From my experience, most players with blocked stats or reset stats are losing players who like to think they are winning players.
When I find a player with reset stats, I revisit them regularly (if I play them) and I find that they reset their stats each times their losses hit a big enough level.
Any player who has ever played a mtt or sng on here will show up on scope. Have you typed in their alias correctly? Posted by Jac35
That's very often the cause. The name needs to be typed in exactly right. Upper case & lower case does not matter, but hyphens & underscores have to be correct. Sky-Fred is different to Sky_Fred.
Its not well known. Sharkscope was an idea of the aboriginal American Indians. North America. They used to watch the American pioneers play poker in saloons and used to take notes on the quiet. Pretending to be drunk on whisky ( which lead to their downfall). When the Indians were drunk. The locals would load the indians onto pack horses and sent them off to their reservations. Thats where thr name sharkscope comes from, its an anagram of Packhorses Posted by mumsie
Its not well known. Sharkscope was an idea of the aboriginal American Indians. North America. They used to watch the American pioneers play poker in saloons and used to take notes on the quiet. Pretending to be drunk on whisky ( which lead to their downfall). When the Indians were drunk. The locals would load the indians onto pack horses and sent them off to their reservations. Thats where thr name sharkscope comes from, its an anagram of Packhorses Posted by mumsie
From my experience, most players with blocked stats or reset stats are losing players who like to think they are winning players. When I find a player with reset stats, I revisit them regularly (if I play them) and I find that they reset their stats each times their losses hit a big enough level. Ego again? Posted by Ice_Tiger
careful with that assumption though
playing in my latest 50 runner live tourney was a recent Sunday storm winner.
Yep most players that block their stats are imo losing players.
As Tikay said though you dont need to rely on shark to guage a players strength. In dyms its the players that play every hand that are obviously losing players.
In Response to Re: Blocked stats on sharkscope : careful with that assumption though playing in my latest 50 runner live tourney was a recent Sunday storm winner. blocked stats on sharkie but easy to spot within 10 mins of actual play Posted by GELDY
Never use this assumption but it is largely true, as Tikay said.
it is perfect when a player blocks their stats, because you haven't wasted a search and you've just been told everything you need to know, which you knew anyway or you wouldn't be searching them. You just don't get to see how much they've lost.
Just thought I'd add to this, and some good issues above thanks. Also, what about players who don't seem to show at all on sharkscope - not meaning blocked, but they don't appear at all, and many of these are very regular players? It doesn't seem to be 'opted out' either, as that option shows up, I believe as simply 'opted out'. Posted by swanstu
This has happened to me before.
There is a poster on here, on since 2009, who just doesn't show up on SS. And I've played him in tournaments so that's not the problem.
No issues with his username either, it doesn't contain any _ or - etc.
I disagree that a player having their stats blocks means they must be a losing player; a lot of good SNG players that sit tables will block/reset their stats so that people don't search them, see their a big winning player and avoid playing them. Lots of losing players will not have heard of sharkscope either whereas every winning player knows about it.
I disagree that a player having their stats blocks means they must be a losing player; a lot of good SNG players that sit tables will block/reset their stats so that people don't search them, see their a big winning player and avoid playing them. Lots of losing players will not have heard of sharkscope either whereas every winning player knows about it. Posted by F_Ivanovic
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I've never seen SS "miss" a player.
There is a poster on here, on since 2009, who just doesn't show up on SS. And I've played him in tournaments so that's not the problem.
No issues with his username either, it doesn't contain any _ or - etc.