[The Kraken]

SBR used to be different, many guys from the past still here and can vouch. We used to have S...B...R... points and not betpoints. Mods and admin used to interact with regular joes throughout the day, every day. It was routine to have John, Lou, Bill, J7 and Shari bickering amongst the rest of us. SBRJOHN used to have a nccaf special line weekly and he never lost. We had hedge funds, sportsbook cash, the best of all was the Southwest airlines $1000 gift card , the store was loaded.

Im not 100% sure what the catalyst for change was but change we did. Many things happened around the same time, maybe it was one of them or all of them, Im not sure.

John began to make this place more marketable to potwntial buyers and I cant help but think that played a role in this place be oming a lot more vanilla. BetIslands happened around that time and the mods/admin caught flaq and even some soft death threats. Personally I think BI played as big a role as anything else especially in regards to how mods interacted with posters. Lastly, sbr went through a few lawsuits and Im sure some changes came about from those

Needless to say, sbr isnt what it used to be, it is nowhere near as good. SBR is still a good forum, but many of the opportunities that used to be available aren't any longer.

And it's too bad, this was a unique place

[gauchojake]

SBR better than ever.

[unde0087]

and? Is there a point to this outburst

[gauchojake]

Every board I have ever been on pines for the good old days. The posters were better, the books were better, the gambling was oh so sweet...Guess what...It wasn't that good. Your brain is playing tricks on you.

[unde0087]

Every board I have ever been on pines for the good old days. The posters were better, the books were better, the gambling was oh so sweet...Guess what...It wasn't that good. Your brain is playing tricks on you.

The only thing I think that is actually different is sbr more strict these days on content in threads. Back in the day there was some crazy shit and epic threads that would not be allowed to continue as long as they did back then. JJ isn't as wild as he used to be, which is sad because some of those videos were so funny. I would say the betpoints change was a good move though. Sure we lost some flavor from the past but shit I still love the place. Still plenty of good dudes around here. Nothing stays the same, you just have to adapt to the change I guess.

[The Kraken]

and? Is there a point to this outburst

Outburst

Put on your big boy undes

Simply reflection

SBR used to be great for a variety of reasons, those are all gone now. Its still worth it to cash points in A gift cards but thats so limited

There is nothing wrong with pointing out a place has gone downhill and if you dont think it has, then you likey weren't capitalizing on it.

More than anything, I was curious what others though started the downhill slide, BI/lawsuits/selling opportunities etc... or something else

What cant be debated is something happened that took Loshaque, lou and John and practically Dozer out of the mix. Shari is a rarity these days as well.

This was also around the time Dax got a job in CR, he was probably part of the problem

[pilebuck13]

Gold will have this thread removed

[downsouth]

Somebody needs to make SBR great again.

[The Kraken]

Every board I have ever been on pines for the good old days. The posters were better, the books were better, the gambling was oh so sweet...Guess what...It wasn't that good. Your brain is playing tricks on you.

It was better Jake

Im not even talking about quality of posts, or posters

The store had so many better options including sportsbook cash

That alone made this place much better

As far as posters, its impossible to say the guys that left sidn't leave a oid yet to be filled. Many life long and pro gamblers that had been doing this their entire lives, the discussion in the TT used to be lively and stellar

Having Ganch around to pick his brain was incredible, especially given the different positions he held at books over the years

[Seaweed]

Well said

Maybe in 15 years we will look back here and wish it was 2017

[gauchojake]

I'm giving you a bit of a hard time Kraken but I do see this as a common theme in a lot of boards. Message boards in general are kind of archaic. Most of the kids are on Snapchat and Twitter and don't care for the format of a board.

[The Kraken]

V

I'm giving you a bit of a hard time Kraken but I do see this as a common theme in a lot of boards. Message boards in general are kind of archaic. Most of the kids are on Snapchat and Twitter and don't care for the format of a board.

Absolutely, its common in life in general. Every generation thinks the generations after them are ferries and lazy. Just listen to older people talk about how younger generation have it so easy, how they walked uphill both ways in the snow just to pick up their moms cigarettes from 7-11 or the full service Sinclairs

And then it happens on msg boards as well

Im trying to be a bit more objective because honestly, the options we used to have to exchange for points were actually really good, now we have one real option.

The rest is just observation that around the time BI went down is when everything changed.

I would love to get the $1000 SWA gift cards back

[lakerboy]

I miss when everything was closed on Sunday

[Chi_archie]

Yeah I miss crazyl, crazy Lou, sbr Lou posting so many HUGH chalk -1600 ml tennis faves that lost

[Richkas]

Those were the good old days...

[chico2663]

I do miss the target cards. I used to pay for Christmas off sbr. Yes ,i'm a cheap bastard. Used to have vanilla cards. But as my father always said "Never look a gift horse in the mouth." Which means it is definitely better than the alternative. But poster used to be funnier. Who was the brother that got bit by his red neck neighbors dog. He used to never heard of you pal. I think Dirty is the only one that uses it. Was his name Big bear?

[jjgold]

Krackles do not let the door hit you on the way out


Go somewhere else if you do not like it

Nothing in life is what it use to be...lol typical democrat

Gambling is illegal in USA so not a gambling site for USA Players

[opie1988]

Everything has to evolve. That's life. Stay the same...you're actually going backwards.

SBR still far and away the #1 gamblinf site online.

These "remember when" threads always remind me of those old guys that would come back to high school and talk about how much better the parties, sports, girls, etc were back in their day.

Nobody likes those guys.

[Smoke]

Everything has to evolve. That's life. Stay the same...you're actually going backwards.

SBR still far and away the #1 gamblinf site online.

These "remember when" threads always remind me of those old guys that would come back to high school and talk about how much better the parties, sports, girls, etc were back in their day.

Nobody likes those guys.

Stop

[DeCourtney]

whats that betislands story? can anyone plese share link?

[TheMoneyShot]

SBR used to be different, many guys from the past still here and can vouch. We used to have S...B...R... points and not betpoints. Mods and admin used to interact with regular joes throughout the day, every day. It was routine to have John, Lou, Bill, J7 and Shari bickering amongst the rest of us. SBRJOHN used to have a nccaf special line weekly and he never lost. We had hedge funds, sportsbook cash, the best of all was the Southwest airlines $1000 gift card , the store was loaded.

Im not 100% sure what the catalyst for change was but change we did. Many things happened around the same time, maybe it was one of them or all of them, Im not sure.

John began to make this place more marketable to potwntial buyers and I cant help but think that played a role in this place be oming a lot more vanilla. BetIslands happened around that time and the mods/admin caught flaq and even some soft death threats. Personally I think BI played as big a role as anything else especially in regards to how mods interacted with posters. Lastly, sbr went through a few lawsuits and Im sure some changes came about from those

Needless to say, sbr isnt what it used to be, it is nowhere near as good. SBR is still a good forum, but many of the opportunities that used to be available aren't any longer.

And it's too bad, this was a unique place

What was the catalyst for change??? It was Obama's fault.

Now that Trump will be officially in office on Friday. Walker will make the changes needed in the right direction.

[jjgold]

SBR blows away almost every other site in world

Millions of hits a year....google sportsbooks and SBR #1

That is what matters not players talk

45,000 a day look at SBR ODDS

[kidcudi92]

whats that betislands story? can anyone plese share link?

http://www.safestbettingsites.com/sc...ks/bet-islands


see ya guys I'm prolly getting banned

[CWD]

claims to make $200K a year yet continues to complain about lack of southwest airlines vouchers

[The Kraken]

Krackles do not let the door hit you on the way out


Go somewhere else if you do not like it

Nothing in life is what it use to be...lol typical democrat

Gambling is illegal in USA so not a gambling site for USA Players

Listen Cue ball, if you come into one of my threads I expect at least a semi-coherent reaponse, not some non-sensical, senile mumbling expected of a dim-witted demented republican.

But I guess when I put it that way, it does make sense.

[The Kraken]

claims to make $200K a year yet continues to complain about lack of southwest airlines vouchers

Why would I not take advantage of thousands of dollars worth of free vouchers?

Let me ask you a serious question, do you just act like the dumbest guy here or are you really that guy?

Your post is actually a step below JJ's, I didnt think that was even possible

[kidcudi92]

Listen Cue ball, if you come into one of my threads I expect at least a semi-coherent reaponse, not some non-sensical, senile mumbling expected of a dim-witted demented republican.

But I guess when I put it that way, it does make sense.

lol his point was actually around 85-90% on point

[The Kraken]

http://www.safestbettingsites.com/sc...ks/bet-islands


see ya guys I'm prolly getting banned

I dont think you should be banned, thats all well known and documented here, even if the writer had a negative slant towards sbr.

And ftr, this is not a BI thread, but things changed significantly around that time

[CWD]

oh yeah and a few weeks ago you went on an 8 page rant about the benefits of being a PRO

and today the sbr store stinks

go figure

[The Kraken]

lol his point was actually around 85-90% on point

Tell us Cuddles, what was the 10-15% of his post that was inaccurate?

[The Kraken]

oh yeah and a few weeks ago you went on an 8 page rant about the benefits of being a PRO

and today the sbr store stinks

go figure

the dumb get dumber

You have the typical dullard mentality of a republican

[kidcudi92]

I dont think you should be banned, thats all well known and documented here, even if the writer had a negative slant towards sbr.

And ftr, this is not a BI thread, but things changed significantly around that time

i feel ya on not being a BI thread, i think the political climate (on both sides) severely affected the site CONTENT wise, although it probably generated TONS of traffic. just hurt the normal day to day betting threads

[kidcudi92]

Tell us Cuddles, what was the 10-15% of his post that was inaccurate?

i don't think the door should hit you, i think JJ should hold it for you

[CWD]

Why would I not take advantage of thousands of dollars worth of free vouchers?

Let me ask you a serious question, do you just act like the dumbest guy here or are you really that guy?

Your post is actually a step below JJ's, I didnt think that was even possible

coming from the admitted dope fiend

means a lot nurse

[jjgold]

whole thread