A LITTLE NOTE ON 'ANONYMOUS' COMMENTS

To all of you readers who like to make comments:


I am quite open to any and all critical comments. I will publish pretty much everything. However, the days of publishing comments made by people under the signature of 'Anonymous' are over.


I have had a very distressing incident occur today. Upon arriving at the Beau, which by the way has changed the weekend start times back to noon, FYI...I was told by Employee #1 that I wasn't allowed to register, until I spoke with Employee #2, who happens to read EVERY one of my posts.


So I called Employee #2 on his cell phone. Employee #2 informed me that he read my blog, and based on THAT...I was being trespassed. Yes, trespassed. He wouldn't really engage me in conversation on the matter. But I came away feeling sort of violated. Last time I checked, I still reside in the United States of America, where Freedom of Speech is still a constitutional right. And I know that I have kept my behavior in check at all times at the Beau since my little 'completely misunderstood and totally blown out of proportion' incident from last year (i.e 'The Knee' incident), about this time. I wrote a fairly critical article the other night, wherein I called into question the attitudes of some of the dealers there, also wrote some things about a couple of bad players...and took the picture of one. Kai also got photographed. Kai loves the attention!


I was told by Employee #2 that I 'chased a player out to take his picture.' Huh? I did? I chased someone? Where is THAT picture? That would have required me to move about in a fashion that might come off as exercise. Nope, not me sir. Nope, I just took those three pics, and the one of my chips. Thats all. Pretty sure surveillance could confirm exactly how many times I actually left my table, and if I ever 'chased' anyone.


I also wrote about a competing casino, and talked of a few ideas for them to be successful. Pretty much the same stuff I always talk about. I didnt break any rules the other night. I didn't abuse anyone verbally. I didn't do anything that would have violated my 'terms of service' agreement with them when they let me back in.


So, I find it quite humorous when I go look at the 'COMMENTS' just now, and see one that sounds eerily like it might have been written by someone attached to this situation. And of course, its signed Anonymous. Matter of fact, I might just publish it in a few days. Maybe not. Because it's just SO blatantly sounding like a "hey look what you did, I am going to use this against you to get you 86'ed....mwwwwaaahhhhh mmwwwhaaaaaaaa!!!!!"


I have put in a call to a higher ranking official there, we will call him Employee #3. I am choosing to remain very calm. Not let this piss me off, not let it get me hysterical. And so therefore, I will not. I have a lot of respect for Employee #3, and I think he happens to have a good amount of integrity. I also believe that he KNOWS that I am a guy that the Beau Rivage would rather have working FOR them than AGAINST them.


Afterall, I have done nothing to warrant this reaction. Can't imagine they would want to throw out the biggest mouth in the south with the biggest keyboard for doing absolutely nothing wrong, other than writing a few critical remarks. If the strategy is 'if we 86 him our problems will go away' than that is a pretty silly strategy. When someone like myself uses a blog to write about things like I do, it is to promote change, to make the game better for the players. It worked with Harrah's New Orleans didn't it? They didn't seem to be too upset when they had record numbers of players turn out. I've worked closely with Venetian and look what a killer product they now have. Its not by accident that casinos and poker room managers either work WITH ME and turn out a better product, or work AGAINST ME and watch their product get worse.

At any rate, this comment centers around me 'being so stupid as to post a picture of another player, which is totally against the rules, and you should probably be thrown out and not allowed to play the upcoming tournament.'


Hmmmm...fishy? Yeah, maybe a little fishy. Whatever. What I think it is...is someone not liking what they read, and FINDING a reason to screw me. Please. I've been posting pictures (which by the way...FLASH photography is not allowed in the casino, says nothing about camera phone pictures) from the poker table at the Beau Rivage now for almost two years. And now, SUDDENLY, its an issue? Come on. Who out there is buying this?


The thing that also is very irritating is the this. My wife works there. Try coming home and explaining this to her. She never believes me when I say "sweetie, I didn't do anything." But then...even after THAT dark cloud lifts...there is the fact that I get 'trespassed' from the whole property? For what? That means, no going to see her at work, no going to eat at the restaraunt, no socializing at the clubs or lounges with our friends. And for what earthly reason? Pathetic.


The real bad part of that...is she might think I am right, but then this stuff starts. "I know you didn't do anything wrong...but why is it always YOU who gets in trouble! Its never anyone else. Always YOU! I work there! I have to deal with this! Why can't you just shut up!??" And thats usually followed up by the "why don't you QUIT writing that fucking blog! It justs gets you in trouble!" You know what? Those two statements are pretty fucking sick. Where do I live? Fucking CHINA!??? So, lets see...because of who I am, how I act, and what I write...its a weapon to be used against me? Guy reads this. Guy thinks to himself..."Hmmm...Monkey thinks he's gonna be critical of US? Well....I'll show him! And since he has a checkered past, it will be easy to 86 him without anyone really putting up much of a fight! Yeah!" Hey, no big deal that Constitution that our Founding Fathers signed. Ohhhhh...right, you're a casino, thats right, you have the right to BAN anyone you want for whatever reason...isn't that right? Good veil to hide under. I wonder what it would look like if that casino was featured on the 5pm news...on a feature, called something like...mmmmm "Trampling the 1st Amendment...alive and well here in Biloxi." I'm guessing having that ONE PLAYER 86'ed and trading it in for the avalanche of bad publicity that would follow would do wonders for the casino's business.

To think that I am expected to crawl into a shell, stop talking, stop being expressive, or animated...not share my thoughts and views, not be an advocate for change for the players I represent...to become, basically...a freaking INTROVERTED LITTLE TROLL...to exist within the walls of a specific casino, is damn scary.

So, I am leaving it right here for now. No reason to say anything inflammatory. This is what happened. Point blank. You all can rest assured that I didn't 'do' something that I am not telling you about. I was literally 'trespassed' on the merits of what Employee #2 read in my blog. PERIOD.


Have a Nice Day.


Anonymous Monkey (Yes, that is me under that Flag-like throw/blanket, and yes, I did just download the DEMO from 'WANTED: Weapons of Fate' and YES...I will be going on there now with the intent to kill criminals and suspected terrorists! And under the skill level of 'PUSSY' since to be ASSASSIN or THE KILLER you must buy the full version!!!!)