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Monday, October 26, 2009

Politician Caught Lying!

Truth is not determined by majority vote.
Doug Gwyn


UPDATE Preface:
Spectre
said...

Hey Hallan. That scam log is actually from days after my interview with you. Nothing I said at the time we talked was inaccurate. Previous to the other day I had never scammed more than a couple hundred million ISK. Thanks.


As I'm trying my best to do good reporting here, and do proper investigations, this little problem seemed glaringly obvious from my interview with Spectre:


Hallan Turrek > Have you ever participated in a scam before?
Spectre3353 > Yes, I have on a couple occasions attempted using market scams to make money.
Spectre3353 > I believe I actually have one post on my blog about that.
Hallan Turrek > About how much money have you made, would you say?
Spectre3353 > I don't currently partake in it though.
Spectre3353 > At most, a couple hundred million.
Hallan Turrek > You support the concept of scamming?
Spectre3353 > I think it would make sense to continue to make scamming due to poor UI something that is less common.
Spectre3353 > But
Spectre3353 > If people make mistakes due to their own oversights or incompetence, not related to poor UI or mechanics, that is part of Eve and I support it fully.

From Spectre's Blog Post:

Scamming some random poor soul out of 650 million ISK and then rubbing it in via extreme sarcasm and taunting:

Spectre > hey whats up... want to buy another ship?
Figis > those are not navy issue
Figis > u fucked me
Spectre > what??!! seriously?
Spectre > must have been a mistake by the guys in the warehouse
Spectre > let me ask them and ill get right back to you
Figis > i want my money back
Spectre > i already spent it on a new house in the hamptons
Spectre > sorry friend
Figis > they are normal ships
Spectre > yea if normal is AWESOME
Spectre > theyre MEGATHRONS dude, that name is incredible
Spectre > AWESOME MEGATHRONS
Figis > i want my money back
Spectre > better start mining i guess then
Figis > so you wont trade back
Spectre > no i will, im just talking to the guys in accounting to sort things out
Spectre > we should be able to send you a rebate check within 6-8 weeks of this transaction
Spectre > you can contact our claims department at 1-800-UR-SCRWD

I don't care, and since Spectre is out of the running for CSM it doesn't matter. It should be pointed out however that he lied to me in my interview at least once.

I've got a couple of other interviews ready to roll, and I may do a Wednsday update to catch up(since tommorrow won't be an interview post). Next up should be Alekseyev Karrde, who is currently my CEO.

Edit: I'll just post that today as well.

5 comments:

  1. So he says he scams... And your omgwtf research skills shows he scams... The only "lie" I can see there is about how much he's made from it, and really, that means nothing, scamming is scamming no matter the amount... Speaking of which, ima gonna go scam some :O

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  2. I don't care if he scams. I like Spectre. It's the rest of the guys that I'm supposed to let know about it. That's my job here.

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  3. Wait, the "lie" is that "six and half" is more than "several"? I'm assuming that you're drawing a larger conclusion than just that, because even in RL politics (much less Internet Spaceship politics) that would be a non-starter with me.

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  4. Hey Hallan. That scam log is actually from days after my interview with you. Nothing I said at the time we talked was inaccurate. Previous to the other day I had never scammed more than a couple hundred million ISK. Thanks.

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  5. Thanks for the clarification Spectre. Updated the post.

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