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Originally Posted by SrslySirius
What I said was accurate. The SNE debacle was a multi-million dollar scam.
Of course, nowhere did I say that it's on the same level or degree of shadiness. I'm not sure why you're putting those words in my mouth. Obviously the superusing scandal as much worse. I also lost a lot of money to UB, you don't need to make these emotional appeals. I said the situations are similar. Like two triangles of the same shape but different sizes.
First, let me say again that I am not minimizing the SNE situation.
However, I in no way put words in your mouth. What you said was
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They both accepted sponsorships from a site called Ultimate Bet, after a cheating scandal had unraveled in which players were scammed by company owners for millions of dollars. Joe Sebok claimed that he could help the community by fighting from the inside. Nothing ever came of it.
Daniel Negreanu represents a company that scammed SNE players for millions of dollars. He vowed that he would step down from PokerStars if they didn't make it right. He later changed his mind, claiming that he could help the community by fighting from the inside. Nothing ever came of it.
When you use the same or similar language to describe two things you are, indeed, equating the two. I find it hard to believe that you didn't know exactly what you were insinuating - own it.
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I said the situations are similar. Like two triangles of the same shape but different sizes.
Nowhere in that post did you use the word "similar" so I am not sure why you are claiming that is what you said.
As to me "making an emotional appeal" - seriously? There was no emotion involved at all. Instead it was from someone who was actually familiar with the situation. If, as you stated, you too lost money then your analogy is all the more ridiculous.
Frankly, if you want to attack DN that is your business and I have no reason to become involved. However, when you clearly misrepresented actual facts to do so I felt the need to do so. Particularly when it was in response to a poster who obviously knew nothing about the situation.
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Own it - you knew exactly what you were doing (media presentation is your profession after all). Claiming that you said the two situations were "similar" when you said no such thing is just silly.
Stick to silly t-shirts and billboards to "help the poker community" at least those are accurate albeit childish.