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Originally Posted by Hell Puppy
I think this is missing some back story info...
GonZo in particular had been after Shemp to post for nearly a year, ever since he came to Atlanta. Told him we'd love to have him, Oprano really was missing that TGP persepctive and a lot of the players over here were finally testing the TGP waters (which was true at that time).
Now go re-read the thread with that back info.
Did he feel welcomed and that people here were receptive to hearing what he might have to say and bring to the table regarding TGP's? No, it felt more like an attack on his whole business plan. And happened right out of the gate.
His reaction was he didn't need that shit and he bolted. And hasn't had much use for GonZo ever since...
Interesting side impact there was GonZo was brokering some traffic trade deals for TGPs being run by some of the regulars here via Shemp and they were getting some fine traffic from it. Some of the same ones in that thread. That traffic went away...
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I see I see said the blind man. So business deals got canned.
But, the possibillity is that it isn't the people who expressed their opinion's fault. The thread was initially about the Hun banning paycounters and such. Shemp came in on page 2 and expressed his opinion.
That the rest of the group did not necessarilly agree with him (but actually, if you read the thread, many did) is not the groups fault.
Not to be too sarcastic, becuse I have heard many really great things about Shemp, but did he expect everybody to go "oh you are so smart" or something. He was talking to people who have been in business as long as he was. They were not disrespectful or really harsh (definitely not harsh by webmaster board standards).
It is not the groups fault that shemp left and business blew off. It is not Gonzo's fault that shemp left and business blew off. It sounds to me an awful lot like it's Shemp's fault that he left and business blew off.
(Damn, i am glad I didn't post in that thread, it ain't my fault, that one is for certain)
And that is ancient history for the most part but it probably ought to be looked at for what it really is before decisions are made with that being any part of the underlying base of the decision.