In fairness there was a little bit of mickey going after Dietz at the beginning. Mickey took offense to Dietz's comment comparing SS to welfare and saying he was living off the government teet.
But as time has gone on it has become more than that. Mickey is an advantage player and very obviously spends time, learning all he can about different forms of AP, including sports betting. And that includes watching videos from real players. So the more he dug into sports betting, the more it became obvious to him that Dietz's claims and comments didn't make sense, nor match any other real players.
I have some of that in me as well. There are many times I read something someone writes (especially on more populated forums), and red flags go off and I conclude (not based on any 1 thing said) that they are full of shit. I don't say anything about 98% of them. I am not the advantage player police.
BUT if I do say something, even something very general challenging something and their response is to attack me and continue attacking and lying about me, then yeah, it becomes a little personal and if you have the opportunity to take them down you will.
This happened with me and Dawg. I knew from the first day Dawg posted that his claims were complete bullshit. For a long time I didn't say anything. I wasn't even on a forum with him at that time. But when I returned to WoV, about a year into his silliness by that point, yeah, I had to say something. But I was very polite in my comments (at first). I simply challenged some things said that didn't 'work". And his response was to attack me, not at WoV, where he knew he couldn't but to come here and attack, make up lie, repeat lies. So yeah, at that point it is personal. he made it so.
So when I had the opportunity to get his records and take him down, I did! I would have never done so if he had just been respectful.