the action room. However, it seems that some other things were affected also, like pictures in peoples signatures and viewing the raffle section. One poster said that he was in a raffle and couldn't access it.
I've lurked for about a year and finally joined so I could purchase a cue and case and I guess now I'll post every now and then.
 
pt109 said:
I think you're an excellent poster...
...and we DO want to get you started.
I promise to disagree with you frequently....:)

And I like some of Pocketpoint's threads.
The ones I don't like ...I just don't respond....
..life doesn't have to be that complicated
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thanks PT109, I'll do my best not to disappoint and it will be easy to disagree with almost everything I post. :grin:

as for Pocketpoint, I got some good laughs also.
 
damayor said:
it seems that some other things were affected also, like pictures in peoples signatures and viewing the raffle section. One poster said that he was in a raffle and couldn't access it.
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The raffle section is fairly absurd. In no way should that section of the forum be limited by post count, there is no point whatsoever to do that.
 
Not having the general public access to the action forum is obvious as it is, and raffles are generally against the TOS of some of the most famous payment processors that most of us prefer to use. After recent news on online poker, what happened with counterfeited cases, and a member of ours was warned by PP, I just thought limiting access to the raffle section was reasonable. I even agree by limiting the amount of raffles one can run per week/month. When I first suggested this idea to Mike, I never thought about the consequences and/or confrontation that this idea might have created. After reading multiple threads on this new implementation, I agree that it sucks for those members that have already participated in certain actions and raffles but now they can't view those threads due to lack of post counts in the forum. I'd never quite thought about that. For that I must apologize.

But again, I always do things without really thinking about the consequences anyway. That's why all my ex ended up marrying the next person they date...

Anyway, you must agree with me that 25 non-spamming posts are nothing. I sincerely believe that all of us, lurker or not, should at least contribute to the forum before they participate in the 'sales' forum. I know it's ridiculous for someone like me to say this, but I said it based on personal principle, not based on post counts.
 
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