DeMango
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April 26th, 2013 at 6:46:27 AM permalink
Is it possibile to unblock all blocked threads with one keystroke?

Does management have any idea of what thread is blocked by the most members? (my money is on the Hot Blond Wager)
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rdw4potus
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April 26th, 2013 at 7:32:58 AM permalink
It's definitely down to the HB wager, one of the dice control threads, or one of the political threads. I bet the decision 2012 or obamacare thread slightly edges the HB wager, since that one at least has to do with gambling. FWIW, the HB wager thread is the only one of these that I haven't blocked.
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JB
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April 26th, 2013 at 7:33:59 AM permalink
To answer you first question: No, but you should be able to move your mouse to the 'Unblock' link of the first blocked thread, and just keep clicking in that position, allowing the page to reload in between clicks.

To answer your second question, the top 5 blocked threads are:

1) Spanish word of the day
2) Gun show loophole rant
3) 2012-2013 NBA picks
4) Recipe thread
5) Casino chip of the day
DJTeddyBear
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April 26th, 2013 at 8:26:09 AM permalink
Chip of the day? Wow. That's shocking.

I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?
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April 26th, 2013 at 8:33:32 AM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear

Chip of the day? Wow. That's shocking.

I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?



I block stuff I have no interest in. Especially regularly updated threads that don't appeal to me.

Don't take it as a bad thing.
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April 26th, 2013 at 9:59:10 AM permalink
I don't subscribe or receive e-mails for anything except PM's. As a result I have never blocked a thread, only posters. Right now EB is the only person I have blocked.
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SOOPOO
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April 26th, 2013 at 10:12:04 AM permalink
Quote: DeMango

Is it possibile to unblock all blocked threads with one keystroke?

Does management have any idea of what thread is blocked by the most members? (my money is on the Hot Blond Wager)



How much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?
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April 26th, 2013 at 10:28:55 AM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear

Chip of the day? Wow. That's shocking.

I can understand a lack of interest, but blocked?



Because there are only ten viewable threads in the preview pane of active threads, blocking a thread that comes everyday at the top that you don't read adds more veiwable realestate to that area.
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April 26th, 2013 at 11:18:29 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

How much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?



Hardly loved by all. Turned into a war and caused the most suspensions of any thread. In usenet days it was called a "flame war" before that word got other meanings.
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EvenBob
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April 26th, 2013 at 11:43:02 AM permalink
Quote: JB



To answer your second question, the top 5 blocked threads are:

1) Spanish word of the day
2) Gun show loophole rant
3) 2012-2013 NBA picks
4) Recipe thread
5) Casino chip of the day



I have all these blocked plus about 2000 more.
I counted them months ago and there were
1300, has to be 2000 by now, I block most new
threads right away.
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April 26th, 2013 at 11:50:52 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

How much money were you willing to bet? The HB challenge was loved by all..... The other threads heavily blocked tend NOT to be gambling threads (recipe, gun, spanish word, etc...) The HB thread was the purest gambling thread this forum has ever seen.... odds, money, woman, intrigue, what more could you want?

With all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the mkl654321/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.
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April 26th, 2013 at 12:08:44 PM permalink
Quote: teddys

With all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the Kevin Lewis/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.



I thought that was QUITE boring actually. I can summarize it.... I'm mkl. I'm very smart. I understand math and odds. I'm Jerry Logan. I can win playing video poker using 'special plays'. No you can't. Yes I can. No you can't Yes I can. You are an idiot. No, you are an idiot. Etc.... there was little else in there, actually.
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April 26th, 2013 at 12:29:15 PM permalink
Quote: teddys

With all due respect to the HBC (which was great--I read every word), the most entertaining thread/flamewar here was the Kevin Lewis/Jerry Logan flamewar. That was such a massively engrossing mutually-assurred destruction.



Who was Kevin Lewis? MLK654321's real name?
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April 26th, 2013 at 12:44:19 PM permalink
Quote: thecesspit

Who was Kevin Lewis? MLK654321's real name?

Yes.
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April 26th, 2013 at 1:01:11 PM permalink
Wow! Are we allowed to post a member's real name?
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rdw4potus
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April 26th, 2013 at 1:04:21 PM permalink
Quote: 1BB

Wow! Are we allowed to post a member's real name?



Are people who have been permanently banned considered to be members? I think it was determined/decreed that for the purposes of name-calling and personal attacks, posts about former members were fair game. Maybe other protections are also not afforded to former members as well?
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April 26th, 2013 at 2:02:43 PM permalink
Quote: rdw4potus

Are people who have been permanently banned considered to be members?


I don't think mkl654321 was permanently banned. He was given a two-week suspension here and subsequently "permanently resigned" according to this follow-up post. My impression is that, upon request, he could be reinstated.
rdw4potus
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April 26th, 2013 at 2:05:14 PM permalink
Quote: Doc

I don't think mkl654321 was permanently banned. He was given a two-week suspension here and subsequently "permanently resigned" according to this follow-up post. My impression is that, upon request, he could be reinstated.



Fair point. I'll rephrase. Are people who are currently not members protected by the same set of rules that govern the treatment of active forum members?
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April 26th, 2013 at 3:18:11 PM permalink
Quote: rdw4potus



Fair point. I'll rephrase. Are people who are currently not members protected by the same set of rules that govern the treatment of active forum members?



The Wiz used to say banned members were fair game,
you could say anything you liked about permanently
banned members.
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April 26th, 2013 at 3:37:52 PM permalink
If someone can log on are they a member?
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April 26th, 2013 at 3:45:11 PM permalink
It was never told to me in confidence. He posts elsewhere on the Internet as Kevin Lewis, which I assume is his real name.

On flipside, Jerry Logan's real name was Rob Singer.
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April 26th, 2013 at 4:28:57 PM permalink
Quote: teddys

It was never told to me in confidence. He posts elsewhere on the Internet as Kevin Lewis, which I assume is his real name.

On flipside, Jerry Logan's real name was Rob Singer.



Rob Singer's real name isn't Rob Singer.

I was never 100% sure Logan was Singer. I turned down the chance to meet him (Logan that is) in Vancouver when he claimed he was visiting. Wasn't worth my time and energy.
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April 26th, 2013 at 4:35:08 PM permalink
Far be it for me to defend mkl, however....
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April 27th, 2013 at 7:16:49 AM permalink
Quote: 1BB

Wow! Are we allowed to post a member's real name?



I'm not sure how long ago this was, but generally speaking, any information that a Member makes public (with exception to using it as a personal attack) could probably be repeated with impunity. If called upon, (which I am not doing in this case) then one may have to prove that the member freely and voluntarily disseminated (i.e. posted) that information, though.

For example, I acknowledged my first name and last initial in another thread when I was quoted in a gambling article, so given that acknowledgement, if anyone wanted to say that Mission146 is a guy named Pierce from Ohio, then that would be fine. (Acknowledgement + Profile says I live in Ohio)
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April 27th, 2013 at 9:48:35 AM permalink
all forums should have a strict anti-doxxing policy, whether the member is active, dormant, banned, or otherwise.
teddys
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April 27th, 2013 at 10:25:21 AM permalink
I didn't doxx. I read Jean Scott's blog and he posts there as "K____ L____" (redacted) with the exact same video poker stuff that he posted here. Combine that with the reviews written as "K____ L." (redacted) for the Wizard's site in his own writing style and the "mkl" initials it was hard not to put 2+2 together. That said, I respect anonymity so if the moderators want to go back and delete those reference that's fine. It may have been in poor judgment to post his name, but his anonymity was never really that hidden.
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April 27th, 2013 at 10:36:58 AM permalink
Quote: SOOPOO

I thought that was QUITE boring actually. I can summarize it.... I'm mkl. I'm very smart. I understand math and odds. I'm Jerry Logan. I can win playing video poker using 'special plays'. No you can't. Yes I can. No you can't Yes I can. You are an idiot. No, you are an idiot. Etc.... there was little else in there, actually.



Hmm? I thought Jerry Logan's shtick was that he thought no one could beat video poker, because of the narrow edges, high variance, and complicated strategies, and went off on anyone who claimed otherwise.
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April 27th, 2013 at 12:08:50 PM permalink
Quote: 24Bingo

Hmm? I thought Jerry Logan's shtick was that he thought no one could beat video poker, because of the narrow edges, high variance, and complicated strategies, and went off on anyone who claimed otherwise.



He thinks that it's not possible/worth it to beat VP in the long term. But with Rob Singer's special magic methods, it's possible to win in the short-term every time forever.
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