Same as it ever was

This is not my usual forum but, I am told it is the #1 BJ forum on the internet. Anyone know what happened to cardcounter.com ? Are the archives still accessible ?

Eliot Richardson, aka The Mayor, has apparently chosen to sell off his website and concentrate on other things. Here's the entire text now up on cardcounter.com :

This web name, www.cardcounter.com, and the non-copyright material
(including the bulletin boards) and site design are for sale.
I am asking $2100.

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I am going back to graduate school in the Fall, and I just don't have time for my site. Cardcounter.com has grown to a level that takes constant upkeep, about 10 hours per week, and I just need to let that go. I am going for a degree in Psychology -- quite a bit different from the "Math/CS" thing. When I surveyed all I do in life, music, family, writing, career, games, websites, etc... it was clear that I am severely overbooked. I talked over my options with many people, and what is going to be shelved while I am in grad school are "games and websites". They are a huge time drain.
I know I could just stop working on the site, let it be dormant, but it has really grown recently, so it seemed like a good time.

I am sorry for the inconveniece this change brings to many of you. You will be forwarded to www.bj21.com after 21 seconds here.

--Mayor

Make an offer: e-mail to teliot@cs.ucsb.edu

There were good times. There were bad times. Most of the time we discussed how to get the edge. Some were angered over the photo and the media hype. Some disagreed with the fight for a gamblers right to play unharrased, the right to personal financial privacy, and basically the right to play skillfully.

Through out it all the site grew and became the place to be. The charlatans came and were driven away. There was a balance of open intellectual discussion but there was a need for editorial censorship. At least the mayor explained why posts were busted or why he edited the contents of post rule violations and threats of physical violence. He allowed for great discussions. In all Card Counter.Com was the place to be and it was free.

The birth of this site gave hope to begginers and encouragement to pros. Vegas is growing but the edge in blackjack is getting smaller. The web sites are more commercial and hype abounds. The free pages that are left are either small or under dictatorship.

Some may disagree but Eliot Jacobson was a PROFESSIONAL. He was an intellectual and most of all he shared his knowledge and pushed others to share thiers. He was a strict Black Jack tactician. No voodoo in Eliots bag of tricks. If this sounds like an obituary well it is CC.COM is gone and even if it is picked up it will never be the same. Thanks Eliot.