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a vote for 1 is a vote against 4.... especially if there is a tie... as for EXIT POLLING..... I voted 3, because 4 is too harsh, it is AT LEAST his 3rd offense, we are in beta, and he is no worse off than any new user coming into Hubdub.

"Here Here!! Barkeep, a round for ALL of my friends...charge it to my H$ account, and add 20% for your troubles"

(glad everyone is back, well...almost everyone)

so, is that 5:00 PM EDT?

Please post link to question here, because i am a stupid american and have no idea what 8:00 BST means...we have daylight savings here, and the math is daunting

i like the heated discussion... but is eliminating him worth it? won't the next one become the target? is there a way to bring him into the fold, with all of these disciplinary measures? I don't like cheating, but, in the end, we are a community.. and we will find a way to deal with him, and others like him, in the end...

I wish I could sit back, not bet, not lose money in other words, and STILL make 20H$ a day.......just jokes... following events closely, and I appreciate your passion....

How fair is it to recieve 20 H$ every day when you are on strike, while the rest of us crummy players lose much more than that every day?

lol, just a light-hearted question....

General response:

- The "public watch list" must not be too public as I am only now aware of its existence. Where is it?

- I would be interested to know the details of each "gaming conviction" for those on the public watch list so I might keep an eye out for such activities and avoid wagering on them.

- It seems to me that by the time someone hits Stage 4 they should just plain be banned and have their IP address logged to lock them out. If their IP address is dynamic I guess they can just keep haunting the site but at least you tried.

- I would like to think that it would be impossible to 'accidentally' game the site.

- I applaud the hell out of your decisive efforts to rid the site of gaming. It ruins the fun of it for everyone and undermines the credibility of this unique enterprise. Consider this speculation: For every serial gamer you release you keep two hundred appreciative Hubdubbers.

Markov

I agree that banishment is a little harsh for his past actions... with a clearly defined set of rules about what "gaming" is, going forward, i would have to agree with the above rules. Sometimes I bet on questions that seem to have low odds for the outcome, but the question does not get voided after 12 hours. Is it gaming to vote on open questions that you feel comfortable that the odds are not correct, or that the payoff is worth the risk? I bet on a lot of basketball questions, well after there was significant betting on the markets, because the odds were 85-15 or better (i bet on the underdogs.) Now, I LOST every one of them, but was i gaming or just taking risks? I'm not equating that with satyaki's situation, but i wouldn't want to be accused of gaming based on those criteria. From what I understand, satyaki set the odds at 50/50 or close to it. I don't know much about cricket, or the teams. Is an international team that much better than a regional team? would the US olympic basketball team be THAT much better than the Celtics or the Hornets? I don't know... it just seems like a lot of fun is taken out of the hubdub experience when we have to have these arguments (although, some arguments like "resignation" and "delegates" are extremely entertaining...) If satyaki IS gaming the system, the administrators should take a stand, make an example, and not let this thing continue to snowball into a flame of striker's comments on questions....

PS: Will HubDub develop an easier way to review past comments by the November 4th Election?

Thanks for reading,
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