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why would a well adjusted person, who has the ability to cogently debate a topic need 17 screen names. Why would a sane mature adult need 17 screen name. And what type of badge of honor exists where you need to announce it as its its some sort of accomplishment.
no need to answer....its rhetorical.
Usually the use of multiple screen names concurrently allows one with weak debating skills to have the minions agree with him/.her. The minions of socks. Kind of makes me feel sorry for folks that need a dozen of so screen names.
I have always registered in sites under the same one for 20 years. And I have been able to hold my own in debate. I win some and lose some...but i never needed to bring in a dozen socks(or even 1) to hide behind. Because socks are for hiding,
what type of person uses 17 socks??,,,,,answer: someone with alot of reasons to hide.
They compared horse's posts to Rob Singer's posts from 6 years ago. There were many familiarities. But I think the clincher was horse's use of "Bingo!" that got him busted. They found Singer posts where he used that exact same word with the exclamation. And I think if one were to look through the archives here you would find Singer using that word and exclamation. On FREEvpFREE Rob's sockpuppet's got made so often that his next sockpupper wrote without using any caps at all.
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Bingo! My brother used Bingo! in a phone conversation two days ago. My father died in 1977 and he used Bingo! also.
It's amazing what constitutes proof on a Web forum. But go ahead, blame Singer (and me, while you're at it) for every anti AP post or activity. Mcap, Biloxi, kewlj, eddie, quahaug, have us lynched already.
Horse and Sidthesquid are still signed in on WoV. Their usernames appear in red everyday down at the bottom of the home page under Members Who Have Visited The Forum Today. If they signed out their usernames wouldn't appear and they could lurk the site without it being known to the members.
I guess that means Rob Singer is my long lost brother. I guess my father, my brother and Rob are the only people in the world who say Bingo!
https://youtu.be/O5s3Oj2cPgc
Thanks RS... good to see you!
Nice of you to say Ozzy but I would say I am more of a grinder at machines following what the Reel Pros laid out long ago. I used to be able to fall into more promotions but either it has been poor scouting on my part in the last 18 months or they really are just drying up all over LV. I really didn't scout very much in that time frame. During the last 18 months I was playing and putting in massive amounts of coin in per property. Perhaps not massive to all machine players but for me it was a huge spike averaging 150k+ per property per month, etc. I was targeting point days and mailers and some places I was just going for the mail but things have kinda came to a plateau and starting this new year I am going to do something different. I guess it isn't going to be different it will just be the older way I used to do things playing wider instead of tall... if that makes sense to you. I am also burnt out... perhaps I was burnt out 2 years ago but I am worse now and need to slow down. I am averaging 15k per month in free play and my food comp is just too far to calculate or worry about, I am honestly tired of picking up cases of soda, tea and to go orders. One property alone on just my card I have 5 mil in coin. I know other players have more but it really is silly and certainly is not required to achieve the top mailers and what not. So I am going to let my play fall off drastically and see how long things hold together. I estimate my mail will crash faster compared to years past. I figure I should be able to collect 40k in FP even if I only collected, however these days in Vegas it is a good idea to give them some play when you pick up your free play. Some places you can still rip off your FP and pull the card and they don't show you picking it up but for the most part these days most accounts are locked in and they don't seem to like players just ripping off and not playing. I have heard some recent stories of other players having troubles picking up the wifes FP or not playing and getting No Mailed so as I have said it is best to give a certain amount of play when you pick up.
I posted up on WoV a few weeks back as ChingChangChong (RS called me that I think lol... funny actually) a breakdown of what to play and how to go about it. Yes it was pretty basic and as RS pointed out over there it was razor thin but honestly a player just looping those plays can average 1500 to 3000 per month and should be able to eat for free barring tips. I am starting to ramble so sorry about that.
I think you have a valid point. I wouldn't consider myself completely sane. I have issues as I would think most of us do in life. I guess the reason I put up the socks was because I wanted to see if it was possible and after I made a few of them with no problems I wanted to see how many you could actually make and get away with and it sorta snowballed from that point. Part of it is Ego and part of it is I don't like being policed. I guess another part was that Mike made some post about how my comments were not worthy of being heard over there so I dunno I just wanted to have a way to post if I wanted to post. What can I say... I am a 42 year old child. I am also very new to forums. I only posted on Civfanatics prior to WoV and that was because I played that game for years and you don't run into heated debates on that type of forum. WoV was my second Forum and I basically just imploded. I'm a flawed human, I can't help it... I make bad decisions all the time. I think you are correct about me wanting to hide. I've been hiding my whole life. What do you expect from a criminal? Honestly though how much can you hide over there? They have my real IP and a few of them have my cell number. This is plenty of information for them to get my name, address and anything else to cause me havoc if that is what they wanted.
Anyways I will try to keep things more civil over here. Nice to see many of the same people from almost all the same gambling forums anyways! I wish you all a good plan!
Yeah, it certainly seems like stuff is drying up. I haven't been around long, but it seems like the "grind" plays of today are much more of a grind than they were even 2-3 years ago, since they're giving lower point multipliers, limiting you on action, removing better machines, cutting back on mail, etc. etc.
Even mail in general has significantly dropped down. There's still stuff that's good, but nowhere near how good it was even 2-3 years ago, and that stuff wasn't even good compared to the stuff that was in the past (I'd imagine).
Yeah, well your name was PingPangPong, which is that restaurant at Gold Coast...but I always call it ChingChangChong cuz I tend to forget the real name of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by monet
Babs is saying KJ was banned because he "threatened the Wizard's person." Any new people reading that are being misled.
WoW! Now I remember why I don't drink anymore. I tried to keep up with my younger brother and his 20-something year old friends last night. THAT was a mistake for a now non-drinker, lightweight like me. Paying the price this morning.
But I do have some thoughts on this. :confused: And before I even begin, I will apologize for the length of this post. There is no way for me to keep my thoughts on THIS topic short. :p No I didn't threaten "Wizard's person", which anyone would take to mean threaten physically. I threatened to continue to voice my negative opinion of him and his actions concerning my banning. But now I have moved on from that. ;)
And then there was mickey's infamous threat against Mike at 3am in the morning. Yeah, Mickey threatened Mike, but everyone, and I mean everyone with an ounce of common sense knew that was just the old mickey "fueled by a little firewater" talking. Mickey more or less apologized the next morning.
Now here's why I bring this up. Recently it was suggested to Wizard that mickey, a hugely valuable poster, not only in my opinion, but by Mike's own words, be reinstated since mickey is no longer drinking for going on a year now. And of course mickey's 'posting while intoxicated' was the whole reason for his departure. Now in response to this suggestion, Mike brought up mickey's threat and said something like "maybe if mickey apologized". Well Mickey did apologize for one and two, Mike knows that was not any kind of real threat. And if he doesn't know that, well, then seriously, he isn't as smart as I thought he was. :(
Mike Shackleford is a strange man. I mean you have the unicycle and rubic's cube thing and the food contests, all kind of odd, but no harm. I actually enjoyed watching Mike's recent video of solving was it the 4x4 or 5x5 rubic's cube while riding his unicycle. His goal was under 10 minutes and somewhere closing in on 10 minutes he finished, jumped off the unicycle and came running to the camera all excited. While neither the rubic's cube, nor riding a unicycle are my kind of thing....I loved his enthusiasm. So that's the odd, quirky Mike Shackleford.
But the strange, Mike Shackleford that I am speaking of, is the guy who refuses to forgive and forget and move forward. And I am not specifically talking about me or my situation. There are many issues and members banned that would be so much better off to just move on. Life really is too short for all that kind of shit!
Recently someone started a discussion about allowing banned members to return. Mike said no, which is his right. But his reasoning went something like this "There are no second chances in life. You get one chance. Make it count". I don't know where he lives, but this is America and America is a land based on second chances. The people that came here initially and almost all those that migrated here at some point, including my ancestors, all came for a second chance that America offers. Much of our penal code, except for the most serious crimes involves second chances. Bad credit, gets wiped away after a certain amount of time in favor of a second chance. I could go on and on. Mike is just in serious conflict with American values.
And since I am into this rant, which surely eliminates any chance for a KJ return to WoV, ;) I want to again comment on Mike's frequent "dictatorship" comments. Yes, someone has to be the final word, make the final decision. And that is Mike. But he should try to incorporate as much democracy and input from members as possible, not just because that is American values, but as someone today (maybe Gordon) posted the members are really the value at WoV or any forum. the members are what makes it tick. Mike never seemed to understand that. His juvenile approach of dictatorship, and suspensions for the tiniest trivial things and a very uneven hand making the calls on those suspension, pages and pages of suspensions. And worse even....all the bannings. Sure there are some trolls that should be banned, when it becomes obvious their goal is to drag down the site. BUT, there are many, many banning of good people who participated positively for a long period, and are banned because of some misunderstanding or worse yet, difference in opinion in regards to AP or gambling play.
Really? You are going to ban those kind of members? APs? And successful players? I think Mike forgets why he started the site. Remember that mission statement that went something like, "a place to share idea in the hopes that members will become better gamblers and players"? Banning successful players, both professional and recreational is in direct conflict with that 'mission goal'. It's a shame, but apparently Mike just doesn't care anymore and has forgotten why he started the site. Mike's values and "king" complex are more in line with a Saddam Hussein, or a Kim Jong-Il, than American values.
But I wish him a happy, healthy and successful New Year. ;)
Edit: GordonM888's actual quote was "The greatest asset of this site is its active members".
The reason he remains banned is probably because he threatened the wiz. But it wasnt the reason he was originally banned.
2 mods, Face and Mission have said that if asked they may have put in a good word and helped to smooth things out as time healed old wounds.
However since the threat (albeit, non physical) was made...KJ pretty much made his own bed when it comes to getting re-instated.
so I agree...its misleading to say that the original banning was due to a threat from KJ.....maybe it was more die to a threat fromQFIT.
But the continued banning was self inflicted.
Dont get me wrong....I may have done the same thing. But I never would have had in mind that I wanted to return or even would be considered.once I reached the point of no return
I have no desire to return to WoV. If asked I won't accept. There is just no way I would kiss all that ass.
The fact is you were a valuable member and the reason you are not there is because of your drinking. You have overcome that for a significant period of time now and congrats to you and wishing continued success with that. So with that issue out of the way you should be invited back. Whether or not you decide to participate is completely your call.
Figured I would come over here and check things out. Everyone keeps getting nuked at the WOV.
MC, if you look at it with a clear lucid mind, you will see the original ban was trumped up.
You would also remember both mission and face saying that if they were asked they would have acted as an intermediary to help get KJ back had it not escalated on his part to a threat status.
therefore I am confident, had it not been for the threat, with both mission and Face putting in a good word....most likely KJ would be posting at wov for well over a year now.
However after the threat wiz said KJ was dead to him......and its hard for mission and Face to smooth things over for a "dead man",
KJ had built up enormous good will at wov, and would have been re-admitted especially with advocates like mission and face.
However advocacy does not come to those that threaten,...even for those who were dealt a bad hand like KJ.
sO technically he was banned based on trumped up QFIT ISSUES
But he remains banned because of the way he handled those trumped up issues....by threatening the wiz
Interesting take LarryS. I really don't want to get back into that whole issue, but while most things you say are true, there is an issue of timeline.
I was banned from WoV on March 14, 2016. I didn't join that Gamblingforums and the thread that was already discussing it until May 25, 2016. That is 10 weeks! Now let me tell you what was going on in that 10 weeks.
1.) I had a couple people, members of WoV (I am not going to mention names) that told me they were trying to work on Mike to get me re-instated. One of these members specific told me to "lay low". And I did for 10 weeks. How long was I supposed to lay low, for a ban that most objective people, including you think was "trumped up" or unfair?
2.) I opened a line of communication with Mike, by creating an account at Diversity Tomorrow. I don't think I ever posted there, just opened the account so I could PM Mike. And we were having some civil and productive discussions. He admitted some things in private that he never would say publicly. Things about Norm asking him for a favor, to silence me. You know what I am talking about because a year later I went ahead and posted screen shots.
But anyway, in those 10 weeks Mike and I were discussing me being reinstated. Things seemed to be going well. We basically had an agreement. And then he informed me that he would have to run the agreement by Norm and see if he had any objections. :confused:
I knew Norm would have objections and he did which squashed that whole exercise. But more importantly, was why did Mike need Norm's approval? :confused: Right then and there I knew Mike was in over his head and had allowed Norm to take control. And of course that meant I would never be returning to WoV.
So THAT is when I joined Gamblingforums and the discussion already under way and told my side of things. I mean for these people and now you to say I should have laid low and let things blow over....how long was I supposed to wait. It had been 10 weeks!
Now both Face and Mission joining gamblingforums and saying the would have put a good word in for me if I had asked, occurred even later....several months after that. Easy to say they would have (if I had asked). For starters how was I supposed to ask. I had no way of contacting either. And in the second place if either or both of them felt my banning was wrong as they indicated, why do I need to ask? Shouldn't they have gone to Mike on their own and said something?
I don't know it just seems people wanted me to just disappear and stay quiet for a year and then go groveling to Mike. I wasn't going to do that because, I, Mike and everyone else that is interested knows my banning was bullshit. It was Mike getting involved and siding with his friend on an issue he had no right getting involved in. To this day, I don't think Mike even knows what the basis of the problem was between Norm and I. In short it was an issue over a member of Norm's site making misleading and mathematically impossible claims that were misleading newer players. Not that it matters all that much, but I have since been proven right when Blackjack and Math expert Don Schlesinger, later determined that the player in question was "full of shit" and his claims impossible.
I mean if Mike felt he had to get involved, he should have looked into what it really was about. Mike being a math guy would have determined that yes the guys claims were just non-sense (just as I and Don Schlesinger did). I mean we aren't talking about 'opinion' here. We are talking something mathematically impossible....same nature as 18 y.o.'s in a row. :rolleyes: There comes a point that someone needs to say "this person is full of shit". I was the person saying it. And Norm for whatever reason seemed to want to protect the "full of shit" person (to the point of trolling me to site's that he didn't even participate at).
wow, 14 hours into the new year and I am already back into all of that! Thanks LarryS. :rolleyes:
The bottom line is that while I have again, laid out some of Mike's mistakes or areas that he was wrong, there is plenty of blame to go around. I handled much of my time at gamblingforums pretty badly and immaturely, with the name calling. Norm, Mike and myself, can all take part of the blame for where we are today. And where we are today, doesn't look to change anytime soon. :rolleyes:
fair enough
Nice to see you. Hope you share some information. I read that you only bother to get out of bed for 150 dollar per hour plays or better and find at least 20-25 hours a week to work them. I am just doing things wrong obviously. Perhaps I should just do what this fella did!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX4tHeFlOF0
If you look at it with a clear and lucid mind, KJ had no chance of ever being reinstated. This "I'm going to keep bringing this issue up until it is resolved" is what Shack called a threat. GTFO! Shack's charade to placate his minions was to act like he might consider reinstating KJ sometime in the future. GTFO! The phony "threat" was Shack's pretext to let everyone know KJ would not be back. Shack is a fucking coward. QFIT is a bag of shit.
And this shit about Face and Mission having any influence on Shack is, well, LMFAO!
I am sorry to hear about your detached ass. I hope you get it looked at.
Once the threat was made, and then acted o months later...it is a moot point whether this or that would have occurred without the threat,,,we will never know.
Without the threat he may have been reinstated since he had alot of good will built up and alot of support from posters. Once the threat was unveiled by KJ...the support and goodwill dried up. So we will never know now.
The threat made sure he was viewed as "dead". And dead people dont get an invitation to rejoin a board.
So you can say wiz would never have changed his mind......and I can say that it was very possible without the threat...if things were allowed to develop organically over time he would be posting today.
we will never know
But one thing for sure...the threat and the acting on the threat didnt help
You are correct...we will never know.
But I really don't want to rehash this. I enjoyed my time at WoV, both contributing and sharing my AP experiences as well as participating in some other unrelated threads....well I enjoyed it up until the final couple weeks. :rolleyes: But that is over. I am fine with it. And WoV really is deteriorating. I don't say that with any sort of ill will. It has been for some time, and the deterioration has quickened or intensified recently, IMO.
WAY TO MANY good, knowledgeable gambling members banned, for silly stuff. If the goal was for everyone to learn so people could be better gamblers, you want to do whatever you can to keep members that are successful and knowledgeable gamblers around. That is NOT what WoV does, and the 'mission statement' for the site, just no longer applies. It's not about helping anyone become a better player or gambler. It is just a sort of high school-ish atmosphere, with cliques, and name-calling and little digs at each other, and 'time-out' of standing in the corner (suspensions) for no other reason that to embarrass someone. It's gross.
And Mike isn't the only problem. Other mods (especially one) have followed his power trip and severely over-moderate. I still read on most days, just as I read a number of other blackjack and AP related sites. Every once in while there is mention of something, maybe a small promo, that is beneficial. On the blackjack sites, every once in a great while someone shares something they do, a technique or sometimes some small little thing that I say "that's a great idea, I think I will incorporate that into my game". But other than that I find WoV pretty unpleasant to read.
And the doxxing, and attempted outings of a fellow AP in the community is WAY, WAY out of bounds, regardless of whether they are a members of that site or not.
"I don't consider what I am doing as attacking you, but I can promise you this....I will not let this go. I will bring up your handling of this situation, every chance I get. In my book, next year. If I decide to do GWAE as Munchin has asked. On every site that I participate on......for the rest of my life. And since I am almost 20 years younger than you, that should cover the rest of your life. Every couple weeks or couple months, I will be somewhere questioning your integrity, honesty and professionalism. And hopefully the guys here at WoV that know that you were unfair will continue to bring it up every few weeks." KJ
once this was posted by KJ, months after his ban, and weeks after initially posting on GF......his support on wov dried up quickly,Before this was posted there was an organic swelling of support of KJ on wov . Many posts on a thread were asking for his return. Little did they know that the wiz had been sent the above message and was sitting on it because he doesnt talk about private messages. So the grumblings continued until the above was posted. And then things changed. It tied the hands of the mods who wanted to help. So here we are.
You say he will would have never been reinstated, and I think he would have except for the threat.....one thing for sure....we will never know for sure. The threat made sure of that. So all we have is our beliefs
threatening to question publically someones " integrity, honesty and professionalism" for the rest of their lives, is not endearing nor helpful toward reinstatement
The Wiz explains:
" March 14th, 2016 at 6:58:26 PM
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It is with my much regret that I have to nuke kewlj. Normally we don't consider what goes on at other forums in our suspensions here. However, he has been spreading private and untrue information on other forums based on events here. "
Two weeks earlier he was suspended for a week for truce violation.
KJ knows EXACTLY what he said and where he said it: I don't, nor will I search for it; I read it as it happened, and that's enough.
pass the popcorn....MC asked ....and MC was answered
Nowhere in this statement does Shack say he was threatened. I think he definitely used the quote larry put up as the excuse to ban kj. But I think it was his convenient excuse. Imagine yourself in KJ's position. You think you negotiated an agreement with Shack to return to WoV. But then Shack comes with "I have to run it by QFIT." WTF? Who's running the site? Shack or QFIT? You negotiated an agreement with Shack not knowing QFIT had veto power? What the fuck is that? Why did Shack not divulge that information until the negotiations were over? Thats what makes the whole thing stink to high heaven.
If I was in that spot I would automatically know I was set up for no return. QFIT was after getting KJ banned from all forums. No way in hell was he going to approve KJ's return to WoV. Shack was playing both ends against the middle. His minions were complaining about KJ's ouster. He appeased them by telling them he was considering reinstating KJ. But he had no such intention. He knew full well QFIT wouldn't go for it. He went through the charade of negotiating with KJ to further appease his minions. The KJ quote that Larry put up was the convenient excuse Shack used to tell his minions "We were working hard to reinstate KJ but then he threatened me so as far as I'm concerned KJ is dead." Shack played his minions for suckers portraying himself as doing everything he could to bring KJ back but KJ hung himself. Bullshit!
KJ didn't make the post about keeping the issue going until well after Shack told him "I have to run it by QFIT." Like I said, I would have automatically known at that point there was no coming back. So anything I subsequently write has no bearing on whether I will be reinstated. I don't blame KJ for blowing his stack at that point. I would have said a hell of a lot worse to Shackleford.
the timeline is off....but its your opinion , and I cant change that
Oh god, you guys are killing me here....dragging me back into this. You KNOW I have to comment. ;)
First... am I the only person that thinks it odd (really unfair) that Mike changed the rules midstream? "Normally we don't consider what goes on at other forums.....but I am suspending KJ for something said on another forum". He 'made up' a rule, or manufactured a reason to ban me because he owed Qfit a favor. Mike himself basically told me this privately later, is so many words.
Now second I am going to go over exactly what was said. Mike had mentioned to me in private that Qfit contacted him a many times complaining about me. So on another forum discussing my banning I said "Qfit had PMed Mike 19 times in a 24 hour period complaining".
So I guess the part Mike "thinks" is spreading untrue information is where I said 19 times instead of many times and where I said PMed instead of emailed which it was later revealed was the method of contact Qfit used.
BUT NEITHER OF THESE PEICES OF INFORMATION CAME FROM MIKE. I was told by another Moderator at WoV that Qfit had contacted Mike "19 times in a 24 hour period" and it was this other moderator was the one who told me "PM". So I made neither of those things up as Mike claims for his reason for banning me.
So therefore I did NOT spread private information from Mike like he thinks I did. I repeated information told me from another moderator at WoV. And I was NOT told by this other moderator that this information was private and not to repeat it!
I suspect Mike was pissed because I stated the exact number of times Qfit complained. (and BTW 19 times in 24 hours says...."something". lol) BUT that didn't come from him. He never told me an exact number. That came from another moderator. Maybe he should take it up with that moderator. And BTW I have never identified that moderator, even though it is a moderator I don't have much respect for. :rolleyes:
So Kj made the post supposedly threatening Mike during negotiations but Mike kept negotiatiing with KJ and when negotiations were over he said "I have to run it by QFIT?" Then subsequently banned Kj for threatening him? Is that what you are saying happened? There would have been no need for "I have to run it by QFIT" if it happened that way. Shack would have just banned him right there. Whose timeline is off?
First... am I the only person that thinks it odd (really unfair) that Mike changed the rules midstream? "Normally we don't consider what goes on at other forums.....but I am suspending KJ for something said on another forum". He 'made up' a rule, or manufactured a reason to ban me because he owed Qfit a favor. Mike himself basically told me this privately is so many words.
I have said this before...just as you has said what you said before.
Making up rules as he goes is normal operating procedure at wov. For instance someone was banned for supposedly welshing on a bet with another poster. No such rule. That occurred while you were a member in good standing. I and others had been commenting and pointing out uneven and overly punitive punishment by mods for 2 years before you were banned. Commenting on that very site. A big reason why I hadnt built up good will like you did.
So get in line. You were treated like dozens of people before you. So no you arent the only person who thought things were unfair. Me and others had been on that subject for years. I and others personally defended others that we thought were mistreated. If more people like you would have joined in...things may have been different. Maybe the climate would have been different. There is strength in numbers,
But unfortunately there were never "numbers"...just a small minority of us(who all eventually got banned). OThers like you were happy to stay in their lane and not rock the boat as long as no one mistreated you. So eventually the people who kept quiet get the heavy hand of the mods that they kept quiet about...and then all of a sudden they complain. Too late.
Also this is yet another example of you being in the world of me me me. BY using a specific number like "19"..you may have outed the mod that was sympathetic to you and gave you info. You could have been more protective and said "over a dozen". You could have used the phrase "excessive numbers of emails/PMS". But you had no thought in protecting your source because its all about me me me. Maybe the wiz told alot of people about the number "19" and you didnt out a single person. But maybe he told only one person that exact number. You had no idea. It would have been common courtesy to at least try to shield your source from exposure.. But you didnt. So please dont brag that the Wiz was mistaken. You were careless and thoughtless and all about yourself.
Mickey is correct. The so-called "threat", which I maintain was no threat but a promise to not let this die, was the final contact I had with Mike. He responded angrily and closed my account at Diversity Tomorrow so I had no other way to continue to contact him.
But it was the same time frame. It went something like this.
We had basically reached an agreement we both could live with. Mike said h needed to run it by Qfit. Surprise!!!..Qfit was not on board! Up until that point I really had no idea Qfit was in such control of Mike. :( (this is a sad face, not for me, but for Mike, allowing himself to be played like this....I feel bad for him).
So after Qfit 'nixed' the deal, Mike had a sort of compromise idea or plan. He said he would present the entire situation to Zuga and allow him to make the call. And in a rather conciliatory note, Mike promised to tell Zuga that I was a valuable and well liked member. My own personal feeling was this was so Mike could then tell Qfit that it was not his call, when Qfit blow up about it and he undoubtably would. But again, that's my own thought.
Now it was at this time messages were being exchanged quickly and several actually crossed. One that crossed was a reference by Mike that there would be "consequences from Qfit" if Mike allowed me back. That is when I made the statement that everyone thinks was a threat. I said there would be consequences from me as well. I would not let this die and the rest of what Larry quoted.
THAT was NOT a threat. It was simply a response that their would be consequences from me as well. I obviously didn't get across what my intention was. And probably should not even have gone that route since we were making progress. One of many things I would have handled differently. As I said, plenty of blame to go around. Most of mine is in this aftermath area. Things said and the way they were said, including a lot of unnecessary and immature name calling. Regrets...I've had a few.... You guys are lucky there is no audio or I would be singing. :p
what the hell.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...cXyC9-yrJcpX-K
Mickey is correct. The so-called "threat", which I maintain was no threat but a promise to not let this die,
exposing his integrety and professionalism in a negative light for the rest of his life in a public manner whenever you have the chance is a THREAT.
dont try to tap dance.
any sane person would see that as a threat
and any same person would not set the precedent to bend ad accomodate a person who threatens
I could never figure out the wiz's motivation in this fiasco.
What power did Qfit have over him, such that he feared there would be "consequences from Qfit it Mike allowed me back?"
One can only speculate, and all of the possibilities either do not compute or stink to high heavens.
So yeah, you got hosed.
As LarryS. points out that sort of thing was not unique.
Even today people piss and moan there about the good members being exiled to Siberia, most recently ping pang pong (or whatever).
You have said this before and I know this is how you feel, but I think this is somewhat of an unfair characterization on your part, Larry. For example, yes I know someone was banned for welching on a bet...or supposedly...I don't even know. :confused: Also, even at this time, much later, with this bet-welching incident still talked about and brought up, I couldn't tell you who is is?? maybe strickly Ap? I really don't know.
The reason I don't know is because I don't read most threads. If a thread isn't about blackjack or maybe a promo, or on topic of Las Vegas, I wasn't much interested. Go back and look at the thread I posted in. I did get into a little bit of politics and sports talk, but mainly I was interested in Blackjack, AP promos, Las vegas. So no I don't know everything that went on.
Take Alan's 18 y.o. in row. I think that whole thing happened why I was at WoV. I never even heard about it until I came to this site. I didn't read, nor had any interest in craps. And the same thing probably occurred with you. I think one (of many) reasons you dislike me so much is because you feel like I didn't speak up when you were banned. I honestly know nothing of your banning. I didn't read about it when it occurred. I don't know the circumstances. I did go back and look a little bit when last year when we discussed this topic at GF. If I recall the reason given was multiple violations of something. I have no idea as to details or if that is "trumped up".
You have criticized me before for this. You interpret it as not caring about other members. But what it really is, is that I had a limited interest at WoV. I participated in limited discussions, as mentioned. I didn't LIVE for WOV. It was one of 3 sites I posted on regularly, the other two much more specific blackjack sites, where I did read everything. Forgive me Larry for not being interested in everything said at WoV and who said what and who was treated badly. I do have a career ya know. I'm a professional. :)
BUT if it makes you feel any better, because of some of the things you pointed out and having gone back and read some stuff, I did learn some things about the site, Mike, other mods and how the site was run that I didn't know at the time and don't like now. Yes many things that happened while I was there. So it isn't with any sense of anger or bitterness when I say today, That WoV is not the site that I thought it was when I participated there. I guess that's on me. :(
Yes, it was strictlyap that got squashed for welshing a bet but it was a secret mod that banned him. And I think its a well known secret that Wizardofnothing was strictlyap.
You do know that "ping pang pong" is here now right? ;)
Well, Gee, I don't remember YOU speaking up? According to your best friend Larry, if you look the other way when you feel something is wrong and don't speak up, you are just as much to blame. :confused:
I don't think there is any great mystery. I have heard all sorts of things, some bizarre. I think it is rather simple. Mike had or has great respect for Qfit as a fellow math guy, particularly a blackjack math guy that Mike used to have much more interest in. As Qfit is older than Mike, I would go as far to say, he "looked up to him".
Apparently Qfit did some sort of math work as a favor to Mike on something (I don't know what). And Mike felt indebted to him, or like he owed him a favor. One could speculate that he was "reminded' that he owed that favor.
So Mike took sides in a feud that he knew nothing about. And banned what he himself called a valuable member of 4 years.
I think that is basically the story.
Personally, I think Mike was played and got in over his head. I think he still has regrets to this whole situation and how it went down. Unfortunately, he is unable to bring himself to deal with it. AND my immature behavior in the aftermath and name calling and all for months, gave him a reason to justify not doing anything. Plenty of blame to go around.
If I had to score it. Mike was initially very wrong in his decision and handling of my banning. I was equally very, very wrong (and immature) in my handling of much of the aftermath. Although in my very weak defense, much of that was out of frustration.
Qfit was ....well I am not even going to go there. I wish everyone happiness. :)
I didn't know until very recently that WoV was strictlyAP. :rolleyes: But back at GF, in a private message, WoN, described himself as a personal friend of Mike's. Was that some sort of delusion? :confused:
He also fed me some private info on Mike that in my immature and poor way of handling things, I used. I assumes (I guess I play the part of "ass") that info was legit because he knew Mike personally...or so he said. I am sure those comments endeared me to Mike. :p
Maybe as part of your recovery from heart surgery you can take up unicycling.
I've no idea what kind of shape you're in, but if you master it and put up a youtube or two of your prowess, well, katie bar the door, the word would quickly spread at WoV and no doubt somebody (it might even be me, assuming I'm not yet banned) would throw out the word "challenge."
He who pedals last ...
I'll pass on the unicycling. Not my cup of tea.
I am in pretty good shape for my age, I think. I am about 10 lbs heavier at about 160 /162 than I would like to be. Isn't everyone? Mine isn't a reflection of my recent medical issues and recovery, if anything I would attribute it to the Vegas lifestyle and regular buffet eating.
I don't do New Years resolutions because all that does it set people up to fail and feel bad about themselves. What a way to start a new year! But I am going to seriously try to lose 10 lbs this spring and be a little more active. My partner/spouse, a heavy person, lost 46 pounds last year, mostly since July. He has much more to go, but he has managed to drop weight while eating at the buffets regularly, so I can't really use the buffets as an excuse. :rolleyes:
The end result is this....its simple
Even if the wiz got people whispering in his ear over the following months after the ban, and got the mods to back you, and after time he started to soften had you walked away quietly......things may have been different as time heals all wounds.
However once you threw the hand grenade on the way out....the above could not happen. Now I probably would have done something as well that pissed him off. Heck by me going to GF and co-founding that thread, pretty much ensured I will never be back on wov. I didnt need to threaten/promise him that I wouldnt forget and wouldnt let up. I just did what you threatened. I didnt let up regarding how others were treated, speaking less than 10 percent of the time about myself. Just as freddy did. Pointing out his failures and the failures of the mods to act decently , evenly and with proper customer service values.
But by threatening tainting the public's view of his professionalism and integrity via lifetime public reprimands....you closed the door on returning just like I did with my thread on GF and GG. You threw the hand grenade on the way out. You didnt have to. You could have let things organically unfold to a natural conclusion. A conclusion that may or may not have been favorable to you. But by your actions, you ensured that the conclusion was going to be unfavorable to you....just like I did for myself.
No regrets for me. Thats why the majority ...vast majority of the hundreds of pages on GF,,,,had little to do with my specific banning, I had a few pages going back and forth with mission and 2 pages with Face...and that was it. Everything else involves other people and general behavior.
So no....i dont give a fuck if you personally defended me when I was banned. I didnt even know you existed. But I do want you to realize that there were dozens of people before you that were fucked, and as MrV STATES, ITS STILL GOING ON. The thread on GF was about others....not about me. It was about systematic widespread abuse of people...often people who are on the unpopular side of issues. Dozens of people and activities were referenced by me and freddy.....having nothing to do with us personally.
The name of the thread was WOV is dying.....not "LarryS was fucked by wov.". And lovepotion9. me and freddy kept to that topic. It wasnt about us.
However, you mostly concentrated on yourself and your case on that thread. That is the difference between you and I.
on GF.....Won was one of the most immature vulgar people who taunted freddy accusing him of fucking his grandmother, grand father,, animals...never ending vulgarities. And you felt he was credible????? He claimed to have a "real girl" laying on his chest as he typed and posted. How immature is that??as opposed to a blow up doll I guess. And this guy fed you intel???? lol
I don't know or care about most of that? Yukky, yukky.
So I am going back to your post before this one. Our situations are different LarryS. Many of you guys are traditional working guys with some sort of traditional job/career. You come home and log onto a forum of the topic of gambling, something that you have an interest in. Could just as easily be a forum on the topic of cars, or camping or bowling. It's sort of a hobby....as I said an interest. And that is fine. I am not putting that down. That's great. If it comes off that I am looking down on that, I really am not.
But I and a handful of others, earn of living playing at the casinos. I am not going to use the term "professional" to avoid that whole debate, but it is our livelihood. It's how we earn our living, pay rent /mortgages, put food on the table.
So you guys, get into some sort of discussion that leads to debate that turns nasty. Names called, feelings hurt, things said in heat that maybe shouldn't be. And some moderator says you (or the other guy) went over the line and issues a suspension. That's fine. It is basically a game to you guys....entertainment if you will.
But to those of us that make our living at the casinos, participating on these sites is much more than entertainment. Sure there is some entertainment mixed in, but there is something much more. Our reputations. AP's use these sites to network. We build credibility and a reputation. That is why almost all AP's use the same handle or some slight variation of. We aren't hiding, we are putting out reputation on the line.
For many this networking and building leads to partnerships, long-term or short-term or team play. Being a solo-type blackjack player and even now with a partner, I am still a solo type player, I am not looking to partner or team up with other AP's. But that could change someday. Maybe as my career winds down I will want to join some sort of team and go out with a bang. A 'burn all bridges' last run.
Now my reputation, has been damaged. Just read that post at WoV over the weekend from one of the top blackjack guys, team organizers and managers. He says he has seen me play (I still wonder :confused:), and that I am top notch. He also says he would not want me on his team. :( My reputation is damaged from all this. Yes, some my doing, maybe much my doing in the "aftermath". But there should have been no "aftermath". The initial damage, the initial problem, was the banning at Wizards site and there was no reason for that.
There really was no reason for my banning at the initial blackjack site (Qfit's), but that is Qfit. He has a long reputation of feuding. And most people knew that I was right and he was for some odd reason protecting someone who was misleading players and members. I'm not going to get into all that.
The banning at Qfit's site didn't hurt me that much. The blackjack people in the community knew what was going on. But when Qfit trolled me to Mike's site and manipulated and bullied Mike into banning me, people in the BJ community took a different view. I was now banned at 2 different sites. I must be the problem. The bad guy. The difficult guy. Players that I networked with regularly, began to distance themselves. What my reputation is in the BJ AP community was more or less confirmed at WoV, this weekend. And that isn't a game, or my entertainment. It is my career and could directly influence and harm my pocket...my income.
So yeah, I fought back hard. And subsequently dug a deeper hole I guess.
There have been people in this world that were fired from their jobs, and time passes and the boss rethinks the reasons of firing and realizes it was a mistake and asks the person back. That is assuming the person left the premises calm cool and collective. If the person burned the bridge on the way out...then the person doesnt ever get asked back.
You were in a similar situation.(and me too) on wov. Mike is the boss,,,,,at least the acting boss ...and he let you go....and he may have felt remorse had you just walked away and said thanks for the years of free access to the site and maybe one day our paths will cross. blah blah blah....
In both cases above, temporarily people may view you and the fired person as "damaged goods"......but when they were asked back, that label goes away.
However like you said...if you" dig a deeper hole".....then the "damaged goods" tag sticks. they never get asked back.
in both cases the reason for the firing/banning may be bogus.....but you can choose to make lemonaide from lemons and possibly find redemption later on....or you can throw the lemons at the boss and say fuck you.
Now like you said, i have nothing to lose by throwing lemons at the wiz. But you do....and you threw lemons as well..and that was a tactical error. You under-estimated the fallout. It happens.
The hole may be deep, but there is light at the top.
Dig your way out.
Here's how.
Post interesting threads about APing blackjack, and avoid the emotion.
That's it.
I am reduced to a site that nobody cares about AP blackjack and every single thing I share is met with a challenge to prove it.
Even the personal things. I shared the traumatic experience of finding out I was having heart surgery with 48 hours notice and was challenged about it. That is the environment this is. :(
Anyway, enough of all this. I am heading to the hot tub and then bed.
You've reached rock bottom, things can only look up from here.
It is no secret that PingPangPong is Monet0412 and now on this site I just signed up as monet. My situation is different. I actually requested to be nuked but was unable to have that so they put me on an indefinite suspension and after serving 30 days of a self ban I was welcome to come back. However, I didn't exactly understand the 30 day rule and decided to make another user name at day 26 or 27. It seemed to be a running joke that everyone knew Monet was PPP so I just ran with it. So I decided to post up a bunch of jackpot pictures during that 3 week period and the wiz made a clever needle and I swallowed the bait. We were asked by a Mod to cool it which I was fine with and made no more remarks. A few days later the wiz made another clever snide remark and I decided to post a more direct needle. No big deal to me... I was more so pushing buttons looking for reactions. I got what I wanted. I had fun with it. I heard that behind the scenes members were PMing all about it but I didn't really care about it. I had my fun. I got a permanent ban and so be it.
Later I made some user names that got squashed from my home pc but I knew they would get squashed. After that I started creating other names from other locations and had no problems with posting. I have close to 20 names on WoV now. I don't need or use them to troll or stir up trouble. I just have them because I don't like being told what can and can't be done or allowed. In my mind I will probably create another 20 names down the road. Not because I need them but just because I can. Also having 20-40 names will make it near impossible for them to stop me posting when I want to post and that is all it really is. Is that childish... sure but who cares!?
I am not at rock bottom. I'm fine. I have a good career, good life, friends and family I love. Life is good.
And I have tried to move on from this shit. I thought I had anyway. ;)
But when someone brings it up, I guess I am still passionate about it and it gets the best of me. Sue me Mr Attorney. :p
what percent of APs are on boards daily or a few times a week?
My guess is a small percentage. I am guessing that most APs go about their business without fanfare or without drawing attention to themselves on message boards.
so why couldnt you be like them....dont use message boards for professional reasons. Just go about your AP business and just use message boards for other stuff like talking politics or social issues or general gambling topics.
yes, I know you like to give advice and help people....but maybe thats not in the cards for now.
I really dont think you need these boards in order to be successful. Who cares if other APs feel you are tainted....you work alone....and by the time you are ready for a partner in APing.....you may have met one already in your travels without the help of a message board.
MrV WAS RIGHT...you just get too emotinal...and that is your downfall. People are scared of emotional people. That taints you. But as he said ...if you post for years in an unemotional manner....that "emotional" tag will be forgotten.
There is a douche on the penalty box that comes on and constantly beings up nazi topics and comments.....look how I handle the little douchebag....I proclaim that I am alive today because of hitler and have him to thank....which is technically true. Whereas you, in a similar situation would be calling for his removal and throwing a fit.
Stop taking life so seriously when it comes to nameless faceless nobodies. Ignore them(including me), agree with them, stop asking for their removal, and things change.
See how a debate can be had with me if you dont get emotional? If you dont stomp your feet and cry and make demands.
the nameless faceless dochebag can talk about hitler, himler, lampshades.....and it doesnt get a reaction from me except a reaction of agreement and praise.
you should try that...you would come accross better in the trade of APs.
more stable...respected....professional. you have total control over that...and how people view your career
Cliffs plx.
Kewlj I don't recall you sharing any helpful information here about blackjack. Isn't the AP mantra not to divulge information? So I have to ask why do you even bother at all going on forums? The same with Biloxi who has never provided any helpful information here but has only insulted and criticized which is why he's blocked.
On the other hand mickeycrimm with his discussion about slot machines is the only one who has provided info which is informative. So kudos to mickeycrimm.
If he continues to get all emotional over QFIT....and keeps beating this dead horse issue....he comes accross as a crazy person ....and he already said that other APs view him as damaged goods that they wouldnt team up with. He finds that to be a real negative. But he has total control over that going forward....and if he keeps harping on QFIT.....and making himself look like an over emotional self centered individual.....then QFIT WINS. Now only would QFIT have caused his removal from wov, but he would have changed a whole communities view of KJ. Why would eh let that happen? Why would he let qfit win even more than he already has?
If I was an AP and did what I did(the 200 page thread on GF).....the AP community would view me as nuts. But I had nothing to lose. I am not an AP. But KJ is not in my position. He had/has alot to lose. So if he follows your advice and does what you say you would do.......he will did a deeper hole for himself. He wants acceptance in the AP community....You,MC do not care about acceptance in the AP community.
when an argument is won, there is nothing left to say by some but to attack the opponent personally,
thanks for waving the white flag
I graciously acknowledge your defeat
I've won every argument I've had with you because you are a blowhard narcissist. Your whole schtick is trying to make other people look bad to assuage your own feelings of inferiority. Drag them down to your level. What you don't get is how horrible you look doing it. Your so called advice that no one wants is filled with anecdotal bullshit that fits a theme for running other people down. You always put things in a way that belittles other people. As if you don't have your own problems. You contribute nothing of value to the forum.
I graciously acknowledge your overwhelming defeat.
i bet you would never get a step stool and say that to my face
that is rather violent talk. You threatened to shoot shackleford and slam my face into the floor. Is that you talking or your friend Jack
my guess its your friend Jack...that type of talk always came when you were plastered.
watch yourself stumbling home.....its cold and slippery out.
notice I take my own advice....I am not crying that you should be banned for physical threats. I find them amusing. And like most folk I find you and your altered state of mind amusing. Dance for me mickey.....dance
And Mickey carries a gun.
MisterV and Mickey both have guns.
I am sure shackleford is barricading himself in his home after hearing of the threat.
the only way he could smash my face into the floor, is if I layed down next to him on the sidewalk