April 04, 2011
Some changes..
A few days ago I had someone on 2p2 who I very much respect write an extremely long, verging on abusive post towards me in one of the regs threads.
I responded acting like it didn't affect me; attempting to shrug it off. The problem is, it very much affected me. It really shocked me to my core and I barely slept that entire night thinking about it. I've never had anyone be so aggressive towards me in any fashion whether it be in real life or online.
They used information they had gathered from this blog and on 2p2 against me and as a result I have decided I will no longer be posting on the 2p2 forums at all, nor posting results here. I considered briefly completely stopping this blog, but have instead decided I will simply limit and be very conscious of what I post here.
EDIT: I should note that the reason I've decided not to post on 2p2 anymore/spend so much time updating this blog is that I've realised I was spending far too much time doing each instead of focusing on my own game and studying. The abusive post was merely one thing that led me to realise I have better things to do with my time than entertain myself on 2p2.
Favourite hand from the last few days (I knew what he had the whole way and I really though he'd fold turn, but one he didn't, I knew he'd call river): http://www.handconverter.com/hands/1261975
Yesterday there was a street fair literally directly below the apartment building I live in. My sisters' fiance is a unicyclist and does some street theatre. He cleaned up yesterday with really strong crowds all day. Pic below of him on his 12 ft unicycle:
Yesterday I also beat my WWF highest score of 118 by playing codrove for 130 points!
I probably won't be updating this blog daily anymore. However, I will have more interesting life stuff up here instead. Hope that doesn't kill the action for anyone reading.
4 Comments:
TheGeek posted on April 04, 2011 at 17:54 PM
Was it personal abuse or directed towards your game? Seems a bit weird to me that there would have been stuff in this blog that someone could abuse you for.
Obviously I understand if you don't want to digress but I would look at it as a good thing, it's ridiculous how long you can waste staring at useless stuff on forums.
ravenjetbyrne posted on April 05, 2011 at 18:36 PM
forums ruin lives
they are like nerd crack
just cut it down abit,get out abit more and see friends and family,,get that life balence back,cos if an abusive forum post is really upsetting you chances are your too emotionally invested,and disconnected from the real world
slowlane123 posted on April 07, 2011 at 00:20 AM
I said it was verging on abusive. They just used info about me and my recent downswing.
"get that life balence back"
I appreciate the advice but I consider myself to have an excellent life balance. I do fitness every day and go out with friends 2-3 times a week. I usually just used the forums to kill time and was never affected by what anyone said there. It wasn't until someone I really respected flipped out that I felt like I didn't want to go there anymore. They quickly deleted their post but I still had time to read it. They probably just had a bad day at the tables or something.
Needless to say I've been spending all the time I would have been browsing the forums reviewing my own play and game and am now crushing again :-)
2fouroffsuit posted on April 07, 2011 at 18:02 PM
Haters gonna hate. I think that you're right he was probably having a pretty shit day or something. Drop 2p2, but stay here and keep posting at DC!
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