Fezzik's Place gone...

[paperchamp]

Thoughts?? It seems like Fezzik is taking his ball and going home.

[Caldarooni]

I think the way it played out is hilarious.

[ncboiler]

Reasons?

[B00T]

cliff notes

[paperchamp]

Fezzik and the dude from LVA came up with a plan to charge $20 a month for access to the forum and to Fezzik's picks during the NFL season. They said it was to help "weed out" the board fodder. Everyone flipped out and accused Fezzik of turning tout (which he said he would not do). Fezzik got butt hurt and closed the board citing that "it's just not worth his time dealing with all the [censored] on the board".

[dankhank]

when they announced the plan, i posted early in the thread with a one word response of "whatever", which basically meant, i would pay the $20, and that it was not a big deal because the forum was so valuable to me. i posted simply because i knew the thread would be huge and it is fun to respond early in a thread that is huge.

i check back later and see my response was deleted.

fez seems like a great guy but there were enough negative comments on the site that he somehow got totally confused about how people felt, and made a rash decision that i think he and everyone else will look back on as a mistake.

[trixtrix]

here's a thought i posted on therx.. you people really need to stop; if you weren't whining about how much it sucks to fork over 20/ month and fezz is a hack/tout/fraud, you're complaining about how fezz is a b!tch/whiner/crybaby..

somehow i doubt he cares about your existence as much as you care about his..

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wow, if fezzik wanted to charge 20/month, he was bashed for becoming a tout/scamdicapper

if he kept his picks free but rooted out the noise, he gets bashed for being a spoiled whiny child who stomps home if he doesn't get his way

oh.. the irony, after seeing what transpired the last day and a half. i can def empathize w/ what fezz has gone through. face it, there was nothing he could've done that wouldn't draw criticism one way or the other

keep it as is= people whine about the childishness of some posters
get a mod= LVA can't pay for the expense as they have no more internet gambling revenue
make it pay= tout! scamdicapper!
take it away= whining boy who took his ball and went home..

all this idiocy has spun out of control to the nth.. fwiw, i was not going to pay the 20/month as i don't bet fezz's football selection and just use the board as a sort of time-filler.. but dude, it's his board and his house, and he can do w/ it as he want..

who are we to complain? value it as a binary option, if you perceive the ability to post + getting his picks in a timely fashion is >= 100$ a year, you pay. otherwise, don't pay..

jesus christ, what's so hard? if your neighbor invited you to his pool party every weekend for free beers + barbecue. then one day he says sorry, i can't afford to throw these parties for free anymore b/c the i foot the bill for all the drink and food by myself and it's killing me, so if you're going to come, you must pay an admission fee.. what are you going to do? hold your breath until you turn blue?

[TheRover]

I'm sure he could've found someone to mod it for free and never understood why it wasn't.

[rjp]

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I'm sure he could've found someone to mod it for free

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[4Tay]

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and we move on

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Classic Fezzik quote.