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Originally Posted by peterpjames
basically a cross post from NVG but I urge ChicagoRy to take down Hokie Greg's video packs at the website while Greg continues to hard shill for Lock Poker on his Twitter, which I believe is unethical based on the knowledge we have about the company at this time. I hope others here agree.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the concerns. I responded at length in the NVG thread as well.
My history of criticizing Lock, both on 2p2 and on HUSNG.com (the two places this video pack is sold) is very long. Since Black Friday, both publicly and privately to our community.
Given that the pack is sold in two places where I've actively discouraged users from signing up on Lock, I felt that a package that doesn't involve Lock play, Lock discussion, and helps users improve their game in hyper turbos (it's all PT4 reviews, discussion between players and Greg, and powerpoint type slides) would be appropriate to sell to users. Basically, the pack does nothing to further Lock Poker's behavior/new sign ups.
Further, I believe it was late last year, before cashouts got too crazy, I was criticized a lot when I was talking about how Lock had a history of lies and a huge red flag was the 100-150% rakeback they gave the biggest grinders for months last summer. Basically, people responded with "well they've paid out all cashouts to date" and "it doesn't mean they are shady/don't have the funds."
Many other players that I warned of the long trail of Lock Poker lies and shady behavior signed up anyways. Why? They wanted an extra 10-20% of rakeback at the time.
However, at the end of the day, my personal frustration as a long time critic of Lock and my own belief that selling the pack is fine is not going to be the deciding factor.
If our community feels the pack should no longer be sold, I will take that feedback seriously and would be willing to drop the pack. This is the first post I've seen on the subject, and as mentioned before, when I've criticized the site over the last 2 years, I've been met with mostly deaf ears.