Amazing to see baccaratlabs server issues are dug up over and over again
Actually, I'll enlighten all of you...
The answer about why baccaratlabs has so many problems is very simple.
I left Baccaratlabs sometime in the summer. Malcop is the sole admin of the site, which is hosted on some backwards service provider that makes it impossible to enroll in automatic monthly payments. That's all thanks to me, I rushed to set the site up and I did not intend to leave it behind when I started.
Why do accounts need to be approved? Because the site is hit with dozens of spammers everyday. There are spam blockers built into the site. The last thing that you want is some spammer joining your forum and posting a thread with child porn.
When I first started BL, my intention was to create a tight community of people who would be interested in discussing strategy behind the game, new theories, systems, etc..
I soon began to realize that there is only so much that you can say about baccarat before the conversation gets boring and repetitive. In the end a system with modes like OTB4L, TB4L, "subjective plays", and whatever magic you want to throw into the mix is just another way to bet player banker, and probably and just as likely to lose as any other method.
Winning consistently for me (when I do play) is very simple. And the discussion about winning results in a conversation that will last about 10-20 minutes max..then it's over. There is no need to theorize about randomness, hash out advanced mathematics on tiny score sheets, backtest for hours upon hours, or create a brand new method of betting. Furthermore, the conversation about winning in baccarat is not even worth creating a forum about, or even a blog post for that matter. It's simple. It has been posted online over and over again, yet for some strange reason the majority of people think that its is more logical to invest time into researching how to win.
I left baccaratlabs because reality hit me. Maybe I would have stayed and invested some more time into improving the site and the community but....
Then the trolling & fighting between members started.
If someone were to pay me for every post that I had to delete, or for the hours of my life that I spent moderating threads, then maybe it would have been worth it. But obviously that would never happen. I considered charging members of insider access to the forum, but for what? To discuss different variations of the same playing methods for the next 10 years? No thanks.
Ask yourself this simple question...why don't you see a lot of free and open baccarat forums on the internet? Because, like I said above, the conversation gets old and boring. Or from a webmaster side of things, there is really no money to be made in operating baccarat forum. It's so easy to start a forum, a 5 year old kid could do it..There is open source software online, there are sites like ning.com, or you could throw some php and a few databases together if you know a little code..But is it worth it? That's for you to decide. I made my own decision and I don't have any trouble sleeping at night over it [smiley]aes/beer.png[/smiley]
Some of the members here obviously get why I left and why BL has problems. But it seems like many members do not understand. The part that bothers me most is the inflated sense of entitlement that people have when they post a thread about a FREE forum not working. I can't count the number times that I have read things like:
"I should be approved..it's not happening fast enough. Approve me!" -- Seriously?
"There are technical issues with forum. The moderators suck"
"The pages are loading too slow for me" -- Probably your own internet
"Oooh the moderator forgot to pay their monthly bill. What's wrong with these idiots?" -- It happens.
"Please add features x,y,& z within the next 60 minutes" --- Because we don't have lives?
"I can't find this button. Please get on a call and show me because I'm stupid" -- Yea...
The list goes on and on.
If someone really wants a sustainable baccarat forum then go for it.
Actually, I'll enlighten all of you...
The answer about why baccaratlabs has so many problems is very simple.
I left Baccaratlabs sometime in the summer. Malcop is the sole admin of the site, which is hosted on some backwards service provider that makes it impossible to enroll in automatic monthly payments. That's all thanks to me, I rushed to set the site up and I did not intend to leave it behind when I started.
Why do accounts need to be approved? Because the site is hit with dozens of spammers everyday. There are spam blockers built into the site. The last thing that you want is some spammer joining your forum and posting a thread with child porn.
When I first started BL, my intention was to create a tight community of people who would be interested in discussing strategy behind the game, new theories, systems, etc..
I soon began to realize that there is only so much that you can say about baccarat before the conversation gets boring and repetitive. In the end a system with modes like OTB4L, TB4L, "subjective plays", and whatever magic you want to throw into the mix is just another way to bet player banker, and probably and just as likely to lose as any other method.
Winning consistently for me (when I do play) is very simple. And the discussion about winning results in a conversation that will last about 10-20 minutes max..then it's over. There is no need to theorize about randomness, hash out advanced mathematics on tiny score sheets, backtest for hours upon hours, or create a brand new method of betting. Furthermore, the conversation about winning in baccarat is not even worth creating a forum about, or even a blog post for that matter. It's simple. It has been posted online over and over again, yet for some strange reason the majority of people think that its is more logical to invest time into researching how to win.
I left baccaratlabs because reality hit me. Maybe I would have stayed and invested some more time into improving the site and the community but....
Then the trolling & fighting between members started.
If someone were to pay me for every post that I had to delete, or for the hours of my life that I spent moderating threads, then maybe it would have been worth it. But obviously that would never happen. I considered charging members of insider access to the forum, but for what? To discuss different variations of the same playing methods for the next 10 years? No thanks.
Ask yourself this simple question...why don't you see a lot of free and open baccarat forums on the internet? Because, like I said above, the conversation gets old and boring. Or from a webmaster side of things, there is really no money to be made in operating baccarat forum. It's so easy to start a forum, a 5 year old kid could do it..There is open source software online, there are sites like ning.com, or you could throw some php and a few databases together if you know a little code..But is it worth it? That's for you to decide. I made my own decision and I don't have any trouble sleeping at night over it [smiley]aes/beer.png[/smiley]
Some of the members here obviously get why I left and why BL has problems. But it seems like many members do not understand. The part that bothers me most is the inflated sense of entitlement that people have when they post a thread about a FREE forum not working. I can't count the number times that I have read things like:
"I should be approved..it's not happening fast enough. Approve me!" -- Seriously?
"There are technical issues with forum. The moderators suck"
"The pages are loading too slow for me" -- Probably your own internet
"Oooh the moderator forgot to pay their monthly bill. What's wrong with these idiots?" -- It happens.
"Please add features x,y,& z within the next 60 minutes" --- Because we don't have lives?
"I can't find this button. Please get on a call and show me because I'm stupid" -- Yea...
The list goes on and on.
If someone really wants a sustainable baccarat forum then go for it.