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Leggo Poker avatars
It appears as if Lego Poker is getting into coaching on the site and all the listed coaches are sporting LP avatars. This is against the rules, no?
Here is the site BTW www.leggopoker.com I have talked with some of hte guys (mainly tickner), and he says it is more than a coaching site and as of right now it is nothing, and since then it should be no problem. I kinda agree with him but I think it might violating the spirit of the rule. |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
Hi Guys,
I'd like to chime in here and tell you mt thoughts on the matter. As of right now, the site is simply a teaser page. As of right now, there is no way I can make any sort of money by people going to the site. Secondly, while the Avatars do display our logo, they don't give off any sort of link, or even the name of the site (some have thought it was for Liquid Poker). Third, once we launch, if the mods agree that it is not fair to put up avatars for it, I will order the team to take them down. IMO this is pretty reasonable, but either way I will cooperate with the decision made. |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
[ QUOTE ]
Hi Guys, I'd like to chime in here and tell you mt thoughts on the matter. [/ QUOTE ] hi. i don't mean to be combative, but. [ QUOTE ] As of right now, the site is simply a teaser page. As of right now, there is no way I can make any sort of money by people going to the site. [/ QUOTE ] that's retarded. which either means you're retarded or you think we are. "hey guys, there's no way that huge piles of potential customers visiting my page before it has a way to pay me right now could make me money. no, really, no way they'd maybe be compelled to come back, you know, when ways to make money are up and running." so yes, while your above quoted is "true" it is not in the spirit of the truth. [ QUOTE ] Secondly, while the Avatars do display our logo, they don't give off any sort of link, or even the name of the site (some have thought it was for Liquid Poker). [/ QUOTE ] i don't know what your logo is or really for that matter care enough to go track it down right now. i'm assuming since they confuse it with liquid poker, it has LP involved. just because your logo is so poorly designed that it's confusable with another large player in your market, doesn't mean that what people are doing isn't free advertising. [ QUOTE ] Third, once we launch, if the mods agree that it is not fair to put up avatars for it, I will order the team to take them down. [/ QUOTE ] personally, as you can see, i think they should go right now, since broader policy has been against free advertising. [ QUOTE ] IMO this is pretty reasonable, but either way I will cooperate with the decision made. [/ QUOTE ] the only thing that makes this have any subtlety to it is that as far as i know, you're in some sort of business relationship with 2p2 at the moment outside of the normal advertising scope, so perhaps prior precedent doesn't natter. but i doubt it. also, you can perhaps see why it might (i use might because who knows, i could be wrong here) have been a better, less contemptible idea to ask first, instead of "if there's a problem i'll tell the team to take them down. yours, citanul |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
I'm inclined to say that a logo is ok.
A website address is not, for sure, but a logo seems benign enough. Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but these guys have done plenty for 2+2 by offering their hand converter. Allowing a logo seems like the decent thing for us to do. And as far as asking beforehand or not, it would be nice, but I don't have time to make an issue of that. |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
if i remember correctly, evan had a logo, with possibly a web address in his avatar for awhile to his golf website.
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
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if i remember correctly, evan had a logo, with possibly a web address in his avatar for awhile to his golf website. [/ QUOTE ] golf is not a competitor of 2+2 sponsors |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
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if i remember correctly, evan had a logo, with possibly a web address in his avatar for awhile to his golf website. [/ QUOTE ] More significantly, we allowed the DeucesCracked guys to keep their avatars. I guess they're now advertisers here w/ their own forums, but they had the logo avatars before then. |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
Speaking of Leggo, I just noticed that MYNAMEIZGREG's custom title is "Leggo Co-Owner". Now that crosses the line IMHO both because it means a mod is helping a company advertise and the mod didn't take accountability for his or her actions in the user notes.
link anyone care to take ownership of this oversight? |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
I received a PM today:
[ QUOTE ] What are the rules regarding advertising sites in your avatar/title/location? MYNAMEIZGREG has leggopoker in all 3 and i thought that wasn't allowed? maybe i'm wrong. anyway let me know what the deal is, i have my own site and want to advertise in my loc/etc if that can happen. thx [/ QUOTE ] and I answered: [ QUOTE ] Actually, there is discussion about that in the mods' forum, atm. The standard rules are that you cannot advertise in your avatar, location, or a post, and you cannot refer readers to your Profile in your location or a post. (Obviously, titles are given by mods, and should not include an ad except in special circumstances, like if the guy is here because he answers for Pokerstars or something.) Because the leggopoker avatar is "unknown" and doesn't direct people anywhere, plus as the guys aren't making money off the site yet, (so I think I read), plus as they host the HH thingy, it seems theirs is being allowed, so far. I think I read Mat as saying even they would be stopped if they had the www.leggopoker address in the avatar. I haven't seen the location yet. If it's just leggopoker, that is probably ok, as it is suitably abstract. If it is leggopoker.com, then that is not ok, imo, and I will bring it up in the discussion that I don't think it's ok. Hope this clarifies matters for you. Please write back if you are unclear, or if I have said anything you feel is incorrect. Thanks. [/ QUOTE ] I hope this in order in the circumstances. |
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Re: Leggo Poker avatars
Does that mean it'd be ok for me to list my location as "Cardrunners"? Can I put my avatar as a CR logo since the logo itself doesn't actually say Cardrunners or Cardrunners.com on it? CR pays for ads on 2p2 and has its own hand history converter that could be used on 2p2 if people wished, leggopoker is not even paying for any ads. I am just wondering where the line is.
IMO even if the site doesn't have actual content, it is still free advertising for them if they get to list their location as "leggopoker." I can figure out between the lines what it all means, and surely any monkey can too. Also, as was earlier pointed out, clearly it brings them future benefit pumping out their name now, before there is content. |
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