Just read an email that was very interesting indeed about Curtis resigning. Certainly doesn't surprise in any way. I can full empathise. Infact it validates alot of what I've said in the past and it seems like the wargamer is really under threat.
I hope Curtis finds another job. Being hounded out of a job is alot worse than vilified then banned from a forum. He has my sympathy. I'm sure the people responsible will do a superb job as always in painting out those they don't like as the bad guy and they are pure as snow. Seriously what happened to Curtis at the hands of some of the wargaming community is a disgrace, but one again I bet they walk away from it unscathed whilst a man had to quit his job. I know who they are, I know what they do and how they have people reporting back to them monitoring forums. It wasn't long ago I called into question certain things on this very forum and my concerns turned out to be true..conflicting loyalties I think i said only to be shouted down and made out to be some stirring metal case which funny enough isn't true, what was true was my concerns over certain things. The reason i knew is because I know what i was made out to be and what my motives where made out to be nothing at all based in reality. So I know what they are capable of, slander, manipulation etc. Sadly this is the kind of thing that happens.
All the best Curtis, I hope The wargamer can carry on and grow and grow.
I hope Curtis finds another job soon. The whole mess is terrible, just before Xmas aswell. Disgusting. Good luck chap!!
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I wish Curtis the best. I will probably visit Wargamer less than ever.
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It's not the Wargamer thats at fault..it's the other site sadly. I've removed my likes on FB for it..and suggested it should be vetoed.
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It would help if people would stop talking in riddles and post what happened .... or at least their take on it
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People are to worried about come backs if names are named etc...I am for starters, as I know what can happen...there is a thread by me from a few months ago on here where I mentioned one of them..only for him to turn up, track my IP somehow from this site, report it to Wargamer to get my account in a different name banned. Yes I shouldn't have been there..well actually I should have still been on wargamer as it was the same group that manipulated and twisted a situation to get me baned in the first place.
Seriously they are clever, have clout and have enough contacts and lackies around to make your life very difficult. I' taking a risk writing this now and infact writing this post. Strange their presence hasn't shown up yet. Maybe they are keeping low after all this underhand stuff has blown up to show people exactly what they are like. Cos normally whenever people have pulled them they are pounced on and made out to be mentally unstable. This time though it's big news against a main wargame community member and serious enough to warrent him having to leave his job. Thats how good they are at doing what they do. I hope it's a step to far this time and their website dies as people realise what they are like and leave in droves.
Seriously they are clever, have clout and have enough contacts and lackies around to make your life very difficult. I' taking a risk writing this now and infact writing this post. Strange their presence hasn't shown up yet. Maybe they are keeping low after all this underhand stuff has blown up to show people exactly what they are like. Cos normally whenever people have pulled them they are pounced on and made out to be mentally unstable. This time though it's big news against a main wargame community member and serious enough to warrent him having to leave his job. Thats how good they are at doing what they do. I hope it's a step to far this time and their website dies as people realise what they are like and leave in droves.
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RE: The Wargamer and curtis
I suppose I'm part of this 'shadowy cabal' working behind the scenes to control the war gaming scene with an iron fist, since clearly such a thing existing makes a ton of sense...
The other site is Grogheads. I went over there about a year ago after drifting away from The Wargamer. Does everyone over there like Curtis? No, not really. However, the idea that that imemdiately leads to mysterious forces uniting against someone to bring them down is ridiculous.
If the Grogheads crew had the power that Curtis seems to claim we do, why would Longblade have ever left the Wargamer? After all, that sort of collective pull could have gotten him every change he wanted, right? There would have been no reason to leave in the first place.
Here are your two possibilities, really :
1. Curtis was fired and decided to chuck a fire bomb on his way out the door. He completely ignored his own rules and decided to just divide an already small war gaming community even further.
2. There is a secret group with the ability to force Slitherine-Matrix to do their bidding.
Whichever seems more reasonable to you, go with it. The second comes with a free tin foil hat!
Also, I'd like to request that this shadow organization force Slitherine-Matrix to begin making a Steel Panthers sequel...
The other site is Grogheads. I went over there about a year ago after drifting away from The Wargamer. Does everyone over there like Curtis? No, not really. However, the idea that that imemdiately leads to mysterious forces uniting against someone to bring them down is ridiculous.
If the Grogheads crew had the power that Curtis seems to claim we do, why would Longblade have ever left the Wargamer? After all, that sort of collective pull could have gotten him every change he wanted, right? There would have been no reason to leave in the first place.
Here are your two possibilities, really :
1. Curtis was fired and decided to chuck a fire bomb on his way out the door. He completely ignored his own rules and decided to just divide an already small war gaming community even further.
2. There is a secret group with the ability to force Slitherine-Matrix to do their bidding.
Whichever seems more reasonable to you, go with it. The second comes with a free tin foil hat!
Also, I'd like to request that this shadow organization force Slitherine-Matrix to begin making a Steel Panthers sequel...
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God - if ever a post was to reel people in!
Wodin - I don't like the insinuations you are making. I'm not bothered what you say about particular members (which you are careful not to do) as they can stick up from themselves. But rather than mention particular people you had a run in with, you decide to go with a "cover everyone" story.
I stuck up for you over at Wargamer - even AFTER you had tried duping people with a couple of identities and even AFTER you had a "snide" remark about me having eTorrent on my desktop (which was used solely to download A-10C - and is a valid torent link provided by DCS).
I never left here OR Wargamer to go to Grogheads - I went to Grogheads because I was told of a new site opening. I was invited by a person I knew at Wargamer and so I took a look and signed up. I post there probably more frequently than here or Wargamer but I DO still post here and at Wargamer.
I couldn't give a rats arse who's running what site or why what's going on is going on (whatever the hell that maybe) - but when you show up with posts like this, enticing people to respond only to come out with some forked tongue accusation that "you knew they would".
By enticing people to respond - I mean with comments like this
You're not even a member of either site and still you manage to get backs up with your bloody conspiracy theories.
Look - you may be right. There may well have been a conspiracy out to get you. It may have involved a handful of people at Wargamer - it might even have involved the President of the United bloody States - but it did not involve me or many other people over there (or Grogheads) - so quit being so disrespectful to people with your sweeping jibes.
As for Curtis (I didn't even know who that was!)...your stirring post was the only thing I knew about it...I guess I'm not in the big conspiracy loop you keep on about!
Wodin - I don't like the insinuations you are making. I'm not bothered what you say about particular members (which you are careful not to do) as they can stick up from themselves. But rather than mention particular people you had a run in with, you decide to go with a "cover everyone" story.
I stuck up for you over at Wargamer - even AFTER you had tried duping people with a couple of identities and even AFTER you had a "snide" remark about me having eTorrent on my desktop (which was used solely to download A-10C - and is a valid torent link provided by DCS).
I never left here OR Wargamer to go to Grogheads - I went to Grogheads because I was told of a new site opening. I was invited by a person I knew at Wargamer and so I took a look and signed up. I post there probably more frequently than here or Wargamer but I DO still post here and at Wargamer.
I couldn't give a rats arse who's running what site or why what's going on is going on (whatever the hell that maybe) - but when you show up with posts like this, enticing people to respond only to come out with some forked tongue accusation that "you knew they would".
By enticing people to respond - I mean with comments like this
What exactly did you think was going to come of posting something like that? You are NOT being specific with names so accusing ALL members at Grogheads of being involved in this mess. And for the record your statement is all encompassing - and drags everyone into this whole crappy mess - a mess which, by the way, a considerable amount of people (both on wargamer AND Grogheads) want to stay out of - including me.Seriously they are clever, have clout and have enough contacts and lackies around to make your life very difficult. I' taking a risk writing this now and infact writing this post. Strange their presence hasn't shown up yet. Maybe they are keeping low after all this underhand stuff has blown up to show people exactly what they are like. Cos normally whenever people have pulled them they are pounced on and made out to be mentally unstable. This time though it's big news against a main wargame community member and serious enough to warrent him having to leave his job. Thats how good they are at doing what they do. I hope it's a step to far this time and their website dies as people realise what they are like and leave in droves.
You're not even a member of either site and still you manage to get backs up with your bloody conspiracy theories.
Look - you may be right. There may well have been a conspiracy out to get you. It may have involved a handful of people at Wargamer - it might even have involved the President of the United bloody States - but it did not involve me or many other people over there (or Grogheads) - so quit being so disrespectful to people with your sweeping jibes.
As for Curtis (I didn't even know who that was!)...your stirring post was the only thing I knew about it...I guess I'm not in the big conspiracy loop you keep on about!
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Whats so secret about it? Starfury, Bayonetebrant & Jarhead, the censorship gestapo get me banned at both sites regularly. Ostensibly its a religion/politics forum but if you oppose the brainwashing as defined by their dogma youre booted. Very hypocritical. [8|]
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ORIGINAL: wodin
People are to worried about come backs if names are named etc...I am for starters, as I know what can happen...there is a thread by me from a few months ago on here where I mentioned one of them..only for him to turn up, track my IP somehow from this site, report it to Wargamer to get my account in a different name banned. Yes I shouldn't have been there..well actually I should have still been on wargamer as it was the same group that manipulated and twisted a situation to get me baned in the first place.
Seriously they are clever, have clout and have enough contacts and lackies around to make your life very difficult. I' taking a risk writing this now and infact writing this post. Strange their presence hasn't shown up yet. Maybe they are keeping low after all this underhand stuff has blown up to show people exactly what they are like. Cos normally whenever people have pulled them they are pounced on and made out to be mentally unstable. This time though it's big news against a main wargame community member and serious enough to warrent him having to leave his job. Thats how good they are at doing what they do. I hope it's a step to far this time and their website dies as people realise what they are like and leave in droves.
Do you write comedy professionally or just on internet forums?
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ORIGINAL: parusski
I wish Curtis the best.
Hear hear!!
Curtis offered me an opportunity to write for the Wargamer, for which I am very grateful.
I hope he does'nt disappear off the scene, he was a very supportive and helpful editor.
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Hey Wodin (now don't get mad buddy I'm just repeating something you wrote just recently sort of in jest) but didn't you just comment on how you wish "people would talk about Wargaming and wargames instead of all this "other stuff"? [:'(] Now you made this thread yourself so I was just wondering why the flipflop?
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Everyone's doing it!
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RE: The Wargamer and curtis
Ok this is getting out of hand. Let's keep it polite people.
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ORIGINAL: Iain McNeil
Ok this is getting out of hand. Let's keep it polite people.
Sadly, it did not begin politely. It began with some provocative, largely uninformed statements by the OP.
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ORIGINAL: wodin
It's not the Wargamer thats at fault..it's the other site sadly. I've removed my likes on FB for it..and suggested it should be vetoed.
Badly worded on my part, but hell, I am visiting Matrixforums.com less.
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ORIGINAL: SLAAKMAN
Whats so secret about it? Starfury, Bayonetebrant & Jarhead, the censorship gestapo get me banned at both sites regularly. Ostensibly its a religion/politics forum but if you oppose the brainwashing as defined by their dogma youre booted. Very hypocritical. [8|]
butt hurt much? [:'(]
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Are you willing to make peace?GDS Starfury
Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit.
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So you want escalation?
Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit.
— Winston Churchill
— Winston Churchill