Bye Chat!

Full Tilt banned my chat for SIX MONTHS for telling someone to shut up and play. A guy was at a table and was putting down everyones play. He was the "pro" at the table. Finally after about an hour of reading it I said, "Shut up and play." He says, "REPORTED" and I get an email the next day saying my chat has been removed for six months.

Oh well.

My name on Full Tilt is BlovesL, so If you see me at the table today and say "nh" "gg" or try to strike up a convo...you'll be talking to yourself. lol

Anyways...gl all on the felt.

Cheers!

Bummer....eh. That sounds a bit extreme. Maybe theres more to the story than just a shut up and play comment. But best that then a 6 month hiatis form not playing all together.

ok. please be honest. you said "shut up and play" not something like "shut the f*** up and play you dumb motherf***er". i cant believe they would ban your chat six moths for just saying shut up and play. pokerstars will start with a one day ban for first offense, so six months? hmmmmm

TBH man, I kinda seen this coming. The only time I've ever played w/ you on a tbl, you were mouthing off @ the tbl & calling names as well. 6 months is a long time...WOW

Pretty severe for "shut up and play" Have you had warnings in the past with them???

I've had it banned before. So this is just the build up. I was playing at a table with a friend of mine and called him a ****ing asshole as a joke and someone at the table was bothered by it and reported me. I got 3 months for that one. Then I called some guy from the UK a "cnt" (how I spelt it) and got 1 month.

I've lost my chat maybe 4-5 times, more for using "bad words" at the table. Not being a jerk. The "cnt" comment to the UK Guy was the one time I was "internet arguing". lol

You're so lucky. Now just turn off chat (since you can't respond what's the use in reading it) and play peaceful poker.

Ive only said things to people who act like they're pros. Most of the time I stay quiet and just say nh or gg. There's been a few times where I would say things, but its only when others start. I never say shit to pick a fight or act like a jerk. I treat people with respect unless they act in a foolish matter and direct their negative comments toward me.

sounds like 2 me ur a loud mouth jerk who cant b civil.u get what u deserve in this world.i think u didnt get enuff.u havent learned ur lesson.do u need dipers with that potty mouth

I found that once I turned my chat off, it made me calmer. You can't get riled up about what you don't see. Only exceptions is if a friend is at the table or it's a CC event, then I'll turn it on.

Wow someone needs a hug. lol

having been there and done that. trust me. IGNORE THEM. GROW UP..or........dont play until you can. peace

Yeah, I'm human and sometimes I get upset over some of the moronic things said at a table. But its a lesson learned and I might take your advice and just turn the chat off completely. I wont be using it for awhile. lol

This doesnt matter. Chat is good in only boring freeroll tournaments or more boring freeroll satelites.

6 months??? holy shit i only got 24 hr ban on PS for much worse when I was drunk before.

-EV imo.

In a poker game, you are there to make money. Who cares if the others don`t want to be friends ? Let them be lonely as well as broke.

Now op knows why he got a 6 months ban.. Totally agree Ellie, remember what you find trash talk, another person can find it deeply offencive.

They only abbreviate it so the filter doesn't automatically change it to ****

I don't think it's so horrible TBH... you don't need to chat.

And I think it's clear from your prior actions that even though this one might not have been so bad, you might not really deserve chat privileges.

I would really miss it in the CC games...

lmao dam thats a long ass time!!

i figured u did something before cuz i swore at someone and only got a monthly ban.

6 months is a long time!!!

personallly i like my chat and i like being able to chat with others at the table

I concur.

I couldn't give two shits about what others think or say, I am civil and do my best to take all their chips whilst they be trippin'.

Just report him next time. Give us his name and we'll do the same.

AWWWW Shut the ,=#@ UP AND PLAY.
lol j/k.

meh this is like the only time I'll chat. I've told countless people to please just shut up and play when they were tapping the tank other attacks are uncalled for but getting someone to quit chasing the fish away is definitely fine to do and shut up and play is definitely not too severe. Maybe they were just quick to pull the trigger because of the history?

Chat is for recreational players. I've got too much going on when I'm playing to chat anyway (although my chat is banned on FT as well!)

Pardon me, but that is illogical. If you have no time to chat, how did you manage to earn a chat ban ? Did you breathe too hard ?

If you use foul language in the chatbox you deserve any ban you get.

And I am NOT personally offended by it.

But you violate the terms of service when you do it, and get what you signed up for.

Also.. if you are going to heckle, or needle, there are SOOO many better ways of doing it than acting banal.

Players who curse foolishly into the chatbox earn a tickmark in the "fish" side of my evaluation checklist since it shows

1. A lack of self restraint (which might go along with a tilt tendency)
2. Bad decision making (self explanatory)
3. Lack of creativity (and possibly intelligence)

Of course the trash talker might actually be good at the game, but more often than not the people acting like clowns at the table are not.

this. Or when i start a FR table and a reg sits to my immediate left. Or when a fish wants to chat and i need to entertain him while he gives me his money.

I reported one about someone who told me that i am a F jew and fulltilt told me to put him on mute .......so i cant understand why they banned your chat for less...............

If you've had a previous chat revocation, and you still continued to play on full tilt during that time, I am sure they will be happy to revoke your chat for a longer period of time knowing you'll still play there. Sorry to hear you lost your chat over something so small, but as many people here have said, we are not sure if you are telling us everything. Personally, I don't agree with people's chat being removed for long periods of time because some people use chat to their advantage in game.

Thanks,

One good thing about this thread is that it amused me and I had a good laugh early in the morning.

So, a negative turned into a postive.

Good luck and hope you get your chat back soon.

mange

Good time for a reminder, I think. If this had been a forum game and abusive language was reported to us, you'd face sanctions here at the forum as well. We would investigate first and really wouldn't punish for saying "shut up and play", but abusive language/threats have no place in our games and we don't tolerate it.

I've never seen the point of arguing with people at the tables. Short of an "lol" every once in a while I'm keeping quite. And its kind of entertaining seeing people go off on each other.

Its also weird that this guy reported you. Time to pull it back a bit I'd say.