Recreational Forum Policies

[Webman]

The purpose of the Recreational Play forum is to allow a place for discussion for those who are concerned with playing video poker for entertainment only, without as much concern for statistically correct holds or advantage play.

Some may favor this approach, others may be opposed to it, which is why there are different areas for different discussions and different types of players.

As such, in addition to the Forum Rules which apply to all areas, the policies going forward for the Recreational Play area will be as follows.

- Anyone is welcome to post in this forum (unless they lose that privilege at the Moderator's discretion)

- The primary purpose of the forum is to discuss Recreational Play where strong pay tables may not be available, and short term results may hold higher value to the player than long-term profitability

- If you do not consider yourself a player who fits the above "Recreational" description, please ensure that your posts in this area are not purely critical, but helpful to those who might be reading them.

- Playing recreationally may mean a player is less concerned about statistics, but that doesn't change the mathematics of the game. As such, in the event there are inaccuracies in a message, correction of inaccurate information is certainly allowed as it would be helpful to those reading the post in the future.

- If providing helpful advice, be sure you clearly state/quote both the error your are correcting as well as offering the proposed solution, rather than simply telling someone they are wrong.

[quote]Example: "You are so dumb that you think Players Club points are redeemable for toilet paper" is neither 1) respectful 2) helpful

An acceptable alternative would be: "Kind sir, I must point out that Players Club points are only available for toilet paper redemption if the casino specifically notes that as a redemption type and I am unaware of any such promotions at this time. Can you please provide the details of this promotion?"
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If you are unable to participate using the above guidelines, my suggestion would be to simply stick to other forum areas.

Violating the above policies or simply "trolling" the forum where you offer little but criticism will not be allowed and violators will be subject to a warning and/or suspension from all forum privileges at the moderator's discretion.

These policies are subject to change with or without notice, retroactively, futureactively or inactively, regardless of the phase of the moon.

Thanks for your attention to the policies, which will hopefully make the forum a better place of discussion for everyone.       

[BobDancer]

It's good to clarify what is and isn't acceptable on the various forums.On which forum is it okay to "guru bash," for the lack of a better term? If it isn't clear what I'm referring to, I can provide a number of examples.

[billryan]

If this site is a library, I guess we should treat the rec forum as the Juvenile Fiction section.
I'm not sure why the forum needs a fact free zone, but so be it.

[FloridaPhil]

These conditions are totally acceptable to me.  There should not be any "Guru Bashing" or "Bashing by Gurus" allowed anywhere on this forum.  Webman should police the entire forum and make sure this does not occur in the future.   If we have individual complaints they should be made directly to him and not aired in public.  We will let him decide what to do about it.

[Gronbog]

in the event there are inaccuracies in a message, correction of inaccurate information is certainly allowed as it would be helpful to those reading the post in the future.billryan, it should not and need not be fact free, although corrections should be polite and helpful.

[Vman96]

[QUOTE=Webman]in the event there are inaccuracies in a message, correction of inaccurate information is certainly allowed as it would be helpful to those reading the post in the future.billryan, it should not and need not be fact free, although corrections should be polite and helpful.

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Yeah, when I post criticism or corrections here (and I doubt I will often), it should be fine because it will have logical justification behind it and won't be condescending. Bill might have less fun in this forum though.

[olds442jetaway]

probably more fun at his old bar. I'm fine with the rules.

[BobDancer]

These conditions are totally acceptable to me.  There should not be any "Guru Bashing" or "Bashing by Gurus" allowed anywhere on this forum.  Webman should police the entire forum and make sure this does not occur in the future.   If we have individual complaints they should be made directly to him and not aired in public.  We will let him decide what to do about it.



My question was to Webman, not FP. FP is welcome to his opinion, of course, but this is not his forum to moderate.  If someone crosses the line, I think others in the group should be well within their rights to point it out.

[DaBurglar]

[QUOTE=FloridaPhil]



These conditions are totally acceptable to me.  There should not be any "Guru Bashing" or "Bashing by Gurus" allowed anywhere on this forum.  Webman should police the entire forum and make sure this does not occur in the future.   If we have individual complaints they should be made directly to him and not aired in public.  We will let him decide what to do about it.



My question was to Webman, not FP. FP is welcome to his opinion, of course, but this is not his forum to moderate.  If someone crosses the line, I think others in the group should be well within their rights to point it out.[/QUOTE]



Nah, see you just pointed it out yourself.....this forum is not Phil's to moderate....nor is it mine, nor is it yours, or anyone else's except webman ( as the designated appointee). This is how other forums work....who is to say when someone "crosses a line", or who determines what and where those lines are? Only the person(s) officially in charge can and should do that...otherwise you are advocating policing ourselves, and we know that will not work in the long haul.

I think webman is up to the job, but it would be good if he asked the owners of the website for some help, maybe an additional moderator or two....too often webman isn't around when stuff starts to happen, and by the time he catches up, the damage is done.

[billryan]

   I think the thread about the buffet was over the top and started only in an attempt to embarrass a regular contributor. Allowing it to stand was bad form, in my opinion. It's the only time I've tried to notify a moderator about a post, and then found out there is no easy way to do this.