I guess you are at least partially referring to me in all your posts referring to affys in this thread.
Unfortunately this whole issue blew up while I was away from home visiting my brother and his family in Newcastle since last Friday, and I spent virtually zero time online. I have just finished reading this thread from posts about 4 or 5 days back and to be honest, I'm still as confused now as when it started!
I don't promote Rome on my KK site anyway, and I'm still not sure about Affactive. I believe in "Innocent until proved guilty" and so far I have not seen any concrete proof that Affactive have done anything wrong - only hearsay. The latest posts, where the licence has apparently been restored to Mayflower seems to back that up.
KK
The problem is, as Bryan pointed out, that the actual attack has almost become a sideshow......the REAL eye-opener is the disgraceful and unprofessional manner is which both sides behaved. The fact that they were all willing to sling crap publicly and squabble like schoolkids should be enough for any ethical affy who genuinely cares about their players to dump them without a second thought.
The other serious issue is the confirmed connection between GoldVIP and affactive. You very well know what the former is all about, so the latter should be also be dumped without a second thought.
You see, its nothing personal KK. It's about professional reputation, and given your past zeal in defending affactive, and your apparent unwillingness to accept that they are connected to the worst of the worst and quite possibly ddos attacks, means that you ARE staking your professional (and perhaps personal) reputation on them, and you are at serious risk of being dragged down with them.
You've spent a long time building a rep for being a fair affy, who is an advocate of fair play and ethical behaviour, and who doesn't see money as their first and only consideration. However, by continuing to support these operators you are showing everyone exactly the opposite. You obviously have a close rapport with danielg, which I'm sure is due to you bringing them good traffic and you making some good coin......and this has, in my mind, explained why you were happy to recommend them to your players regardless of their awful slow pay and terrible max payments. You can explain how I'm totally wrong if you like, but money is the only reason I can think of to explain why you supported them then, and are supporting them now.
The question is....are you willing to sacrifice a few bucks to protect your reputation? It's the question that any ethical affy should have already asked themselves by now, and your lack of action shows that you may have already answered it in your own mind. Unfortunately, if that's the case, you can no longer claim any kind of high road when it comes to ethics and I will always question the motives behind the opinions you offer.
You might think that I'm being a total ass, but I say all this because I've always valued and trusted your opinions and judgements as I've always felt it was never about the money for you. I'm so disappointed to be looking at you differently, and I never thought the day would come that I would. I'd really love you to step up to the plate for the good of your players and the industry, and prove that I am mistaken in my assessment.
