TRUTH IN ADVERTISING Sounds plain and simple, doesnt it, but I guess either it isnt or some dont believe in being truthful in their advertisement. Take this advertisement for instance:
WOOHOO! Wait until you see the NEW twist on our $1000 drawing......IF the person who's name is drawn is NOT online, we'll be drawing another name in about 30 minutes for a chance to win $500, if that player is not online, we'll draw ANOTHER name in 15 min for $250, if not online another name is drawn in 15 min for $125, if not online, another drawing in 15 min for $50 PLAY TO WIN !!!!! This was copied and pasted from the announcement, that shows when you first come into Atlantic Interbet, late evening September 3, 2000.
What exactly does the person whos name is drawn mean? According to Websters New World Dictionary, person is defined as a human being, especially as distinguished from a thing or lower animal; individual man, woman, or child."
Well people, we may have aliases, but I believe that the above definition of a person, is exactly what a person is. Simple, isnt it? I guess not since AIB goes by double standards. They have their own definition of person.
AIB lies to and neglects regular, loyal players. When it ran a matching fund
promotion, there were "technical problems," and we regular players had to resort to
taking an additional alias in order to get matching funds. They developed a $100 sign-on bonus that was offered to new players, which we never offered nor received when we first came on. Some of us have been playing under two different aliases. Last night, a friend's other alias was called as a winner in the drawing. She had been online playing most of the day and night. Since the name called was her other alias, she was not awarded the $125.
It really doesn't matter which alias was on, since the announcement referred to
"person." When I tried to discuss this with an AIB pit, I was told several times to stay
out of it. Well folks, when a friend is being shafted, I WILL NOT keep my mouth shut.
Needless to say, the announcement has now been changed to "alias" rather than
"person," which is how it should have been all along. Again, AIB does not believe in
Truth in Advertising, but what can we expect when we have continuously been lied to by them.
Speaking of the drawing, I wonder why it is that some of the pits announce the winner is not online the same time they announce the winner. Could it be that they want to be sure that the person is not online, before they announce the name? Yes some are online, but the greatest percentage are not online and there sure are a lot of names that no one has ever seen or heard of, except some that I know of at the freebie site. Seems awfully suspicious to me.
Another example is the bonus that the regular loyal old timers were promised. Well guess what, we still havent seen it, even though promised many months ago. And to think that I once stood up for this lying, deceiving place. Well folks I have now seen the light and will let some other poor sucker pour thousands of dollars into a corrupt deceiving establishment.
And what about the prize structure? It has been lowered again. Why? Because AOL is having
problems. Give me a break. My opinion is that AOL has probably gotten wise to this place and decided not to have anything to do with them. What about the rest of us that have a different ISP? Don't we count for anything? NOPE. All we count for is giving our money to this lying, deceiving establishment.
And the matching. I seem to remember after the last fiasco that we were promised another day for matching. Again, nothing but lies.
Newbies, watch out. They love you now, but as soon as you become a regular, you will no longer be considered important in their eyes, since all they care about is recruiting newbies. You will be lied to and deceived just as we old-timers were.
Well its been a real experience dealing with this lying, deceiving establishment but alas I have had it with their lying and deceiving so Im gone. I will miss the good friends I have made; however, several of us plan to find another place to meet and play together again.
Good luck all
iBmamabear
Gosh after taking about 2 hrs of my time reading all these messages, I have realized that I have been gone longer than I thought lol. I know I have taken a few months off away from AiB but it was not due to any reason of AiB or the staff or the patrons there. I have been really busy with my business and I had been ill for the few months, but am doing better now 
As AiB knows and probably alot of you, know I have lost alot of money in there, we all bitch at times of frustration, but what price you set for entertainment and the company of nice people, who have become friends, is priceless or in otherwords what you can afford. If you cannot afford to lose PLEASE DON'T PLAY. You can't say staff only likes you cause you are a patron, otherwise they would not remember anything about you or care too if that was the case.
