I didn't want to bring this up because a decision was already made, but I have thought alot about this ever since RJ posted it and I have a really hard time just supporting something like this. I will explain in my post, and to be honest, I would take this private, but I think the people here at pregame (some who are my friends) need to know how I feel about this decision. Maybe this will help them get answers they are seeking, too. Hopefully, you can read this before it probably gets taken down.
The first thing in life that anyone wants is honesty. Honesty shows respect and dishonesty shows disrespect. Sometimes you have to break it to protect yourself and the well being of others. Luckily for me, I have never been in a position where the lies got so carried away that I had to keep lying to cover up old lies. I’m not saying that what were posted are lies, I’m just saying that it’s inaccurate.
Ive had been with Pregame for close to 5 years now and trolled Johnny Detroits old site when he had it. That is how I came to Pregame. Since that time, my objective was to help others and cash tickets with winners. Try to do stuff the right was, with forum interaction, brainstorming, and community help. I’m a person that will admit when I’m wrong and when someone is better than me. I have never closed my mind on learning.
When I was asked to be a mod, in the rules, ghosting was something that was highlighted. RJ gave explanations why it necessary. Then the time come when ghosting was very clear, yet nothing was done. The question here is why? Why was it not done? Here is what RJ said:
RJ Bell:
"Ghosting is against the rules.
Ghosting has not been aggressively moderated in the past.
Identifying ghosting is not always 100% - sometimes factors can produce a false positive."
Here is my question, if its not 100% accurate, how can you ban people for ghosting in the first place. Here is the kicker, this situation that was brought up, it doesn’t get clearer that there were no flaws, it was 100% accurate. It was ghosting. The question here is this: Why is RJ backtracking and why wasn’t anyone banned?
RJ Bell:
"I very much appreciate mod 1's no BS approach to moderation - the community is about helping each other win, and drama gets in the way of that.
Yet, in this case he jumped the gun. Since the technology is less than 100%, making decisions on technology alone is not enough."
My first question here is this…who is Mod1? When I became a mod, I was assigned a group with other mods, guess what, no other mods are present in that group. Just me and this guy named vijaykishore. It turned out to be Vegas Runner. I thought nothing of it. But where are my other mods? This is the kicker, the only friends Mod1 has is DubV and RJ. How crazy is that? Then I started putting the pieces together.
The first thing I want to say is I was in that Marco baseball challenge last year and I don’t even bet baseball, but for the sake of killing time and maybe having fun, I would play it. I got the highest win streak. Then a few days later, it was beaten. I thought nothing of it. Who were the winners? It was never posted. But, remember when Pregame had that competition for gold star poster. How many entries were in it? A lot, me included. Who won that? DubV.
DubV:
Thanks fellas. This is the greatest day of my life. This is after he quoted: No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The thread is located here for you to check out: /pregame-forums/f/14/t/697833.aspx
Then, DUBV is part of this Hilton Team and Toofdoc said he donated his shares to protect animals. See, that doesn’t add up. How can someone be so happy to win a Pregame Contest, yet, turns down a lot more than that winning part of a team with other forum members? It just doesn’t make sense to me.
I could rant on, even show proof about a lot of stuff, but this is the basics. This is just the beginning of the iceberg. Basically what I’m saying guys, is I love the concept of this site, but the more I think about how this was handled, the more skeptical and disgusted I get. I simply can't be a part of this. I can't be true to myself if I am part of this site. It’s not fair to me or everyone else out there in the forums every day. So as I post this, I will no longer be a part of this site that has been so special to me. I am far from perfect, but I do have morals and I also believe in doing things the right way - with honesty. I wish everyone the best of luck in the future.