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[the fall guy]

Ok, forget about it. It's the devils way to poverty.

[Scatty]

Because you've posted a link to a poker site, which appears to me a little bit like an advertisement, I hope you don't mind me if I report your post, just in case you know.

[dosraider]

I second Scatty fully here.
Gambling site links don't belong on a site with so much young visitors.
You even shouldn't be allowed to discuss this subject here.
And honetsly said: ALL gambling site sucks and are ripoffs.

[TheChosen]

My money goes to games, not to online gambling.

And If I want to gamble, Id like to do it old fashioned way: Las Vegas or a seedy poker table in a back of a bar/cellar of a friend which only light source is the lightbulb hanging above the table.

[the fall guy]

Originally Posted by dosraider

I second Scatty fully here.
Gambling site links don't belong on a site with so much young visitors.
You even shouldn't be allowed to discuss this subject here.
And honetsly said: ALL gambling site sucks and are ripoffs.

OOps! Seems like I stirred into a hornets nest here. Just to make a few things clear:

1. Sorry for the link. I am not affiliated with that site in any way.
2. It is for free. You pay nothing. You play with virtual money. No ripoff.

I thought for it is a gaming site here someone might like this sort of gaming, too. I guess I was wrong. My apologies.

[dosraider]

Originally Posted by the fall guy

OOps! Seems like I stirred into a hornets nest here. Just to make a few things clear:

Not really, you asked 'bout our thoughts, you got them.
I'm a granddad, and I simply would like that a gaming site visited mainly by young people wouln't turn into a gambling advertising site.
Gambling IS addictive, as you posted yourself, and online gambling is even prohibited in many countries.
THX for removing that link.

[the fall guy]

Originally Posted by dosraider

Not really, you asked 'bout our thoughts, you got them.
I'm a granddad, and I simply would like that a gaming site visited mainly by young people wouln't turn into a gambling advertising site.
Gambling IS addictive, as you posted yourself, and online gambling is even prohibited in many countries.
THX for removing that link.

Ok, ok. It was sure foolish of me not to think of the youngsters around here. I thought there were mainly adults around here that liked to replay the games of their youth - quite shortsighted.

I thought there might be people like me that used to play 5 card draw every now and then with their friends in the past, found that with increasing age, less spare time and friends spreading over the continents due to jobs etc. it is near impossible to do so nowadays and then try to find an alternative. (A friend of mine had a pretty nice offline-poker shipped with his MAC, I tried to find a similar one for Win98, but they all sucked.)

I also agree that poker can be highly addictive - but in the particular case I mentionend no more addictive than certain online rpgs - I may be otherwise foolish but I wouldn't pay a dime of real money for such a spare time activity.
Since no one likes it anyway (and btw I don't take that personally and think your critics on the way I posted my statement is absolutely justified - indeed it looked like an advertisement), I recommend to delete the whole thread. I can only repeat my apologies. I feel really bad about my 1st post and deleted its contents. Now I gonna get some sleep...