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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
LOL @ "playing God with peoples lives". Like anyone involved with this site has such a bizarre motive behind their actions.
Most likely not. I only say that because I have read about experiments where normal people have given some kind of perceived power and they start abusing it.
From your previous posts you seem to be completely fair so I'm not trying to attack anyone.
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Originally Posted by Bobo Fett
Yes, this forum section is for the benefit of the poker community, which extends beyond you and the guy you scammed.
Why don't you just repay what you owe, like you should? And if there's a specific situation where you think it would be appropriate for information to be removed, you should contact us to discuss it, rather than starting a thread and pretending this is all about your concern for 2+2 policy and the good of your fellow scammers.
I didn't want to bring my personal situation on this thread because I honestly just want to find out what's fair and ethical. I don't care much about this forum and other peoples situations, just the issue in general.
My personal case is that I was losing player with gambling problem and was staked for 4nl 9 years ago. At the start I tried my best to make profit, but eventually I hit a downswing and it ended up like it has always ended for me - I gambled the bankroll away. I remember trying to work it out with the backer, but he wanted much more than what I was staked for. If I remember correctly his reasoning was that I should pay what my bankroll was at the highest point. At the time it was a large amount for me and I didn't think it was fair to ask more than the stake.
Looking back I made 2 mistakes with this situation other than gambling the bankroll: 1. If I didn't pay back the original stake, I should have done it asap. 2. I should have asked for opinions from others about the situation. I was embarrassed about the whole situation and just wanted it to go away.
Last year I searched for my name and found out the negative feedback post and slowly started to recall the details about the event. I had some money saved up and wanted to clear the issue with the backer. I would lie if partially my motivation wasn't to clear my name as well.
I tried to contact the backer and find out how much I owed, but he didn't have the details. I tried to get access to my old account because I remember discussing the issue privately with him. I made the whole situation worse by attacking mod and wasting everyone's time. The mod wanted me to pay back asked amount while not allowing access to the account and figuring out what the actual amount was. I also thought that he had access to this account, so I mistakenly figured that there's something weird going on. Eventually we agreed on the money and I paid it back. In no way I blame anyone else other than myself and the backer couldn't handle the whole situation better.
That's my personal situation, but I would like to find out in what cases the request is granted and in what it's not.