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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10733 Posts
August 02 2013 18:41 GMT
#361
On August 03 2013 02:40 mechengineer123 wrote:
also he doesn't have enough space behind his table tennis table.


LOL , I love TL .
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Kevin_Sorbo
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3217 Posts
August 02 2013 18:41 GMT
#362
this story is so fucking ridiculous I dont even understand why you would want to share it on the forums.


To make you and your team look like a bunch of clowns or what?

props to the Nigerian prince. He prolly owns smi by now.
The mind is like a parachute, it doesnt work unless its open. - Zappa
Atticus.axl
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
August 02 2013 18:50 GMT
#363
Man I miss BW days. Sorry you guys had to deal with this.
DoctorHelvetica <3
MadVillian
Profile Joined September 2011
United States127 Posts
August 02 2013 19:15 GMT
#364
I find it very hard to feel bad for the sMi guys because literally everyone else outside the team told them time and time again that it is a scam. I understand that dirtybird wasnt there originally for it, but the rest of the team had their fair share of warnings. I find it kind of silly that they are trying to make a big deal about it after the fact.
In there like swimwear.
Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-02 19:20:17
August 02 2013 19:20 GMT
#365
I wish there were a "recommend this post?" poll so I would have known to get a big bucket of popcorn while reading that. I mean I * DO * feel bad for you lot, but you have to admit that it's a very uhm.. interesting story.
Waffles > Pancakes
Kihshra
Profile Joined July 2012
178 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-05-21 20:03:10
August 02 2013 19:32 GMT
#366
On August 01 2013 09:52 NanoClouD wrote:
Dear community, I was recruited onto sMi as the captain for the main roster and coach for the players. It was a great opportunity to get better at coaching as well as to meet and learn from the other players on the main roster. Some of them were former teammates/friends and the others soon became friends. We were able to develop strong bonds that will stay past this incident. As it was detailed above, this guy scammed everyone including the players he brought on with the fake contracts as well as the former smi players who were on the team before the new roster was made.

Anderson Barrett was boosted to GM by myself and a few others. We boosted him for money split between 4 people. I paid the 3 others and was waiting for the money. However, Anderson informed he he didn't know how to use paypal, western union, and that his credit cards were blocked. He told me the best way to send me money was via prepaid gift cards.......those also turned out to be a scam. Then he told me the personal sponsor would send me money. This turned out to also be a scam. It became quite apparent that the fake Kelly Dawn was also Anderson.

Everything about this guy was sketchy. We were finally able to uncover the scam after a week on the team. Some of you might ask, why didnt we know from day 1? Well this guy had roots in sMi and friends who vouched for him. He also was great at making up excuses and delaying things, like the long post by DirtyBird explains.

Here is an exert of what I had to deal with.

[7/30/2013 4:33:22 AM] Anderson Barrett: take me to court
[7/30/2013 4:33:26 AM] Milad: You told me you would pay me
[7/30/2013 4:33:33 AM] Anderson Barrett: and i also said whati can do
[7/30/2013 4:33:37 AM] Anderson Barrett: u fucking dumb sand nigger
[7/30/2013 4:33:39 AM] Anderson Barrett: fuck u and GL sand nigger, bye bye :D


Anyways, Its a sad day in esports but this isn't the first time a scam has been pulled and probably wont be the last. This was a good learning lesson for me and the rest of the players. DirtyBirD was nice to not include the other things that were said by Anderson. I'm currently team-less and having conversations with other teams. I will be making an announcement soon on new team.

Wow, are you complaining because you (and some other people) boosted an account into GM and didn't get paid ? LOL. I only feel bad for what DirtyBird had to go through, but not for guys like you.
MiQ
Profile Joined August 2012
Canada312 Posts
August 02 2013 19:44 GMT
#367
Well that was a fun read. Character development was alright, but the plot twist when you realize both Anderson and Kelly are the same person was incredible and quite shyamalan-esque.

8/10
Tons of damage
Von
Profile Joined May 2009
United States363 Posts
August 02 2013 20:08 GMT
#368
On August 01 2013 10:19 Days wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2013 10:17 sMiAthena wrote:
days u knew my passwords, aidan, nano. dont try to play that -.-


Nobody knew your skype password buddy, don't try to play it off. We all feel bad for you, but you just keep digging yourself a deeper hole.


Why would you feel bad for a sociopath?

They sure don't feel bad for you ... at ALL.


If its not fun I dont want it.
AimForTheBushes
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1760 Posts
August 02 2013 20:15 GMT
#369
Wow, heck of a lot of drama over a bunch of oblivious people I've never heard about. Who knew that Real Housewives of Starcraft would be a thing?
AimForTheBushes
Profile Joined February 2011
United States1760 Posts
August 02 2013 20:27 GMT
#370
On August 03 2013 05:08 Von wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2013 10:19 Days wrote:
On August 01 2013 10:17 sMiAthena wrote:
days u knew my passwords, aidan, nano. dont try to play that -.-


Nobody knew your skype password buddy, don't try to play it off. We all feel bad for you, but you just keep digging yourself a deeper hole.


Why would you feel bad for a sociopath?

They sure don't feel bad for you ... at ALL.




to be fair.. it's not as much as they "don't" feel bad for you.. it's that they *can't*. I think it's fair to pity the sociopath... or perhaps even empathize for them, if you're more of the enlightened sort.
Xonix
Profile Joined February 2012
225 Posts
August 03 2013 01:53 GMT
#371
It's just stuff like this that hurts the NA Sc2 scene in general.
Gr33n
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
Bahamas113 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-03 01:59:43
August 03 2013 01:57 GMT
#372
- kelly told jimmy
- jimmy was secretly working with chad
- charley and sam got screwed tho

its hard to follow when its all these names and stuff or is that just me. this stuff makes me think esports is not any closer to being legit though that could easily be the cause of the games more then the community


and how again was he planning on getting your money lol. this plan makes 0 sense
laegoose
Profile Joined June 2010
Russian Federation325 Posts
August 03 2013 02:01 GMT
#373
On August 03 2013 10:57 Gr33n wrote:
- kelly told jimmy
- jimmy was secretly working with chad
- charley and sam got screwed tho

its hard to follow when its all these names and stuff or is that just me. this stuff makes me think esports is not any closer to being legit though that could easily be the cause of the games more then the community


and how again was he planning on getting your money lol. this plan makes 0 sense


It's impossible to follow these names. This whole story is just some C-class drama/circus put here to keep team name on the main page for a few days.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
August 03 2013 02:06 GMT
#374
This is a sad thing and all... but not once did you guys find this suspicious? I mean use your brain. A company or investor will only sponsor somebody if they are gaining something from it, like advertisement and what not. Look at what is being promised, alienware for everyone + full razer gear. Lets say they plan to sponsor 5 members, that should be around 7-8k already + promised salary? With that sort of investment, why would they not just go for a better known team like ROOT or Complexity? Seriously, none of this came off as suspicious for you guys when you guys were talking about it? This event is tragic yes, but you guys definitely walked into this one.
Gr33n
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
Bahamas113 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-08-03 02:15:43
August 03 2013 02:14 GMT
#375
the plan seemed like he was intent on stealing money but pretending to give pc parts. everyone knows that when you give a person PC parts, his magic pot of money is revealed and the magic barrier protecting it is weakened

clearly this was the plan and im not sure why i didnt see it earlier
Let it Raine
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1245 Posts
August 03 2013 02:16 GMT
#376
RIP NA scene
Grandmaster Zerg x14. Diamond 1 LoL. MLG 50, Halo 3. Raine.
rei
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States3594 Posts
August 03 2013 02:28 GMT
#377
smi vs gravity OMGL clan league is live, catch it at
http://www.twitch.tv/teamgravityofficial
GET OUT OF MY BASE CHILL
Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
August 03 2013 02:38 GMT
#378
I'm confused, what was this scammer supposedly trying to accomplish by falsely claiming to be able to provide free stuff?
Strategy"You know I fucking hate the way you play, right?" ~SC2John
pigmanbear
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Angola2010 Posts
August 03 2013 02:54 GMT
#379
On August 01 2013 15:12 NanoClouD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 01 2013 15:09 Gamegene wrote:
someone named nanocloud just started calling forgg a bad faggot in his chat lol

this thread is just becoming a joke rather than a serious discussion.


Well it obviously wasn't me... considering i love forgg and copy a lot of his builds. My twitch name is NanoClouD.

You do understand that Twitch.tv usernames are case insensitive, so that is a worthless defense?
intense555
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States474 Posts
August 03 2013 03:00 GMT
#380
Wow, I would have never seen this coming. Everything seemed extremely legitimate, I don't think anyone would have ever anticipated this.
Aspiring Starcraft 2 pro for @mYinsanityEU, follow me on twitter @mYintenseSC
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