Not to put anyone down or anything, but it seems like there’s an excess of melodrama out there. Which isn’t to say that content theft, art vs. commerce, idiot strippers, huge suckouts, quitting poker, poor table manners, etc. aren’t worth talking about, but when something seems to crop up every two months to get this or that blogger riled up, it starts to look like a familiar formula with new dressing. Y’know, like a Goobernator movie. And that’s enough to put anyone on tilt.
Ultimately, none of this shit really matters all that much (and I say this even if some of this stuff pissed me off at the time). So take a step back, clear your head, and hit the tables. The come back and share your thought processes and experiences. Help me become a better player by writing about your own games.
One more thing to think about: It might be a sign that poker blogging’s jumped the shark when you get post after self-referential post about the “community.” Not that it doesn’t exist, or that it’s a good or bad thing, but sometimes it’s just a little over the top.
Don’t spread this around, but I agree.
My wife bought Yahzee: Hold Em’ Edition!
Ugh. Although with the right mix of alcohol it could be fun.
I’m with you on this one as well.
You won’t hear much complaining from me. I actually like having a flamer-stalker, whatever he is. It amuses me, and I’m very sick that way 😉
Things were going along too well, no one was mad at me, no one hated me (they wouldn’t admit it, anyway). Someone had to break out and say I deserved to die of cancer.
As far as the “community” goes, someone or another is always trying to get me to go along with this or that, speak out on one side or another. I don’t respond to peer pressure, I usually do quite the opposite. While I am pleased that poker bloggers can be a tight knit group, I have always demanded a lot of personal freedom. I have never gone along with the crowd.
I still say all of you LA bloggers are gay. No men should ever dress THAT well, lol 😉
i concur – but these things are kinda cyclical, imho.
That was just wrong, Felicia. Lots of low-life trash out there. When I’m king of the world, they’ll lose their index fingers.
Ooh. But this might be funny: start a newsgroup called rec.gambling.poker.felicia.lee.die.die.die (see alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die or alt.wesley.crusher.die.die.die for reference).
What’s cooler than being self-referential!?!?!?!?
Maybe referring to yourself in the third person I suppose…
So, with that I’ll say, “CJ likes the poker blogger community.”