De_ Gambla, I was happy to see you back posting after a long absence, since I remembered you as a great poster/member, not a "go straight to the throat" poster. Reading this thread with your posts today makes me think I did not have a true memory of your posting. You seem disrespectful and snotty (one step further than snarky
) toward fellow Casinomeister members.
I apologize. I get busy and sometimes when I post, I just cut to the chase and it can appear snarky. Snotty works, too. That's ok. I never signed up here in 2007 to be involved in a popularity contest, and didn't come back for one. I like good discussions and better debates. I believe the outcomes of both of those situations furthers my understanding of many things, and adds to my wisdom when needed to apply to the next situation I'm faced with. I'm a student of life, and have made peace knowing I will die not ever knowing it all. At whatever capacity I am currently at, that's what I bring into that current discussion.
Go straight to the throat? I think people coming into this thread late are kind of losing where it was, versus where it is now. I'm ok with it if someone skims through 2 days of posts and labels me the bad guy, the instigator. I can take you by the hand and walk you through the actual chronological progression, but I doubt that would do much for you now.
My first response to this thread had no one's throat in my grasp. The poster I responded to seemed to indicate that losing several bonus rounds made her uncomfortable due to the fact that she had played through several hundred. I explained that the slot she was playing did not know how much she played through, or what her current balance was.
Then she said that based on that and other losing streaks she encountered, she was willing to label this casino as 'unfair' in regards to return. I stated that when you gamble, you cannot expect a return. 'Unfair' is an opinion, but in gambling forums, that term has a little more tabasco sauce on it than in most other situations. I wanted to make clear that we weren't actually crossing the line into fraud.
Then, revisiting the slot machine issue, I took exception to her saying she swears the machine was broken. She even stated:
>8 lowballs BACK TO BACK is enough for me to move
>on for a while until they fix it
I read that whole post several times over multiple hours before it caused me to respond. As each hour passed, I kept asking myself more questions, like, if I thought for a second a machine was broken, and lost even $5 on it, wouldn't I report that? Wouldn't you? Would you really just say "oh, I'll come back in the future when they've fixed it.."? What would then be the motive to embed that into a thread started by a disappointed poster?
What would have happened if Silc started a new thread that said: "3Dice unfair payouts and broken games - avoid"?
Of course she wouldn't do that... she took the cheaper route and embedded the exact same thing into someone else's thread, an inside slider right up around the chin.
I believe I responded with great patience, taking into account she might not really know what was going on (since I do not know her, this is a probable outcome). She complained about people who speak about RTP, etc., so I took the time to explain what that meant, and why it's valid when discussing these issues.
IMO, if that thread was left without a response to her, someone coming a doing a search on 3Dice to consider a deposit might read that, and think "hmm... unfair payouts. broken software. yeah, like I need those problems. onto the next candidate", and
that's just simply not fair to 3Dice.
That's why I originally responded. I thought she was confused about some aspects of gaming, and it was apparent she was mad at 3Dice and wanted to hit them in the form of waving off a potential customer. I don't believe my membership here allows me to just walk away and go "oh well, 3Dice's problem now".
Her response to my response is where some definite fur was getting stuck in her throat, and she started generalizing everything in her first post. She even says (LoL):
>Not personal at all and nothing against 3Dice
HUH?!
So here we are now, except she's packed up her marbles and gone home, and that's fine. As others have come forward to contribute their experiences, no one has been made to feel their opinion wasn't welcome.
Don't know you jod. Would like to, but it won't kill me if I never do. Your opinion of me, unfortunately, cannot ever dictate how I post. I fly solo and avoid clique situations that might pressure me to perform one way or another to please the crowd. I would fail that. I have friends IRL and family, my life is blessed. Being the 'likeable' chap on an internet forum is just not that high on my list of priorities.
I will submit again, besides one post containing allegations in it, ALL of the other posts have had their say without any brow beating. There have been a few who have dropped by to tell US that our opinion of liking 3Dice isn't real welcome. That's where we're at. Don't do it, now... don't misquote me and say I'm playing victim now.. I actually like being in the defensive position. Armed with so many facts, it doesn't really take much effort to defend ones self against BS.
I have nothing against you, why would I? If you have something against me, then we will move forward with situation intact.
- Keith