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(And as I said in another conversation, calling someone a "liar" like that is libel per se and could get someone into hot water.)

He already emailed us, it's not a big deal. So there goes that. And further, libel only is a possibility if the statement made is false, which this is not. So, it hurts, but it's not libel.

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Temper, temper.

 

What Thomas is saying is, the guy was obviously wrong about his score, but that doesn't make him a "liar" in the strict sense of the word. To lie, you have to be intentionally misinforming someone. We have no proof that the guy's claim was intentionally bogus. You may not buy his story about how "maybe" he played an unfinished prototype and didn't realize it, but your hunch is not sufficient proof that he lied, and therefore all you can call it is just that: a hunch.

 

Calling a hunch a "fact" often lands people in court. Calling a well-respected member of a forum an "idiot" often lands people on the banned list.

Not yet.

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MY GOD THE VIDEO IS AMAZING, MORE GIFS PLS. I can't even remember what happened with backin89. What in the world was the story again?

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PS: check out the old Backin89 threads:

http://atariage.com/...tmas/?p=2148752

http://atariage.com/...35#entry2148735

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/174216-need-donations-to-help-a-poor-dude/

....that should get you back up to speed! ;) :thumbsup:

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HAHAAHAH oh yes I remember now. In his defense, I bought a ton of VHS tapes off of him at that time that he did, in fact, send, with no problems. But yeah, douche hahaha. Make more GIFs. In fact, you should start a special thread with a collection of them.

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Just a short article I wrote as part of a series. I figured I'd float some useful knowledge out there, in particular so people stop buying those damn double-ender TCM/Halloween carts for hundreds. It's just not right. Also talk about the Creepshow guy in there. If you have any scams you'd like to throw my way, please do, I'd be more than happy to publicly destroy someone's reputation for being an idiot.

 

http://metalarcade.net/2013/09/retro-atari-scammers-of-the-modern-era/

 

 

That is one hell of an article, good read, thank you.

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It is kind of sad to see this thread get derailed so much. I enjoyed reading the article and would hope to see more in the future. It should have centered more on the Creepshow Guy and less on Todd, But there is serious issues with high scores in classic gaming and there are too many instances of scores not being correct to say there is not a scam. Maybe it should have been two separate articles.

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