So, the telltale sign is that there is no sign? I imagine the sensitivity of that test kind of sucks. Would you care to expound on any other telltale signs we should be wary of? (a telltale , maybe ?)

Right now, we don't have any proof that Lock is in dire financial straits because of the support blackout instituted by Lock management. We're drowning in circumstantial evidence, but if you're not a 2p2 troll^H^H^H^H^Huser, you're not likely to know about it. The circumstantial evidence is not going to end up in the WSJ until the morning after the company tanks though, leading people to say "wow, things came on suddenly and without warning!"

This wouldn't matter. Look at Ultimate Poker. They have scumbag Ultimate Bet poeple (Greg Pierson for example) related to their name. Scumbags are always going to be in this business. And everyone will accept it.

Mat, the thing is we have expressed it. Over and over again. In more "civilized" fashion, using very well constructed arguments upon arguments.

And over and over again we've been denied any sort of pertinent information, dare I say and sort of factual information, by shane/lock poker.

And now, after months and months of that, of them giving us the run around in this silly little kindergarten-level game, 2p2 issues them an a deadline, an ultimatum if you will and they(lock) come here with Joseph's post which can't even be called a joke, it's an outright slap in the face, and then Shane posts something like that...call it the straw that broke the camel's back.

As the affiliate manager of Lockpoker, wouldn't you be able to check exactly how many this affected?

This has easily got to be the worst post ever by a customer service rep. It reeks of shady, unethical behavior. I saw that post and I couldn't believe it.

I saw that re-read it a couple times to make sure I read it correctly and imminently thought of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y

Nl_fool in the light of day that is an astounding statement. By a csr no less. By anyone. An adult.

+1 The articles on your site about Lock read more like commercials.

While that one may be the most noticeable now, I'm not even sure it cracks Shane's own personal top 10 for worst and most unprofessional CSR posts. Matter of debate of course, but that's my opinion on it. Maybe I just got used to his attitude. But this isn't exactly the first time he has shown unprofessional attitude.

Yeah but it reeks of something else besides just a bad attitude. Its the Grimm factor, like telling the truth or a lie is like flipping an on/off switch. Probably though its the environment he works in.

shane is here

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I'm confused...how was it factually incorrect?

What part is not fact? The trip occurred and you just confirmed you were instructed to keep quiet about it as well.

You dance around this issue as if somehow misleading people without directly lying makes you a standup guy. You are just as unethical as the company you work for.

Probably some technicality. It didn't start 4 days ago, it started 5 days ago. And it wasn't expensive, it was super-expensive. Something like that.

Their newest installment doesn't exactly read like a commercial...at least not a good one. Still pretty outrageous, though. With a picture of a baby and everything smh

http://www.gambling911.com/poker/loc...rn-050713.html

Jfc, awesome headline. This company steals its players' balances and the "news" is someone says something mean to one of their stooges on twitter. Such a rough life.

Lol gambling911 lolololololol

Why does Shane continue to Pee on our heads and tell us it's raining?
And why do Lock players just stand their and think it's eventually going to stop instead of getting out of the way?

Are you serious.. that's the article they went with? And the image? What's wrong with this guy? Over what a random person said over the internet? Because Matt Stout happened to personally take it to heart, it becomes a write-up of choice? I will literally never even accidentally click on a G911 article again.

As was stated, I'm sure we've all heard the worst of the worst, even Mods stating they've heard similar over handing out points or banning people while performing their VOLUNTEERED roles. What a joke.

Stay classy, G911.

this thread absolutely defies expectations...Shane is either blatantly covering up fraud or the worst customer rep / affiliate director in history.

Its hard to imagine for any sort of customer rep to be that incompetent (at least in case all is well in his company)

What kind of muppet decides to write such an article, with such a picture and headline while there are far more important things to write about regarding this situation. But then again, it's a perfect fit with how Lock is handling this fiasco. What a clown..

This above part of the puff piece is my absolute favorite. It isn't the early days of online poker. uh oh... online poker doesn't make any money? I didn't realize that.

Chris Costigan, wtf are you saying? If you're the front man for repairing the image of Lock Poker, they suck more.

@WhereDidMyEVGo

Shane was was careful not to lie because perhaps he every once in a while has to monitor this behavior in telling lies. In this case he was in fact telling the truth. Jen Larson's assistant arranged the trip. Not her.

lolololol im telling u guys we are def getting trolled...fkn baby pic and everything....our money is gone obv...but instead of closing they wanna mess with us while getting some more deposits.....then turn off the lights

That is some special type of slum journalism.

As if one utterly contemptible human being saying something horrible somehow negates the legitimate frustration of hundreds, if not thousands, of customers.

Also notice the mischaracterization that players are upset about a play through requirement.

People who willfully and obviously distorts the truth and pass it off as journalism are disgusting. Don't bother responding on this site anymore, g911 guy. You're a joke, your site is a joke, and everyone knows that you'll say anything to make a dime. You have less integrity than Lock poker at this point. And that's saying something.