got banned yesterday from one of the other offshore forums .. some of you might know which one, especially if you were following the thread content.
I participated in a thread to where NFL Contests payouts weren't or haven't paid out.... I got banned for making comments about it.. some comments were a little over the top I admit. a few posters didn't feel like I should be making any comments about it at all , mostly because I didn't have a dog in the fight or have posted there , since my last post after the 2017 NFL season.. At that time I was frustrated with the way the Pick 5 contest was run. I had entered it for 2016 and 17 seasons...Transparency wasn't there . Its a contest where over the last 3 weeks you can submit your picks privately... Once those picks weren't posted shortly after the kickoff , I called the whole situation out...Once you get late into the 1st qtr and you don't know what a lot of the top contenders picks are , you lose the integrity of the contest.. quite a few posters, (good ole boys ) were alarmed how I could question the integrity of the contest and the owner of the site .. There was other issues too ,involving grading mistakes and posters being allowed to keep their picks even after posting them late and after the deadline….That was enough for me....
I have a good friend on that site.. Once the thread started about posters not getting their contest winnings , I decided to enter the thread and give my point of view with it.. I didn't accuse the owner of stiffing the posters , pretty much called it out for what should happen , especially for the owner to actually address the situation , which hasn't happened at all from the end of the season.. The contest threads were taken down shortly after the season ended , which has even further clouded the situation..These posters only have received some partial payments, a lot of excuses , and failed promised payout deadlines.. The thread blew up , as more posters joined in.... it looks like a rob Peter to pay Paul situation there with the NFL contests on that board. and it finally caught up with him when you see how many posters haven't been paid for all of the NFL contests..
And now the mod comes in and tells us all the owner just had a heart attack , and we all need to back off til he gets healthy and can come in and address the situation....and this is after his sister was in a car accident , wife with big medical issues , getting his Pay Pal account locked out , issues with 5dimes, etc. OK , I guess all of this could happen.. So I get banned .. I still follow the thread , and more integrity issues get brought up with the contest , a lot more serious then the issues I had brought up towards the end of 2017 season. , which seemed to affect this years winner and 2nd place .. over a 9K difference.. so many other issues with this contest..
I probably wouldn't have got into the thread if I wasn't hammered so hard for just wanting transparency and fairness with the contest that I participated in the first place , which caused me to stop entering contests and posting there.. I pretty much feel vindicated of my concerns with the way contest was run..Because now everything with the contest is being exposed.. Biggest problem they had with the integrity issues , is not having any software to use for the contest... its like doing a contest in the 20th century
I seem to be a bigger problem on that site then the issue itself with posters not getting paid …. a scapegoat
Ban doesn't bother me , this site is pretty much the only one I post at anyway , so no biggy ..
I participated in a thread to where NFL Contests payouts weren't or haven't paid out.... I got banned for making comments about it.. some comments were a little over the top I admit. a few posters didn't feel like I should be making any comments about it at all , mostly because I didn't have a dog in the fight or have posted there , since my last post after the 2017 NFL season.. At that time I was frustrated with the way the Pick 5 contest was run. I had entered it for 2016 and 17 seasons...Transparency wasn't there . Its a contest where over the last 3 weeks you can submit your picks privately... Once those picks weren't posted shortly after the kickoff , I called the whole situation out...Once you get late into the 1st qtr and you don't know what a lot of the top contenders picks are , you lose the integrity of the contest.. quite a few posters, (good ole boys ) were alarmed how I could question the integrity of the contest and the owner of the site .. There was other issues too ,involving grading mistakes and posters being allowed to keep their picks even after posting them late and after the deadline….That was enough for me....
I have a good friend on that site.. Once the thread started about posters not getting their contest winnings , I decided to enter the thread and give my point of view with it.. I didn't accuse the owner of stiffing the posters , pretty much called it out for what should happen , especially for the owner to actually address the situation , which hasn't happened at all from the end of the season.. The contest threads were taken down shortly after the season ended , which has even further clouded the situation..These posters only have received some partial payments, a lot of excuses , and failed promised payout deadlines.. The thread blew up , as more posters joined in.... it looks like a rob Peter to pay Paul situation there with the NFL contests on that board. and it finally caught up with him when you see how many posters haven't been paid for all of the NFL contests..
And now the mod comes in and tells us all the owner just had a heart attack , and we all need to back off til he gets healthy and can come in and address the situation....and this is after his sister was in a car accident , wife with big medical issues , getting his Pay Pal account locked out , issues with 5dimes, etc. OK , I guess all of this could happen.. So I get banned .. I still follow the thread , and more integrity issues get brought up with the contest , a lot more serious then the issues I had brought up towards the end of 2017 season. , which seemed to affect this years winner and 2nd place .. over a 9K difference.. so many other issues with this contest..
I probably wouldn't have got into the thread if I wasn't hammered so hard for just wanting transparency and fairness with the contest that I participated in the first place , which caused me to stop entering contests and posting there.. I pretty much feel vindicated of my concerns with the way contest was run..Because now everything with the contest is being exposed.. Biggest problem they had with the integrity issues , is not having any software to use for the contest... its like doing a contest in the 20th century
I seem to be a bigger problem on that site then the issue itself with posters not getting paid …. a scapegoat
Ban doesn't bother me , this site is pretty much the only one I post at anyway , so no biggy ..