The Zoo Post of the Year

[jek187]

Post of the Year: Bobo will always live fondly in my heart.

Thread of the Year: And it's not even close

Poster of the Year: Lori, Granny, and Homer. MicroBob will be in this list next year, if he has a 2005 like he had 4th quarter 2004. He's always posted quality stuff, but in the fairly recent past he's become quite funny. I think it's because he's finally played enough hands where poker has instilled a certain silly cynicism. MS Sunshine is another poster I'd normally include, but his quantity just wasn't there this year.

Troll: Mary/PokerScene/Cyndie/Panace50. Pure, incompetent, slime.

[lorinda]

I agree entirely with post and thread of the year, it all makes me laugh even now.

Posters of the year are too many to name.

Fave troll is Bdids, his IRC spamming makes me giggle every time.
Your troll of the year needs some kind of mention, but I can't think of a printable category for her to win.(Some stray children might drop by.)

Lori

[B Dids]

Spamming- Huh?

I think I've been involed in like three discussions about IRC. Once (in three forums I guess, only because I wanted to make sure nobody missed it) to tell people why they might not regularly be able to get on- and twice because people were bitching in here.

I invite anybody to go through my posts and find instances where I've trolled anybody.

I realize you're trolling me, and that I'm sure you're getting satisfaction by the fact that I'm responding. I guess job well done, 'cause I can't make myself ignore this like I should.

[lorinda]

Possibly an offensive post

Whilst I have always encouraged constructive critisism, and I don't even deny that I'm a lunatic, finding this tucked away where you thought I didn't look rather than saying something in the zoo might have something to do with your nomination.

Of course, you didn't have the guts to say it in this thread where I might have read it.

Lori

[jek187]

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lorinda is a lunatic who doesn't belong on any list of good posters.

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I can concur that Lori has some not-so-sane moments. However, Lori has a trait that at least 85% of 2+2ers are lacking. Lori can think for herself. Way too many people here subscribe to a hive mentality, and when faced with facts that contradict what the hive leaders say, they deteriorate into completely illogical babbling.

Lori is one of the few really good posters left around here, and writing like this about her speaks volumes about the author.

[B Dids]

Umm... you realize that's in OTT. 90% of that forum is "offensive" by your definition. If you wanted a better trolling post- I suggested that somebody be killed by fire yesterday.

I'm pretty sure you read that OTT post when I first made it, and I assumed you would (and if you just got lucky and found the one post I've made referencing out out of the near 2000 posts I've made, I'm impressed). I'm not trying to "hide" anything. Yeah- I think you're a lunatic. I'm also not going to waste my time or pollute the zoo by sharing that I feel that way.

Anybody with a sense of perspective can see what's going on, and I've given this far too much attention anyway. Done with this nonsense.

[Jim Kuhn]

Oops! Should have been Mike Haven for the TGC OIC and posting contributions. Sorry for the confusion. I also forgot about JEK. But he was very busy with bonuswhores and was not nearly as active as 2003. Sorry for everyone else I failed to mention.

Thank you,

Jim Kuhn
Catfish4u

[MicroBob]

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I think it's because he's finally played enough hands where poker has instilled a certain silly cynicism.

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"Finally" is right. Certainly took me long enough.


Thanks for the mentions. Very flattering.


I think this is a tough call....Lori abandoned us for that Big Brother thing when I think the Zoo needed her the most.
I have since forgiven (even though I hate almost ALL reality-TV) but not necessarily forgotten!

MS-Sunshine has mostly been missing-in-action the 2nd half of this year but has had some REALLY good posts including his info on notes and rating-system and his general methods. I think I learn as much from MSSunshine's posts as anyone.


Cubswin (whom I'm surprised I haven't seen mentioned) has had some great posts too and is easily the most knowledgeable and well-infomred on the leagal situation in internet-poker and goes WAY out of his way to keep everyone updated.
While there's not much discussion about this in some of his 'News of the Week' threads I think they could actually turn out to be some of the most important posts later down the road (as I'm sure he'll re-hash much of the info as the situation develops and warrants).


Homer's had some REALLY good posts. Although, the streaks-graphs post was originally in the SS forum several months ago...so does a quality re-run count??
I think Homer's info on casino-whoring and building a bank-roll might put him over the top and he would be my nominee.
But it's a VERY close call.

Post of the year is either Homer's Building a Roll or Lori's FAQ or the whole pattern-mapping thing or the empire-500 fiasco.
I'll go with the FAQ just for the important role it fills.

My Dad just sent me an e-mail that his golfing buddy (who thinks he's decent at poker) wants to play on the internet and asked him to get my recommendations. I gave him the general stuff (Party for ring-games, Stars is best for tourneys imo and for micro-limits...set up a neteller acct) and then I told him to tell his friend that he can also go to twoplustwo, then internet-forum, then the FAQ.

That kind of stands out in my mind as making it a very important post....it has SO MUCH info that almost all fairly new internet players really NEED to know.

I think it was marginally more important than my own 'Cat Sat on my Computer' post (which received a Post of the Year nomination within the thread btw).


I'll agree that Ryan is troll of the yr.

Comeback poster of the year might be Lebronomania....who seemed to be a bit trollish early in his career but has made quite a few decent posts in his return.

[Sandstone]

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Fave troll is Bdids, his IRC spamming makes me giggle every time.

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Oh lordy no! Not IRC! I hear they sacrifice infants there and scrawl out their hand histories in the blood of newborns... You know, when they're not engaged in ritualistic sodomy.

Stop by some time.

[ctv1116]

no its not