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08 Nov 09
09:46
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This used to be head and shoulders the best forum on here. Now it's probably the worst and every other thread is some idiot putting £200 on a 1.02 shot or £10 on a 1.7 shot.
I didn't mind the Shalke04 threads but now everyone has followed suits and think the Betfair community is interested in their £10 to millions "challenge threads".
Go on the "Your Competitions" forum or ask Betfair for your own personal forum because between you this one has been ruined.
I didn't mind the Shalke04 threads but now everyone has followed suits and think the Betfair community is interested in their £10 to millions "challenge threads".
Go on the "Your Competitions" forum or ask Betfair for your own personal forum because between you this one has been ruined.
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OR..................................dont read them !!!!!
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There is no need for any of them really, as said many times there is Notepad/wordpad on every windows PC or millions of places online to keep a record if they want to do it that way.
Attention seeking is only reason they do it, they wont do it in competitions etc because the threads wont get the same responses (be it positive or negative) dont know why these people feel they are so different to everyone else, just imgaine if every user posted every bet on here although its starting to feel that way. |
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each to his own MASSIVE, i still find this forum far and away the most interesting to read..
still plenty of 'good' advice available and decent threads.. the football forum has degenerated though.. apart from the usual logical posters. There will always be 'watch my bets' threads ( inc. my own ! ) they are no harm, if you dont like em , just skip over them or provide some 'constructive criticism' .... |
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Dont read them is a shocking cop out, these forums (believe it or not) really were once good with genuine punters chatting.. Most stopped posting a long long time ago there is no point trawling through the threads.
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Five By Five 08 Nov 10:56
Attention seeking is only reason they do it it's not actually lol i find the fear of public ridicule helps focus the mind even more than the fear of losing money :D but a fair point about using the your competitions phorum. i had thought freds recycled quite quickly there and one reason for starting one on here was to avoid having to bump the fred every day. i'll go do mine on there if it offends so much :( |
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This forum used to be head and shoulders above the rest, now we just get sad lonely moaners with nothing better to do than complain about people listing their bets on a betting forum...how dare they.
I think the simple answer is dont read them like someone else has stated..I have a thread running, not seeking attention, couldnt care less if anyone read it or not,but if someone has constructive comments to make then feel free. As for your comments about using word pad, why when you can do the same thing on the forum of the site yourbetting on. Go and find something else to moan about. |
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Perhaps i should post my daily shopping list on here as well... well why not since i'm on here anyway. Exactly no-one cares but incase they did today i need Milk and some chicken breasts.
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There have been 40 threads since yesterday and 20 of them are**challenge threads. They've taken over and ruined what's was a good forum.
And for the people who say skip through them is it okay if I put football threads on the Politics forum as they could also be easily "skipped through"? |
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Totally agree with GOM. There should be stricter control of this forum.
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It would be better renamed the PC Whinge forum. There is no place for debate on betfair any more. More depressiungly, there is no point to debate on betfair any more. No one is listening.
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Quite correct people like get on massive, will argue till there blue in the face they are correct, when in fact they have, just an opinion, some agree some dont...
GOM- 'hello is that betfair...people are discussing things I dont agree with on the forums' Betfair-'there right you are sad' Click Brrrrrrrrrr. |
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So you want me to have a thread on a place with this type of topic title
example: PREMIER DIVISION SELECTIONS for SUNDAY ( Optional ) bosstipper 6 08 Nov 11:45 DIVISION 3 SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY (OPTIONAL) Mark Sloan 10 08 Nov 11:30 DIVISION 1 SELECTIONS For SUNDAY ( Optional ) PRODELLBOY 9 08 Nov 11:08 DIVISION 2 SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY (OPTIONAL) grendel 8 08 Nov 11:08 ProBettingBot Ver 0.31 now RELEASED !!! esoGroup1 1 08 Nov 09:57 TEAM TIPSTER COMP 2009 - NOV Week 2 - News & Scores undecided 5 07 Nov 23:25 TEAM TIPSTER COMP 2009 - NOV Week 2 - Selections Div 2 undecided 3 07 Nov 22:57 TEAM TIPSTER COMP 2009 - NOV Week 2 - Selections Div 1 undecided 3 07 Nov 22:56 TEAM TIPSTER COMP 2009 - NOV Week 1 - News & Scores Comparing this with the example of "Five By Five" of the shopping list, this is not a shopping list this are threads that have the shopping list divided into every individual item by weight,color,etc etc come on, give me a break I had one in the Football forum but the amount of topics generated daily is so big that you have to keep going to "fred77" to bring back the thread |
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Surely a 'challenge' can be a good source of debate in itself ??
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I have been here for a few years now and never opened the competitions forum to see what it is all about. A good plan from Betfair, I now see. Don't these challenge people just need pointing in the right direction whenever they open a new competition fred?
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Kwijibo 08 Nov 12:10
Surely a 'challenge' can be a good source of debate in itself ?? Debate yes but rarely good debate. |
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I agree with 'good value users' comments, it was the only reason why I have done it and it definitely helped me to focus and do it more successfully.
all I would say is try it and you will see. |
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Alex the old wrinkled retainer 08 Nov 12:26
Kwijibo 08 Nov 12:10 Surely a 'challenge' can be a good source of debate in itself ?? Debate yes but rarely good debate. isnt it like that everywhere? from television to whatever you find one gem from time to time the rest is b.s. |
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Lusitano71, maybe. An interesting anaolgy. But the General Forum is like Panorama or radio 4 in comparison to most other forums that can be likened to Big Brother.
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look i agree that this part of BF forum is one of the best, but that doesnt mean that in a challenge thread you cannot have a sound and interesting exchange of ideas
of course that after a while the subject itself is exhausted by the simple fact that the rules dont allow much more discussion, it is what it is |
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Lusitano71 08 Nov 13:22
look i agree that this part of BF forum is one of the best, but that doesnt mean that in a challenge thread you cannot have a sound and interesting exchange of ideas Good, we agree. Bump an intelligent exchange of ideas deriving from a challenge fred and I will contribute. But in the meantime there is a Competitions forum which at least 99.9% of these types of fred ought to be created. |
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99.9% of what i see in the "Your Competitions" section should be in the "Tips and Selections" section (wich obviously should exist)
i hardly see one challenge at all so my thread stays here period end of discussion for me |
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Of all betting forums around this is simply the worst for the cynicism on offer from those who are too arrogant to talk about their approach but all too quick to criticise others. I remember a few years back plenty of decent posts being swamped by the old school brigade ridiculing people's efforts. Those posters have long since left. You don't see that on EBA, OLBG or Punters Lounge but you do get posts properly moderated to cut out the juvenile nonsense.
If the football forum wasn't largely blighted by the moronic rantings of the resident imbeciles then football related challenges would be posted there for sure. Perhaps that's where the efforts should be directed rather than targeting a few people who are at least posting betting related topics here? |
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Five By Five 08 Nov 10:56
There is no need for any of them really, as said many times there is Notepad/wordpad on every windows PC or millions of places online to keep a record if they want to do it that way But when they complete the Challenge and come on here to tel us they will be accused of aftertiming. |
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A lot of bedwetters on this thread.
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Maurice365 08 Nov 15:25
A lot of bedwetters on this thread. Ah, Maurice, there is a man I recognise from old. How do you mean exactly? |
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I agree with most of what Get On Massive has said.The exception is the Schalke bit ,he once moved one of his challenge threads over to the Financials forum but soon came back when he realised no one was sla*ging him off over there.Competitons forum is the perfect place for these challenges.
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People p*ssing their pants over something that doesn't matter a damn.
"This forum should be how I want it to be and not what anyone else wants." |
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Is the answer to ask betfair to rename "Competitions" to "Challenges"?
I am simply thinking aloud. |
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Thanks Maurice. I am sort of, almost with you on your thoughts on this.
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I believe we should have a '£10 to whatever style' forum.
Because I can understand the frustrations of those forumites who have to trawl through endless 'challenge' threads. I also believe the 'Chit chat' forum should be seperated in to a 'Chit chat Forum' and a 'Quiz Forum' for exactly the same reason. But when I raised this issue (of a seperate thread for Quizes on Chit chat) I was shot down in flames by chit chatting Quiz nerds. At least raising the issue on General Betting Forum releases a calmer set of replies. :) |
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Agree fully with the OP
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agree 100%.
don't mind the schalke 04 threads for sheer comedy value but the other dross should be taken to football or some other forum. this has always been the only forum for decent discussion of bet. |
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bobby these quizzes are surely pointless in this age of google?
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I agree bobby, all thats needed is a challenges forum,the thing is ALL challenges would have to be put there, not just the '10 to whatever' ones. And the problem there is you interesting discussions could get lost in that forum as opposed to being here.
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edit : And the problem there is interesting discussions could get lost in that forum as opposed to being here.
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It's so easy to skip over the challenges threads and ignore them totally.
So where's the problem exactly ? Is it a question of people being too lazy to sort the wheat from the chaff ? Can't really see why having challenge threads here or anywhere else should stop someone, anyone, from creating an interesting subject for debate. It's only a problem if a good thread is hijacked by a challenger type poster. |
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There is a around 145 threads visible on the page around 15-20 are challenges...hardly a problem is it gents.
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Anyone posting £10 to £1000 is a complete moron waste of space well done get on massive this forum is boring full of spam and idiots posting their silly systems i mean 1.01 to 1.02 ffs this is beyond pathetic obviously most people lose etc and they have every right to a opinion but dont spout your inane drivel/bets for all to read, its all well and good muppets saying ooooooh you dont have to read them but the level of posting is embarassing, if i was a break even/ losing punter i would show the respect of not offering my dumb irrelevant opinion to any discussion as it clearly is of 0 importance.
Just for the totally thick dont post your stupid meaningless bets ty |