A note of thanks to our resigning moderators

ollyk1

I'm not starting this thread to discuss the popcorn that has been going on here recently.

I want to record my thanks to ste, Dom, LL and Kev for all their hardwork in making this forum the pleasant and addictive community it has been over the years. I hope that you will remain involved in building the Irish online poker community and wherever that community is hosted if you guys are involved please be assured of my support as a member of that community.

Olly

PS I believe a thread thanking resigning mods is always an "on-topic" thread so I hope it won't be deleted/censored or moved.

Gholimoli

as above..
many thanks for all the hard work over the years.

Killme00

Thanks guys for your honesty, for always allowing free and open discussion, for your good humour no matter the subject and for the sense community you helped create on this forum.

I'm not the most eloquent with words so thanks.

smurph

Well done to the lads for all their work over the years doing what in effect was a very thankless job...

Sad day indeed.

sendic

+1

also, thanks to the other mods over the years, laf, muso, amp, hyzepher etc

zuroph

ridiculously low point for boards.

Hyzepher

As having done the job before i know how difficult it is. Thanks for the time & effort.

jbravado

Hopefully this can be sorted out and we can change it to a Welcome back Mods thread. Did a great job to be fair.

Fatboydim

I'm not sure what's happened here as I haven't looked at the site over the weekend. However the mods who have resigned are some of the soundest young fellows you will ever meet across a poker table. Best of luck to them.

dannydiamond

ollyk1 wrote: »

I'm not starting this thread to discuss the popcorn that has been going on here recently.

I want to record my thanks to ste, Dom, LL and Kev for all their hardwork in making this forum the pleasant and addictive community it has been over the years. I hope that you will remain involved in building the Irish online poker community and wherever that community is hosted if you guys are involved please be assured of my support as a member of that community.

Olly

PS I believe a thread thanking resigning mods is always an "on-topic" thread so I hope it won't be deleted/censored or moved.

This sums it up pretty much for me too.

Thanks lads.

dougee19

even though I have been a total nuisance while on here I have great respect for how ye handled so many situations, a lot of annoying people on here and ye managed to host this place really well and just want to say thanks

Lurker1977

jbravado wrote: »

Hopefully this can be sorted out and we can change it to a Welcome back Mods thread. Did a great job to be fair.

I'm really hoping the above happens also but if not then thanks to LL, Kev, Dom and Ste for taking the time to make this place what it was. I have a feeling I will be spending a lot less time on boards if the current situation is not amicably settled for all parties involved.

Such a shame it ended in this fashion.

shano_88

jbravado wrote: »

Hopefully this can be sorted out and we can change it to a Welcome back Mods thread. Did a great job to be fair.

+1

willis

mainly a lurker,readin the bbv kept me sane when i was in work, fair play to the mods for sticking to their principles,echo all comments above

Hank Scorpio

such a shame, i found these mods the most fairest and interesting on this web site.They always gave great input and were in continuous discussion with the posters, i genuiely mean that

DeVore

Look this has blown out of all proportion and I'm discussing things with them at the moment. Everyone needs to calm down and let cooler heads prevail.

DeV.

PapaSmurph

DeVore wrote: »

Look this has blown out of all proportion and I'm discussing things with them at the moment. Everyone needs to calm down and let cooler heads prevail.



DeV.

Ye blew it up as u took it down tom the final descision is with yourself ??

Why are u locking all the threads and i want a reason? Are we not entitled to ask a question is this not a forum and do we not have any freedom of speech . The sooner pokertalk launches the better im sure the mods of old would be welcomed and looked after more there

I have been an avid and keen reader of boards over the past year and i have to say it has become a dire and military run operation . It seems any bit of fun is taken away and its wrong ..

I will prob get banned now or deleted as per usual with no explanation

J

Rb

nuxxx wrote: »

such a shame, i found these mods the most fairest and interesting on this web site.They always gave great input and were in continuous discussion with the posters, i genuiely mean that

Indeed, the poker forum has been modded in a unique but very fair and efficient way, certainly well catering of the diverse community that uses it.

I used to laugh when I saw poker forum members claiming the forum was over-moderated, little do most know what exactly happens outside here!

Well done to all the lads and I applaud the action you've taken here, hopefully should the forum and community move to another site you'll take the reigns there.

DeadParrot

Kudos to all the poker mods.
always a fair, even minded and generally funny bunch.
Its a shame the carry on that is happening here

PapaSmurph

Rb wrote: »

Indeed, the poker forum has been modded in a unique but very fair and efficient way, certainly well catering of the diverse community that uses it.

I used to laugh when I saw poker forum members claiming the forum was over-moderated, little do most know what exactly happens outside here!

Well done to all the lads and I applaud the action you've taken here, hopefully should the forum and community move to another site you'll take the reigns there.

Point taken on the other thread Rb , Was only humouring the situtation .
The community should support Adam Murphy in my opinion he is a great guy and is now opening a biz with a forum and live updates and i would urge all forum users here to support his new venture . I have not met the lad as of yet but i do like his work on live events and i would like to be the first to sign up when it opens or starts

Does anyone have the site name im not sure but i think it is pokertalk.ie or talkpoker.ie ???

PapaSmurph

PapaSmurph wrote: »

Point taken on the other thread Rb , Was only humouring the situtation .
The community should support Adam Murphy in my opinion he is a great guy and is now opening a biz with a forum and live updates and i would urge all forum users here to support his new venture . I have not met the lad as of yet but i do like his work on live events and i would like to be the first to sign up when it opens or starts

Does anyone have the site name im not sure but i think it is pokertalk.ie or talkpoker.ie ???

Please stop posting on this issue. Please.

PapaSmurph

Deleted User wrote: »

Please stop posting on this issue. Please.

Is this not a forum here i mean some of ye are so far up ur holes its unreal .. tell u wat i think ill go back to havin a pen pal was less hassle and i had freedom of speech unlike here where its all just gone pete tong

ollyk1

PapaSmurph wrote: »

Point taken on the other thread Rb , Was only humouring the situtation .
The community should support Adam Murphy in my opinion he is a great guy and is now opening a biz with a forum and live updates and i would urge all forum users here to support his new venture . I have not met the lad as of yet but i do like his work on live events and i would like to be the first to sign up when it opens or starts

Does anyone have the site name im not sure but i think it is pokertalk.ie or talkpoker.ie ???

If you want to promote some other agenda can you please do so in your own seperate thread? This thread is to thank the lads for their huge effort over the years and I don't want anyone to have an excuse to come in and lock/delete/censor the thread. Thank you.

PapaSmurph

ollyk1 wrote: »

If you want to promote some other agenda can you please do so in your own seperate thread? This thread is to thank the lads for their huge effort over the years and I don't want anyone to have an excuse to come in and lock/delete/censor the thread. Thank you.

Respected comments Olly sorry this ****e is just doin em head in sorry i know u are tryin to be the do gooder and i appreciate that i have made my point on a thread and thats it i have no other agenda at all . I am always outspoken and always will be .

Apologies and this will be my last post on the matter

tylerdurden94

What everybody else said cheers guys.

ollyk1

DeVore wrote: »

Look this has blown out of all proportion and I'm discussing things with them at the moment. Everyone needs to calm down and let cooler heads prevail.

DeV.

In my book Tom, resignation is not negotiation. The lads are entitled to a thread of thanks without anyone mudding the waters discussing the popcorn elsewhere.

I think we're all clear from here on.

PiperT

DeVore wrote: »

Look this has blown out of all proportion and I'm discussing things with them at the moment. Everyone needs to calm down and let cooler heads prevail.

DeV.

LOL.

strewelpeter

There was a potentially very serious issue a few weeks ago that required extremely careful and discrete modding. That the job was done and the crises averted without most people even knowing that there was an issue is a huge testament to the wise and skillful work that these guys have been doing.
Well done and many thanks for all the time you took to do it.

Lafortezza

At the moment I'm hanging on to modding the poker forum, even though I feel as disillusioned as the other lads with the whole situation. I hope I can speak for the others when I say thanks for the support.
I still kinda feel there's a way to get it all resolved, but the chance of that is shrinking quite rapidly.

I'd hate to have to drop my modship because I feel strongly about how the community in here works. Stuff like the Scouts thing, Lloyds footie marathon and the recent poker members making babies thread show that the mods and users have worked well to create something very impressive, and definitely something to be proud of.

But the hate and vitriol on the feedback thread and the fact that the poker forum in the future will be modded drastically differently, I'm kinda leaning towards stepping away too.

I'll probably decide in the next day or two so fingers crossed something works out. Otherwise thanks for all the posts and pm's.

Macspower

just to add my thanks to the mods... and fair play to you all for standing up for your principles

Paul Spillane

ollyk1 wrote: »

I'm not starting this thread to discuss the popcorn that has been going on here recently.

I want to record my thanks to ste, Dom, LL and Kev for all their hardwork in making this forum the pleasant and addictive community it has been over the years. I hope that you will remain involved in building the Irish online poker community and wherever that community is hosted if you guys are involved please be assured of my support as a member of that community.

Olly

PS I believe a thread thanking resigning mods is always an "on-topic" thread so I hope it won't be deleted/censored or moved.

Like to add my thanks, esp when as a newbie poster i didnt understand trolling/spamming/the rules etc; always found you to be more than fair and v patient. Thanks again.

Slash/ED

Fair play lads, without doubt the best mods on the site and your modding is what helped the section and BBV etc become what it is.

lee_arama

Not much to say here really. Got a lot of time for Kev (c'mon Ireland - got them in a double with the Windies today), and while I probably still owe 5Star a dead shoulder over last year he, along with Lllllllloyd and Ste, were nothing but utter gents in the resultant BBV furore.

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Boyle going to start a forum on their site ya think? :pac:

Theresalwaysone

Thanks for all your work lads. I wish you guys wouldnt step down as I dont dare to think what the poker forum will be like after all the fallout without you lads.

MrPillowTalk

Adding my thanks to the lads.

Definate opportunity for someone to scoop up the home of the online poker community in Ireland, would have thought pokerswat or somewhere like that could jump on the chance.

Moneymaker

All the best lads, you've done a job you should be proud of, and the fact you're sticking to your guns is admirable. Fair play.

nicnicnic

MrPillowTalk wrote: »

Adding my thanks to the lads.

Definate opportunity for someone to scoop up the home of the online poker community in Ireland, would have thought pokerswat or somewhere like that could jump on the chance.

lol just saying to someone on msn that I can see Kelly hatching a plan as this is developing. If we do move as a community, lets set it up ourselves and not move somewhere thats commercial.

crazy sequance of events tbh


I echo the all good sentiments towards the mods

Lao Lao

ollyk1 wrote: »

I'm not starting this thread to discuss the popcorn that has been going on here recently.

I want to record my thanks to ste, Dom, LL and Kev for all their hardwork in making this forum the pleasant and addictive community it has been over the years. I hope that you will remain involved in building the Irish online poker community and wherever that community is hosted if you guys are involved please be assured of my support as a member of that community.

Olly

PS I believe a thread thanking resigning mods is always an "on-topic" thread so I hope it won't be deleted/censored or moved.

^^^ This pretty much sums it up! As I said in the feedback thread, it's sad to see all of you resign, however it is very refreshing to see you make a stand on a matter of principle.

Anyone notice anything interesting about the post of the day?

brianmc

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone notice anything interesting about the post of the day?

Conspiracy theories forum TBH. I suspect that it's a day behind for no vindictive reason.

BIGMICKG

ok so i wont start asking wtf happened etc. but it seems things have gone a little crazy on boards lately! i havent been online much over the past few weeks but have noticed things not looking too good here. dont even know half the story tbh bout the bbv bein deleted, mods resigning etc. but i think i speak for ever1 here saying itll be an awful pity if this is the beginning of the end of the poker section. tbh i hardly ever even read the bbv but i think its stats spoke for itself. views replies etc. i reckon the poker section on boards generates as much traffic as most of the other sections put together! suppose well just have to wait and see what happens over the next few weeks. anyway i wont be online much cos im heading to vegas in the morning for a month. for anyone who gives a rats how im doin they can find out here http://bigmickg.blogspot.com/. ill try keep it updated regularly while im over there. peace out. hopefully some sanity can be restored here

opr

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone notice anything interesting about the post of the day?

Yeah lol i noticed that this morning. I think a feedback thread about the error is needed

Edit - Also guys you have always done a super job around here which i think we all appreciate very much.

Opr

mdwexford

nicnicnic wrote: »

lol just saying to someone on msn that I can see Kelly hatching a plan as this is developing.

i lol'd

Rb

This seems a little distasteful/tacky.

singee88

+1

smurph

BIGMICKG wrote: »

ok so i wont start asking wtf happened etc. but it seems things have gone a little crazy on boards lately! i havent been online much over the past few weeks but have noticed things not looking too good here. dont even know half the story tbh bout the bbv bein deleted, mods resigning etc. but i think i speak for ever1 here saying itll be an awful pity if this is the beginning of the end of the poker section. tbh i hardly ever even read the bbv but i think its stats spoke for itself. views replies etc. i reckon the poker section on boards generates as much traffic as most of the other sections put together! suppose well just have to wait and see what happens over the next few weeks. anyway i wont be online much cos im heading to vegas in the morning for a month. for anyone who gives a rats how im doin they can find out here http://bigmickg.blogspot.com/. ill try keep it updated regularly while im over there. peace out. hopefully some sanity can be restored here

Rb wrote: »

This seems a little distasteful/tacky.

Nop, not at all
Mick probably has not realised that other posts like this have been closed,
He is the last person to be offensive to be honest

ocallagh

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone notice anything interesting about the post of the day?

Thought the same myself, but I'd say whatever cron job runs to update POTD does so outside of peak hours. I'd say (hope) it will be updated later.

Theresalwaysone

My post of the day is by a poster called Rottenhat and about a cycle trip or somesuch.

strewelpeter

BIGMICKG wrote: »

ok so i wont start asking wtf happened etc. but it seems things have gone a little crazy on boards lately! i havent been online much over the past few weeks but have noticed things not looking too good here. dont even know half the story tbh bout the bbv bein deleted, mods resigning etc. but i think i speak for ever1 here saying itll be an awful pity if this is the beginning of the end of the poker section. tbh i hardly ever even read the bbv but i think its stats spoke for itself. views replies etc. i reckon the poker section on boards generates as much traffic as most of the other sections put together! suppose well just have to wait and see what happens over the next few weeks. anyway i wont be online much cos im heading to vegas in the morning for a month. for anyone who gives a rats how im doin they can find out here http://bigmickg.blogspot.com/. ill try keep it updated regularly while im over there. peace out. hopefully some sanity can be restored here

The bracelet will suit you. GL

Lafortezza

BIGMICKG wrote: »

ok so i wont start asking wtf happened etc. but it seems things have gone a little crazy on boards lately! i havent been online much over the past few weeks but have noticed things not looking too good here. dont even know half the story tbh bout the bbv bein deleted, mods resigning etc. but i think i speak for ever1 here saying itll be an awful pity if this is the beginning of the end of the poker section. tbh i hardly ever even read the bbv but i think its stats spoke for itself. views replies etc. i reckon the poker section on boards generates as much traffic as most of the other sections put together! suppose well just have to wait and see what happens over the next few weeks. anyway i wont be online much cos im heading to vegas in the morning for a month. for anyone who gives a rats how im doin they can find out here http://bigmickg.blogspot.com/. ill try keep it updated regularly while im over there. peace out. hopefully some sanity can be restored here

Hi Mick, I've merged your thread with this one about the general situation for tidyness sake. Thanks for the support, gl in vegas.

TonyBlair

This might get deleted but i'm sure some will see. i would just like to say sorry to the mods for giving them all alot of hassle of this past year and a half. Fwiw you were always pretty fast at banning me so you did do a good job

chris