Not welcome?

[thejuanupsman]

Hi, I just joined the site. Like many new people I discovered the site because you hosted a freeroll on fulltilt. Before that I had never heard of your site. And I will admit I play a lot of freerolls. And a lot of buy ins. I just play a lot. And I tend to judge which forums to be active in based on how people act in the freerolls. I am an extremely active member on many forums. I don't talk a lot at the table but I pay attention to what is said. That being said I was very disappointed at the behavior of the players I saw at my first table today. One player in particular berated everyone at the table for being new, playing poorly (a little hypocritical in my opinion) etc. I am sure you have these freerolls to attract new members. So I have to ask this, why would anyone stick around if the regular members are hostile and unwelcoming?

I hope I'm wrong and this was just one bad apple or just somebody having a real bad day. But I can't say I'm too hopeful. The initial reception had certainly soured me on what looked to be an interesting site.

[nodepositneeded]

Hi there,

Thank you for joining and for playing in the game today. I'd also like to thank you for taking the time to post.

I'm sorry you encountered a player who wasn't as friendly as they probably could have been. Are you certain that player was a member of this forum? Full Tilt generates a lot of interest and unfortunately that makes it a little hard to prevent password from getting into the hands of some rather rude players. Regardless, I would encourage all new members to make their judgments based on this community as a whole and not on one particular player.

Anyhow, please take a moment to browse around the site (and the forum in particular). You'll quickly learn that we are a community of friendly and helpful people and there are a million reasons for you (and any new members) to stick around and be active!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
NDN

[thejuanupsman]

Yeah, he appears to be a very active member. I'm going to assume it was just that he was having a really bad day. I have to say that the people at my second table have been fine. Pretty quiet, but at least not unfriendly.

[nodepositneeded]

I apologize on behalf of that member. I will also have to assume that they are having a bad day.

I hope you'll look around a bit and see what we're all about.

Thanks again,
NDN

[KaciBlakely]

I'd like to take the second it takes and welcome you to one of the best forums. I play on a bunch of sites and used to be a member of some other forums and I like this one the best.

Our mods, NDN, being on of the really care what people think and feel about the forum and try to get down to the bottom of things as quick as they can.

I hope you enjoy our forum despite that situation and welcome aboard.

[tomas225]

you are verry welcome mor that join this site more fun

[67christine]

welcome to the site. I am new at the game also so I am one of those players that make mistakes. There is only one way to learn and that is to keep trying. I have never encountered any bullying but have seen it at the tables.I think that some of the players (not people here) feel that they can get away with saying what they want because they are not face to face with you.

[taylovesthebeatles]

I too am sorry you encountered this at the tables. I hope that in the time since you've made that post you've stayed to look around a bit and hopefully found NDN to be a welcoming place. I for one welcome you and hope to see you around as an active and valuable member like everyone else here!

[freeringo]

Let's get a posse rounded up and get that
hostile. We got your back and please come
back. Welcome

[thenutzaa1]

welcome to the forum....

i think it was defiantly one bad apple that was having a bad day...

i am fairly new to this site as well about a month or two old.... i enjoy this site very much.... come back and try another freeroll...

welcome to the community and hope you surf around the forum..

thenutzaa1

[kingsnthahole]

welcome to the site, thanks for joining our family, and sorry about that dbag today, wish i was there to yell at him...if theres anything u need, let us know, were all here to help. Im sure you will quickly find that this is the best forum on poker(or on anything for that matter), and noone can beat our rewards system, period!

gl on the felt,
allinbaby68(ftp)
allinbaby2k8(carbon)

[KaciBlakely]

All I can say is it wasn't me because I wasn't playing in the tourney but hopefully by the responses you can tell that's not we're about here. Hopefully you come back and enjoy your stay with us.

[terbo71]

Hi, I just joined the site. Like many new people I discovered the site because you hosted a freeroll on fulltilt. Before that I had never heard of your site. And I will admit I play a lot of freerolls. And a lot of buy ins. I just play a lot. And I tend to judge which forums to be active in based on how people act in the freerolls. I am an extremely active member on many forums. I don't talk a lot at the table but I pay attention to what is said. That being said I was very disappointed at the behavior of the players I saw at my first table today. One player in particular berated everyone at the table for being new, playing poorly (a little hypocritical in my opinion) etc. I am sure you have these freerolls to attract new members. So I have to ask this, why would anyone stick around if the regular members are hostile and unwelcoming?

I hope I'm wrong and this was just one bad apple or just somebody having a real bad day. But I can't say I'm too hopeful. The initial reception had certainly soured me on what looked to be an interesting site.

I have agree with you, I am fairly new here also, and something like that would have made me feel not so welcome and not too eager to come back. But if you take the time to browse around the sight I think you will find yourself feeling more like you have joined a family rather than a forum. I too am usually very quiet, but have really enjoyed being here and being a part of such a great place. I hope you give it a chance because I believe you will find first impressions are not always correct. Good luck! and I hope to see you back and posting and playing at the tables.

[thejuanupsman]

Well thanks everyone. I appreciate all the kind responses. I did end up having a good time in the tourney and found that the play at the final table was exceptional. I look forward to seeing you all on the felt and getting to know you in the forum.

[BnLM5]

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!!!

[Mister_Go]

I have been here many years and on very few ocations have I ever encountered any unfriendlys. It does happen and I say consider the sourse. They won't be around long, NDN dosen't condone this behaiver. Just block his chat and we can do the same.

[eejit101]

GloBug angering the new ppl again?

[vickid]

GloBug angering the new ppl again?

hahah i dunno if it was glo hahah

but hey man im kyle or ashkai on most sites

the people are genuinly great around here u get a few bad seeds but ndn has a tendency to give them 2 warnings then there banned and there ip addy is banned also i think but im sure if u stick around and read some of the post in forums here u will be pleasntly surpised wha kinda great people we have here

at times we razz each other but its all in good fun lolol

[herlis]

hello and welcome to the forum thejuanupsman and GoodLuck on your games!

[masterof88]

We are not all bad apples at all. First impressions tend to stick, but please give the rest of us a chance to show you that we are a welcoming community. It seems like only yesterday, I felt like I was the target of some negative vibes, but others told me the same thing I'm telling you now. While there might be some jerks out there in any aspect of life, you just have to ignore or get over it, otherwise you won't enjoy the rest of the world. So I apologize for whoever made you feel unwelcome and reiterate that you are very welcome here.

[eejit101]

We are not all bad apples at all. First impressions tend to stick, but please give the rest of us a chance to show you that we are a welcoming community. It seems like only yesterday, I felt like I was the target of some negative vibes, but others told me the same thing I'm telling you now. While there might be some jerks out there in any aspect of life, you just have to ignore or get over it, otherwise you won't enjoy the rest of the world. So I apologize for whoever made you feel unwelcome and reiterate that you are very welcome here.

What the hell was that? You did join yesterday.

[masterof88]

What the hell was that? You did join yesterday.

Wow, way to show how friendly the forum is... All you ever comment about is how people are in the wrong... how about adding something positive for once... something people actually care about, instead of wasting your time posting about how people are breaking the rules and you "can't believe it" when virtually everyone has tried it at some point in time. Personally I feel you should have chips deducted for all your useless banter of blame... See, nobody likes to hear a reprimand... If I get any chips for this post, which I SHOULDN'T, I'm forfeiting them in advance and you should do the same.

[GloBug]

Wow, way to show how friendly the forum is... All you ever comment about is how people are in the wrong... how about adding something positive for once... something people actually care about, instead of wasting your time posting about how people are breaking the rules and you "can't believe it" when virtually everyone has tried it at some point in time. Personally I feel you should have chips deducted for all your useless banter of blame... See, nobody likes to hear a reprimand... If I get any chips for this post, which I SHOULDN'T, I'm forfeiting them in advance and you should do the same.

lol eejit he nees to know who u are b4 he speaks. he did join yesterdy. lol he is a valued member.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Wow, way to show how friendly the forum is... All you ever comment about is how people are in the wrong... how about adding something positive for once... something people actually care about, instead of wasting your time posting about how people are breaking the rules and you "can't believe it" when virtually everyone has tried it at some point in time. Personally I feel you should have chips deducted for all your useless banter of blame... See, nobody likes to hear a reprimand... If I get any chips for this post, which I SHOULDN'T, I'm forfeiting them in advance and you should do the same.

Oy, you two are making me headdesk...really? Come on guys, get along. Eejit was just being eejit, that's all, but seriously, the system isn't that hard. If you are still having a problem with how it works, then some other forum might be better for you. Just saying.

[eejit101]

Wow, way to show how friendly the forum is... All you ever comment about is how people are in the wrong... how about adding something positive for once... something people actually care about, instead of wasting your time posting about how people are breaking the rules and you "can't believe it" when virtually everyone has tried it at some point in time. Personally I feel you should have chips deducted for all your useless banter of blame... See, nobody likes to hear a reprimand... If I get any chips for this post, which I SHOULDN'T, I'm forfeiting them in advance and you should do the same.

This thread was 4 weeks old, and has no relevence to your "situation".

"All i ever coment on is how people are in the wrong"? Are you sure? Or is that just because ive commented on your last few posts the most recently. And they are the only ones youve read.


Personally i dont care how many chips i get. Unlike you, im not here because of the rewards. And you cant even begin to argue that as the first thing you did when you came here was try to claim and recieve these rewards.


Now, have a good day, im off to "scrtutinize your posts"