Are you Deprived? You sound like him (and frankly, you act like him -- no offense).
I'll take that as a compliment - no, I'm not Deprived, though. I appreciate the comparison, however, because I believe that Deprived is a highly intelligent person. Still, we're very different in a number of ways.
He was British, loved soccer (football), and a had a bad habit of getting drunk and telling everyone how he really felt. I'm an American, not a huge soccer fan (College Football (American) for me), and I try to stay off the forums if I've been throwing a few back.
I really respect the model the Deprived created and the intelligence and creativity that was needed to do so - I feel that I'm riding on his coattails a bit in this respect.
However, I can say that I've been a better Fund Manager that he was, in many ways. Less mistakes, less hostility to the fund's participants and newbies, and generally being less hostile over all. I've clearly got no issue with speaking my mind, but I try to do it in a much more clear, concise, and less offensive manner.
Also, I'm still here, which obviously counts for a lot. As much respect I have for Deprived's intelligence, I really resent the fact that he's screwing over DMS holders - I don't own any DMS shares, but I had plenty of open bids for DMS products when BTCT closed. As many people do, I still have a lot of questions about DMS and Deprived's ties to Kate - the whole situation is still very strange.
I believe that DMS ran for right around four months, so I've actually been operating BDD for just as long / longer than Deprived managed DMS, which I think is pretty amusing.
Additionally, Deprived had been around in the BTC space before I even got started; I'm sure I own but a fraction of the BTC that Deprived and many other Senior / Hero Members around here own.
