Anyone Had Their Chat Banned On Full Tilt For No Good Reason?

[Rek]

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With that being said it is pretty lame when you are railing a tourney you aren't even in and disruping the game. If I was hosting a game and someone who wan't playing was railing and sating stuff to the player I would ask them stop or leave so I kinda agree with fulltilt here.

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I have two good friends that make it deep in tournaments a lot, and I'd rather type in the chatbox than in an IM to them when their tournament life is on the line. Honestly, if it bothers you that much, turn Observer chat off.

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Nobody objects to normal chat.

[MicroBob]

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With that being said it is pretty lame when you are railing a tourney you aren't even in and disruping the game. If I was hosting a game and someone who wan't playing was railing and sating stuff to the player I would ask them stop or leave so I kinda agree with fulltilt here.

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I have two good friends that make it deep in tournaments a lot, and I'd rather type in the chatbox than in an IM to them when their tournament life is on the line. Honestly, if it bothers you that much, turn Observer chat off.

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Nobody objects to normal chat.

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seriously. if it's regular 'cheering for your friends' type chat or even 'hey, haven't seen you for awhile' or whatever then that's fine.

Insulting other players at the table though is just bad form.
Somebody earlier brought up the idea of doing it live at the WSOP or something but it also applies to cash-games.
If somebody was rail-birding a live game and saying "you played that like a fish. Wow, you suck" I don't think he would be allowed to stay there for very long.
If you were rail-birding a live tourney or something and said, "Hey, looks like you're doing well. Good luck" I don't think anyone would have a problem with that.

Polite and normal chat is one thing.
Harassing or berating players at the table is different.

[Bobo Fett]

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Whoa Whoa Whoa I play cash games and tourneys, I took some time to rail the FTOPS and I made what I thought was a non-injurious comment but like I said I guess freedom of expression is not tolerated. When someone wants to discuss a chop, support is nowhere to be found but somehow they find it important to have eyes and ears that closely monitor what you're saying.

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Ummm...why do you think someone was monitoring the chat? Has it occurred to you that maybe someone in the game found your inane banter annoying and reported you?

[thac]

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With that being said it is pretty lame when you are railing a tourney you aren't even in and disruping the game. If I was hosting a game and someone who wan't playing was railing and sating stuff to the player I would ask them stop or leave so I kinda agree with fulltilt here.

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I have two good friends that make it deep in tournaments a lot, and I'd rather type in the chatbox than in an IM to them when their tournament life is on the line. Honestly, if it bothers you that much, turn Observer chat off.

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Nobody objects to normal chat.

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So what about when I spam chat for cards, a la the reason I got banned above? That's "disrupting" but I don't think it's out of line.

[Computerb]

Maybe don't talk trash if you're not involved in the game? Just a thought.

[LateNiteRush]

I hate to say it but they had a pretty good reason to ban your chat here. Keep it 100% clean and you have nothing to worry about, and yes lagtard is offensive.

[pipermax]

As a woman player who endured years of trash talk at B&M poker rooms before the advent of the internet I am not hardly intimidated by verbal abuse online. On the contrary, I use it as one way of getting a read on otherwise anonymous
avatars and if it gets too obnoxious, there's always the Mute Chat option.

That said, I do question the mind-set or emotional age level of people who engage in abusive or sexist chat under the protective cover of anonymity when the same activity at a live poker room would easily be viewed as "fighting words" resulting in being invited "outside" by some large-bodied gentleman at the table.

Thankfully, many of the B&M rooms have now instituted "zero tolerance" policies toward abuse of players or dealers resulting in a much less threatening environment for women and new players with a resultant increase in the numbers of both groups which adds greatly to the generally acknowledged "fishiness" of casino poker compared to the online game. What effect such a policy would have on the online game is argueable but at the least it might result in a generally more pleasant playing experience for all.

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I don't think the "there's always the mute button" argument should be used. Many players like a bit of banter whilst playing - why should they have to switch off chat or mute a player because he is being obnoxious.

If you mute a player you just see replies and then can't really join in a conversation.

Zero tolerence is needed against these brain dead idiots. They should have their chat banned for a month and then permanently if they repeat.

[Bobo Fett]

I'm still trying to decide what's more pathetic - berating players from the rail, or coming on here to complain about losing chat privileges for doing so.

[jack frost]

Lets sum this up

1. It is stupid to berate players in a game you aren't even in.

2.Yes whom ever was so bothered by this turn you in is baby I mean come on we are adults name calling is kidergarden [censored] and your basically a pussy if it really bothers you when someone gets mad and say's dumb [censored] to you obver the internet. Unfortuantly there are petty people who bitch at others playing a game they aren't even involved with and there will petty people wasting their time the time of the poker sites staaf and your time turning you in for it.

3. GET OVER IT !