Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 First off, let me say I am not an On-Line player. I am asking this question NOT to indicate that I in any way condone any sort of cheating nor unethical behavior (That's "behaviour" for my polite neighbours).In this case I am guessing "ethical" has to be defined as the "On-Line Norm"As a non-On-Line (too many hyphens?) I don't really understand the sense of entitlement to know against whom you are playing. It seems that if someone changes their SN to develop a new personna - this is viewed as unethical. To me one of the first rights of Internet activity is protection of anonymity. These two "rights" become contradictory.Thoughts?I am not talking about simultaneous multi-accounting, chip dumping, nor other forms of cheating. Link to post Share on other sites
Pot Odds RAC 23 Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 Oh......one more thing......clearly if a site forbids the practice it is automatically considered "cheating". I'm just really wondering why you get to know more about an individual on-line that you might live and why there seems to be an "entitlement" mentality regarding that information. Link to post Share on other sites
Jariso13 1 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I know it is against the rules and all to change your sn online and such...but then should what Phil Laak did at the main event be against the rules as well? Link to post Share on other sites
cubsfan44 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Yeah but what about guns? Link to post Share on other sites
Elo and AG 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Yeah but what about guns?As opposed to a private home game, you can play on Poker Stars and be fully loaded, they don't care really....... If I had a gun with all the bad beats lately, I'd have no more monitors that's for sure Link to post Share on other sites
copernicus 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 One oif the main problems with sn switching is whether or not the site is policing collusion diligently. Data mining by independent players is what turned up the super-user problem, not the site's own security.You also dont get any more information on an indvidual if you ban/block data mining of tables a player isnt actually playing at and ban services like scope and opr. Of course Im coming from the perspective of a 40 year poker player, who thinks the game should be kept as close to live as possible. Those who didnt start playing poker until they got tired of D&D see online poker as different from live, and as "their" game. If that were my perspective then I might have different views on sn changing.Obv along that line of thought I think what Phil Laak did was unethical and I wouldnt be surprised to see a rule against it. Link to post Share on other sites
NoSup4U 0 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I know it is against the rules and all to change your sn online and such...but then should what Phil Laak did at the main event be against the rules as well?On Cake you can change your sn every hour I believe. So while most sites don't allow it, its not universal.Mark Link to post Share on other sites
Zach6668 513 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 On Cake you can change your sn every hour I believe. So while most sites don't allow it, its not universal.MarkI thought it was every week? Link to post Share on other sites
mtdesmoines 3 Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 On Cake you can change your sn every hour I believe. So while most sites don't allow it, its not universal.MarkHelllllllooooo Cake. Link to post Share on other sites
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