So I sign up for Full Tilt with the screenname "Racist88"...

[JackWhite]

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For a few seconds I've been thinking of flaming a poster who asked not to be flamed. Just as an experiment to see if posters who ask not to be flamed are really thin skinned frightened smelly weasels who are terrified of unfriendly characters on the screen.

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I think the guy didn't want to be flamed because he wanted the discussion to be on Full Tilt's policy (which seems terrible), and the general concept of being able to tilt people with a dumb name. Both are topics worthy of discussion. I don't play at Full Tilt, and this post made me question if I will. It is scary that a site can hold your funds because they didn't like your screenname.

As to the OP, there was a guy I used to play against on Paradise in SNG's with a racist name. People went after him verbally and on the table. I think the name did get him more action at Paradise.

[ColdCaller]

For christ's sake there is a guy on Party named 'MLKSuxDix'.

[WhoIam]

This post was inspired by this discussion in the psych forum about what effect (if any) player names have on opponents and whether they can ever be an indicator of player style in the absence of other information. This topic seems to come up once a monthe or so.

My intent wasn't to offend per se, and it certainly wasn't to try to put people on tilt. We've all gotten satisfaction from busting someone who was being a dick and I was curious to see if some people might go out of their way to bust someone who belonged to a group of people who are dicks. Again, I didn't say anything offense or antagonize people.

I orginally tried to sign up sign up with names like "ImaRacist" and "I_am_Racist," but they had all been taken. If FT doesn't want people with "racist" in their names, why allow them to sign up with those names?

I included the "don't flame me" disclaimer because, this being an internet message board, I knew people would just read the subject line and automatically flame me with comments like "racists like you shouldn't be allowed to play poker" or something equally stupid and unrelated to the actual content of the post.

For those of you saying I'm an idiot, why? This had a small chance of being profitable and no chance of being unprofitable. I was planning on signing up for the site anyway so I thought I would try something out.

Support still hasn't written back with my new login.

[_TKO_]

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if you just do what they ask I'm sure you can get your money out.

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We don't give into extortion here.

[Ansky]

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I am NOT racist. Please don't flame me.


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(88 is neo-nazi shorthand for "Heil Hitler")

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I didn't think I could get away with "Wh1te P0wer."

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Are you for real

[Arnfinn Madsen]

I have actually seen several players semitilt due to the screenname "IAssSexYourMom" on Party. They try to tell him change it etc., and he never answers and that pisses some players off [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. Funny that Party has not censored it.

[jb9]

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It is cool that a site can find ways to punish annoying twits who make poker less fun and drive away players who should not be driven away.

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FYP.

If I hadn't already signed up at Full Tilt, I would have after reading this thread.

[kipin]

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For christ's sake there is a guy on Party named 'MLKSuxDix'.

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Amazing, I am reporting this to Party support as we speak.

[Los Feliz Slim]

Racist88 is way too obvious and not nearly offensive enough to have the desired effect. I have tried similar experiments, and believe that having a screenname that makes you look like a complete douchebag IS an advantage. But "racist88" is clearly someone trying to hard to look like a douche.

[Jihad]

People that come up with a screen name only for inflammatory purposes, and the humor that comes from them, are retards.