A decent attempt at "spin" here Bobby, but it didn't work 15 months ago, and it won't work now. You seem to have a serious problem with honesty and truth.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BobbyAWS:
The only thing I had to "come clean" about was the fact that sometimes, Rick would make a rule or a policy that I would (respectfully) disagree with. And if someone griped about that policy in the forums, I would be the one who would respond to the criticisms. It was hard work. And since I didn't really believe in my heart that the company's stance on a certain issue was the best way to handle a situation, it was even HARDER work.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Here are some facts in case they slipped your grasp and/or memory. The "criticisms", as you call them, were mostly questions about player un-friendly changes in Allworld's policies at that time. Instead of answering them in a straightforward and truthful manner (or simply declining comment), you chose to repeatedly LIE and attack the posters asking the questions. You were fairly popular at the time so you erroneously thought you could rally support for your misguided cause (even enlisting the aid of a couple of unscrupulous forum owners at another site), but enough people saw through your constant stream of b.s. and called you on it.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I remember one time, after getting home from a 14-hour college football Saturday, I had to turn on my computer, and spend about three hours typing one of my usual long-winded responses to one of your posts. By that point, I was pretty sick of it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You should have been sick of it. Making ad-hominem attacks on posters asking valid questions in an effort to discredit them, and then intentionally misleading and lying to the forums about the true state of affairs at Allworld should have made you sick.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I was tired of fighting over something that I personally didn't even believe in. But since I was the voice of the company, I was arguing the company's policy and point of view.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
As I recall Rick and Kenny were also posting for Allworld at the time. I would find it hard to believe that you were singled out and forced to answer Allworld questions on the forums by lying and attacking posters asking legitimate questions.
Did you ever stop and consider the feelings of the players you were repeatedly lying to on these forums, and all the money those players would have lost if Allworld went down with
their money?
I guess that didn't matter to you, as long as you could hang on to your job.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>When I left All World, I wanted to tell you that I sometimes agreed with you. Not usually; just occasionally. But I couldn't state that publicly.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You had plenty of opportunities to do that if you had wanted to, but you did not. It's been 15 months. You could have sent an e-mail if you wanted to say something privately, but you instead chose to slither off in the hope that it would all be forgotten. Save your b.s. for the handful of people who still might believe you.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I'm sorry that you were expecting something more earth-shattering. But that's all there was to it. In fact, I didn't even bother with it, until you suggested that it had something to do with me, quote:
"admit to all the lies of commission and omission that you had been telling on these forums when you were working at Allworld"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
No, I definitely wasn't expecting anything remotely near earth-shattering. Not after watching you twist and bend and contort the truth, and just outright lie, so many times before. I guess I was just hoping that you would show some class and a glimmer of honesty and admit to what you had been doing. Guess even that small hope was expecting too much.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Boy, did you have the wrong idea. Again.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Nope....and that's really a shame. The fact is I've
always had the right idea about you. I'm glad I could expose you for the lying, misleading spin artist you turned out to be.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>If you're planning on digging up the old posts and rekindling this debate, don't bother.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
There is no "debate". This has always been a matter of facts and lies. Here's a Cliff Notes version of events for those who didn't follow it while it was happening, or don't want to look up old posts.
I asked Bobby questions about changes at Allworld. In a deliberate attempt to conceal the true story of what was happening there (they were out of money and going down), Bobby chose to be evasive and instead attacked me personally. When that didn't work and he was pressed for answers, Bobby chose to lie....and continued to lie, all the while feigning shock and pain that people wouldn't just accept his stories as truth. After allowing him more than enough rope to hang himself, I explained why I knew Bobby had been lying to everyone, and publicly called him a liar. Bobby expressed more shock and disbelief that anyone could possibly accuse him of such outrageous behavior, but after thinking it over he promised to finally "come clean".
He never did. Looks like he never will.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I have no intention of checking this board again.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Another lie in a calculated attempt to avoid owning up for your many misdeeds, and apologizing to all the people you were lying to in your misguided effort to keep Allworld afloat. Luckily for the players, Pariaction stepped in to avoid a complete disaster....no thanks to you and your exhaustive efforts to intentionally mislead everyone.
It's a real shame to see an obviously bright guy use his intelligence in such slimy attempts to hide and distort the truth. I think the readers here (and at other forums) deserved better than that.
I was hoping you might have learned some valuable lessons from your stint as the Allworld Information Minister, or at least showed some genuine remorse for your behavior, but judging by your response in this thread, that doesn't seem to be the case.
That's too bad.
