pat_east_wing wrote:
Ah Basicasic reckons he,s being stalked by a wizened old hag,nobody can be that hard up.The dond crowd are being stalked my a nutter but nobody invited him to join their fan club but at least he,s giving us all a good laugh
I find the whole thing rather amusing. No-one's really being stalked and no-one's really a nutter. There have been forum members in the past who have directly insulted contestants for dealing too soon. There was one forum member in particular who would literally say "What an idiot for dealing" - getting a dig at the person themself, which is ridiculous as you cannot judge someone by how they deal. For this reason (amongst others) he was banned as it is of course against the forum rules to directly insult other forum members - and he was insulting some of the contestants who signed up to the forum, and it got out of hand.
Looking back over the past few threads, I don't think there has been any evidence of basicasic, maggieq or anyone directly insulting you or other players. They have called your deal pathetic and so on - but they are talking about your decision, rather than you as a person. There is a world of difference between saying "Your deal was pathetic" and saying "You are pathetic for dealing then". I have been carefully monitoring all these threads (as has kestral) and I personally haven't seen any negative or hurtful comments directed at the contestants. I have seen negative comments directed at the contestants' decisions, but no-one has said anything along the lines of "You are a sicko for dealing" or anything.
If you go on a national TV show, you are not going to be liked by everyone - and not everyone is going to like your decision. Having looked at other forums (such as the Channel 4 and DigitalSpy ones), I am quite appalled at how some people seem to be allowed to get away with calling contestants idiots and so on, and sometimes even making negative comments about a contestant's personal appearance, which is ridiculous. Someone did that on this site once - they said someone was clinically obese - and the posts were removed as direct insults or negative comments to ANYONE - contestant or forum member - will not be tolerated. However, people crictising someone's decision cannot be stopped.
I suppose it's similar in politics. Some people disagreed with Tony Blair going to war with Iraq. But most people probably disliked his decision, rather than disliking him. Anti-war marches were allowed as it's a democracy but if people stepped over the line and tried to break into the Houses of Commons and throw flour bombs at Blair, then they'd be chucked out. It's the same with this forum, although I cannot speak for other forums. The bottom line is - if someone criticises someone's decision then that is fair enough. If someone criticises someone's personality, appearance or otherwise, then that is getting a bit near the line, and I can think of two forum members who have been banned over the last year for criticising contestants' personalities and looks on a regular basis, as it is just not needed.
Some forum members are rather direct with how they say things. I said I "would have played on" in Pat's game, whereas basicasic called your deal "pathetic". But I'm not aware that he called you pathetic. There are many posts on this forum and it could be possible that such a post has slipped under the net somewhere, but I don't believe it has, and if someone did make a post insulting a contestant's looks or personality or whatever, then it would be removed as it is unnecessary to make such comments.
We all have our different ways of playing Deal or No Deal. Some people are targetists and deal the moment their target comes up; some people are plain cautious and deal early to ensure they get money; some people play to the end regardless and some play just to win big money in order to get the glory. Some people also play the board with an analytical / mathematical point of view. But all these different ways of playing the game mean that whatever a player does in their game, SOMEONE is going to disagree with it - but that's just a matter of life.
Oh and as for basicasic's signature - there's no evidence one way or the other who he's referring to - I believe you get quite a few wicthes and wizards in the remote part of Scotland where he lives. I suspect one of them has tried to chat him up, and that is who he is referring to.
Certainly a different show.
It's his mum's picture of his son, and she wrote that on the back 
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Sue
- he's there for a whole month now and you'll either love him or hate him! His game was a good 'un! 