There will be a run-off election, so falling short this time isn't enough to keep Brock Pierce from further penetrating the community.
He should not be a part of the Foundation.
Bitcoin would further be unfairly seen as a criminal element with him.
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There will be a run-off election, so falling short this time isn't enough to keep Brock Pierce from further penetrating the community.
He should not be a part of the Foundation.
Bitcoin would further be unfairly seen as a criminal element with him.
Screw the bitcoin foundation, why dont we elect members to stand against the foundation that has money. But it seems bitcoin is about greed, this is why I like the dogecoin members we should elect them
There will be a run-off election, so falling short this time isn't enough to keep Brock Pierce from further penetrating the community.
Care to guess who said the following?
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[P]rostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia ... should be legal as long as no one is coerced. They are illegal only because of prejudice and narrowmindedness.
Some rules might be called for when these acts directly affect other people's interests. For incest, contraception could be mandatory to avoid risk of inbreeding. For prostitution, a license should be required to ensure prostitutes get regular medical check-ups, and they should have training and support in insisting on use of condoms. This will be an advance in public health, compared with the situation today.
For necrophilia, it might be necessary to ask the next of kin for permission if the decedent's will did not authorize it. Necrophilia would be my second choice for what should be done with my corpse, the first being scientific or medical use. Once my dead body is no longer of any use to me, it may as well be of some use to someone. Besides, I often enjoy rhinophytonecrophilia (nasal sex with dead plants).
Some rules might be called for when these acts directly affect other people's interests. For incest, contraception could be mandatory to avoid risk of inbreeding. For prostitution, a license should be required to ensure prostitutes get regular medical check-ups, and they should have training and support in insisting on use of condoms. This will be an advance in public health, compared with the situation today.
For necrophilia, it might be necessary to ask the next of kin for permission if the decedent's will did not authorize it. Necrophilia would be my second choice for what should be done with my corpse, the first being scientific or medical use. Once my dead body is no longer of any use to me, it may as well be of some use to someone. Besides, I often enjoy rhinophytonecrophilia (nasal sex with dead plants).
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I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing.
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There is little evidence to justify the widespread assumption that willing participation in pedophilia hurts children.
Granted, children may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not realize they could say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object, the relationship may still feel imposed to them. That's not willing participation, it's imposed participation, a different issue.
Granted, children may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not realize they could say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object, the relationship may still feel imposed to them. That's not willing participation, it's imposed participation, a different issue.
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I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?
http://yro-beta.slashdot.org/story/13/07/30/1228217/thailand-government-declares-bitcoin-illegal
Brock Pierce overseeing Mount Coxs and a board member of The Bitcoin Foundation would give the media a field day.
Brock Pierce overseeing Mount Coxs and a board member of The Bitcoin Foundation would give the media a field day.
I took the liberty and rewrote the text:
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The Bitcoin Foundation has not been too fond of pedophiles. Maybe with this new board member, they would become more accepting of this and other pedophiles. So if you are a Bitcoin Foundation member, I urge you to go vote for this pedophile in the run-off erection, so that he can get the 52 votes needed to be erected to the vacated seat, formerly by Mark Karpeles of Mt Gox, ironically of which he'll oversee.
Now that I've penned it in perspective, how could I have been so blind? We cried like babies when the press got it wrong about Bitcoin, but now we hand them the headlines: Pedo- Brock Pierce Bags Vacant The Bitcoin Foundation Seat (film at 11, 12, 1, ... See the show!)
Performing for your joy
we've a sight not for the coy
A man and seven boys
keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known
the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively Bitcoin's own,
all our own, all our own
Come and see the show,
come and see the show
Come and see the show
See the show
For those not up to speed: http://web.archive.org/web/20060208124607/http://www.fuckedcompany.com/den/
Some questionable choices but I quite like Vinny Lingham
Comes across like a genuine guy committed to helping btc get mainstream
Comes across like a genuine guy committed to helping btc get mainstream
The Wall Street Journal doesn't mess around.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
Does the bold plan include alt coins as well? Wait till you discover who the registrar for https://dgex.com/ is:
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Domain Name: dgex.com
Registry Domain ID: 99321791_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00-0500
Creation Date: 2003-06-18T02:55:44-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Graviton Capital Inc. Tech Administrator
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 34-20 Calle 34
Registrant City: Panama City
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: 5
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.2066664011
Registry Domain ID: 99321791_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00-0500
Creation Date: 2003-06-18T02:55:44-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Graviton Capital Inc. Tech Administrator
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 34-20 Calle 34
Registrant City: Panama City
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: 5
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.2066664011
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DGEX will support multiple cryptocurrencies in the future. The software of DGEX was produced by the owner and has been in use for numerous private share trading platforms since 2000. It was deployed for BTC / NXT trading in November 2013.
Connecting the dots, srsplus.com and silkroad.com are one and the same.
http://www.ibtimes.com/mt-gox-may-rise-again-if-wall-street-veterans-burned-bitcoin-traders-get-their-way-1574092
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Sunlot boasts a broad and experienced range of investors, including online businessmen Brock Pierce and Jonathan Yantis, and venture capitalists William Quigley and Matthew Roszak, from Clearstone Venture Partners and Silk Road Equity, respectively.
http://www.silkroadequity.com/contact.html
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20 West Kinzie Street, Suite 1420
Chicago, Illinois 60654
USA
Chicago, Illinois 60654
USA
http://www.whois.com/whois/silkroad.com
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Domain Name: silkroad.com
Registry Domain ID: 604884_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 1993-04-20T00:00:00-0400
Creation Date: 1993-04-20T00:00:00-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-04-21T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status:
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: DNS Admin
Registrant Organization: SilkRoad Technology, Inc.
Registrant Street: 20 West Kinzie Street Suite 1220
Registrant City: Chicago
Registrant State/Province: IL
Registrant Postal Code: 60654
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8663293363
Registry Domain ID: 604884_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 1993-04-20T00:00:00-0400
Creation Date: 1993-04-20T00:00:00-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2015-04-21T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status:
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: DNS Admin
Registrant Organization: SilkRoad Technology, Inc.
Registrant Street: 20 West Kinzie Street Suite 1220
Registrant City: Chicago
Registrant State/Province: IL
Registrant Postal Code: 60654
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.8663293363
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/to-secure-your-bitcoins-print-them-out-2014-02-26
Feb. 26, 2014, 11:10 a.m. EST
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But even the biggest bitcoin fans recommend a real wallet or physical safe. “Printing off the private key from your bitcoin, putting it into a paper form and sticking it in your hip pocket or house wall safe is one way to make sure it’s safe,” says Andrew “Flip” Filipowski, chairman and CEO of SilkRoad Equity, a cloud-based human capital management software company. “Keep your bitcoin offline,” Daley adds. He too suggests keeping the bitcoin private key—a secret number that allows bitcoins to be spent—on a thumb drive and advises against keeping a copy online: “If a site is hacked and your bitcoin is stolen, the chance of recovery is effectively nil.”
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Filipowski says picking a digital wallet is like picking a bank. “You could find a wallet that you have more confidence in,” he says. Several companies this week issued a joint statement on Mt. Gox: “As with any new industry, there are certain bad actors that need to be weeded out, and that is what we are seeing today.” The signees included Fred Ehrsam and Brian Armstrong, founders of Coinbase, a digital wallet and exchange; Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle Internet Financial, a bitcoin-focused technology startup; and Nicolas Cary, CEO of Blockchain, a digital exchange and wallet.
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Filipowski says picking a digital wallet is like picking a bank. “You could find a wallet that you have more confidence in,” he says. Several companies this week issued a joint statement on Mt. Gox: “As with any new industry, there are certain bad actors that need to be weeded out, and that is what we are seeing today.” The signees included Fred Ehrsam and Brian Armstrong, founders of Coinbase, a digital wallet and exchange; Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle Internet Financial, a bitcoin-focused technology startup; and Nicolas Cary, CEO of Blockchain, a digital exchange and wallet.
http://web.archive.org/web/20051124170914/http://www.silkroadequity.com/investment__portfolio/index.htm
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PrimaryTracking (www.primarytracking.com)
Primo Water (www.primowater.com)
SilkRoad Realty Capital (www.silkroadrealty.com)
SilkRoad technology (www.silkroadtech.com)
SolidSpace (www.solidspace.com)
TrueSentry (www.truesentry.com)
truesnetry.com is now http://www.truelook.com/, ergo http://web.archive.org/web/20051201030550/http://www.truesentry.com/?
BTW, Google shares the same address: http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/
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Google Chicago
20 West Kinzie St.
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: +1 312-840-4100
Fax: +1 312-840-4101
20 West Kinzie St.
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: +1 312-840-4100
Fax: +1 312-840-4101
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/01/business/private-sector-a-maverick-has-plans-for-chicago.html
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ANDREW J. FILIPOWSKI, the maverick software entrepreneur who sold Platinum Technology International to Computer Associates last month for $3.5 billion, was reclining in his limousine on Tuesday, listening to his voice mail and shooting off responses -- ''Barbara, can you check on this right away?'' -- on his way downtown. Between calls, Mr. Filipowski told a reporter that his next challenge was to turn Chicago into a ''center for cyberspace,'' which is why he was on his way to meet Mayor Richard M. Daley. On Wednesday, it was Gov. George Ryan.
I'm sure "Flip" has Google's ear.
Now, about that Polish Bitcoin Exchange, Bitomat, that accidently erased all its clients data, but Mt Gox was kind enough to make whole...
....
...Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
...Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
Hey what a small world!
That scammer who (allegedly) cheated the games has the same username as the guy who popped in to claim Brock Rectum Pierce is a good "innocent" guy.
What are the odds that a person from the Bitcoin Foundation would just happen to have the same online name?
It's the same guy, of which he confirmed such last year, thus is not in dispute. Like I said, him and Brock both became lifetime members of The Bitcoin Foundation at the same time, him first, then Brock, for the list was generated via joining date and not alphabetically.
Ironically, one embraces KnC while the other kicks them to the curb, meanwhile both are part of Sunlot destined to take over Mount Coxs.
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...Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
...Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
Hey what a small world!
That scammer who (allegedly) cheated the games has the same username as the guy who popped in to claim Brock Rectum Pierce is a good "innocent" guy.
What are the odds that a person from the Bitcoin Foundation would just happen to have the same online name?
...or have they opted to not do their due diligence when they included Brock Pierce on the list?
They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
While they are at it, how about inviting Bruce Wagner back and moving their HQ to Pattaya?They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
Our movement is open to everyone?
I wasn't aware until now that Bill Clinton's dick resembled a microphone. That explains a few things.
"I approve this post!"
...or have they opted to not do their due diligence when they included Brock Pierce on the list?
They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
While they are at it, how about inviting Bruce Wagner back and moving their HQ to Pattaya?They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
This Pattaya place you mentioned sounds like a great place to hold a Bitcoin conference: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pattaya-39476
Meanwhile, on the Bruno's-just-spreading-fud front:
http://www.thegrouchygamer.com/?p=94
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Scott Jennings is a blogger. His blog, Broken Toys, is one that I have read as long as I have been reading blogs. He recently posted an article about the legal battle going on between Alan Debonneville and Brock Pierce, a couple of the principles at IGE. Here’s where the irony part kicks in.
Pierce, who made a fortune thumbing his nose at legalese and violating the EULAs of pretty much every MMO company out there, has sicced his lawyers on Jennings and have demanded that he remove his article. He’s going to comply today. I wanted to bring these bullying tactics to your attention, so you have some perspective of the kind of people that are running these operations. Keep in mind when you read this, IGE has always been considered one of the CLEANER operations out there.
Thanks to Ryan Shwayder over at Nerfbat for bringing this to my attention this morning. Here’s to piling on. I’ll let you know if I am subjected to the same kind of bullying as Jennings was. Here is a mirror of Jenning’s post. Note: Many of these links are broken, probably because of the lawyers demanding they are taken down… Here is Scott’s original post;
“MMOcitizen.com, a website operated by the law firm currently bringing a class action lawsuit against IGE, obtained and published a copy of a complaint in another lawsuit involving IGE: this one brought against former CEO Brock Pierce last year by co-founder Alan Debonneville.
For almost 5 years, Debonneville has dedicated his entire life to the creation, development, and success of IGE US, LLC (”IGE”). IGE’s meteoric rise from an under funded startup to the market leader culminated in a Goldman-Sachs investment of $60,000,000, which set the value of IGE at the time of $220,000,000. While Pierce, a flamboyant former child actor, has always been the public face of IGE, Debonneville has been the tireless working founder, responsible for the expansion and operation of the company.
The filing goes into great detail about IGE’s rise and fall from Debonneville’s point of view, with, just in case you weren’t already glued to your PDF files, added dirt from the dot-com-money-and-man-boy-love days of DEN.
After living and working in Spain for a few months, Debonneville observed that Rector and Pierce had a very close relationship, one that did not seem normal between a 40-year old man and a 20-year old young man…
…Apparently, there were a multitude of charges related to the prior operation of a company specifying that Pierce, Rector, and Shackley had stolen money from the company and wasted corporate assets for things like the purchase of illicit drugs, living a lavish lifestyle, and criminal allegations of transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. Upon learning this information, Debonneville questioned Pierce regarding the allegations, and Pierce stated that the claims were false and contrived as a setup by some competitors and former employees…
Wild enough? It gets… something. Worse? Better? Uwe Boll?
Debonneville was told by Pierce that the “Spanish FBI” came to their house with a “SWAT” team in helicopters, kicked in their door, shot their dog, and threw all of them in jail.
The complaint eventually leaves the Mallorca Vice portion of history and gives a breezy history of much of what we knew already – IGE’s quick rise and huge cash infusions, and the use of that in a quest to purchase respectability through hiring executives and purchasing websites. Eventually, it all falls apart around the time of the Goldman Sachs investment as the principals began to fall out over arguing over how to divide up the huge amount of stock, which is dealt in the document (from Debonneville’s viewpoint, of course) in point-by-point detail.
Debonneville was starting to discover that Pierce had not only lied to Debonneville about the Yantis Stock Repurchase, but also that Pierce had benefited personally to the detriment of Debonneville from the Salyer and Maslow sale of stock. Of course, Debonneville was shocked to learn that Pierce had sold any of Pierce’s stock in IGE…
…On July 14, 2006, in an apparent attempt to convince Debonneville that his interest in IGE was becoming worth less and less money, Debonneville was sent an article regarding a crackdown on the sale and purchase of game items for cash in Korea. The implication was that IGE’s recent acquisition of Itemmania, a Korean online house, was going to be a failure. In hindsight, it appears that this was just another one of Pierce’s attempts to manipulate Debonneville into selling his stock to Pierce for a less than fair value, certainly for less than Pierce realized on the sale to Maverick. Today, it is likely that this may in fact be IGE’s most valuable remaining asset…
And just in case you started nodding off with tales of stock screwballery… enter everyone’s friend in space, Jonathan Yantis.
Yantis also advised Debonneville that if a deal was not reached with IGE, Yantis had already put a network in place to compete with and destroy IGE. Yantis stated that through the hiring of certain individuals who he had a long time business relationship with, Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
Pierce, who made a fortune thumbing his nose at legalese and violating the EULAs of pretty much every MMO company out there, has sicced his lawyers on Jennings and have demanded that he remove his article. He’s going to comply today. I wanted to bring these bullying tactics to your attention, so you have some perspective of the kind of people that are running these operations. Keep in mind when you read this, IGE has always been considered one of the CLEANER operations out there.
Thanks to Ryan Shwayder over at Nerfbat for bringing this to my attention this morning. Here’s to piling on. I’ll let you know if I am subjected to the same kind of bullying as Jennings was. Here is a mirror of Jenning’s post. Note: Many of these links are broken, probably because of the lawyers demanding they are taken down… Here is Scott’s original post;
“MMOcitizen.com, a website operated by the law firm currently bringing a class action lawsuit against IGE, obtained and published a copy of a complaint in another lawsuit involving IGE: this one brought against former CEO Brock Pierce last year by co-founder Alan Debonneville.
For almost 5 years, Debonneville has dedicated his entire life to the creation, development, and success of IGE US, LLC (”IGE”). IGE’s meteoric rise from an under funded startup to the market leader culminated in a Goldman-Sachs investment of $60,000,000, which set the value of IGE at the time of $220,000,000. While Pierce, a flamboyant former child actor, has always been the public face of IGE, Debonneville has been the tireless working founder, responsible for the expansion and operation of the company.
The filing goes into great detail about IGE’s rise and fall from Debonneville’s point of view, with, just in case you weren’t already glued to your PDF files, added dirt from the dot-com-money-and-man-boy-love days of DEN.
After living and working in Spain for a few months, Debonneville observed that Rector and Pierce had a very close relationship, one that did not seem normal between a 40-year old man and a 20-year old young man…
…Apparently, there were a multitude of charges related to the prior operation of a company specifying that Pierce, Rector, and Shackley had stolen money from the company and wasted corporate assets for things like the purchase of illicit drugs, living a lavish lifestyle, and criminal allegations of transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. Upon learning this information, Debonneville questioned Pierce regarding the allegations, and Pierce stated that the claims were false and contrived as a setup by some competitors and former employees…
Wild enough? It gets… something. Worse? Better? Uwe Boll?
Debonneville was told by Pierce that the “Spanish FBI” came to their house with a “SWAT” team in helicopters, kicked in their door, shot their dog, and threw all of them in jail.
The complaint eventually leaves the Mallorca Vice portion of history and gives a breezy history of much of what we knew already – IGE’s quick rise and huge cash infusions, and the use of that in a quest to purchase respectability through hiring executives and purchasing websites. Eventually, it all falls apart around the time of the Goldman Sachs investment as the principals began to fall out over arguing over how to divide up the huge amount of stock, which is dealt in the document (from Debonneville’s viewpoint, of course) in point-by-point detail.
Debonneville was starting to discover that Pierce had not only lied to Debonneville about the Yantis Stock Repurchase, but also that Pierce had benefited personally to the detriment of Debonneville from the Salyer and Maslow sale of stock. Of course, Debonneville was shocked to learn that Pierce had sold any of Pierce’s stock in IGE…
…On July 14, 2006, in an apparent attempt to convince Debonneville that his interest in IGE was becoming worth less and less money, Debonneville was sent an article regarding a crackdown on the sale and purchase of game items for cash in Korea. The implication was that IGE’s recent acquisition of Itemmania, a Korean online house, was going to be a failure. In hindsight, it appears that this was just another one of Pierce’s attempts to manipulate Debonneville into selling his stock to Pierce for a less than fair value, certainly for less than Pierce realized on the sale to Maverick. Today, it is likely that this may in fact be IGE’s most valuable remaining asset…
And just in case you started nodding off with tales of stock screwballery… enter everyone’s friend in space, Jonathan Yantis.
Yantis also advised Debonneville that if a deal was not reached with IGE, Yantis had already put a network in place to compete with and destroy IGE. Yantis stated that through the hiring of certain individuals who he had a long time business relationship with, Yantis would sell currency that had been exploited or duped.
Exploiting or duping is a process whereby an outsider hacks the game program into creating currency for the individual or duplicating an item and then selling it over and over which also results the creation of currency. These actions allow for the exploiter/duper to create an endless supply of currency without any real cost to that currenct. This is something Yantis has done in the past and made large profits from. The exploiter/duper would typically receive a commission for any currency sold of about 40% of the sales price. Due to the currency being exploited, Yantis was and would be able to sell currency at a price significantly below market, since the cost of the currency sold was non existent. This also allowed for an infinite supply to be created in what could take as little time as a few minutes.
Yantis indicated that this was also how he could turn the trading arm of IGE around and make it profitable, almost instantly. Pierce was aware of Yantis’ intent to use these exploits. In fact, Pierce counted on them as part of the rationale behind why Yantis should be brought back to work for IGE.
A clearer explanation of the toxic effects of RMT on online gaming has yet to be written. (I know. I tried.)
I’m sure that as this hits the commentariat there will be more to be said. Oh, there will be more.
Pass it on.
Quick aside: Each time I see the phrase "Pass it On" I'm reminded of my dear friend who's no longer with us: http://www.nashvillemusicguide.com/writers-night-legend-steve-bivins-battles-cancer/
http://brokentoys.org/?p=1780
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YANTIS ON THIS WEEK’S “I, CRINGELY”
A surprisingly informed, evenhanded look at virtual arbitrage from the PBS columnist. <--THIS IS A LINK!
The specific event that led to this column was the failed sale of $2,300 in platinum by a group of EverQuest fanatics who wanted to use the money to pay their way to a big EverQuest convention. It is their contention (not mine, I’m just the reporter here, remember) that the bad guy in this deal is either Jonathan Yantis or an associate of his. Jonathan Yantis runs Yantis Enterprises, which was until recently the big competitor to IGE for the buying and selling of this stuff that isn’t real. Yantis is in San Diego, IGE is in Florida, and earlier this year they merged with IGE buying Yantis, though the web sites (they are both in this week’s links) remain separate.
The players who came to me sold their platinum through a game-specific auction site. The deal went forward exactly as described above, and they suddenly had no platinum and no money. Wily hackers that they are, they tracked the mail records of the only trail that did exist, the e-mails arranging the exchange, and claim to have found that the buyer’s IP address was from the same range used by Yantis Enterprises. Further, they explored the qualifications of the “PayPal Verified” buyer and claim that most of the positive feedback came from Jonathan Yantis. Finally, they claim that the day after the transaction, the Yantis price to sell platinum on their EverQuest server suddenly dropped as though there was suddenly a larger supply acquired at little or no cost.
These players are fervent and angry and they have some real data so what happens now? Not much, and that is probably the real topic of this column.
A surprisingly informed, evenhanded look at virtual arbitrage from the PBS columnist. <--THIS IS A LINK!
The specific event that led to this column was the failed sale of $2,300 in platinum by a group of EverQuest fanatics who wanted to use the money to pay their way to a big EverQuest convention. It is their contention (not mine, I’m just the reporter here, remember) that the bad guy in this deal is either Jonathan Yantis or an associate of his. Jonathan Yantis runs Yantis Enterprises, which was until recently the big competitor to IGE for the buying and selling of this stuff that isn’t real. Yantis is in San Diego, IGE is in Florida, and earlier this year they merged with IGE buying Yantis, though the web sites (they are both in this week’s links) remain separate.
The players who came to me sold their platinum through a game-specific auction site. The deal went forward exactly as described above, and they suddenly had no platinum and no money. Wily hackers that they are, they tracked the mail records of the only trail that did exist, the e-mails arranging the exchange, and claim to have found that the buyer’s IP address was from the same range used by Yantis Enterprises. Further, they explored the qualifications of the “PayPal Verified” buyer and claim that most of the positive feedback came from Jonathan Yantis. Finally, they claim that the day after the transaction, the Yantis price to sell platinum on their EverQuest server suddenly dropped as though there was suddenly a larger supply acquired at little or no cost.
These players are fervent and angry and they have some real data so what happens now? Not much, and that is probably the real topic of this column.
...or have they opted to not do their due diligence when they included Brock Pierce on the list?
They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
While they are at it, how about inviting Bruce Wagner back and moving their HQ to Pattaya?They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
Our movement is open to everyone?
...or have they opted to not do their due diligence when they included Brock Pierce on the list?
They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
While they are at it, how about inviting Bruce Wagner back and moving their HQ to Pattaya? They already lost two members due to scandals, one of which I love, while the other is French. Now, they're buckin' for adding another to their venerable org covered with taint (double-entendre intended).
The Wall Street Journal doesn't mess around.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
Does the bold plan include alt coins as well? Wait till you discover who the registrar for https://dgex.com/ is:
Pssst .. they are the ones who created them. eg. cryptos are the cashless society the elitist pedo warpigs have been dreaming about for centuries.
Was it mere coincidence that ASICs came to light not long after the devs had their meeting(s) with the CIA ?
Who do you think is presently easymining BTC and LTC with these mega-terrahash farms ?
BTC hashrate distribution http://blockchain.info/pools?timespan=4days
The Wall Street Journal doesn't mess around.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
Does the bold plan include alt coins as well? Wait till you discover who the registrar for https://dgex.com/ is:
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Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00-0500
Creation Date: 2003-06-18T02:55:44-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Graviton Capital Inc. Tech Administrator
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 34-20 Calle 34
Registrant City: Panama City
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: 5
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.2066664011
Registry Domain ID: 99321791_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.srsplus.com
Registrar URL: http://www.srsplus.com
Updated Date: 2013-12-22T00:00:00-0500
Creation Date: 2003-06-18T02:55:44-0400
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-06-18T00:00:00-0400
Registrar: TLDS, LLC DBA SRSPLUS
Registrar IANA ID: 320
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected]
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8773812449
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Graviton Capital Inc. Tech Administrator
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 34-20 Calle 34
Registrant City: Panama City
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: 5
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.2066664011
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DGEX will support multiple cryptocurrencies in the future. The software of DGEX was produced by the owner and has been in use for numerous private share trading platforms since 2000. It was deployed for BTC / NXT trading in November 2013.
The Wall Street Journal doesn't mess around.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
We have been alerted to accept our new generation of leaders, because they have arrived with a bold plan to assume control.
Goddamn the mainstream media for spreading fud for the past 14 years!
http://www.mediawiredaily.com/2007/10/wow-that-kid-from-that-kid-movie-is.html
http://www.mediawiredaily.com/2007/10/wow-that-kid-from-that-kid-movie-is.html
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Wow! That kid from that "First Kid" movie is a pervert
We can't say any of us can remember the movie (clears throat) but Brock Pierce who stared as the president's spoil son living in the White House with comedian Sinbad as his bodyguard/nanny, in the movie "First Kid"was one of the founders of an early online entertainment company called Digital Entertainment Network otherwise known as DEN. DEN was a star of the early Internet bubble producing online only broadcasts. Investors flocked to their parties to get in on the action hoping for a huge return. But there was a dark and perverted side to the over hyped web start up, that would soon bring Den to its knees and put it's founders including Brock on the run for some time. It is believed the company was basically set up as a front to attract young naive young boys who were promised instant stardom, money and lots more. However the only thing they got was butt raped and abused allegedly at the hands of teen actor (at the time) Brock Pierce and his older and more perverted partner Collins-Rector and another individual. Rector was the only one charged. The company's most popular program had an all boys cast which included dick headed actor Sean Willam Scott (whose people, declined to comment on the story in Radar) called "Chad's World" a show for gay teenagers, which an industry observer called a "gay pedophile version of Silver Spoons". Below is a clip of "Chad's World"
Pierce is now a major shareholder in IGE, a well-known MMORPG gold-selling company,and was the chairman of Affinity Media, a company which owns a variety of MMORPG-oriented websites. On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Pierce decided to resign as CEO of Affinity Media. Pierce will remain an adviser and a board member of Affinity Media.
We can't say any of us can remember the movie (clears throat) but Brock Pierce who stared as the president's spoil son living in the White House with comedian Sinbad as his bodyguard/nanny, in the movie "First Kid"was one of the founders of an early online entertainment company called Digital Entertainment Network otherwise known as DEN. DEN was a star of the early Internet bubble producing online only broadcasts. Investors flocked to their parties to get in on the action hoping for a huge return. But there was a dark and perverted side to the over hyped web start up, that would soon bring Den to its knees and put it's founders including Brock on the run for some time. It is believed the company was basically set up as a front to attract young naive young boys who were promised instant stardom, money and lots more. However the only thing they got was butt raped and abused allegedly at the hands of teen actor (at the time) Brock Pierce and his older and more perverted partner Collins-Rector and another individual. Rector was the only one charged. The company's most popular program had an all boys cast which included dick headed actor Sean Willam Scott (whose people, declined to comment on the story in Radar) called "Chad's World" a show for gay teenagers, which an industry observer called a "gay pedophile version of Silver Spoons". Below is a clip of "Chad's World"
Pierce is now a major shareholder in IGE, a well-known MMORPG gold-selling company,and was the chairman of Affinity Media, a company which owns a variety of MMORPG-oriented websites. On June 26, 2007, it was announced that Pierce decided to resign as CEO of Affinity Media. Pierce will remain an adviser and a board member of Affinity Media.
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