Originally Posted by
MaxPen
Originally Posted by
kewlJ
THAT seals my fate MaxPen?
That post was humor. No attacks of Mike. Have you lost your sense of humor?
Makes it kind of hard for anyone to support someone being reinstated while they flaunt the rules in the chief decisions makers face. But whatever, good luck. It's probably not even worth you trying to get reinstated as it is a dying forum anyhow.
MaxPen, I greatly appreciate that yourself, RS_ and Axelwolf have all spoken up on my behalf to Mike. But let's not pretend that I am on the verge of being re-instated.
1247 days! That is going on 4 years! I mean how long does it take to realize what everyone else knows.
The facts are:
1.) Norm used Mike to ban me. I think this is the big issue for Mike. He doesn't want to admit that he was used and manipulated. And no matter how you slice it, re-instating me would be an acknowledgement of that. I mean nobody wants to admit that but come on....
1247 days! how much time does it take to know that Norm never had any intention of participating at WoV? Hint: the 5 years prior to him showing up where Norm was a member but chose not to participate should have told Mike that.
and 2.) I am banned at both Norm's site and WoV, because I challenged and called out a guy making mathematically impossible claims about his blackjack play. Nothing else. 5% advantage card counting playing his "super duper" count. WITH zero variance, just constant winning.
These claims were and continue to be impossible. I had every right to call them out and challenge this person.
Now I have no Idea why Norm a math guy in his own right, chose to protect this person and ban those of us challenging him. ANd followed that up by going to other forums demanding that I be banned. I am guessing the fact that this person was by far the leading poster on his forum had something to do with it, but you would have to ask him.
But Mike Shackleford, banning me at Norm's request/demand, is a de facto endorsement by Mike of these Mathematically impossible claims. Mike can claim he didn't know what this feud was about, but I told him in private and he promised to look into it. I am guessing he never did, because I find it hard to believe that Mike Shackleford, a guy respected as the leading gambling math guy, would turn his back on the math and embrace mathematically impossible claims....friend or no friend asking him to.
The 3rd and final fact is that this person, is now gone. Completely debunked by mathematician and blackjack expert Don Schlesinger, this person admitted to exaggerating his claims and I believe was banned (maybe left on his own) from Norm's forum. I mean that should have been Mike Shackleford, standing up and debunking these claims 4 years ago, in the name of the math involved. I guess he chose not to do that because a friend asked him not to? I don't know.
But whatever....
1247 days! How long does it take? Let's not pretend Mike is on the verge of re-instatement.
1247 days says otherwise.