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Misc WizardOfVegas Forum is Dying

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous Gambling Forum' started by LovePotion9, Sep 5, 2015.

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  1. Mickey Crimm

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    Shack is a good mathematician but he is about brain dead when it comes to women. Most all men would figure Jennie out in a New York second. If you want her attention then you better show some dough. But Shack thinks his shit dont stink. No way in hell is she gonna go for a gangly fucker like that unless he shows some do-ray-me.

    Jamming her up for $40? What an idiot.
     
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  2. redietz

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    Mickey -- now I need to look up the spellings of "gangly" in case I want to use your "gangly fucker" phrase down the road. I have a friend making a film, and I may be able to work it into a monologue.

    But yeah, if you're her, you don't anticipate some idiot dude telling you to shell out $40 to cover BJ losses. Especially when he's "the wiz." Can Shackleford's social IQ be that low?
     
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  3. KewlJ

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    Yes, Axel, many here are in the gutter, including me sometimes. And really, I didn't have a right to make that suggestion to WoN. It was judgmental of me and I apologize to you WoN. It's just that I feel you are better than that. I try to make my points as best I can without getting into flat out negative attacks. I think there is more credibility to your case and points that way. Note, I said "try", sometimes I don't succeed. lol

    I honestly wish LP9 would prove he is not a sockpuppet....or at least prove he isn't me. I guess that is what I am concerned about, because someone made that accusation and without proof against it, some people are believing. All I can say in my defense is something LarryS pointed out, looking at the time lines....that LP9 joined this site in September 2015 and began immediately posting regularly to the "WoV dying" thread attacking WoV and Wizard. At that time I was still very happily posting and contributing to WoV. I had no problems with WoV and Mike until 6 months after that. So I sort of hope LP9 gets cleared or admins get to the bottom of this just to clear my name. I guess that is selfish reasons but whatever. lol

    If I was LP9, as accused, I think I would either have a friend log on from his house or else go to a library or public place and log on one time to appease management. But that is just me trying to get into the head of someone that does this sockpuppet thingy. Not only do I not know much about proxy servers and stuff (or most tech type stuff), but anything I have to say, I WANT to post under my handle, that I am known by.

    The whole sockpupper phenomenon seems odd to me. I am not a medical Doctor, nor slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night (I know I am over-using this joke), but sockpuppet behavior seems on the path to multiple personalities to me. And even worse if someone is conversing between various sockpuppet accounts. That seems like someone sitting in the corner talking to themselves.

    I am pretty sure I know who LP9 was on Wizards site as well as Norm's site before that, although that too is just an anonymous name (handle) to me as that person was really a relative newcomber to both sites, when they left each. Possibly they are a sockpuppet of someone else here as well, or even multiple people on the other sites. I have no idea.
     
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  4. Admin Team

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    If LovePotion9 is indeed a Sock Puppet, they could be a Sock Puppet of any member here, including of those accusing you. That's why you should ignore such accusations and speculation as we're the only ones that can make that determination and we won't throw out accusations without evidence. We have not even confirmed if LovePotion9 is a Sock Puppet, and may never due to lack of evidence, so attempting to guess whose Sock Puppet they may be is futile.
     
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  5. AxelWolf

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    LOL I'm sure it's not you. It's obviously one of the "2" main WOV banned sock puppeteers. I can't believe you dont realize how rampant sockpuppeting is here and at WOV or the lengths they will go to. FYI remember you accused me of being KJIsssgay.
     
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  6. AxelWolf

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    YOU will never prove it isn't a sockpuppet, it was obvious before and even more so now. They are just trying to figure out how to fool you and come up with a good story.

    If someone put a gun to your head and you had to guess puppet or not what would you choose?

    Can all VPN's be detected?
     
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  7. RS

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    That's a well lit basement LarryS has there.
     

  8. Admin Team

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    It was not obvious to us before yesterday. Then again, we don't know the history between the members here and the different gambling communities, so we can only judge a member based on what they have said and done here since our inception a year and a half ago.

    Once we suspect a member is a Sock Puppet, it will be very difficult for them to fool us. We are not naive and we have a tech background, so whatever they may try, we most likely have already seen it before. This is not our first rodeo.

    We don't administer this community with a gun to our heads, so we can observe matters with a calm and rational mind and make informed decisions that we can back up with reason. Therefore, we won't declare a member is a Sock Puppet until we have evidence to support it.

    In general, yes, and quite easily so if you know where to look.
     
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  9. nate

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    Read his show reviews, about the male reviews. I don't see anywhere that he didn't author those. And if he didn't, he should have put in a line saying so. He's gay, it don't matter if later he married a woman.
     
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  10. nate

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    It also doesn't matter one iota what flavor he is. If it's something he's letting cloud his judgement when modding then it is an issue.
    It's not an issue with me.
     
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  11. KewlJ

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    Yeah, I know all about gay guys and marriages to women and all that stuff. My partner, (whom I am marriage to, I just prefer partner over husband or spouse) has 3 grown children from his first marriage to a woman. But whatever. I have discussed Shacklefords sexuality with you way more than I care to already. 1 second was way more than I wanted to think about that. I just don't think it is a topic that should be speculated about either way. I have real issues with Weasel, but I am not going to sink to suggestive comments about his sexuality, or even worse if I thought or knew something for sure, I would never out someone....That is a very personal things that can have major consequences for some folks.

    I have also heard too much about the topic of sockpuppets the last two days...way more than I care to know or learn. It is brutally hot here in Vegas and I just got in from being out all morning, doing laundry at the youth homeless shelter, and I am just going to go sit in the corner in front of the air conditioning and try not to think about any of this. :eek:
     
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  12. Boz

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    My advise, don't. Enjoy the day, even with the heat. Remember 90 with 80% humidity here in PA and it's a hell of a lot more miserable. That's crazy talk. First off who cares but betting Mike isn't gay is the bet of multiple centuries. Is this what these guys are down to? At least hit him on the issues that are subject to debate.
     
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  13. KewlJ

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    Ok, bored after my nap and still too hot to take a swim, I read some of the show reviews that nate was talking about.

    In the review of American Storm, which is an all male revue, posted by Wizard on October 12, 2011, there is the following statement: "Being a male attending this performance my spouse was asked by the person sitting next to him why we were attending the show to which he responded we like men".

    My assumption is that this review was not written by wizard, only posted by him.

    In the review of Dancing Queen, the opening line of the review starts "I was born in 1965, so I take my ABBA, and seventies music in general, very seriously". This year of birth links up with Wizards current age, so this review seems to be written by him. So then we are back to were all reviews written by him and in particular the American Storm review referencing a male spouse?

    I don't see any other reviews which have any sort of gay male personal reference including reviews of Cher, Dancing Queens (Abba) and Divas (drag show). Was there something I missed nate or is it just that one reference?

    I suppose based on that odd reference as part of the review that has his name on it, it wouldn't be outrageously unfair to inquire about that reference?
     
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  14. MrV

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  16. KewlJ

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    The picture is irrelevant....it's a campaign ad. I looked at the website, you have linked to. I have no idea what that website is, but with a net worth of over a billion dollars, I assume they are either not very accurate or referencing a different Michael Shackleford. Otherwise he really does have some "esplaining" to do regarding the tin cup, donations episode. :)

    And btw, I am not suggesting he is gay...nate did that! all I am saying is with that odd phrase as part of a review that has byline, I don't think it would be outrageous to ask him about the confusion.

    If this guy is gay....my gaydar needs a major tune-up. o_O
     
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  17. redietz

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    That site is brilliant -- if it's taken as Andy Kaufman-esque performing art. It really socks you in the teeth if what you think you "know" is based on two-minute internet searches and Wikipedia. Puts everybody who relies on TMZ and wiki (and anonymous forums) in their Orwellian place.
     
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  18. Wizardofnothing

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    Now he worth 12 mil on that site
     
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  19. LarryS

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    Why couldn't "we both like men" be spoken by a woman
     
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  20. KewlJ

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    "spouse was asked by the person sitting next to him". "him" being the key word.

    My guess is someone else wrote this review, a gay man with a male spouse and Mike just posted it with his byline.
     
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