Searching for Some Answers
The fact is that you will get a question answered 99% of the time from the participants on this forum.
Asking a question diplomatically gets more responses than ... . Remember, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar - food for thought.
99% of the participants on this forum are decent people who enjoy the comraderie and competition of blackjack tournaments. Then there's the other 1%. I think if you look back at my questions they've all been posed dimplomatically. They just require someone to confront the truth and that's something he clearly has a difficult time with. He has no problem coming here and falsely hyping things or bullying people who disagree with him, but when confronted with the facts, he runs and hides.
Consider this. The following excerpts are from a post I found while looking for some answers:
http://www.blackjacktournaments.com/bb/showthread.php?t=2860
One of my signatures on this board is " If you want to know ask Joe".
It seems you dropped that signature recently. Why? Are you not as well informed as you once were?
Two or three members here have repeatedly accused me of dodging questions when asked of me.
It's a valid claim. You recently posted that you were busy but would answer all the questions asked of you, but that still hasn't happened.
I try to only share information on this board that I know to be fact, and I would not intentionally lie about something or someone.
If we take you on your word on this, why won't you retract the statements you've made that were clearly not true, particularly about the bet21 bonus money situation?
2 or 3 members here do that all the time and then retract their false information and or statements. I will not do that.
I think most people would rather you retract something that isn't accurate than continue to defend it or just ignore it like you do. We all make mistakes. Yours may have been based on false information. What do you have to gain by continuing to defend bet21? Do you financially benefit from their success?
My credibility is more important than making a point or taking a position on some subject that I do not have all the facts about.
If this is true, you have no credibility until you reveal the truth about your involvement in bet21 and your feelings on the bonus money issue.
They have installed a new software that will track all bonus money earned while playing blackjack and Elimination Blackjack tournaments.Poker playing will still earn you bonus dollars also.
The deposit bonuses that are due players that have new and recent deposits, will appear in your account and be available to use in 2 to 3 weeks at the most.
All players who signed up when Bet 21 first came on line, will receive all their due bonuses retro active from Day 1 of their deposit.As this will take some addition time to check all play from the beginning, they have told me ALL owed bonus money will be resolved by Jan. 1, 2007, at the latest.
Do you still stand by this? What led you to make this claim? Have you had any follow up with the people that gave you this false information? Have you explained to them that your credibility has been devastated because of this?
The ball is now in your hands. Try not to drop it.
Bet21.com, Bet21.net and PlayUBT.com are the best thing that has ever happened to blackjack tournaments.Lets not blow this one.
Do you still believe this? Do you think that players should patronize a company that has demonstrated such dishonesty and disregard for its customers? And again, what's your involvement with these entities? Full disclosure is really what we all deserve, don't you think?
I have attempted to get my questions answered privately, but only received a revolting response that I will not share publicly. Why the animosity Joe? Why won't you stand up like a man and face the truth? You continue to present yourself as an expert and a big shot and say you'll answer the questions that are asked of you, but you never do. Instead, you resort to name calling, dishonesty, and dodging. You'll notice my posts never resort to that. I'm just asking for the truth. Why is that so hard for you? You publicly offered a guarantee that bonus money would be paid, but haven't responded to a single follow up from FGK asking to define the terms. You will come here and post tournament results but won't seem to answer any questions about your involvement in the tournaments. And anyone who disagrees with you is subject to bullying, harassing, name calling, insults, and abuse. Why can't you simply answer things truthfully? Why is that so difficult? 99% of the people here can, why not you?
