Already been nailed in respect to the 6-max games... only really needed to remove impact of HUDs.
The inclusion of chat on the mini-view is still a relatively new addition and helps improve the social/fun aspect of the game which is surely a big win for recs... I enjoy the games way more since this was brought in... Playing anon players in silence would be a big step backwards IMO.
Hi Churchy, always good to see you and have a chat at the tables, and I fully appreciate folk having different points of view,I have a certain weakness that grates my teeth though-the over use of exclamation marks,it comes across as a bit shouty.
Hi Churchy, always good to see you and have a chat at the tables, and I fully appreciate folk having different points of view,I have a certain weakness that grates my teeth though-the over use of exclamation marks,it comes across as a bit shouty. Posted by tomgoodun
We are of one mind there, Tom.
I could post over 100 links explaining why, but here's just one.....
You won't find many, if any, in my Posts or Blogs.
I can't even bring myself to open those threads which start with a Thread Title containing multi-exclamation marks.
I saw a Post yesterday which had 5 sentences & 5 exclamation marks. Which kinda misses the whole point of why we should use them, & how often. If you use one per sentence, how are you ever going to use emphasis when needed? Use two, or three instead?
I don't know what they teach in schools these days, but it's clearly not punctuation.
I'm with you Tikay, although I did have to write a report once that had about two dozen exclamation marks in it. The defence is that it was about street addresses in Westward Ho!
One per paragraph should be an absolute maximum, but then kids these days don't know about paragraphs, do they? If it goes over 140 characters they're stuffed.
I'm with you Tikay, although I did have to write a report once that had about two dozen exclamation marks in it. The defence is that it was about street addresses in Westward Ho! One per paragraph should be an absolute maximum, but then kids these days don't know about paragraphs, do they? If it goes over 140 characters they're stuffed. Posted by FCHD
Ooh, well done Barny, I'm glad it's not just me.
As a general rule, one "!" per 1,000 words seems about right. They DO have a useful function, but overusing them destroys their function completely.
"Baked Beans 10p per tin!" is just horrible. If 10p is a good price, & your intended audience are grown ups, no exclamation mark is needed. We, the readers, are not stupid.
I'm with you Tikay, although I did have to write a report once that had about two dozen exclamation marks in it. The defence is that it was about street addresses in Westward Ho! One per paragraph should be an absolute maximum, but then kids these days don't know about paragraphs, do they? If it goes over 140 characters they're stuffed. Posted by FCHD
Statisically, the average IQ has risen by 30 points in the past 100 years, so the kids are getting smarter
In Response to Re: Anonymous? : Statisically, the average IQ has risen by 30 points in the past 100 years, so the kids are getting smarter Posted by waller02
In Response to Re: Anonymous? : Ooh, well done Barny, I'm glad it's not just me. As a general rule, one "!" per 1,000 words seems about right. They DO have a useful function, but overusing them destroys their function completely. "Baked Beans 10p per tin!" is just horrible. If 10p is a good price, & your intended audience are grown ups, no exclamation mark is needed. We, the readers, are not stupid. Posted by Tikay10
In Response to Re: Anonymous? : Ooh, well done Barny, I'm glad it's not just me. As a general rule, one "!" per 1,000 words seems about right. They DO have a useful function, but overusing them destroys their function completely. "Baked Beans 10p per tin!" is just horrible. If 10p is a good price, & your intended audience are grown ups, no exclamation mark is needed. We, the readers, are not stupid. Posted by Tikay10
In Response to Re: Anonymous? : And to bring it back to poker (boring I know), one of the founders of Yahoo shares his name with a former WSOP ME winner. Posted by FCHD
Apologies for the derail. I blame tomgoodun. Posted by Tikay10[/QUOTE Oh how I have missed being blamed for stuff, I was beginning to think I am faultless- as a wise man once said "no ones inflammable ";) I know the proper word- just made me chuckle when it was said to me. Posted by tomgoodun
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The inclusion of chat on the mini-view is still a relatively new addition and helps improve the social/fun aspect of the game which is surely a big win for recs... I enjoy the games way more since this was brought in... Playing anon players in silence would be a big step backwards IMO.
I could post over 100 links explaining why, but here's just one.....
http://www.tomthumb.org/exclamationmarks.shtml
You won't find many, if any, in my Posts or Blogs.
I can't even bring myself to open those threads which start with a Thread Title containing multi-exclamation marks.
I saw a Post yesterday which had 5 sentences & 5 exclamation marks. Which kinda misses the whole point of why we should use them, & how often. If you use one per sentence, how are you ever going to use emphasis when needed? Use two, or three instead?
I don't know what they teach in schools these days, but it's clearly not punctuation.
Meh, now you've set me off.
One per paragraph should be an absolute maximum, but then kids these days don't know about paragraphs, do they? If it goes over 140 characters they're stuffed.
As a general rule, one "!" per 1,000 words seems about right. They DO have a useful function, but overusing them destroys their function completely.
"Baked Beans 10p per tin!" is just horrible. If 10p is a good price, & your intended audience are grown ups, no exclamation mark is needed. We, the readers, are not stupid.
Apologies for the derail. I blame tomgoodun.
Never mind "Westward Ho!", how bad is this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Yahoo!
Ugh.
And to bring it back to poker (boring I know), one of the founders of Yahoo shares his name with a former WSOP ME winner.