4 of a kind
Repeated violations of forum rule 1.16 - troll
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2009
- Location
- New York
In a couple of days I will have been an active member here for one year. Soon after the UIGEA was passed I was on the hunt for new sites to play at, and was thrilled when I discovered this site. Learning how rogues operate with current updates of who they are, along with pertinent information U.S.A. players need to keep playing online, I have benefited in more ways then one by becoming a member here.
I know I should be keeping my mouth shut instead of getting into what Im about to, but with risking becoming alienated here, I decided to express my feelings about the drastic changes, (at least for me) Im recognizing as of late at this site.
Being an old man of 57 years and a 35 year veteran of gambling of all forms, and over ten years of online experiences, Im starting to really wonder about what online casinos and online players have actually evolved into over the last decade.
When I started gambling online before 2000, it was exciting and really nothing more then a great convenience to have a casino in my office or home with the simple click of a mouse. Of course rigged was always a fearful thought at first, but after a few nice hits and getting paid the confidence level rose and before you new it, I became a VIP at 2 of the 3 different sites I played at. No one was offering bonuses at the time as far as I knew, or maybe I was just to busy sticking to my two or three sites never looking else where. VIPs in the early days of online gaming were assigned a VIP rep, and when looking for special treatment for your loyalty, consulted this rep and usually got whatever it was you were looking for. Much like the same way you would be treated at a land based casino. The only comps you got from online casinos were cash comps with no play through crap like today, or sometimes free tickets to a big boxing match or show in Vegas, or AC.
Although many people think online casinos could do more harm to a gambler with the simple access, my experience and records prove I actually trimmed my annual losses by playing online and reduced my visits to land based casinos. What people forget about is after booking a room and traveling to a land based casino for a weekend, you usually go with your pockets full and access to more money if you needed it. If things are cold you will still dig in hoping for an up swing which may never come the whole weekend. You know you should have pulled the plug a long time ago but you say to yourself, well, Im here now and not certain when Im coming back, so just keep playing when you shouldnt be even with that loser feeling inside. This always results to accumulating larger losses. On the other hand when playing online, I cant tell you how many times I would just pull the plug after a half hour knowing todays not going to be a good day.
Im sure that most online gamblers during the early online days experienced the same things I did. Today Im not sure how the online gambler thinks or actually what he or she is expecting from online casinos. The whole online thing has evolved into an overloaded bonus ridden mess.
I think with all the online casinos that started to pile on top of each other they were forced into starting this, whose bonus is better then the others crap with hopes of recruiting loyal players. I think this all back fired on them since all they did was recruit players that probably shouldnt be gambling in the first place, but for $20.00 dollars they could technically (at least in their minds) start with a $100.00 or more, looking for that pot of gold, or that screen shot of a big hit and only $300.00 of it is really theirs to keep. Realistically how many players here would actually consider going to a land based casino with a $20.00 bankroll? Forget twenty, how many would consider even going with just a $100.00 dollar bankroll? Please dont bring up the seniors taking a bus ride, getting out of the house for a day, a free lunch for their bus ticket cost, and playing the penny slots.
What Im trying to get too I guess is that a year ago at this site I found great and interesting threads dealing with all types of gaming information, and conversation. I also recognize all the other platforms available to all of us for different topics, but for the most part their all dead.
There were many great posters and threads that for the most part seemed to have all but vanished. I dont only mean banned posters like JHV, who although had some great and informative threads the trade off for his obnoxious, belligerent, and arrogant behavior wasnt worth it, but many others I no longer see here.
I have played thousands if not hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions of hands of video poker in the past decade online. No doubt what so ever things have tightened up, and the good spikes are becoming farther and fewer between. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to realize the sites are being forced to tighten up for the sake of survival with the present economic diasters.
As far as online casinos being rigged goes, playing programmed software for real money anywhere in cyberspace under any circumstances, will always and automatically also create doubt. If someone thinks their positively rigged, they of course shouldnt be playing. My only real argument with rigged was when CasinoJack said he could randomly change RTPs and follow you around the casino reducing your odds of winning at will. Thats certainly rigged to me anyhow.
If I had to base online casinos to what 90% of what is available to read at this site recently, I would conclude that the casinos are nothing more then bonus whores, working the streets at real discount prices. I dont belong or participate or read other casino forums, and maybe with the amount of time I spend online, Ive been visiting this forum to often. But Ive got to tell you, at least in my view its starting to look and sound like a site more concerned about bonuses then anything else.
Online casinos in its current form have evolved into a low rollers paradise. Now that they are being forced to even tighten up on the bonuses, visiting this site lately is like entering bonus hell.
There had to be a reason for them to concentrate on this strategy, which leads me to believe thats all they got left to go after.
I know I should be keeping my mouth shut instead of getting into what Im about to, but with risking becoming alienated here, I decided to express my feelings about the drastic changes, (at least for me) Im recognizing as of late at this site.
Being an old man of 57 years and a 35 year veteran of gambling of all forms, and over ten years of online experiences, Im starting to really wonder about what online casinos and online players have actually evolved into over the last decade.
When I started gambling online before 2000, it was exciting and really nothing more then a great convenience to have a casino in my office or home with the simple click of a mouse. Of course rigged was always a fearful thought at first, but after a few nice hits and getting paid the confidence level rose and before you new it, I became a VIP at 2 of the 3 different sites I played at. No one was offering bonuses at the time as far as I knew, or maybe I was just to busy sticking to my two or three sites never looking else where. VIPs in the early days of online gaming were assigned a VIP rep, and when looking for special treatment for your loyalty, consulted this rep and usually got whatever it was you were looking for. Much like the same way you would be treated at a land based casino. The only comps you got from online casinos were cash comps with no play through crap like today, or sometimes free tickets to a big boxing match or show in Vegas, or AC.
Although many people think online casinos could do more harm to a gambler with the simple access, my experience and records prove I actually trimmed my annual losses by playing online and reduced my visits to land based casinos. What people forget about is after booking a room and traveling to a land based casino for a weekend, you usually go with your pockets full and access to more money if you needed it. If things are cold you will still dig in hoping for an up swing which may never come the whole weekend. You know you should have pulled the plug a long time ago but you say to yourself, well, Im here now and not certain when Im coming back, so just keep playing when you shouldnt be even with that loser feeling inside. This always results to accumulating larger losses. On the other hand when playing online, I cant tell you how many times I would just pull the plug after a half hour knowing todays not going to be a good day.
Im sure that most online gamblers during the early online days experienced the same things I did. Today Im not sure how the online gambler thinks or actually what he or she is expecting from online casinos. The whole online thing has evolved into an overloaded bonus ridden mess.
I think with all the online casinos that started to pile on top of each other they were forced into starting this, whose bonus is better then the others crap with hopes of recruiting loyal players. I think this all back fired on them since all they did was recruit players that probably shouldnt be gambling in the first place, but for $20.00 dollars they could technically (at least in their minds) start with a $100.00 or more, looking for that pot of gold, or that screen shot of a big hit and only $300.00 of it is really theirs to keep. Realistically how many players here would actually consider going to a land based casino with a $20.00 bankroll? Forget twenty, how many would consider even going with just a $100.00 dollar bankroll? Please dont bring up the seniors taking a bus ride, getting out of the house for a day, a free lunch for their bus ticket cost, and playing the penny slots.
What Im trying to get too I guess is that a year ago at this site I found great and interesting threads dealing with all types of gaming information, and conversation. I also recognize all the other platforms available to all of us for different topics, but for the most part their all dead.
There were many great posters and threads that for the most part seemed to have all but vanished. I dont only mean banned posters like JHV, who although had some great and informative threads the trade off for his obnoxious, belligerent, and arrogant behavior wasnt worth it, but many others I no longer see here.
I have played thousands if not hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions of hands of video poker in the past decade online. No doubt what so ever things have tightened up, and the good spikes are becoming farther and fewer between. You dont have to be a rocket scientist to realize the sites are being forced to tighten up for the sake of survival with the present economic diasters.
As far as online casinos being rigged goes, playing programmed software for real money anywhere in cyberspace under any circumstances, will always and automatically also create doubt. If someone thinks their positively rigged, they of course shouldnt be playing. My only real argument with rigged was when CasinoJack said he could randomly change RTPs and follow you around the casino reducing your odds of winning at will. Thats certainly rigged to me anyhow.
If I had to base online casinos to what 90% of what is available to read at this site recently, I would conclude that the casinos are nothing more then bonus whores, working the streets at real discount prices. I dont belong or participate or read other casino forums, and maybe with the amount of time I spend online, Ive been visiting this forum to often. But Ive got to tell you, at least in my view its starting to look and sound like a site more concerned about bonuses then anything else.
Online casinos in its current form have evolved into a low rollers paradise. Now that they are being forced to even tighten up on the bonuses, visiting this site lately is like entering bonus hell.
There had to be a reason for them to concentrate on this strategy, which leads me to believe thats all they got left to go after.