Lots of mischaracterization/misinterpretations all up in this thread. Not saying it's intentional, but it's damn sure there, nonetheless.
The 2 initial obvious cases in this thread are, in fact, contained in yisman's 1st post (then 2 more obvious ones are added by me and another one by yis, subsequently). The "bobby case" was never one presented as obvious, as the ambiguity of it would never let it qualify for the type cases I was speaking about (regardless of my personal feelings about who's "right" in the bobby case).
So... setting up an argument (as Opti did) about how difficult the "bobby case" would be to what I was trying to accomplish here is irrelevant/specious.
IT WOULD NOT BE ONE EVEN CONSIDERED IN THE THREAD that I wanted to set up. I thought I spoke in clear English: crystal clear evidence, verifiable. IOW, no ambiguity to it... no interpretations. Like TripperD mentions, the identifiable stiff cases indeed exist.
mp5070 set up a thread to bet the Heat Final (wanted an obvious freeroll)... lost ... then stiffed yisman. Can't get any clearer if you look at the thread. To date, TxAaron has *never* denied owing yisman (find the post where he does; he just states he never borrowed in another thread). And in this thread, TxStiffy merely states he won't pay someone that "slandered him" and made it "purposely difficult." For all intents and purposes, copping to the stiff job but rationalizing why he has the right to do so. Well, hell... stiffs have been using that kind of reasoning since stiffing began (see ttwarrior and his tired old "I'm not paying cuz someone said mean things to me" shtick). Those kind of warped rationalizations don't excuse the stiffing. This should be obvious. Not sure why one would believe this is complicated to figure out.
Also, I *never* said Opti had a biased view b/c he works for SBR and toeing the company line yadda yadda --- complete and utter misinterpretation (just as Opti originally admitted to misinterpreting my "punishing the class" comment). Go back and READ WHAT I WROTE. I was simply asking why he would say I was the guy making it "personal" when I was talking about SBR. Didn't make any sense as SBR is a company, not a person. I challenge anyone to go back and read what I wrote and tell me I'm wrong and Opti isn't misinterpreting what I actually said.
Anyway..... I appreciate & respect Opti's overall viewpoint, and, similar to what he stated, I am not trying to be argumentative; I was simply trying to improve the forum community by weeding out the no-doubt-about-it thieves and offered up a (preliminarily fleshed-out) viable plan that worked
*with* SBR... just as Shari is asking the forum members to work with her here:
http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/players-talk/3293866-who-hell-jjgold-p2.html#post26114096
Again, it truly isn't rocket science what I was advocating and it's puzzling why artificial difficulties are being injected into the equation (the bobby scenario, should we consider the stiff's excuses, etc.) -- BUT, as I told Freezer in the GOD THREAD, there's only so much mental masturbation I'm willing to engage in, and being SBR is gonna do jackshit (because they don't care if the members stiff each other, only if SBR gets stiffed) so.... I will adjust on my end and I'm pretty much done commenting further regarding this matter.
VIVA LA THIEVES!!!
p.s. -- Tripper had some really good ideas