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Ballbright
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Originally posted by billyvassi
Originally posted by PS3


I never claimed I was a mod......................................

If you're trying to make stuff up to try to get me to go away, it's not gonna work lol.


More than one person has gotten that impression from something you've said in a PM to them. Just interesting is all, since it's probably against the rules to impersonate one.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, though.


Gutting and colluding are against the rules, but you seem to have no problem with those...
 
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Originally posted by Ballbright
Let me try to point this out in a different way.

What if I PMd Vilita (canberra Strike Owner, as two of my players)about trading my lvl 17 G and C ( on the GBR Sharks where I'm owner)...and offered to take an inactive player back in return?

Would the Bandits be upset? You're damn right they would be. It would be colluding, whether Vilita knew or not what I was doing. Because I was using my position on both teams to better one team at the expense of another. It doesn't take two "people" to collude here, it only takes one person with position on two teams.


You cannot collude with yourself. It's impossible. What you're saying here is that Billy used his position as a GM on one team and a player on another team to better his position by gutting Team A and making Team B better. That's immoral, not right, and probably illegal. But he DIDN'T accept the trade of the players to the Bandits. The Bandits owner did.

So like I said before, you'd need to show intent by both parties. Otherwise, only Billy is guilty. I have no intentions of defending Billy. Only the Bandits.
 
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Originally posted by methomps
Originally posted by Ballbright

Let me try to point this out in a different way.

What if I PMd Vilita (canberra Strike Owner, as two of my players)about trading my lvl 17 G and C ( on the GBR Sharks where I'm owner)...and offered to take an inactive player back in return?

Would the Bandits be upset? You're damn right they would be. It would be colluding, whether Vilita knew or not what I was doing. Because I was using my position on both teams to better one team at the expense of another. It doesn't take two "people" to collude here, it only takes one person with position on two teams.


If you are going to accuse Catspaw and Brisbane of collusion, then yes it requires two people. And you've done that.

Originally posted by Ballbright


Because every would have been all over it from the start. Your teams big need isn't HB, you have two pretty competent ones. Anyone with a modicum of scouting knowledge could see that it was easy to pass on your reserve corners, and that was the way to beat you. You knew corner was a deficiency and tried to get the one that wouldn't raise suspicion, as well as shoring up your supposed HB problem by picking up a one that was low lvl enough not to raise suspicion.

The more you avoid coming clean on this the more suspicious I get...


So simply trading the two players (without doing the firesale) would've raised suspicion? This is where conspiracy theories start to unravel: where they ask you to simultaneously believe that the alleged conspirators were genius and stupid. If they wanted to make the moves without raising suspicion, the firesale would never have happened. They would've just made the two trades and nobody would've been the wiser. This is only being discussed because of the high-profile firesale.

And now you are saying the lvl 12 RB wasn't as expendable as you initially claimed. So after they traded the RB for the CB, they had to trade for another RB (and stupidly did so with the same team) to shore up what was previously fine?



According to Catspaw (on his private team forum) inactive players are nothing to him...he wants them gone. They cannot use level boosts, cannot set tactics, etc... So they got rid of an inactive HB because Catspaw see's no use for them. So yes, they would bring in another HB is the guy was active and able to use level points and set tactics.
 
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seriously, it took me forever to read this thread. i would pay money for everyone to sit on their hands for five minutes so i could absorb it.

what is it that you wish to accomplish? and i mean specifically, the main contributors in this thread, what do you think is going to come of this very public, and imo very juvenile and nasty airing of your dirty laundry? joe? billy? cats? ball?

because this devolved into a pissing contest ten pages ago, and nothing is being accomplished. so if there is some solution to be had, lets hear it.
 
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Originally posted by billyvassi
Originally posted by PS3


I never claimed I was a mod......................................

If you're trying to make stuff up to try to get me to go away, it's not gonna work lol.


More than one person has gotten that impression from something you've said in a PM to them. Just interesting is all, since it's probably against the rules to impersonate one.

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, though.


Post the PMs publically, I give them permission to. I asked them for info about the gutting and some suspicious stuff came up. And I'm sure them being in contact with you still isn't suspicious even though they were RANDOM people you traded for right? So why would they keep in contact with you? They were just RANDOM trades right?


 
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Originally posted by civarian
seriously, it took me forever to read this thread. i would pay money for everyone to sit on their hands for five minutes so i could absorb it.

what is it that you wish to accomplish? and i mean specifically, the main contributors in this thread, what do you think is going to come of this very public, and imo very juvenile and nasty airing of your dirty laundry? joe? billy? cats? ball?

because this devolved into a pissing contest ten pages ago, and nothing is being accomplished. so if there is some solution to be had, lets hear it.


 
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Originally posted by HaplosDog
Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp

just caught this thread...without reading everyones responses...doesnt suprise me a bit...all the cockiness covers up all the skullduggery...and also why no mention of this in the city if champions update...sounds like reportable news to me...


That is uncalled for. The last City of Champions Update was posted long before any of this happened. I'm honestly disappointed in you for stating an opinion without having read any of the evidence.


well...i have read all the "evidence" and i want to add i am not a lawyer, but i did stay at a holiday inn about two weeks ago in san jose...and for the most part what the original poster said really hasnt been disproven...youve tried to discredit him and then wrangle on details...whatever....the bandits pretty much got something for nothing and the man that set it forward is the infamous billyvassi because of his role on the other team....was it right ot wrong? it was wrong, but not against the rules...unfortunately this is a beta and people would rather game the system then compete honorably...no one here is really suprised...they act like douchbags in the forums...and they act like douchbags in the locker room...and they compete like douchbags...in the end it doesnt matter...i just find it funny that they would need to upgrade the "deepest" cb corps in the league and put themselves at risk for doing it...they did it out of fear of the Real Champions in Brisbane and other Zeta teams that they could be facing if they make the finals...and haplos dont get your panties in a bunch...my comment was unecessary...but the thread i read before this was the city of champions...and i thought that this should have been in it...
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Originally posted by atm490

Based on the old thread on this topic, I forget where it was, that had players supporting Billy because they said the owner wasn't active.

To be clear, because you're attacking me, which is bullsh*t... I don't agree with what Billy did. At all. I've been a teammate of his for a whopping three days, so I don't care if he goes untouched or is permanently banned. But I've read the entirety of all of these threads, and my opinion is that the owner of the team that Billy gutted was inactive, and has only become active since someone alerted him that Billy gutted his team. Your opinion is that he was active. There's no way to tell here, because like I said before, which you clearly didn't comprehend... "active" is subjective. Some people think that "active" means you have to stay up until 3 am every night if you're a GM. I disagree. Some people believe "active" means you check in once every three days to toggle settings. I disagree. I think it's somewhere in the middle, and my opinion, based on what I read in both of these threads, is that the owner was inactive. Get it? Wonderful.




I wasn't attacking you, I was just telling you that you had just one side of the story. I looked at both sides and a bunch of other factors to make my decision, not just the post the GM made which is obviously biased. IMO the owner was active but you're right, it is a subjective decision.






 
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Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp
Originally posted by HaplosDog

Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp


just caught this thread...without reading everyones responses...doesnt suprise me a bit...all the cockiness covers up all the skullduggery...and also why no mention of this in the city if champions update...sounds like reportable news to me...


That is uncalled for. The last City of Champions Update was posted long before any of this happened. I'm honestly disappointed in you for stating an opinion without having read any of the evidence.


well...i have read all the "evidence" and i want to add i am not a lawyer, but i did stay at a holiday inn about two weeks ago in san jose...and for the most part what the original poster said really hasnt been disproven...youve tried to discredit him and then wrangle on details...whatever....the bandits pretty much got something for nothing and the man that set it forward is the infamous billyvassi because of his role on the other team....was it right ot wrong? it was wrong, but not against the rules...unfortunately this is a beta and people would rather game the system then compete honorably...no one here is really suprised...they act like douchbags in the forums...and they act like douchbags in the locker room...and they compete like douchbags...in the end it doesnt matter...i just find it funny that they would need to upgrade the "deepest" cb corps in the league and put themselves at risk for doing it...they did it out of fear of the Real Champions in Brisbane and other Zeta teams that they could be facing if they make the finals...and haplos dont get your panties in a bunch...the comment was unecessary...but the thread i read before this was my city of champions...and i thought that this should have been in it...



It COULDN'T have been in it because it hadn't happened yet.
 
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Originally posted by methomps

So simply trading the two players (without doing the firesale) would've raised suspicion? This is where conspiracy theories start to unravel: where they ask you to simultaneously believe that the alleged conspirators were genius and stupid. If they wanted to make the moves without raising suspicion, the firesale would never have happened. They would've just made the two trades and nobody would've been the wiser. This is only being discussed because of the high-profile firesale.

And now you are saying the lvl 12 RB wasn't as expendable as you initially claimed. So after they traded the RB for the CB, they had to trade for another RB (and stupidly did so with the same team) to shore up what was previously fine?



No, you are missing the point entirely. And omitting that the HB WAS INACTIVE ALL SEASON. He wasn't "lvl12" he was a freaking inactive, a third HB was a necessity and hey got one to replace the inactive....

As far as your firesale/conspiracy nonsense you're missing the point entirely. I'm not suggesting a "conspiracy theory" of any sort, but good choice of terms to try an discredit the truth by making someone appear less than sane.

Again, let's go back to the facts.

1. Billy gutted a team without the owner's permission.
2. Billy gave teams he was on special deals (non free market) for players.
3. Billy stripped one team of its players with the intent, in some cases, of bettering teams he was on (COLLUSION).



 
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Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp
Originally posted by HaplosDog

Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp


just caught this thread...without reading everyones responses...doesnt suprise me a bit...all the cockiness covers up all the skullduggery...and also why no mention of this in the city if champions update...sounds like reportable news to me...


That is uncalled for. The last City of Champions Update was posted long before any of this happened. I'm honestly disappointed in you for stating an opinion without having read any of the evidence.


well...i have read all the "evidence" and i want to add i am not a lawyer, but i did stay at a holiday inn about two weeks ago in san jose...and for the most part what the original poster said really hasnt been disproven...youve tried to discredit him and then wrangle on details...whatever....the bandits pretty much got something for nothing and the man that set it forward is the infamous billyvassi because of his role on the other team....was it right ot wrong? it was wrong, but not against the rules...unfortunately this is a beta and people would rather game the system then compete honorably...no one here is really suprised...they act like douchbags in the forums...and they act like douchbags in the locker room...and they compete like douchbags...in the end it doesnt matter...i just find it funny that they would need to upgrade the "deepest" cb corps in the league and put themselves at risk for doing it...they did it out of fear of the Real Champions in Brisbane and other Zeta teams that they could be facing if they make the finals...and haplos dont get your panties in a bunch...the comment was unecessary...but the thread i read before this was my city of champions...and i thought that this should have been in it...


Exactly, the owner of the team just posted PARTIAL PMs that were twisted to make the OP look back. That's not just a bit suspicious too.

NOTHING the OP brought up has been disproven because that's what happened. A team the GM was on traded a needed player for virtually nothing to a team that another one of his players was on which just happened to need a #4 CB for their playoff run. One team got gutted and the other unfairly benefited. That's pretty much collusion.




 
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so lets leave it as it is....and play the game...no matter the outcome of the season...no will respect the bandits...except for themselves...so lets play the game and see what happens....
 
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Originally posted by joemalaka
Originally posted by joemalaka

Originally posted by catspaw27


Wow, that's quite a lot to digest.

I won't go on and defend anything, it's pointless. I will make two thoughts public though:

When players become available you do what you can to grab them. The only Thrasher player upset was the one who WASN'T traded away from an inactive team.

You don't air issues with other players in team forums and try to get them in trouble. Trying to create gossip is like high school. That's not what teammates do. They should be looking out for each other, not setting them up to fail.

That's it. Easy stuff. I have nothing to hide, consider myself to be an honorable owner and coach... but I can't make everyone happy.

If anyone has questions please feel free to PM me, but I won't feed the gossip machine.


You have already fed the gossip machine. You gave Drifter just a bit of a PM I sent you. You didn't give him my first PM and your first PM response to me. You left that out, making it look like I threatened you before you benched me.

Why did you do that? If you do not want to feed the gossip machine, why are you giving out incomplete information?




Drifter (sending him a link so he can see this)...I have heard you are a known poster on GLB. You called me out saying I gave misinformation. I told you how you were wrong (that I didn't threaten to sabotage the Bandits...I said I wouldn't level Mojo up AFTER CatsPaw benched me). You said you would get information from CatsPaw and find out more. You then posted one line from a PM I sent to CatsPaw showing that I said I wouldn't level Mojo up (which I admitted). I pointed out again that this was after everything else. You (Drifter) admitted that CatsPaw did not give you earlier PM's.

So Drifter, I looks to me like catspaw is giving you limited information that he wants filtered. I am offering up this, since I feel I have been straight up since the beginning of all this. If catspaw agrees, I will give you login rights to my account. You can see the PM's between me and him. You will see the order and complete text of them. I will let support know this is happening, so if anything happens to my account they know who had access (I don't think you would do anything but of course I would have to take precautions).

If Catspaw is so honorable and forthcoming, I don't see why this would be a problem. But since he hasn't been completely forthcoming so far and only given out limited information, maybe he will have an issue with this. Again I am 100% forthcoming about all this and have been since the beginning. Since you, Drifter, are supposedly a standup guy (and someone who attacked me without all the info) I am putting this out to you.
 
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Originally posted by drifter


His first post was rational. When he was banned from the forum for it, he instantly resorted to getting into a pissing contest and making threats. If he had said, "Wait a minute, I didn't mean anything by posting it in the public forum" it would have blown over. He chose not to use that tactic.



May 21st, about 30-45 minutes after forum post by JoeMalaka - JoeMalaka is banned from the Brisbane Bandits forum. No PM from CatsPaw27 on why. JoeMalaka figures it was because of the post. JoeMalaka writes CatsPaw27 explaining why he did it and apologized if he was too far. CatsPaw27 responded pissed off, telling JoeMalaka he was wrong, and stating JoeMalaka (player is Mojo Dojo) is removed from the FB depth chart and will be special teams only. JoeMalaka gets in 6 plays only in following game the same day (about 45 minutes later).


says here that he didnt get pissed right away
 
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Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp

Originally posted by HaplosDog


Originally posted by Alex Wondertramp



just caught this thread...without reading everyones responses...doesnt suprise me a bit...all the cockiness covers up all the skullduggery...and also why no mention of this in the city if champions update...sounds like reportable news to me...


That is uncalled for. The last City of Champions Update was posted long before any of this happened. I'm honestly disappointed in you for stating an opinion without having read any of the evidence.


well...i have read all the "evidence" and i want to add i am not a lawyer, but i did stay at a holiday inn about two weeks ago in san jose...and for the most part what the original poster said really hasnt been disproven...youve tried to discredit him and then wrangle on details...whatever....the bandits pretty much got something for nothing and the man that set it forward is the infamous billyvassi because of his role on the other team....was it right ot wrong? it was wrong, but not against the rules...unfortunately this is a beta and people would rather game the system then compete honorably...no one here is really suprised...they act like douchbags in the forums...and they act like douchbags in the locker room...and they compete like douchbags...in the end it doesnt matter...i just find it funny that they would need to upgrade the "deepest" cb corps in the league and put themselves at risk for doing it...they did it out of fear of the Real Champions in Brisbane and other Zeta teams that they could be facing if they make the finals...and haplos dont get your panties in a bunch...the comment was unecessary...but the thread i read before this was my city of champions...and i thought that this should have been in it...



It COULDN'T have been in it because it hadn't happened yet.


ok sorry...mr senstive....my bad...perhaps a rimmer from kevins4484 or badkarma....that should brighten your mood....
 
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