Vince Lepore
03-01-2004, 01:00 AM
This is a long post. It's merely an outlet for my frustration. If you have something better to do don't read it.
Hi, my name is Vince Lepore. There is nothing anonymous about who I am. I am who I say I am. I was a regular poster on 2 + 2 for a few years in it's early stages. I even had my own forum here but 9/11 had a sobering affect on me and I quit the forum and stopped posting on 2 + 2 for a long time. I began posting regurarly on rgp last year. I liked rgp because there wasn't much poker discussion. Still isn't. I liked rgp because of some of the people up there. I got a kick out of listening to Gary Carson or Badger and their silly rantings about Mason and 2 + 2. I loved to dig Gary on that dumb book he wrote. i liked to needle Tom Weideman but he kill filed me. There are a few others that I enjoyed bantering with up there but then something happened.
A long time ago there was a poster on 2 + 2 named Mark Glover. His sole purpose in life was to discredit Mason Malmuth. Now, I personally know Mason. I like Mason. Mason has helped me tremendously with my poker game. But Mason is a big boy. He can take care of himself. He hasn't needed my help to make it to his advanced age. He's done it all by himself. Although I do wonder sometimes just how he made it this far. Maybe David helped, who knows.
What I didn't like about this Glover character was that he attacked from the shadows. He was a coward here and is a coward on rgp. He goes by the name of QuadNines on rgp. Since he can no longer attack Mason here he has decided to do it on the unmoderated rgp. He has found a few followers up there. Gary Carson and a few others. But to be honest I do not have a problem with Carson and his Mason quips. I know Gary, though I haven't met him we have had a pleasant exchange of email in the past. His opinion is his opinion even though I disagree with it. I may disagree with him but would never challenge his right to his opinion. In fact I see nothing wrong with him posting his opinion on 2 + 2. But I don't run this site so it's not my call.
RGP has no problem with anyone posting their opinion about anything. I agree with that. That's why I liked rgp. But like I said somethiong happened. I found that rgp is full of anonymous posters. Nothing specifically wrong with that. I believe that there are a number of very good reasons to keep one's identity private on these internet forums. But along with that anonymity goes some responsiblity in my opinion. And my opinion is that if you want to stay anonymous that's fine but you give up some of your rights when you do that. And what you give up is the right to attack someone with your personal opinion. As someone anonymous you do not have a personal opinion on anything except on some pertinant subject. To attack someone's character you must have character of your own. Doing it from behind some fictious personna is cowardly. This may sound silly I know. It's ok for two people to throw mud but only if they are identifiable to each other. Well that's my opinion. It's kind of like two family members calling each other names but don't let someone else do it or there will be hell to pay. Obviously some on rgp agree.
The main discussion up there today as I write this is the proposal to begin a moderated rgp poker forum. It seems that quite a few are tired of these bums that like to spew their garbage fform their hiding place. There is no question why this rgpm discussion is going on. It is to exclude the likes of QuadNines, Rowdy, Italy, Vince's Mother, DoubtingT, Raiderfan and a few others from being able to spew their bullshit and vulgar thoughts while others have a serious discussion.
I have crusaded against these bums up there for over six months. I finally quit when I got a regular rgper to agree with me. I find it interesting that immediately after I signed off of posting on rgp for good this rgpm propsal got off of the ground.
Gary Carson is dead set against it. Of course he is. He never contibutes poker information he gets his kicks from attacking Mason. Can't do it in a moderated group. Oh well I just had to get this out. I don't post on rgp anymor or liveactionpoker. com so I picked my old standby 2 + 2. The latter site liveactionpoker.com is the site where a lot these vulgar rgp posters gain access to rgp. They are as bad as the anonymous scumbags themselves for allowing this to happen.
Well I do not need a moderated rgp forum and neither do serious poker players. 2 + 2 has always been and still is the best place to discuss poker. I am going to spend my time here from now on and those on rgp that truly are interested in discussing poker might want to consider doing the same. That's all.
Vince
Hi, my name is Vince Lepore. There is nothing anonymous about who I am. I am who I say I am. I was a regular poster on 2 + 2 for a few years in it's early stages. I even had my own forum here but 9/11 had a sobering affect on me and I quit the forum and stopped posting on 2 + 2 for a long time. I began posting regurarly on rgp last year. I liked rgp because there wasn't much poker discussion. Still isn't. I liked rgp because of some of the people up there. I got a kick out of listening to Gary Carson or Badger and their silly rantings about Mason and 2 + 2. I loved to dig Gary on that dumb book he wrote. i liked to needle Tom Weideman but he kill filed me. There are a few others that I enjoyed bantering with up there but then something happened.
A long time ago there was a poster on 2 + 2 named Mark Glover. His sole purpose in life was to discredit Mason Malmuth. Now, I personally know Mason. I like Mason. Mason has helped me tremendously with my poker game. But Mason is a big boy. He can take care of himself. He hasn't needed my help to make it to his advanced age. He's done it all by himself. Although I do wonder sometimes just how he made it this far. Maybe David helped, who knows.
What I didn't like about this Glover character was that he attacked from the shadows. He was a coward here and is a coward on rgp. He goes by the name of QuadNines on rgp. Since he can no longer attack Mason here he has decided to do it on the unmoderated rgp. He has found a few followers up there. Gary Carson and a few others. But to be honest I do not have a problem with Carson and his Mason quips. I know Gary, though I haven't met him we have had a pleasant exchange of email in the past. His opinion is his opinion even though I disagree with it. I may disagree with him but would never challenge his right to his opinion. In fact I see nothing wrong with him posting his opinion on 2 + 2. But I don't run this site so it's not my call.
RGP has no problem with anyone posting their opinion about anything. I agree with that. That's why I liked rgp. But like I said somethiong happened. I found that rgp is full of anonymous posters. Nothing specifically wrong with that. I believe that there are a number of very good reasons to keep one's identity private on these internet forums. But along with that anonymity goes some responsiblity in my opinion. And my opinion is that if you want to stay anonymous that's fine but you give up some of your rights when you do that. And what you give up is the right to attack someone with your personal opinion. As someone anonymous you do not have a personal opinion on anything except on some pertinant subject. To attack someone's character you must have character of your own. Doing it from behind some fictious personna is cowardly. This may sound silly I know. It's ok for two people to throw mud but only if they are identifiable to each other. Well that's my opinion. It's kind of like two family members calling each other names but don't let someone else do it or there will be hell to pay. Obviously some on rgp agree.
The main discussion up there today as I write this is the proposal to begin a moderated rgp poker forum. It seems that quite a few are tired of these bums that like to spew their garbage fform their hiding place. There is no question why this rgpm discussion is going on. It is to exclude the likes of QuadNines, Rowdy, Italy, Vince's Mother, DoubtingT, Raiderfan and a few others from being able to spew their bullshit and vulgar thoughts while others have a serious discussion.
I have crusaded against these bums up there for over six months. I finally quit when I got a regular rgper to agree with me. I find it interesting that immediately after I signed off of posting on rgp for good this rgpm propsal got off of the ground.
Gary Carson is dead set against it. Of course he is. He never contibutes poker information he gets his kicks from attacking Mason. Can't do it in a moderated group. Oh well I just had to get this out. I don't post on rgp anymor or liveactionpoker. com so I picked my old standby 2 + 2. The latter site liveactionpoker.com is the site where a lot these vulgar rgp posters gain access to rgp. They are as bad as the anonymous scumbags themselves for allowing this to happen.
Well I do not need a moderated rgp forum and neither do serious poker players. 2 + 2 has always been and still is the best place to discuss poker. I am going to spend my time here from now on and those on rgp that truly are interested in discussing poker might want to consider doing the same. That's all.
Vince