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0 Subject: Small World Cheaters theatre Moderator Mikes story

Posted by: The Pink Pimp
- [582232115] Mon, May 01, 03:15

SmallWorld is based in New York "the city that never sleeps" However, maybe a few smallworld techs and programmers are really earning their money tonight.


The factual story so far:

Moderator Mike has been caught cheating by using extra trades on Smallworld Baseball by Gurupie Twarpy. After other Gurupies confirm Twarpy's suspicions a post is made on the Smallworld message board and the jig is up. Soon after an unscheduled maintenance of the site brings the baseball section down completely.

Now lets meet the villain, a former fratboy who still lists his frat offices on his resume:
PLEASE NOTE: ALL NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS ARE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM THE SMALL WORLD SITE.

Mike Taxin, Associate Community Manager
As a sportsman from back in high school at New Rochelle where he won all-county honors playing on their soccer team, Mike helps moderate our threaded discussion boards. Mike has done play-by-play and color commentary for football and basketball on local Cable, and, while attending the Syracuse University Newhouse School of Communications as a broadcast major, Mike served as Vice-president, Rush Chairman, and Social Chairman of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Mike calls himself a “new-generation” New York sports fan, as he roots for both the Mets and Jets. A Jets season-ticket holder for 20 years, he plans to continue renewing them as long as he can take “the curse.”



and now the rest of our cast:
Mark Jacobstein, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Scott Murphy, Director & Founding Partner

Don Mathis, Chief Operating Officer - Don is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of Small World

Peter Strauss, Chief Technology Officer - Peter oversees the technology efforts at Small World, including application development, technical operations, systems and R&D on a day-to-day basis and at a strategic level

Jack Bennetto, Manager of Technical Operations
Jack is responsible for the ongoing operation of Small World's games

Alex Belyansky, Programmer - Alex is responsible for helping with Small World's coding efforts

Jeremy Althof, Senior Editor - Jeremy is in charge of developing and writing content at Small World, as well as helping foster a sense of community

Arturo Pardavila, Community Manager - Art comes to Small World after spending the past four years at New Jersey Online.

Lou Lambros, Associate Community Manager - Lou graduated from University at Albany with a BA in Political Science and Criminal Justice in August 1999.

NOW LETS START THE FICTIONAL PART OF OUR STORY:
Just make up an email or phone conversation that could be taking place at smallworld HQ tonight.
1The Pink Pimp
      ID: 582232115
      Mon, May 01, 03:17
Moderator Lou: Dude what is up with this! That pukey frat boy has been cheating! And now everyone knows about it! $hit is gonna hit the fan.

I better call Don the head of the everyday stuff and report this
2The Pink Pimp
      ID: 582232115
      Mon, May 01, 03:21
MOderator Lou:

Hello Don? sorry to wake you but we got a big problem. that Taxin kid has been caught cheating by giving himself extra trades and the news is all over the boards.


Don: What!! Shut it down! I don't care what you put in the link but shut the site down and call every programnmer and get them in to clean up the mess.!!
3LTA
      ID: 9318323
      Mon, May 01, 03:24
(Bleary-eyed, Don is awakened by a phone call out of the darkness)

Don: Mmmphh...This better be good...

Lou: Err, well, you see, Mr. Mathis, it's like this, ummm, well, I, that is to say, Mike, err..

Don: You have exactly one sentence to tell me why I shouldn't just hang up on you.

Lou: Ahhh. Mike Taxin is cheating on his Smallworld team.

(silence)
Don: And????? You called me to tell me this at, what time is it anyway? MY GOD, MAN, START CLEANING OUT YOUR DESK IMMEDIATELY!!!

Lou: Wait, wait, Don, there is something you don't know yet!!!! The Gurupies are onto this!! They are spamming our site and boards!!

Don: Oh, $hit. The Gurupies. I hate Gurupies. Why did it have to be Gurupies. Call out the boys in the dark sunglasses. We've got to mobilize. Oh, and I still want you to clean out your desk.
4The Pink Pimp
      ID: 582232115
      Mon, May 01, 03:25
Now let's introduce a new cast member:

She's Jamie Silvermintz, Human Resources Manager

Can anyone make up a nice post that Don might send to Jaime about some stuff she has to take care of on Monday morning?
5Moderator Art
      ID: 32319298
      Mon, May 01, 03:25
Been trying to get in to see him for hours. He's been shacked up with Strauss and Alex. Probably trying to figure out a way to clean all this up. Problem is, now they have to consult with Akamei, too. I knew bringing them aboard was was just going to complicate things!
6slimer
      ID: 2432932
      Mon, May 01, 03:29
Don: Erase all the evidence...we will destroy all the evidence and deny anything ever happened. Not enough people saw the message boards. We will be okay.

Lou: Ok, whatever you say Don...I will play dumb on the boards, like i always do.

7Toral
      ID: 49222922
      Mon, May 01, 03:34
The description I like is:

"Jack Bennetto, Manager of Technical Operations
Jack is responsible for the ongoing operation of
Small World's Games."

Have you ever worked in a workplace where you were set up for a fall? To me, having this description on your record is like being,

Joe Blow, Special Counsel to the President of the United States
Joe is responsible for ensuring that all President Clinton's statements are truthful.

or

Erich Heinberg, Manager of Reich Ethnic Public Relations
Erich is responsible for ensuring that the Third Reich's policies are well appreciated among all ethnic communites in the world.
8LTA
      ID: 9318323
      Mon, May 01, 03:42
(Switching scenes to early Monday AM, at the offices of Smallworld. The coffee is perking, the computers are humming....more or less, and the muckity-mucks are tense)

Don: Where the h*ll is Silvermintz?!? I thought she worked here like the rest of us.

Jeremey Althof: Uhm, Don, since when did WE work around here. Besides, she's probably just caught in traffic. I'm sure she'll be here by this afternoon. What's so urgent anyway.

Don: Oh, nothing much. We just have to stave off a viscious pack of Gurupies that will shortly be pounding on our virtual door.

Althof: And this is new how, precisely. We have to do that most days.

Don: They caught Mike cheating on our game.

Althof: Ok. So, we just cover up, no damage done. Deny everything. Works for Clinton, so why can't it work for us.

Don: Doesn't your job description state that you are trying to foster a sense of community?

Althof: Well, yeah, but in this case, the community is a little run down. I was thinking, oh, Beirut. *snort*

(Cold stare by Don)

Althof: You really are taking this seriously, aren't you? I mean, what's the worst that these moronic Gurupies could do?

(Ominous music sounds in the background)
(An unknown financial analyst, who gets no respect, decides to speak up and throw a spanner in the works)

Analyst: They could contact our advertisors and let them know we are running a crooked operation here. (Smiles sweetly on the way to the coffee pot for a cigarette break)

Don and Althof: OH MY GOD.

(Panic ensues)
9 Mike D
      ID: 193192415
      Mon, May 01, 06:57
SMALLWORLD HACKED BY ONE OF ITS OWN

In a shocking development, Smallworld moderator Mike has been taken into custody after a 3 hour standoff with FBI and ATF authorities yesterday evening. Smallworld President Ima Jerkoff told the AP that moderator Mike had been employed with them for 1 1/2 years. Recently, Mike had been undergoing subtle mood changes, going on spending sprees, and bragging about how he was ranked in the top 500 in this years Smallworld Baseball game.

Less than 48 hours ago, while conducting a routine weekly security test, it was found that Mike had hacked the Smallworld database and was using over 1/3 more trades than had been allowed. As soon as this was discovered, Smallworld contacted moderator Mike, who immediately denied any wrongdoings, and sought the advice of counsel.
"We obtained a search warrant and went to his apartment, but there was nobody there. We did find a small pink laptop computer with the Barbie insignia all over it. We believe that is what Mike used to hack our database," said Jerkoff.

Authorities then proceded to Smallworld headquarters, where the standoff began. "You'll never catch me, coppers," moderator Mike was heard to say during the 3 hour long test of will. Eventually, another Smallworld moderator named Lou got off his shift and saw all the commotion while leaving the building. Lou snuck up on Mike from behind, and tripped over a trash can, causing himself to catapult into Mike and render him unconscious. "I guess I used every one of my 300 pounds on that one," joked heroic moderator Lou.

FBI agent Tim G. commented that the delay in determining that Mike was the guilty party was caused by difficulty translating documents at his residence. "They were either written in Navajo, or something from another planet. But other than that, I have no comment." All evidence points to this being a one moderator job. Smallworld's Jerkoff added "We have excellent internal security controls in place. No one, I repeat, no one, will discover inconsistencies before we do. We want to make it clear that our game is honest, fair, and credible. We operate with the highest level of integrity you'll ever want in a fantasy sports game. Ask any of our players. All other games want to be like us."

Moderator Mike is being defended by Johnnie Cochran and Jackie Childs. Regarding the charges, Childs said "This is ludicrous, ridiculous, and preposterous. Moderator Mike is just a lonely man with a pink Barbie laptop. He doesn't have the intelligence or the knowledge to commit this crime. He's just a scapegoat. They act like he's some kind of Guru or something." No bail has been set, due to Mike's unstable psychological condition.



Geez, once again no credit is given to the Gurupies. Bummer.
10Twarpy
      ID: 20214315
      Mon, May 01, 07:21
Okay Im laughing my ass off at reading these, it's funny cause it is so true, but now Im late for school I'll be back later though guys Pink Pimp and a couple other guys have the original html copies that I realized he was cheating on, I'm sure he wouldn't mind sending them so please ask him because I'll be away till about 3:45pm.
11 peterl
      ID: 5434498
      Mon, May 01, 08:37
I don't know about anybody else but this "Moder-Gate" is great! Thanks to Twarpy, Mike D., LTA, Slimer, Pink Pimp and all. Also, thanks to Moderator Mike--he got it all started. The comment about the Financial guy re: advertisers was brilliant. There are probably a ton of "meetings" today at SW.
12jumpball
      ID: 23002911
      Mon, May 01, 11:59
Moderator Lou:

What's the problem? The trade history is correct.
13 Mike D
      ID: 193192415
      Mon, May 01, 12:43
jumpball, don't forget "managers have just been trading oddly. This includes moderators."
14 Mike D
      ID: 193192415
      Mon, May 01, 13:02
jumpball, don't forget "managers have just been trading oddly. This includes moderators."
15 Don Mathis
      ID: 2048111
      Mon, May 01, 13:10
Well, I am flattered to have figured so prominently in your threads ... and impressed with how accurate the depiction of my personality is!

Here's what happened: we have experienced a technical problem which has allowed several people to trade in excess of the game's allotted trades. We're trying to figure out exactly what the technical issue is -- as of now, we do not know -- but in the meantime, we've decided to eliminate these managers from competing this season in order to ensure an even playing field for every SmallWorld manager. Out of more than 415,000 current players, 4 people have been affected -- one being our community manager, who had 43 trades; the others had 44, 38, and 37. We are looking to see if there are any others in a similar situation, and if there are, we will react accordingly.

You guys should feel free to communicate directly with me about this -- my email is dmathis@smallworld.com. I'll get back to everyone, time-permitting (i.e., if I get a thousand emails, it may take me a few days). Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

-- Don "(Cold stare)" Mathis
16RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 311181411
      Mon, May 01, 13:16
Earlier Sunday...

As Mod Mike hovered over his second favorite Barbie toy (his laptop that is), trying to cover his tracks by replacing the DBase2 database files used at Stallworld, his cellphone rings...

Mike checks the Caller ID: "Anonymous".

He picks up the call and listens before answering...He hears cheering and hand slapping in the background. Then "and that raps it up folks, the Royals pound the Mariners 6 to 3."

Nervously Mike say "Hello?"

"Waaaaazzzzaaaapppp?", comes from the other end!

Scared witless, Mike hangs up knowing that this thing has spread so far that even the Wazap-Guys know about it.

Almost simultaneously as to when Mike hung up the phone, the phone begins to ring again. This time Mike looks at the caller ID: "BIG RUSS". What the hell? Who's BIG RUSS?

Mike answers the call: "Hello?"

BIG RUSS:"I hear you're that guy whose been cheating at Stallworld, and very poorly at that."

Mod Mike:"There is no evidence to that. I did not have an extra-trade relationship with Smallworld."

BIG RUSS:"I don't think so. We've go the proof in these HTML documents Twarpy saved from the servers before you tried to cover up your tracks."

Mod Mike:"What....no way. I set the server settings to SuperSlugButtSlow today, there is no way you could have gotten in!"

BIG RUSS:"For all this, I hereby declare that you, Mod Mike, initiator of MODER-GATE 2000, get the GAS FACE!!!"

Mod Mike:"Not the GAS FACE! No, no, nooooo!"
BIG RUSS:"HABIBBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBIBLIAAAAA!!!!!"
...click...
17jumpball
      ID: 23002911
      Mon, May 01, 13:19
Don, I have a hard time believing this explanation.
I would be more inclined to belive this if you identify the other 3 teams and how you are going to "eliminate" them from competing (it wasn't THEIR fault they got extra trades).
18 Trader Mike
      ID: 253451811
      Mon, May 01, 13:36
OK OK I confess. I used extra trades to impress my girlfriend (my first) with my impressive WWR. Too bad I didn't find out about your site sooner. With all of the insightful postings here, maybe I could have used 14 trades to crack the top 50.
19Smoove Criminals
      ID: 37351197
      Mon, May 01, 13:37
The other 3- moderator Lou, moderator, Art, and Don.
20 Don Mathis
      ID: 2048111
      Mon, May 01, 13:45
jumpball, I hear ya. Unfortunately, we can't identify the other three teams because of legal restrictions against doing so. "Elimination" means that their teams were taken out of the database, and can no longer be used for play (they are welcome to register a new team). They were informed prior to this action. Our primary goal is to maintain the integrity of the game, and we would have been unable to do so had these 4 people been able to have more trades than others. Since the game rules specify 6 trades per week, this seemed like the best course of action.

-- Don
21Wilma
      ID: 55112119
      Mon, May 01, 13:50
See post beginning 4/10 entitled "Smallworld is cheating me". Moderator Lou certainly knew that such a scenario existed then. Why did it take our sleuth Twarpy to identify a moderator's extra trades for SW to deal with the problem?
22 big V
      ID: 253451811
      Mon, May 01, 13:51
I have just found out that Smallworld has issued a statement that Moder-gate was a publicity stunt designed to generate interest in it's lame message boards.

They would like to like to point out that it was Mike Taxin who deserves all of the credit for this wildly successful advertising gimmick. He is expected to be named Vice President of Operations at a 4pm press conference.

In an unrelated developement Moderator Lou has figured out how to have Jaime Navarro in all five of his pitcher spots. This is sure to increase his WWR by avoiding negative points.

23jumpball
      ID: 23002911
      Mon, May 01, 13:53
If I was the manager of one of those teams, I would be pi$$ed!

BTW, my guess is that the other teams were also owned by moderators, maybe in the same division.

Oh, and does this have anything to do with the fact that I currectly can not log in to the message boards?
;-)
24Eustacio
      ID: 262261313
      Mon, May 01, 13:58
jumpball---

No, I checked the other managers in that division. They had a valid number of trades, at least according to my count.
25The Pink Pimp
      ID: 582232115
      Mon, May 01, 14:01
Hey guys it look like the Don Mathis posts are legit. So now that there is some real contact here I vote that we call off the dogs and give them a reasonable amount of time to determine the extent of the problem, to take needed corrective action, and to inform us of what action was taken.

It appears as though they are trying so lets just cool our jets and see what they have to say about this whole thing by the trade refresh tomorrow.
26Timing
      ID: 40229280
      Mon, May 01, 14:06
SuperSlugButtSlow, lmao. Is that a technical term?
27pike499
      ID: 3334613
      Mon, May 01, 14:07
Moderater Mike's Last words:

And I'd have pulled it off it hadn't been for you blasted kids..
28Ref
      ID: 4409319
      Mon, May 01, 14:26
Well, it's good to know that SW reads these threads. Maybe they should do that more often as we catch things before they do!!! I also find it very difficult to believe that explanation as one of their own KNEW what was going on and took advantage of this so called "glitch." It is well known that you can manually add trades to a person's roster when SW has been in error before, so how hard would it be for employees to receive the same benefit? BTW, SW integrity was hurt big time during this past basketball season and baseball season is making the matters even worse!!! Lots of poeple have quit. IF I finish the season, I likely will not play another SW game. The only reason I kept playing was because of this discussion forum on rotoguru.com. You need to pay Guru!!! He's gotten you not only a lot of players (who own several teams each), but very informed and knowledgable managers.
29 Mike D
      ID: 193192415
      Mon, May 01, 14:29
Scooby dooby doooooo!
30 Mike D
      ID: 193192415
      Mon, May 01, 15:06
Scooby dooby doooooo!
31Toral
      ID: 52252816
      Mon, May 01, 15:10
Mr Mathis: "[l]egal restrictions" against identifying the other 3 teams? Please tell me what legal restrictions, whether statute, contract, other common-law, or otherwise, prevent you from identifying the teams.

I assume from your comment about legal restrictions that none of the other 3 teams are owned by SW employees, who would certainly have waived whatever rights against disclosure they might have in a situation like this in their employment contract, as a matter of common law, apart from written provisions..
32steve houpt
      ID: 11017290
      Mon, May 01, 16:12
I don't see anything gained by Don Mathis giving us the names of the teams eliminated. What would it do? We can't see them. They have been eliminated.

I have no reason not to believe him if he has been advised by legal representation not to do so to protect themselves in any future legal actions they may want to take if laws (below) were broken.

Or to protect the individuals (and themselves from legal action for releasing the names as 'cheats') if there is no proof of 'intent to cheat'. I'm sure we would convict, tar and feather before any legal evidence was produced and SW could be libel for the release of names.

From SW official rule:
ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE GAME IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SMALL WORLD AND ITS GAME
PARTNERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

Just my take.
33 deepsnapper
      ID: 402343018
      Mon, May 01, 16:23
Don sent a personal reply, not a form letter to my email within a hour of receiving it. Will forward on request.

I was very surprised by the response and appreciative. Now if we only knew what happened to 4/15's pricing........
34jumpball
      ID: 23002911
      Mon, May 01, 16:27
steve -- I asked to see if he would be forthcoming with the information and to check out the teams for verification that they had, in fact, violated the trade limits. I also wanted to know the team names and/or idsso I can be sure that they do not win a prize at the end of the year.
35Baldwin
      ID: 54049316
      Mon, May 01, 16:41
In real life I'm all for patience Pink but this thread is the funniest thing I've read in a long long time. Here at the Smallworld Cheater's Theater the show must go on.
36Toral
      ID: 52252816
      Mon, May 01, 16:42
steve h, re the question of "legal advice", see the Don Mathis thread, to which I reposted my post.

Your legal arguments are utterly senseless -- literally, they make no sense. Your post makes it absolutely clear that you have no knowledge of the
law -- whether libel law, criminal law, contract law or any other kind of law -- and reveals your state of knowledge just as I would if I started to rant about U.S. Navy purchasing policies.

If SW wants as a matter of "policy" not to reveal the names/teams, that's a business decision, and Gurupies and everyone else in the world can agree or disagree, praise, condemn, or remain neutral, as they choose.

But firms often use claims of vague "legal restrictions" to avoid doing something they don't want to do. I have asked Mr Mathis to name the specific legal restrictions that prevent him from doing what he implied he would like to do. We will see what he says.

And the hard question (actually an easy question) is: if SW's business future depended on it naming the names and identifying the teams, would it do so, or would it find itself constrained by the same "legal restrictions"?

The answer is that it would do so, and some SW official would be posting about how legal requirements demanded that they release the names/ teams.
37RecycledSpinalFluid
     
37RecycledSpinalFluid
     
37RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 21446223
      Wed, May 03, 01:32
This thread was for fun. How it degraded to seriousness is a real bummer. So leave the seriousness to another thread, and as someone once said "Let the good times roll."

By the way Timing;

At Stallworld, "SuperSlugButtSlow" is not only a technical term, its a way of life!
39steve houpt
      ID: 28451222
      Wed, May 03, 03:18
Toral - I'm impressed. My legal argument is utterly senseless. I should have known that trying to mix some plain old common sense with something legal is utterly senseless.

:)
40Chris
      ID: 44443318
      Thu, Jul 06, 04:03
BUTT

It has come to my attention that the newer members of the board have never heard of Mod Mike. This thread is a an absolute classic and should be preserved until the end of time.

Enjoy
41azdbacker
      ID: 2648162
      Thu, Jul 06, 04:32
Thanks Chris. I vaguely remember this thread from when I first started living here at the end of April. Didn't quite appreciate it at the time.

BTW, where the heck are Toral and the Pink Pimp. Haven't seen their names in the last week or two. Don't tell me they got LIVES all of a sudden. Jeez, I hope not. ;)
42Timing
      ID: 3165310
      Thu, Jul 06, 04:47
I don't know what was funnier, the scenes in Smallword Theatre or the fact that Don Mathis actually responded to it! LoL
43Wammie
      ID: 3064948
      Thu, Jul 06, 04:59
I didn't start comming to these message boards until the end of May, first of June. I have read through this thread, and it is hilarious!!!!!

Wish I could have been here when this thread was going!
44LTA
      ID: 40529165
      Thu, Jul 06, 06:22
Well, IIRC, it was around the time that this was going on that Guru's server crashed due to overuse. We were getting a little worked up over it.
45 Mike D
      ID: 465292720
      Thu, Jul 06, 07:25
Why the heck were my posts made in duplicate? Better clean that up right now. Scoooby doooby doooo!
46Wammie
      ID: 3064948
      Thu, Jul 06, 07:27
I can see why. How did the whole investigation get started?
47 Mike D
      ID: 465292720
      Thu, Jul 06, 07:36
Gurupie Twarpy discovered the URL to Moderator Mike's team in the SW message forum. Mike was talking about how well his team was doing and provided the link. When Twarpy saw the number of trades, and then researched the roster history, Modergate was underway.
48deepsnapper
      ID: 404592723
      Thu, Jul 06, 08:46
Mod Mike is back...as the moderator on the Midseason boards. I doubt if he's playing the game though.
49ModMike
      ID: 43638610
      Thu, Jul 06, 11:12
I am INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES!
50Punishark
      ID: 436232717
      Wed, Sep 13, 12:26
I am giving Moderator Mike an earful. He's the moderator for the Three for All football game. I made a very "nice" post to him in the Survival Division section of the Three for All game. Let's see where this goes...
51Einstein
      ID: 52826813
      Wed, Sep 13, 12:46
http://rotoguru1.com/cgi-bin/mb/base/2444.shtml?957977155
52Moderator Mike
      ID: 053588
      Wed, Sep 13, 15:27
I do not see the reason to continue to discuss this matter and bring it up again. In my opinion, this has been discussed, figured out, and solved, and it is over.
53Timing
      ID: 508361315
      Wed, Sep 13, 15:36
Yeah... but it's still funny as hell!!!
54Baldwin
      ID: 25440222
      Wed, Sep 13, 17:33
As I look back on this episode the upshot is that Moderator Mike was able to batt his eyes at Don Matthis and say 'do these eyes look guilty' and give a more or less convincing [at least to Don] shrug in response to how he just happened to be among the four teams with all the trades they wanted.

No Mike we don't have to be quite as convinced as Don.

Further Don's response was to say (and I paraphrase) 'We can't prove the dog didn't eat Mike's term paper and no we won't let you investigate any further for 'legal' reasons.'

This kinda 'case is closed' logic only works for Bart Simpson and Bubba Clinton.

55The Rick
      ID: 406421522
      Wed, Sep 13, 17:34
This thread is like Buckner,

Just let it go....
56RecycledSpinalFluid
      ID: 21446223
      Tue, Oct 16, 09:38
Here a BUTT, there a BUTT, everywhere a BUTT BUTT.

Saw a thread in the Hockey Forum with eerily similar overtones, so I thought a classic should rise again...Modergate Part 2 ? :-)
57 Moderator Art
      ID: 361111823
      Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 00:11
Small World was the worst place ever!
58 youguysaretards
      ID: 1323051
      Wed, Mar 05, 2008, 02:37
Wow...I worked at smallworld when this went down. Mike was a nice guy and if I remember right, it was not possible, unless he developed some super-ninja programming skillz for him to give him self extra trades.

But maybe he bribed one of the developer nerds to give him trades, who knows. All I really remember is thinking during this whole episode was that I really, really needed to get a real job.

If anything, this harkens back to a gentler time when COO would actually debate shit like this on a message board with like 20 people.
59 lexus sexy
      ID: 563462612
      Sun, Apr 26, 2009, 13:47
if i would become an moderater i would to an great job.
60Guru
      ID: 330592710
      Sun, Apr 26, 2009, 16:53
Not unless your grammar improves!
61holt
      ID: 303502019
      Fri, May 01, 2009, 18:48
ah give an chance do to great job
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