tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post115987009908823289..comments2023-09-28T06:47:43.209-04:00Comments on The Surly Poker Gnome: Cold turkeyGnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181215527323378978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18806762.post-1159898457304889322006-10-03T14:00:00.000-04:002006-10-03T14:00:00.000-04:00I used to be able to play Cowboys From Hell on a r...I used to be able to play Cowboys From Hell on a real guitar. Now, I can only play the blues. <BR/><BR/>There has to be a way to use the internet to our advantage in this situation, perhaps by getting some massive flash mobs or a well done google bomb organized. What about the Colbert Report? Look at what happens when he champions a cause. If nothing else, the games can continue using software available since the beginning of the internet, though as you stated yesterday, the games will probably suck. <BR/><BR/>We need to start getting people into office who understand what the online world is, and realize that it <B>not</B> strictly American, and realize that prohibitions on the internet are even less effective than in the real world (not to mention that they will only get less effective as more and more of the population grow up with tech and those making the rules get further and further removed from them).<BR/><BR/>This will trickle into the TV realm as well. What about the fact that over half of those in the world series got their seats online, with a vast majority being American. 2007 could be what, the second ever year to show a decline in the number of entrants to the main event? Party Poker and UB both hosted tourneys for the WPT. What about those now? Is it worth it for an American market that no longer exists? <BR/><BR/>I'm pissed. Not mostly since I can't play online (though that is quite a reason isn't it). No, more about the egregious violations of civil liberties on a daily fucking basis, with nothing but apathy (ah, whatever) or fear (oh no...the terrorists) from the masses.thecaffiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00154517266090252447noreply@blogger.com