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Originally Posted by imjustshane
Kahn you forget that before I worked at Lock I worked at Merge, where it was my job to look into under the table deals. In my 2-3 years in the Merge client services team there were lots of accusations of under the table deals (usually started by your usual source) but very little evidence of it.
Now did we push the limits of what we could give back to players, yes of course we did, but we did it openly and when it broke network rules such as the casino bonus it was reigned in and we had to deal with the flack from that.
What really pisses me off is the chief source of the under the table deals was a room that hasn't had an original marketing thought in the last 5 years, and in their mind the only reason anyone could actually compete with them is dodgy deals. When in reality other people just worked harder and did more. The greatest evidence of this is that after everyone they blamed for their problems left they still kept shrinking and shrinking and now despite having all of the "vultures" removed and despite having solid processing they have still shrunk and faded into obscurity. If everything is our fault how have they not thrived since we left?
As for the Cake stuff you really need to open your eyes a little. I would have thought that someone who has been around as long as you might remember the trail of money problems the network has had. Its not like details are hard to find on the internet. From the Doyles saga, to Pokerlistings and then to our deal falling through. There are plenty of obvious signs there, but you put on your "Lock is evil" hat and just pin everything on us. If we left Revolution tomorrow paying all that was owed as we did any rooms that hadn't been paid before wouldn't suddenly get paid.
Lock was notorious for blatant poaching of Merge grinders -- both through ******ed public promotions (like the Casino Bonus scam, which resulted in you ripping off tons of players) and secret rakeback.
I have several personal friends who were earning obscene rakeback through these backdoor deals, all accomplished through poaching.
For you to be denying this (and claiming all bending of the rules was public) is as ludicrous as your initial denial of the Portugal trip.
Yes, the Cake Network has been a fail network for a long time, which is what allowed Lock to get their foot in the door in the first place. That doesn't excuse Lock's major failures since joining. It just means you guys are equally as shady and incompetent as the original people involved with Cake.
Congratulations.
