Who Are They Now??

DirtyHarry · January 9, 2006 12:55PM

Past posters.....I have my suspicions.

Gemmy (OK- not hard to figure)
Big Kid At Heart (I have a theory)
BeachBum (he is slick)

I think they are all here and alive. Post your opinions!

pandrews · January 9, 2006 1:13PM

if beachbum is still here, LMFAO..

WinPitcher · January 9, 2006 1:15PM

I gotta get me one of them alt id's

Steve

EdwardTeach · January 9, 2006 1:16PM

Who is Who?

WinPitcher · January 9, 2006 1:19PM

Who is on first.

Steve

CardsFan · January 9, 2006 1:26PM

The place just hasn't been the same since Gemmy left. A Spammy by any other name just isn't a Spammy.

stevek · January 9, 2006 2:11PM

Gemmy (OK- not hard to figure) - Well he's obviously here. I don't think he's a super big football fan, hence only a few posts now.

Big Kid At Heart (I have a theory) - I think I might know the "theory" and I would agree. Who knows how many alt-ID's MaoTseTung has? (oh, I got the commie name wrong)

BeachBum (he is slick) - was before my time...don't recall him here.

Frankly, I never understood somebody's "need" for alt-ID's and still don't. Unless perhaps someone is attempting to con people out of money.

Dallas88 · January 9, 2006 3:04PM

I don 't recall beach bum either.

Axtell · January 9, 2006 4:00PM

<< <i>The place just hasn't been the same since Gemmy left. A Spammy by any other name just isn't a Spammy. >>

You make that sound like it's a bad thing.

Does anyone truly miss 20 threads a day about yankee crap? I don't think anyone does.

WinPitcher · January 9, 2006 11:45PM

Unless perhaps someone is attempting to con people out of money.

That is a stretch. How in the world does an alt id allow someone to con people out of money?

Steve

stevek · January 10, 2006 12:09AM

<<< How in the world does an alt id allow someone to con people out of money? >>>

Have say five or more alt-ID's each making bets with each other - the alt-ID's stating that they are getting paid by the other alt-ID's. Some "sucker" sees this, figures it's "legitimate" and wants to get in on the action, and then gets taken. The sucker may even get paid off on a few small bets before getting conned out of a large total bet. It's a classic type of con that is used in street gambling games to lure in strangers and occurs sometimes at horse racetracks. The movie "The Sting" illustrated this type of con - The Sting was fictional but was based on classic con games which occur.

Note that I never accused anyone here of this but stated the possibility of it. The possibility is definitely there. Simply never bet money with anyone from an internet forum - for any reason - then you never have to worry about getting conned.

Steve

stevek · January 10, 2006 12:20AM

<<< How in the world does an alt id allow someone to con people out of money? >>>

Also - I have read where this con has happened at a number of internet poker forums. Some supposedly "winning" poker player, so "unfortunately" somehow got his bankroll stolen, and needs money for a buy-in with some tournament, and he'll split the winnings with you. His alt-ID's vouch for him being legitimate. You send him the money and never hear from him again. But guaranteed his alt-ID's will try to become friendly with you in order to down the road, con you again.

Again...never bet or send money to people in an internet forum under these circumstances. Naturally a baseball card transaction is different because you can get scans, etc., to make sure it is legitimate. but as you know with a baseball card transaction, you still have to be careful unless really knowing the other person.

Steve

WinPitcher · January 10, 2006 4:16AM

K Steve I Understand.

I still want one LOL

Steve

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