Maybe you should have explained all of this, Avocado. I hate to see good people slandered. In fact it goes beyond LTFL. The board's contest reputation is being decimated. It's bad enough having the spider problem. We don't need the NFL contest smeared too by incomplete information. I'm surprised at you.
Thanks for stepping up for the board, LTFL. Most of us appreciate what you have done in the past. Your reputation remains impeccable as it has been here for a long time through many contests.
Thanks for stepping up for the board, LTFL. Most of us appreciate what you have done in the past. Your reputation remains impeccable as it has been here for a long time through many contests.
I appreciate it MA, you’ve always been a class act. Last year it was my Chase accounts this year Venmo. It might be time to call it quits for me sadly. I love the fball & monthly contests here, hopefully it perseveres but it looks bleak at the moment.
It was not slander or anything close to that. DIdn't think all the details were necessary given that I went out of my way to say the LTFL has a clean record.
It was information to the forum for people to judge/understand the timeliness of getting paid in one of these contests. Like, if you're gonna win one of these contests it might take you 3+ months to get paid - regardless of the reason. That might make it not worth it to people, even if it's not the money holder's fault.
Was not equating it to the spiderwebb situation or anything like that. Sorry if it came off that way.
Thanks for your feedback.
To be clear, BAS is no longer an RX staff member. We are in touch with Defying privately concerning that situation.
Contests are fun. That is why the community contests forum continued to hop along with activity even after the situation you referenced. But as the site grows and changes, contests will have to transition toward being RX sponsored initiatives to avoid more of the same issue.
Community contests are run on the honor system with other members. Originally this post was relocated as it involved a promotion that originated from that section, which displays a clear disclaimer that the contests are not officially supported by The RX in any way, and members are playing at their own risk. This is a risk that most sign off on and say they're comfortable with, until it happens to them. Human nature and completely understandable, which is one of the reasons why a change is needed. And anybody who is associated with a running promotion or an expired one who violated that basic trust placed in them by other users may have limited or no access to the posting forum on a case by case basis. It could be some of the users recently mentioned have every intention to pay, but the jury is still out.
That doesn't mean contests are going away. A rollout was made earlier today tracking pick records from the special picks forum. Another update is in the oven to give more visibility of handicapper records by sport. With this, we'll have necessary building blocks to launch fun and exciting promotions enabling us to give you a better and more reliable way of competing with one another.
To end the hijacking of this thread, I'll just emphasize that we need to do a better job hearing your feedback and making sure loyal long time users understand the site's goals and features coming your way, and that includes contests and a lot more.
These contest payment problems are truly a travesty. But all contests and the people who banked them should not all be lumped together. There are good soldiers who have volunteered to present, track, and bank some of the contests who have always followed through with the participants' expectations. Those people shoud be praised not slandered.
I don't think that people who never participate in the contests should have a voice in whether or not the contests continue. We are big boys. The participants can make that decision for themselves. Maybe we got a little too trusting but I can assure you that there are people who populate this board who can be trusted. There aee some solid people who post here. Don't ever believe that the board is crawling with vermin. It's far from completely true.
I don't think that people who never participate in the contests should have a voice in whether or not the contests continue. We are big boys. The participants can make that decision for themselves. Maybe we got a little too trusting but I can assure you that there are people who populate this board who can be trusted. There aee some solid people who post here. Don't ever believe that the board is crawling with vermin. It's far from completely true.
100%. That being said you guys can help us craft some exciting contest promotions with some of the upcoming leaderboard giveaways planned. It can still run with a lot of member input and fingerprints on the ideas. It just has to transition away from users holding funds or processing payments.
I'm all ears. I love the monthly contests that now appear to be suspended. THey ad a relatively simple but ingenious format. Max of 5 games per day. Single unit bets. Total of between 70 and 75 picks per month. With the option of designating up to four plays per month as three unit plays. Skill and money management were both represented. Lots of fun if you enjoy that type of challenge at a relatively cheap ($110.00) risk with the prize pool determined by the number of participants.
Please keep us abreast of your plans.
Please keep us abreast of your plans.
$25 2022 Superbowl Square - Google Drive
$50 - 2022 Superbowl Square - Google Drive
$100 - 2022 Superbowl Square - Google Drive
This shows all the amounts owed from each group. Not sure if these $100 were moved to $50 or refunded or not
