Making this kind of post is hard, but it must be done.
I'm sceptical by nature. Not as bad as Garibaldi, but getting there. I take nothing at face value. Such things have benefits.
All the actors are wonderful in posting here with you, and I certainly appreciate that. But I never took that at face value. In this day and age, anyone can pretend to be anyone. So every actor who has posted here I initially kept an eye on, basically for that reason. Thankfully, all is safe in that department. And any actors I'm not sure about, I'd ask some security questions. This is not quite easy to do, asking an actor who has graciously come here to prove who they say they are. It could be taken as rudeness. But I do hope they appreciate that it is so easy to fool anyone these days, and is just a necessity.
A while ago, someone named Raider posted here quite a lot. Friendly guy it seemed, talked about a a B5LR magazine for one. However this was a guy I never took at face value. I couldn't ban him or anything because I expected him to be full of BS, but it was on my mind. I watched him, and was concerned that people were (naturally) talking to him a lot and taking in what he had to say, but I avoided it.
His claims became all the more fanciful, that he's doing so many programs, when in fact this is a company that is mentioned nowhere. The latest figure today was over £100m ($150m) for some series. This is ludricious. He says he creates films, TV and now this magazine. What proof of this was there?
Anyway, I needed proof. I got him to claim that his company was a registered limited company in the UK, and got him to reconfirm it. Using the companies house website, it doesn't even exist. He tried to blame it on a mess up. He was also increasingly reluctant to comit to this magazine. It was odd that Titan were giving the OK for a mag that they don't have copyright permission for. But anyway I kept pressuing, and he wouldn't give details. Until I finally asked if he was working with "Jay Cox", a name I'd made up from two words on Cinescape's front page. "Yeah, that's the guy!!" was the message that sealed his guilt. Backtracking afterwards, he tried to say he got confused. He's also said that JMS contacted him about his site, and then later said he hadn't been contacted. He also tried to just cover all this up, and made lots of contradictions, to many to mention.
Even now he maintains his innocence, and I find it hard to say "this person is lying." I like to believe in people. But there is really nothing I can do with this, I can not find one single shred of evidence to support is claim.
It is sad that my thoughts were confirmed. It's taken quite a few months, I hope you can all see this wasn't a knee jerk reaction.
It's a sad episode indeed. He is no longer welcome at this site, and I strongly suggest no one visits his site. If you choose to believe him, or want to take his side into account, then fine. I'm not going to ask for unconditional loyalty. In fact, make up your own minds... I'd suggest everyone does that, it's always good practice. Maybe go read some of his old posts, check out his company if you can. I looked... lots.
This is very troubling for me, the whole situation.
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Dreg: "Most beauteous and supremely magnificent one, this dark spell I hold in my worthless and scabby hand is our gift to you, most tingly and wonderful Glorificus..."
Glory: "Please, call me Glory. And get up, looking at you is hurting my neck."
Dreg: "Forgive me, shiny special one. I beg of you to rip out my inadequate tongue."
Glory: "Gimme."
[This message has been edited by AntonyF (edited August 22, 2001).]
I'm sceptical by nature. Not as bad as Garibaldi, but getting there. I take nothing at face value. Such things have benefits.
All the actors are wonderful in posting here with you, and I certainly appreciate that. But I never took that at face value. In this day and age, anyone can pretend to be anyone. So every actor who has posted here I initially kept an eye on, basically for that reason. Thankfully, all is safe in that department. And any actors I'm not sure about, I'd ask some security questions. This is not quite easy to do, asking an actor who has graciously come here to prove who they say they are. It could be taken as rudeness. But I do hope they appreciate that it is so easy to fool anyone these days, and is just a necessity.
A while ago, someone named Raider posted here quite a lot. Friendly guy it seemed, talked about a a B5LR magazine for one. However this was a guy I never took at face value. I couldn't ban him or anything because I expected him to be full of BS, but it was on my mind. I watched him, and was concerned that people were (naturally) talking to him a lot and taking in what he had to say, but I avoided it.
His claims became all the more fanciful, that he's doing so many programs, when in fact this is a company that is mentioned nowhere. The latest figure today was over £100m ($150m) for some series. This is ludricious. He says he creates films, TV and now this magazine. What proof of this was there?
Anyway, I needed proof. I got him to claim that his company was a registered limited company in the UK, and got him to reconfirm it. Using the companies house website, it doesn't even exist. He tried to blame it on a mess up. He was also increasingly reluctant to comit to this magazine. It was odd that Titan were giving the OK for a mag that they don't have copyright permission for. But anyway I kept pressuing, and he wouldn't give details. Until I finally asked if he was working with "Jay Cox", a name I'd made up from two words on Cinescape's front page. "Yeah, that's the guy!!" was the message that sealed his guilt. Backtracking afterwards, he tried to say he got confused. He's also said that JMS contacted him about his site, and then later said he hadn't been contacted. He also tried to just cover all this up, and made lots of contradictions, to many to mention.
Even now he maintains his innocence, and I find it hard to say "this person is lying." I like to believe in people. But there is really nothing I can do with this, I can not find one single shred of evidence to support is claim.
It is sad that my thoughts were confirmed. It's taken quite a few months, I hope you can all see this wasn't a knee jerk reaction.
It's a sad episode indeed. He is no longer welcome at this site, and I strongly suggest no one visits his site. If you choose to believe him, or want to take his side into account, then fine. I'm not going to ask for unconditional loyalty. In fact, make up your own minds... I'd suggest everyone does that, it's always good practice. Maybe go read some of his old posts, check out his company if you can. I looked... lots.
This is very troubling for me, the whole situation.
------------------
Dreg: "Most beauteous and supremely magnificent one, this dark spell I hold in my worthless and scabby hand is our gift to you, most tingly and wonderful Glorificus..."
Glory: "Please, call me Glory. And get up, looking at you is hurting my neck."
Dreg: "Forgive me, shiny special one. I beg of you to rip out my inadequate tongue."
Glory: "Gimme."
[This message has been edited by AntonyF (edited August 22, 2001).]
