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TheSmacker
"I remember when players' issues came before defending casinos at this site."
Jetset
No - you're wrong there The Smacker - this site has always been about what is fair, reasonable and balanced for all . That is why it is so respected and successful.
I think you're quite right on that one
Jetset. If you comb the internet for other sites similar to
Casinomeister.com, you won't find another one which is so balanced. In fact, is it not the most successful site (and one of the few) that deals with players issues on an ongoing basis?
On the odd occasion (a slow Sunday), I'll go visit some of those other sites/message boards (that shall remain nameless), and there's one in particular that's all about foul language and trash-talking. It's a fun read, but they don't resolve anything there. Sure, in many ways, I think that the site is more biased towards the player, and it's become so negative that those who go there on a regular basis come across as being slightly jaded in their perspectives (self-serving biases and traps beat-out logic and a macro-level way of clearly observing the bigger picture at hand).
Personally, I find when people resort to becoming "extremists" to get their point across (think: Michael Moore), they can get tunnel-vision, and lose sight of what they were actually petitioning for in the first place. Having said that, I think that if this site were too partial towards players concerns (and always putting the casinos secondary), in the end, nothing would ever be accomplished. Having two ends of the spectrum (in not more than just two ends) becoming increasingly comfortable (these things take a long time) coming to this site in particular, IS a good thing. Believe me, I hold lots of resentment to a fair number of casinos and those software providers, but then again, this isn't my site.
Back to the point, if
Casinomeister.com were some kind of underground guerrilla outfit trying to get things accomplished in the online gaming realm, it would never be tolerated and would go by the wayside. This site has risen to prominence (from what I've been reading), and is always gaining momentum to be in a better position to be dealing with all sides of the industry. I'm sure die-hard music fans can relate to this. If your favorite band was some esoteric alternative band (that only got airplay on college radio), and all of a sudden their music is circulating into the mainstream, are they selling-out from who they were originally? Generally, no. If anything, they probably (in time) will have greater access to make precisely the music they always wanted to make (despite what schema their original fans thrust onto them).
I'm merely a player, and have no designs on ever wanting to be a webmaster/player advocate, but from what conclusions I've drawn over the past year (of coming here), is that it's a real bitch (and impossible) keeping everyone happy 365 days out of the year.
Steed
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