Yes, my anonymous reader from Lockheed
Martin (via General Electric's host, proxy3b.external.lmco.com), I do
think NL HE has become a fad. But, where did I say that would keep me
from playing? I do have a longer post that I've been working on that
talks about this “fad” issue in depth, which you'll see in a
few months if you keep reading. The general gist of that post is: often,
good things that only a few people know about sometimes become fads, and
their specialness is lost. Nevertheless, the hard core fans who have
always been there don't like it any less, but do often lament the negative
changes newcomers bring.
However, there's of course an ironic thing about this fad of
poker: people play NL HE as a fad, don't realize that it's ultimately an
incredibly predatory game, and lose their money. Thus, the reason poker
games are so good right now, financially speaking, is because of this fad
effect. It's a very strange situation for the avid poker player: more
money than we could have imagined years ago, but the games are full of
people disrespectful of the culture.
As for “inconsistency”, I can only quote Emerson at you
and say that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds. My opinions have changed a great deal since I started this
journal; I am not so attached to them; I'm always willing to reconsider.
If you actually took the time to know me and read what I've written, you'd
realize that.
Indeed, I linked back above to those “killer instinct”
discussions precisely because my position has moved a great deal since
then; any intelligent reader would have noticed this. I still don't think
the killer instinct is mandatory, but I certainly now understand that the
game is substantially more predatory than I thought it was in July 2005.
My position has become more nuanced on this subject.
I'm sorry that your ability to detect nuances is not so developed.
Perhaps that will come for you with time. Anyway, if you are going to
insult me, you should have enough gumption to sign your name.
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Date: 2007-01-02 20:16 (UTC)Yes, my anonymous reader from Lockheed Martin (via General Electric's host, proxy3b.external.lmco.com), I do think NL HE has become a fad. But, where did I say that would keep me from playing? I do have a longer post that I've been working on that talks about this “fad” issue in depth, which you'll see in a few months if you keep reading. The general gist of that post is: often, good things that only a few people know about sometimes become fads, and their specialness is lost. Nevertheless, the hard core fans who have always been there don't like it any less, but do often lament the negative changes newcomers bring.
However, there's of course an ironic thing about this fad of poker: people play NL HE as a fad, don't realize that it's ultimately an incredibly predatory game, and lose their money. Thus, the reason poker games are so good right now, financially speaking, is because of this fad effect. It's a very strange situation for the avid poker player: more money than we could have imagined years ago, but the games are full of people disrespectful of the culture.
As for “inconsistency”, I can only quote Emerson at you and say that . My opinions have changed a great deal since I started this journal; I am not so attached to them; I'm always willing to reconsider. If you actually took the time to know me and read what I've written, you'd realize that.
Indeed, I linked back above to those “killer instinct” discussions precisely because my position has moved a great deal since then; any intelligent reader would have noticed this. I still don't think the killer instinct is mandatory, but I certainly now understand that the game is substantially more predatory than I thought it was in July 2005. My position has become more nuanced on this subject.
I'm sorry that your ability to detect nuances is not so developed. Perhaps that will come for you with time. Anyway, if you are going to insult me, you should have enough gumption to sign your name.