Originally posted on 10/11/2018:

Seriously though, some of our most entertaining - for better or worse - posters aren't banned. They left for various reasons whether they stopped gambling, grew up and now had a family or just left for another spot they preferred more.

For those who have been here for years remember back to when we had Chat and this place was kind of like the Wild West of the Internet. Yes we had so many personalities and forum wars and insane happenings - ie the pedicure guy and his fake cousin in the hospital - but we also had a lot of people who were scammed despite our best efforts to prevent it. Then we introduced BetPoints and had to tighten everything right up as every Eastern Euro scammer alive was trying to jack us, let alone some of our own posters who had been here for years which was quite sad. Now this year things have loosened a bit more in some aspects but as I've always believed, when people show you who they are believe them. You can give someone chance after chance but they'll eventually crack and let you know nothing has changed. At that point you have to throw in the towel, especially when they're deliberately playing chicken with staff seeing if someone will rightfully pull the trigger.

This place is just as great as it's always been. Probably better if I'm being honest. Instead of spending huge amounts of time trying to stop silly e-wars amongst posters, staff can now focus on other things to improve the overall quality of the forum for everyone. Because remember: most of our members and even guests have nothing to do with PT. They're here for sports and betting info; not the other less serious stuff that others may enjoy