To me this clearly states he has also had no connect with his superiors being himself directly or any associates. He stated he has been a mod for 10 years and other posters have stated they have meet his wife, so with those facts it would seem to be close to inconceivable that he was hiding being a gambling forum mod from his family, so one would gather from that, that someone would have informed someone in charge of his condition.
I know some are trying to defend that if these horrible health tragedies occur it is not without precedent that a person just disappears from life for an extended period of time, this is simply not true, yes it happens and has precedent, but normally at the very lest the love ones around him make sure his outside world continues to run as smoothly as possible and one would reasonably believe his work would have been connected.
Managements words and actions are saying we believe this not to be on the up and up...and them removing his Mod status says they don't want to get anymore deeply involved in whatever it is that he is doing...
I know people want to give him the benefit because they have meet him at parties or he is cordial to them online, but all the actions and non-actions point to him losing the money, through either gambling or maybe he use to invest the money while holding it every year and he was taken by someone...who knows...what I don't believe is that he collected it in the beginning to steal it, nor that he just one day decided to simply steal it, what I did believe is that he lost it, like I previously said through gambling it or being taken on what he thought was short term investment. I believe SBR management also believe this to be the case and may know more then they are willing to tell us at the moment. You don't strip a guy of his work title while recovering even if you believe he wont be able to do the job once recovered.
I think the biggest problem with this situation is most on this site only know BAS the moderator and only a very few know BAS the person. And BAS the moderator is the one who caused this mess. I’m also one who believes BAS the moderator has done a shitty job of moderating the last couple of years. His handling of the Greenbacks situation was disgraceful and it obviously got into his head since he felt that was more important than owing $35,000.
I feel bad for BAS the person if he truly is ill and I hope he gets well and makes a full recovery. But BAS the moderator should be demoted for his actions and be held accountable for the mess he created.
I feel bad for BAS the person if he truly is ill and I hope he gets well and makes a full recovery. But BAS the moderator should be demoted for his actions and be held accountable for the mess he created.
BAS actually recommended him for it a few years ago. Funny as shit, I know.
I don't believe they have demoted him for anything done prior to his actions of that contest. This is them trying to distance themselves from anything he might do in the future. To strip a perhaps dying man of his job title seems highly unlikely, the man has been a mod for 10 years and isn't getting the benefit of the doubt, leaves one to believe this story isn't being bought on even the smallest of levels...
We will have to agree to disagree because I can mention numerous examples of companies cutting the cord with employees they feel could be scrupulous based on past events and they want nothing to do with them based on the fear of those past events digging them a deeper whole in the future. His story is simply not being believe on its face...
For those people who keep defending him with the cliché "I know 100 percent you will be paid" ,"BAS I know is a stand up guy" etc. I can tell you based on two little facts not a single person on this forum can truthfully make those claims, 1) if you know him that well and he had this tragedy him or an associated would have contacted you to inform you of his condition 2) You would be able to get into contact with him or an associate to find out about his condition. No one here has any actual contact with him, because no one here is actually close enough to him to make those actual claims of knowing him well...
Second, remember that BAS himself in no form of contact has told anyone that he actually had a heart attack or stroke, he made mention of an illness. Hache has been the only one to mention either of these...it seems to me the only contact Hache has had with him is through PMs(I might be wrong).
if he has no long-term health issues from the strokes, I do believe 100% that those people will get paid. Suffering two strokes in a short time can be very bad. I have no idea how much damage there is to his brain or the type of damage (memory vs motor skills). I understand people want to get paid, but I think its incredibly crass to expect updates about their payment while he's fighting for his life. I've met him a few times at bashes, I know others here who know him much better than me outside of the forums. It is not their responsibility to the forum to report his health. What if his family doesn't want it out? Many people here hide their gambling hobby from their family also.
Not picking on you Wood, but both sides of my family have histories of strokes. I've seen every aspect of what they do and the aftermath too many times. I basically lived in hospitals and nursing homes all thru high school. I pray for BAS and his family that he regains some normalcy - the forum stuff - including the mod deal, will just have to wait for now. Its probably not the answer some want to hear, but its my realistic take.
I understand your point and strokes can be life alternating(hell look at dick clark before and after) what I am saying is that its obvious at this point that BAS didn't bother to have anyone contact the people who sign his checks(maybe he views this more as a hobby then a job and doesn't give a fuck, who knows) but we have yet to hear one word out of his mouth or anyone that has actually seen him in a hospital bed say this has actually happened. Remember when he returned for a few posts he said he was dealing with an illness. We have hearsay from Hache and that is just about the complete extent of it....not sure why you contact a colleague and not a person in charge also...
I don't believe he would hide being a gambling mod because he has been doing this for a decade and forum members have reported meeting him and his wife, I highly doubt this would be hidden. The circumstantial evidence is simply not pointing at his story being true...I believe he lost the money through some channel, I don't believe he simply stole it and is living it up somewhere while spending it...
It's refreshing to hear a pragmatic, responsible, mature take on this issue. There have been other takes similar to yours , but far too many responses are from drama queens. Muckrakers, looking to stir the pot, questioning integrity because they have no idea what integrity is
Get well BAS, that's our first and foremost concern. Show some decency to humans and real life issues
Assuming that happens, I trust everybody will be paid
I don't like the fact that management changed his title, but I know there are a lot of fucking idiots in this world. Maybe somebody that didn't like BAS finally got his way, or maybe the lawyers told management to do it to mitigate exposure. There are plausible explanations that are NOT all bad. It takes a certain demeanor to always assume the worst
trust me, he views it more than a hobby. One thing we don’t know is if he had a stroke/heart attack/stroke or 2 strokes/heartattack. When someone is in ICU, only immediate family can usually call also.
You have nothing to base that he lost the money somewhere on. I saw you put him on the stiff list also.
You're addressing the queen of drama queens now
If you know him so well, to go against all the circumstantial evidence, even his own employer isn't buying it, you truly believe management would fire/demote/lose title of a man they truly thought had a heart attack and multiple strokes?
If you knew him as well as you claim, you would have been contacted by him or an associate to tell you of his condition, or you would be able to contact him or an associate to find out about his condition, to my knowledge neither has happened because you don't know him well and cant possibly being making the claims you are making...
If he had this heart attack his work would have been contacted plain and simple, there is not a single verified source that anything even happened to him..No one here has had any contact with him...0. So stop bashing people that are owed money. Remember JDeuce was a "stand up" guy also....
