Survey: should dumb posters be banned from Handicapper Think Tank?

[PAULYPOKER]

Who decides who is dumb? Is there an I.Q. test offered for Handicapper Think Tank posting eligibility?

[PAULYPOKER]

You are Dumb if you Don't drive a Volkswagen with the words GEEK SQUAD Painted on the side of it

[whatsgood5]

Yes, but only in extreme cases.

[PAULYPOKER]

I seen a few picks from the guys in the handicapper forum....

[CarpeDime]

Aside from those few days where Fishhead turned the tank into his personal cesspool

I love Fishhead I love him I love him

[PAULYPOKER]

I don't understand the question.

[PAULYPOKER]

Let's keep it real, the handicapper think tank is about as sharp as jello. Besides some 5 year old posts from Granchow. No one has or will share anything cuting edge or relevant in a public forum. ----AS IT SHOULD BE----

[PAULYPOKER]

Well guys I edited to the way I saw fit and this pretty much closes this case out

Your Welcome

[Richkas]

Geeks should be banned. Especially ones that look like Phil Mickelson.

[sharpcat]

I do not think that dumb posters should be banned but the think tank should be free from the childish garbage that goes on in players talk.

-Senseless arguments junking up quality threads (does not matter if you are arguing about how much smarter you are than everybody else!!!!)
-smiley faces, or thumbs up posts in order to run your post count up.
-touts offering up picks
-chase systems that will not succeed (i.e. Boston Red sox)

If anybody is guilty of bringing any of this junk to the think tank they should receive a temporary ban followed by a permeant ban for a second offense.

[Dark Horse]

Dumb posters can become smart over time.

I always believe that there are no dumb questions. And people should not be discouraged from asking questions because doing so may be perceived as unintelligent. So instead of discriminating against persons, filter out poor quality posts in the think tank.

[pavyracer]

I do not think that dumb posters should be banned but the think tank should be free from the childish garbage that goes on in players talk.

-Senseless arguments junking up quality threads (does not matter if you are arguing about how much smarter you are than everybody else!!!!)
-smiley faces, or thumbs up posts in order to run your post count up.
-touts offering up picks
-chase systems that will not succeed (i.e. Boston Red sox)

If anybody is guilty of bringing any of this junk to the think tank they should receive a temporary ban followed by a permeant ban for a second offense.

Not disagreeing with what you are saying but why does the HTT has the privilege of banning stupid posters? Can I ask the same treatment for the idiot who starts a lock thread in the soccer or basketball forum without any analysis and the pick loses?

[eidolon]

Think tank should be kept how it is.

But there should be a new sports forum called "Exclusive Elite", or some name. And it starts with Justin. For anyone to get in, they have to be voted in by 2/3 or something. For people to get in, they have to show that they know what they are talking about through time being at sbrforum. No BS goes on in it, just straight talk about picks, middling and other profitable management. 1 strike in the sub forum and you are out; come back in a year.

Who knows, maybe there is something like this already!

[Fishhead]

The Think Tank will simply lead many to ruin and make the sportsbooks money hand over foot.............sad.

The positive is that it will at least keep many so-so books solvent...........which is great.

[PAULYPOKER]

The Think Tank will simply lead many to ruin and make the sportsbooks money hand over foot.............sad. The positive is that it will at least keep many so-so books solvent...........which is great.

[mathdotcom]

I'm the only one in favor of it among the SBR mods.

Are you serious?

You are the biggest moron in there.

[robertg]

seems like an arrogant question?

[Peeig]

The Think Tank will simply lead many to ruin and make the sportsbooks money hand over foot.............sad.

The positive is that it will at least keep many so-so books solvent...........which is great.

huh?

[Fishhead]

The PLAYERS TALK forum over time will pay many more dividends over the longhaul than the THINK TANK will ever think of doing.


Keep your main focus in this forum at all times.........just a heads-up.

[wantitall4moi]

Only way those 'special' forums work is if someone posts stuff or an angle or a theory that is so totally off the wall that no one pays attention to it but maybe a couple guys. Because if something that is valid or semi valid it posted, a bunch of people use it and it works (doesnt matter if it is valid or along term) more people will use it, and whether it is valid or not books may actually adjust to it for te short term a least. especially if it is being used at one or two books that are favorites of the posters. It doesnt happen as much now but Shrink used to do that stuff.

But most of the time those forums are using math and claiming probability solely based on past performances that arent valid in the first place. Every database that is used to predict an outcome is flawed. because most are using closing lines that arent going to match up. So ifposter A is using a Db where a team is -4 and poster B is using a Db where that game was -5 the data is already flawed. Thus any predictions they want to make using past results will be flawed as well.

Using past performances to predict future outcomes is stupid anyway, but that is basically what gamblers go by these days, and actually always have. And the fuurther away from an event the less relevant it becomes. And having more examples of that event (multiple meetings) aren't going to make it anymore valid.

I just find it humurous when I see "probaility" and 'odds' mentioned in the context of the possibility of one team beating or covering against another team. Because if there was such a sure fire formula for succes everyone would win and there wouldnt be any such thing as sportsbetting.

[Justin7]

Using past performances to predict future outcomes is stupid anyway, but that is basically what gamblers go by these days, and actually always have. And the fuurther away from an event the less relevant it becomes. And having more examples of that event (multiple meetings) aren't going to make it anymore valid.

I just find it humurous when I see "probaility" and 'odds' mentioned in the context of the possibility of one team beating or covering against another team. Because if there was such a sure fire formula for succes everyone would win and there wouldnt be any such thing as sportsbetting.

Epic fail.

Every bet I make is based on these "losing concepts" you list. Check my spreadsheet to see how poorly I'm doing.

[wtf]

Are you serious?

You are the biggest moron in there.

mathy- you rule!

you got to love this turd justin, he claims he is a lawyer, now he is a professional sports gambler, soon to be author, then dabble in brain surgery when he is weary of all this


so justin, please give us ignorant monkeys some examples of STUPID POSTS IN THE THINK TANK that has you so annoyed?

come on smart ass

[wantitall4moi]

Epic fail.

Every bet I make is based on these "losing concepts" you list. Check my spreadsheet to see how poorly I'm doing.

LMAO a spread sheet of make believe bets that is 225 picks in total, and it took you what 7 months to get that many plays? Wow that is awesome. Highly unlikely those are the only plays you have made in that time, so any success that it might seem you are having is still make believe. And IMO making 225 bets in 7 months and showing a positive return might look impressive to some people, it surely isnt all that impressive to people who actually have a clue.

So carry on I guess.

[Flying Dutchman]

How about "smart" a$$holes who attack other posters?

...if you don't know who I'm talking about, you don't swim in the Tank.

[mrmarket]

So you want to ban all the stupid degenerate gamblers who make the very existence of sportsbooks possible from a sub forum that purportedly offers "+ev" information in a gambling area where information is highly proprietary? Makes perfect sense.

[Justin7]

I actually only had 1 poster in mind. I think the poster was deliberately misleading others with crappage, and it hurt the overall level of the tank. The broader survey was mostly because I was bored, and thought it might make some interesting discussion.

[Justin7]

mathy- you rule!

you got to love this turd justin, he claims he is a lawyer, now he is a professional sports gambler, soon to be author, then dabble in brain surgery when he is weary of all this

The brain surgery will be limited to partial lobotomies.

[Fishhead]

Justin, have you ever attempted to fix a ND game, be it football or basketball?

[Justin7]

Justin, have you ever attempted to fix a ND game, be it football or basketball?

No. We're so bad, you don't have to fix games to fade them.

[IrishTim]

Hey now

[wantitall4moi]

I actually only had 1 poster in mind. I think the poster was deliberately misleading others with crappage, and it hurt the overall level of the tank. The broader survey was mostly because I was bored, and thought it might make some interesting discussion.

Oh the irony of ironies. If the guy was 'smart' enough to persuade the 'smart' guys or at least self proclaimed smart guys in the smart guy forum how could he be banned for being dumb?

[Fishhead]

No. We're so bad, you don't have to fix games to fade them.

[CarpeDime]

No. We're so bad, you don't have to fix games to fade them.

Betting sides and totals of ND basketball games at the end of this past season was free money, and I don't use that term lightly. I wish I had had more money available to take better advantage of it.

[PAULYPOKER]

All jokes aside... Now that I know what the think tank is about, I believe it should be separate from the rest of the forum and have its own lock and key for the simple fact of normal guys to save their own sanity and well being..........because lets face it boys these think tankers are a different breed of that of a normal human being, holy smokes after reading post's in there I honestly question whether or not these guys are from planet Earth or not.....So in closing I PAULYPOKER do vote to the eccentric think tankers to have their own breeding grounds for the safety of our own well being

Have a Great day ye'all

PS I posted this message in size 5 so even BEANTOWNJIMMY can see it

[GELATINOUS CUBE]

That.would.eliminate.all.the.tt.regulars ....so.yes