Fezzik closing his site

Paterno · Jun 18, 2007

Per Fezzik's post on his site

This communication represents our final decision about what we will do this football season.

We have received harsh criticism from many about our suggested football package (we proposed to charge all $20/month for all services). This criticism ranged from comparing myself to several of the scamdicappers out there, suggesting that Anthony and I are desperate for revenue, and that we are hypocrites/etc for now "charging for picks". Meanwhile, I don't think I've ever seen so many nasty posts/personal attacks on this board than I've seen the last few days. Well, I think I have the best solution (Anthony isn't so sure), but he has deferred to me on this.

2007 FOOTBALL SERVICE:

My football picks: $0.00 (I will post AGAIN for free this year)
Weekly Wednesday Conference call $0.00 (We will do for free this year).
All other services will remain intact on this board, my articles, records, bios, APEDAQ etc. will remain intact. Cost: $0.00

One exception: The public message boards are now closed. They have become too time consuming, and created too many conflicts including frantic late night phone calls to me to bust select posts. All those wanting to continue to post out there, I encourage to post on many exceptional message boards including EOG.com, therx.com, sharpsportsbetting.com, majorwager.com, sportsmemo.com, etc. I appreciate the feedback from the vast majority of the posters out there, and wish them well going forward.

NOTE: There WILL be a PRIVATE message board. I will be personally inviting those who will join. Anthony has gratiously agreed to set this up for no cost. There will be zero cost to join, however, only those invited will be eligible. No sports books will be eligible to be a part of this board. We will be putting this together in the coming weeks, but it will be restricted only to those I personally recommend, and who I feel will share value with all others on the board. The biggest value of this board was never my picks, it was the interaction of ALL the truly gifted posters on this site. With growth, expansion has discouraged many posters from providing this information. It is my great hope that this change will enable me to have a message board that I and others are proud to be a part of, working together to win in this business.

I thank everyone for their valued contributions, and what for the most part was a really fun ride on this message board. Good luck to all going forward!

CapNWatch · Jun 18, 2007

Good idea...if things are getting out of control.

BAGIANT · Jun 18, 2007

Boy what's Cutter going to do with his life if that site is gone?

quantumleap · Jun 18, 2007

Serious question, what will happen to the Fezdak? How has it been doing?

Continued good luck this year Fezz.

Paterno · Jun 18, 2007

Even though the board had some real losers, I considered the overall board the sharpest and some of the most useful information during football season. I have learned so much just from the conference calls.

Iceman · Jun 18, 2007

sad sad day.

I quit posting their because of all the BS that went on but the site was an absolute daily must read (IMO). Learned more there than any forum on how to win. I will miss it badly.

GreenDoberman · Jun 18, 2007

I've never seen a business model get shot down that quickly. Steve took his ball and went home.

canabiz · Jun 18, 2007

don't quite agree with their directions but i guess we have the choice of staying or leaving. We'll see how things unfold for this football season

TTinCO · Jun 18, 2007

What was the problem over there, bashers?

GreenDoberman · Jun 18, 2007

This one broke the unintentional comedy scale:

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The best deal in Las Vegas right now is the $4.95 steak dinner. $4.95 is one great deal, but let's get it for free. Basic Strategy:

1. There is often a small wait. Get your drink for free by buying in for $20 at the bar. Order 1 drink (the root beer is great), play 1 hand of VP.......cash out

2. At the restaurant they have placemats with $5 matchplays each worth just under $2.50. Pick up an extra one on the way out (use at some later date).

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Iceman · Jun 18, 2007

TTinCO said:
What was the problem over there, bashers?

badly!!!

It was completley out of control. Not sure exactly what they will tell you as they ditched the whole sponssor thing when the "law" passed but no mods killed it (IMO).

Never met a worse group of a-holes than some on there. Sad thing is Fezzik is a GREAT guy who has helped many immensley learn to win and got nothing in return. Surprised he stayed on that long.

DarkStar · Jun 18, 2007

I`ll miss JJ`s useless banter.

It was a good site for awhile,but things went downhill fast.

jwblue · Jun 18, 2007

There were fewer percentage of a**whipes over there than on most boards, bit they were some of the biggest jerks you would come across.

IS

TTinCO · Jun 18, 2007

InSpades said:
There were fewer percentage of a**whipes over there than on most boards, bit they were some of the biggest jerks you would come across.

IS

If that's the case, why not just toss the assholes? Seems simple enough unless there's more to the story.

chi166 · Jun 18, 2007

I spent three years there. The information being exchanged there went downhill in the last six months. I pretty much went from a regular poster there to a lurker. Most of the people Fezzik will keep on his private board are good guys. I've met quite a few of them here in Vegas. There were a few turds that should've been flushed down the toilet that hung around. The information there was top notch from '04 to the end of NFL '06. It was much harder to find as time went on. I won't miss the political rants there.

chi166 · Jun 18, 2007

TTinCO said:
If that's the case, why not just toss the assholes? Seems simple enough unless there's more to the story.

The guys in charge were out trying to make a living. They didn't have a guy there to wipeout the junk.

TomBrady#1 · Jun 18, 2007

TTinCO said:
If that's the case, why not just toss the assholes? Seems simple enough unless there's more to the story.

There is not more to the story. For some unknown, inexplicable reason, they chose to allow all sorts of nonsense, bashers, rants etc. Mind boggling.

TTinCO · Jun 18, 2007

I can kind of understand where he's coming from. They weren't taking advertisers, so it's a money pit if you hire staff\moderators. Toss in the bullshit factor of having to babysit & deal with all the day to day crap, and he probably just decided that it wasn't worth the effort and was going to start over on a much smaller, controlled fashion.

If it was "that far gone", maybe that's what he thought was the best way out.

oldirtyku · Jun 18, 2007

you wont pay 20... i take my ball and go home... penis

Hal01 · Jun 18, 2007

Tom Brady#1 said:
There is not more to the story. For some unknown, inexplicable reason, they chose to allow all sorts of nonsense, bashers, rants etc. Mind boggling.

And for a while you were right in the middle of it all.:youmad: