Cheapassstudents.com?

[Missingdata]

Did Cheapy D make a new site call cheapassstudents.com? That I didn't know about?

[CheapyD]

Nope, but the owner of VGtalk did.
In fact, he registered a whole bunch of cheapass domain names.

There's nothing like your "colleague" pretending to be your buddy and then trying to capitilize on your efforts.

Classy.

EDIT: Just in-case you were looking for proof, check the IPs. They are all on the same server.

http://www.whois.sc/vgtalk.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.10

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassstudents.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassdeals.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassvideogames.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

Moderators, please do not edit this thread in any way. I will handle all moderation here.

[Missingdata]

Oh Ic Ic thank CheapyD

[Doylerulez]

He's using the wad o' cash fist similar to the CAG shirt too.

The head guy goes by "CheapA$$ Chief". Feh.

[SpookyD]

Come on... lawsuit, you know you want to ;) .

[r1s3n]

It isn't very classy but fuck him cheapassgamer is a huge success maybe not financially but when I find myself talking about the forums at work with my collegues just because of the awesome deals here. I'm sure I'm not the only one either.

r1s3n

[Missingdata]

any lawyer in the house?

[CheapyD]

any lawyer in the house?
Yeah, mine.
I married one.

[jimbodan]

Nope, but the owner of VGtalk did.
In fact, he registered a whole bunch of cheapass domain names.

There's nothing like your "colleague" pretending to be your buddy and then trying to capitilize on your efforts.

Classy.

To quote Cartman "that's hella weak"

[CaseyRyback]

It is his own fault VGtalk is going down the drain. All those massive updates killed the site.

[O-Dog]

I bet that guy registered lameassripoff.com and various takes on it as well.

[Missingdata]

What other cheapass domain did that vgtalk guy register

[Squirms]

What a dick wad, he's in need of a serious piledriver.

[jmon22]

Hey don't forget
http://www.cheapasscoupons.com/

I agree, this is the worst attempt to mock cheapassgamer that I have ever seen, and I thought the original VgTalk would take the cake for that.

I'm just waiting for CAG to start rant/hate topics at that site, just like they did when Vgtalk starting stealing our deals.

[CaseyRyback]

go and check the forums on that site

cheapassvideogames.com

this one takes the cake

[mr. filet mignon 5000, es]

SHENANIGANS. :shock: Thanks for pointing this out, Missingdata.

Check out cheapassdeals.com

Looks like he's putting together a "CheapAssDeals Network." What vision!

[CheapyD]

Holy shit!
He stole my "video game deals for your cheap ass" tagline....
:bomb:

[O-Dog]

Cheapy, you should bareknuckle the guy 9 rounds. I bet he'll last 2 before he wets himself, slips in his own urine, smacks his head, defecates from the impact, then chokes to death on his own stench.

I'll give anyone 5-1 odds that this happens exactly per my description.

[Xevious]

I just visited cheapassstudents.com. It's not well designed. Some of the deals that are posted are all over the place (kitchen appliances, DVDs, etc). Its also kinda hard on the eyes if you are reading it in a well-lit room.

I prefer this site hands down...

[O-Dog]

We could flood his forums but then we'd risk IP bannings I bet...

[CaseyRyback]

lets just say I will not be posting anymore at VGtalk

stealing your quote like that is fucking wrong

[jmon22]

Holy shit!
He stole my "video game deals for your cheap ass" tagline....
:bomb:

Yeah I noticed that too, this is a very sad, desperate man (if you could even call him a man).

EDIT: We have 71 registered users
The newest registered user is missingdata Trader :evil:

[HYDE]

cheapassdeals.com

You're kidding me right? Check the menu on the right with all the CheapA$$ sites. WTF. I thought this was a secret project of Cheapys when I first saw it since it was so similiar (tag line and all). To find out it is not is quite disheartening.

No worries - I won't purchase through their lifted links. Like that guy is going to do anything but skim deals from bbargains, fw, cag and the like.

If this is indeed the VGtalk guy, then the Karma God is heading his way already.

[sj41]

Holy shit!
He stole my "video game deals for your cheap ass" tagline....
:bomb:

Yeah I noticed that too, this is a very sad, desperate man (if you could even call him a man).

EDIT: We have 71 registered users
The newest registered user is missingdata Trader :evil: :lol: Why would you do such a thing Data. :cry:

[Dok Diamond]

Im signing up an destroying there boards..

[greendj27]

go and check the forums on that site

cheapassvideogames.com

this one takes the cake

Ha...the forums say that there have been all kinds of post there, but if you click on any topics all the authors are the same person.

[Missingdata]

Holy shit!
He stole my "video game deals for your cheap ass" tagline....
:bomb:

Yeah I noticed that too, this is a very sad, desperate man (if you could even call him a man).

EDIT: We have 71 registered users
The newest registered user is missingdata Trader :evil:

Wht i was just curious... and I got tricked b/c i was thinking it's a Cheapassgamer site design for student, but now i learn is from vgtalk.

[Dok Diamond]

yeh theres nothing on there it said like 119 topics and there was one

[rabbitt]

We got any hackers? Someone could tear up those poser websites...

[Squirms]

Yeah lets ruin this asshole.

[MightySlacker]

Like saving money? Do you horde ketchup and napkins from your local McDonald's like no tomorrow? Are you a college student, or do you live like one even though it's been years since your last frat party? Well don't worry, you're one of us. We are a community of CheapA$$e$, and together we'll help each other save money. Don't ever spend retail price on anything ever again, it's part of our rule!

On a daily basis, we'll show you the cheapest deals you can find on the latest electronics, video games, clothing, food, DVD's and movies, and whatever else you can think of. You'll even find the latest coupons from major online and offline retailers here to help you save some additional bucks, because afterall, we are cheapa$$e$.

So what makes us different than other deal sites on the web? Unlike other deals and bargain sites, we give you the oppurtunity to make money from posting the deals that you find and want to share with the rest of the CheapA$$Deal$ community. I've had memberships at other major deal sites, and NONE give you this window of oppurtunity to make money while also reaping the benefits of saving money from the deals posted daily on this website. So why are we being different than your conventional deals site? Because we feel strongly that those who find these deals should be fairly compensated. It's been frustrating in the past not to be compensated on the major deals sites for deals you may have found, only to have the money pocketed by a sole individual - but not anymore. You are free to post your affiliate commission links at any of our CheapAssDeals Network sites.

So as you can see, being a CheapA$$ has it's benefits. Visiting the site daily will help save you money, and if you've got some deals to share, you can make some money off them too. So become a CheapA$$ and join our community today - best of all, it's FREE! What else would do you expect from a website with the word 'CheapA$$' in it??

- MasterChief
The Ultimate Cheapa$$

For once, I am FUCKlNG SPEECHLESS. This is the worst case of GIMMICK INFRINGEMENT I have ever seen.

Dave Olson
*SUPER DUPER INTERNET CELEBRITY SUPASTAR~!* TM.

[ex0]

You really need to do something about this...

[eldad9]

... Its also kinda hard on the eyes if you are reading it in a well-lit room.

The astounding helplessness of non-Opera users...

Just one click lets me disable the web site colors.

[mr. filet mignon 5000, es]

We got any hackers? Someone could tear up those poser websites...

If it comes to that, the terrorists will have already won. :(

Keep it in your pants, script kiddies. Leave this one to the law. Then again, the law can take many forms (http://www.playerschoicegames.com/streetsofrage.html).

[eldad9]

We got any hackers? Someone could tear up those poser websites...

That's right, nothing asserts your moral superiority like an act that's illegal as well as immoral.

[vanlandw]

sorry to hear about all this....i check out their site but i like CAG much more...

[Missingdata]

Good things I ask Cheapy D about it or else.......

[XboxMaster]

You should bring up a lawsuit. You'd make money and own his ass.

[DigitalSpace]

Hopefully these sites will never be half of what CAG is.

Pretty soon we could say:

CheapAssGamer: Often imitated, never duplicated.

However, while imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, this "Cheap A$$ Chief" guy is just a prick.

[guessed]

Definite boycott. Cheapy: how about adding an automatic disclaimer to each topic (or to the main page) that none of the contents of this site are to be posted on vgtalk, cheapassvideogames, cheapassstudents, etc.? It probably wouldn't do any good, though.

[ex0]

Anyone else find those dollar signs extremely annoying?

[PsyClerk]

I'm waiting for Cheapass Ass.

[Xevious]

You may have a lawsuit on your hands Cheapy. The FAQ section is a carbon copy of your FAQ section. Everything else is a variation of your website.

I don't blame you for being pissed...

[hiccupleftovers]

Why that scheming coniving son of a biotch. He is the definition of a cheapass and i'm not talking about monetary value here. Cheapy I would like you to know that you have my full support as well as every other true cheapass gamer (I hope).

[hiccupleftovers]

Like saving money? Do you horde ketchup and napkins from your local McDonald's like no tomorrow? Are you a college student, or do you live like one even though it's been years since your last frat party? Well don't worry, you're one of us. We are a community of CheapA$$e$, and together we'll help each other save money. Don't ever spend retail price on anything ever again, it's part of our rule!

On a daily basis, we'll show you the cheapest deals you can find on the latest electronics, video games, clothing, food, DVD's and movies, and whatever else you can think of. You'll even find the latest coupons from major online and offline retailers here to help you save some additional bucks, because afterall, we are cheapa$$e$.

So what makes us different than other deal sites on the web? Unlike other deals and bargain sites, we give you the oppurtunity to make money from posting the deals that you find and want to share with the rest of the CheapA$$Deal$ community. I've had memberships at other major deal sites, and NONE give you this window of oppurtunity to make money while also reaping the benefits of saving money from the deals posted daily on this website. So why are we being different than your conventional deals site? Because we feel strongly that those who find these deals should be fairly compensated. It's been frustrating in the past not to be compensated on the major deals sites for deals you may have found, only to have the money pocketed by a sole individual - but not anymore. You are free to post your affiliate commission links at any of our CheapAssDeals Network sites.

So as you can see, being a CheapA$$ has it's benefits. Visiting the site daily will help save you money, and if you've got some deals to share, you can make some money off them too. So become a CheapA$$ and join our community today - best of all, it's FREE! What else would do you expect from a website with the word 'CheapA$$' in it??

- MasterChief
The Ultimate Cheapa$$

For once, I am FUCKlNG SPEECHLESS. This is the worst case of GIMMICK INFRINGEMENT I have ever seen.

Dave Olson
*SUPER DUPER INTERNET CELEBRITY SUPASTAR~!* TM.

The guy is trying to steal the commraderie that we have here as well. I saw his website and the deals look like they were ripped straight off of Cheapassgamer.

[Javery]

Cheapy - although I don't practice in this area (I took a couple of classes in law school), my best guess is that you definitely have a case here of trademark/copyright infringement. Your efforts have created a recognizable brand and goodwill associated with it and this ass is blatently stealing it. Period. I'd look into some legal action...

[deathcabforcutie]

www.cheapasslawsuits.com ... i say u register it cheapy and show how you fuck up peoples financial status who steal your shit.

[Dok Diamond]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=1382ef2b1bd5eb45d91a65b1b9c 834b6

Left them a message and plenty more coming soon

[Missingdata]

Dok Diamond nice work!!!... A job well done

[Dok Diamond]

im floodin all the boards

[captainfrizo]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=1382ef2b1bd5eb45d91a65b1b9c 834b6

Left them a message and plenty more coming soon

Well that certainly wasn't the most mature way of going about this issue.

[Dok Diamond]

i know but im banned anyways, and it will all be deleted shortly

[The Successful Dropout]

dont forget...vgtalk is the place that banned me permanently just for asking someone to give credit to cag when they steal my weekly ads posted every week

i was told they're giving us credit for it now, but now im banned as a result

[hiccupleftovers]

Good one Dok Diamond. I hope they show it on the front page of recent messageboards.

[Dok Diamond]

That site is so identical to CAG its not even funny, im contacting them on why i was banned also.

[XboxMaster]

OMG--THEY EVEN HAVE A CHEAPA$$ NEWS BOT!!!

[hiccupleftovers]

OMG--THEY EVEN HAVE A CHEAPA$$ NEWS BOT!!!

the CHEAPA$$ NEW$ BOt is just monitoring this site.

[NatakuARN]

CAG has and always will be my only source for cheapass deals, why mess with the rest when I have already found the best.

[Kain Vincent]

CAG has and always will be my only source for cheapass deals, why mess with the rest when I have already found the best.

Amen to that!

[mtxbass1]

dont forget...vgtalk is the place that banned me permanently just for asking someone to give credit to cag when they steal my weekly ads posted every week

i was told they're giving us credit for it now, but now im banned as a result

Hey trustcompany1013, I post regularly over at VGTalk, and it pisses me off to no end when someone directly rips your posts from CAG and puts them on VGTalk. I always tell them that if they are going to directly copy something from CAG, at least give the original poster credit.....which they seem to never do.

[hiccupleftovers]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=1382ef2b1bd5eb45d91a65b1b9c 834b6

Left them a message and plenty more coming soon

I'm going on a a limb here, but your CheapAssRipOff right, I was looking at your profile and you should have put for you website, the real deal website, Cheapassgamer.com

[eldad9]

OMG--THEY EVEN HAVE A CHEAPA$$ NEWS BOT!!!

the CHEAPA$$ NEW$ BOt is just monitoring this site.

If you can figure out where it comes from, it should be very simple to give it false information (madden 2005 for $14.95 at circuit city, in store only!)

[Dok Diamond]

well ill go on my laptop and sign up again in a lil bit

[eldad9]

hey, mr. diamond, here's some more stuff to add to your sig:

"Larry Selden has been Consultant and Advisor to more than two hundred public and private companies in North America, Europe, Asia and South America, such as BBC, BellSouth, Best Buy, Citibank, Fluor Corporation, Fortis International, General Electric, GE Capital, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, Mercedes-Benz, Merck, Morgan Stanley, New York Times, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil and Thomson Corporation."

So you need to add all these other companies to it too.

[Zenithian Legend]

God, someone needs to be strung up by the balls and poked to death with toothpicks.

[Dok Diamond]

i didnt think it would fit

[The Successful Dropout]

dont forget...vgtalk is the place that banned me permanently just for asking someone to give credit to cag when they steal my weekly ads posted every week

i was told they're giving us credit for it now, but now im banned as a result

Hey trustcompany1013, I post regularly over at VGTalk, and it pisses me off to no end when someone directly rips your posts from CAG and puts them on VGTalk. I always tell them that if they are going to directly copy something from CAG, at least give the original poster credit.....which they seem to never do.

thanks, i appreciate it....zenithian legend told me that you've said that on there....i didnt know your cag username or i would've given you a direct thanks

[hiccupleftovers]

Hey CheapyD what are you going to do about these ripoff sites?

Edit: Though they are ripoffs, I think knock offs works better here.

[punqsux]

wow a whole network of cheapass sites...while i think the student one is a good idea, i wont support it until it becomes less of a rip-off.

i hope all these sites fail and the webmaster chokes on the hosting fees.

[eldad9]

I'll try to get the full list of companies later. Anyway, whatever a consultant says doesn't automatically get endorsed by all of his clients, so your entire sig is kind of pointless.

[Noodle Pirate!]

They claim that you can put your referall links on there.
All you have to do is flood every single deal with Cheapy's referall tag
Post his name and link everywhere so taht noone can get away from not seeing it.
If they are asking for tags for all the deals just make them sorry they copied this site.

In the end there will be like mostly CD referals and hardly any from the site creator lol.
- But my guess is taht hell just change/remove the tag and make it his own.

Worth a try though.

[Reality's Fringe]

It realy doesn't look like the site is all that popular anyway. My guess is that it will fizzle out soon enough.

[Xevious]

It realy doesn't look like the site is all that popular anyway. My guess is that it will fizzle out soon enough.

Its true. There are barely any posts listed....This problem may solve itself...

[doraemonkerpal]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=1382ef2b1bd5eb45d91a65b1b9c 834b6

Left them a message and plenty more coming soon

lmao, that was hilarious dok!

i hope every "cheapass" site gets drowned out by all the other deal forums! (except for this one of course ;) )

[hiccupleftovers]

It realy doesn't look like the site is all that popular anyway. My guess is that it will fizzle out soon enough.

Its true. There are barely any posts listed....This problem may solve itself...

It could just be because it is brand new or something. Hope it is just because it is not popular. Anybody do a google on cheap ass games to see where it comes up?

[Xevious]

It realy doesn't look like the site is all that popular anyway. My guess is that it will fizzle out soon enough.

Its true. There are barely any posts listed....This problem may solve itself...

It could just be because it is brand new or something. Hope it is just because it is not popular. Anybody do a google on cheap ass games to see where it comes up?

You can look at the member list to see how long the website has been going on. THe owner of the website started it in January. There are serveral bots listed.

All in all, it doesn't look like a whole lot of activity...

[CheapyD]

I added some proof to the second post (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=294440#294440) on this thread:

Check the IPs. They are all on the same server.

http://www.whois.sc/vgtalk.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.10

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassstudents.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassdeals.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

http://www.whois.sc/cheapassvideogames.com
IP Address: 209.12.102.11

You get the picture...

[Jaket]

those bastards..... LONG LIVE CAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reality's Fringe]

You're right. My, how could we be so silly. Guys, we totally forgot that the admins over at that wonderful nirvana known as vgtalk have some kind of mind-link with Trustcompany! They're not stealing his hard work! Ha ha no, c'mon fellas, it's telepathy!

*edit*The post I wrote this reply to is....now...gone

[blademan88]

Real mature guys. Delete my post trying to actually defend VGT for once in this thread. :roll:

[WhipSmartBanky]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.

[punqsux]

Real mature guys. Delete my post trying to actually defend VGT for once in this thread. :roll:

your post was deleted? what did it say?

[CaseyRyback]

Wasn't me who deleted it.

[Zenithian Legend]

IT WAS ME!!!!! But first I pissed all over it, and let me tell you, no one likes horse piss BROTHER!

Alright it wasn't me, but come on what do you expect? If someone from here posted anything about this on VGTalks not only would the message be deleted, but the user name would be banned too.

[The Successful Dropout]

http://www.cheapass.com/

[blademan88]

Real mature guys. Delete my post trying to actually defend VGT for once in this thread. :roll:

your post was deleted? what did it say?
There was no bashing or any of the "u sux! we rox0rs j00" type of crap. I did discuss the maturity though of many of the members in this thread. :roll: Basically, while some of you are mature, the most seem to be very immature.

[SneakyPenguin]

http://www.cheapass.com/

That was around long before us. They are a company that makes their own card games and such.

[punqsux]

Real mature guys. Delete my post trying to actually defend VGT for once in this thread. :roll:

your post was deleted? what did it say?
There was no bashing or any of the "u sux! we rox0rs j00" type of crap. I did discuss the maturity though of many of the members in this thread. :roll: Basically, while some of you are mature, the most seem to be very immature.

yeah dude, welcome to the internet ^^ thats really fucked up that your post got the axe, i quoted this one incase something similar happens.

[blademan88]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.

[blademan88]

Real mature guys. Delete my post trying to actually defend VGT for once in this thread. :roll:

your post was deleted? what did it say?
There was no bashing or any of the "u sux! we rox0rs j00" type of crap. I did discuss the maturity though of many of the members in this thread. :roll: Basically, while some of you are mature, the most seem to be very immature.

yeah dude, welcome to the internet ^^ thats really shaq-fued up that your post got the axe, i quoted this one incase something similar happens.
Thanks! You were one of the actual mature people I was talking about :D

[Zenithian Legend]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.\

This "one act" you refer to is?

[The Successful Dropout]

http://www.cheapass.com/

That was around long before us. They are a company that makes their own card games and such.

before posting and after reading the site....i figured that, but i just figured id post another "cheapass" site

[blademan88]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.\

This "one act" you refer to is?
What do you think? :) I'm obviously talking about this whole CheapAss issue being debated.

[sj41]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.\

This "one act" you refer to is?
What do you think? :) I'm obviously talking about this whole CheapAss issue being debated.The one act is the website.

[CheapyD]

I have not deleted any posts in this thread.
Moderators, I will handle the moderation in this thread, thanks.

[SpookyD]

Blademan why don't you just repost it?

[The Successful Dropout]

that would be too easy

[The Successful Dropout]

does anyone know how i can contact the webmaster and/or board administrator for vgtalk? im dying to question him/her about why im banned from that crap site

[daphatty]

Someone had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and that person gets banned.

[daphatty]

I have not deleted any posts in this thread.
Moderators, I will handle the moderation in this thread, thanks.

Noted. And for the record, this is the first I have seen of this thread/severe lack of respect for Cheapy.

[punqsux]

DaPhatty had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and someone gets banned.

what?!

[punqsux]

wait wait, i quoted you then u edited it to say someone?!?!

[blademan88]

does anyone know how i can contact the webmaster and/or board administrator for vgtalk? im dying to question him/her about why im banned from that crap site
I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

[daphatty]

Someone had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and someone gets banned.

what?!

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2165&sid=3f2f2942af4d3fcb61b1fa7d3 7f1e0cc#2165

[punqsux]

Someone had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and someone gets banned.

what?!

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2165&sid=3f2f2942af4d3fcb61b1fa7d3 7f1e0cc#2165

screw that, why the hell did u edit my post?!

[blademan88]

Someone had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and someone gets banned.

what?!

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2165&sid=3f2f2942af4d3fcb61b1fa7d3 7f1e0cc#2165
Contrary to punqsux being the mature people I was talking about it, that is an example of the immature people I was talking about. Why is the world filled with idiots?

[daphatty]

Because you quoted my post before I got a chance to clarify. I was typing so fast that I didn't realize what I had typed made no sense. Your response of "what" supported that fact. That's all.

[rabbitt]

Someone had his way with those boards just now. Check it out before they get deleted and someone gets banned.

what?!

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2165&sid=3f2f2942af4d3fcb61b1fa7d3 7f1e0cc#2165

XD

[punqsux]

Because you quoted my post before I got a chance to clarify. I was typing so fast that I didn't realize what I had typed made no sense. Your response of "what" supported that fact. That's all.

as long as theres a good explanation. sorry about that but i dont like the amount of moderation this thread has been getting.

[Monsta Mack]

Wow, CheapyD should sue for this crap. The ripoff is so obvious. I'll never support VGTalk or whatever it is.

[daphatty]

Because you quoted my post before I got a chance to clarify. I was typing so fast that I didn't realize what I had typed made no sense. Your response of "what" supported that fact. That's all.

as long as theres a good explanation. sorry about that but i dont like the amount of moderation this thread has been getting.

Yea sorry about that Punqsux. I didn't realize there was a problem with that until just now. I only got through the first page of the thread before TripleT went on the "offensive." :twisted:

[WhipSmartBanky]

I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

Anyone else find it odd that this schmuck is trying to play nice-guy liason now that the shit's starting to hit the fan?

[The Successful Dropout]

does anyone know how i can contact the webmaster and/or board administrator for vgtalk? im dying to question him/her about why im banned from that crap site
I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

no matter what i click on...it says this...

"Critical Information

You have been banned from this forum.
Please contact the webmaster or board administrator for more information."

Its such an asshole thing to do, especially considering they didn't even give me a way to contact the webmaster or b.a.

I do appreciate you offering to forward a message to him from me, but Id rather do it myself. I just need an email or something.

[Zenithian Legend]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.\

This "one act" you refer to is?
What do you think? :) I'm obviously talking about this whole CheapAss issue being debated.

Ya ok, except I hardly consider it one act when he's made it into about 17 different sites cupcake, but go on and play this innocent VGT defense crap, it's obviously getting you somewhere... :roll:

[The Successful Dropout]

I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

Anyone else find it odd that this schmuck is trying to play nice-guy liason now that the shit's starting to hit the fan?

....im not exactly sure what he did that was so wrong....and i hate vgtalk for other reasons besides ripping cheapy off....yes, i hate them even more now, and would've hated them now if I already didn't...but what did this guy do that was so wrong?

[daphatty]

VGT doesn't need defending. The evidence pretty much speaks for itself.
I'm not trying to start a war here or anything, but it's that kind of stuff which is unfair. Judging a whole site and its member based on one act seems pretty foolish to me.\

This "one act" you refer to is?
What do you think? :) I'm obviously talking about this whole CheapAss issue being debated.

Ya ok, except I hardly consider it one act when he's made it into about 17 different sites cupcake, but go on and play this innocent VGT defense crap, it's obviously getting you somewhere... :roll:

Hahaha.

CheapyD - This whole thing reminds me of a JayZ song.

"You gotta get, that, dirt off ya shoulders!"

Go on playa brush yo shoulders off.

[Zenithian Legend]

For trust and anyone else who can't get the link to work:


You $$$$$$ motherfucker. How dare you steal someone else's idea! This and all of your other CheapAss sites are a complete rip off from CheapAssGamer.com. I bet you were the class clown who begged other students to copy their homework just before the bell rang.

YOU ARE A FUCKING LEECH! GET A FUCKING LIFE!


and no they don't have a word filter.

[daphatty]

You forgot to tell them the part about it being posted in all but one forum.

[WhipSmartBanky]

I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

Anyone else find it odd that this schmuck is trying to play nice-guy liason now that the shit's starting to hit the fan?

....im not exactly sure what he did that was so wrong....and i hate vgtalk for other reasons besides ripping cheapy off....yes, i hate them even more now, and would've hated them now if I already didn't...but what did this guy do that was so wrong?

It's not so much that this guy's doing anything wrong, it's the fact that he's coming across like there's no problem and we should all get along, and that if we can't see that, we're immature. WRONG. There's a big fucking problem here, and no "olive branching" is going to fix it or make it any more acceptable.

[alongx]

DaPhatty - good work.
He should know he can't bring that weak ass stuff up in this humpy bumpy.

[Zenithian Legend]

You forgot to tell them the part about it being posted in all but one forum.

I didn't check, but looking through the site now it appears as though CAGs have posted more "hate" messages, if you will, than their users have posted deals. It's really quite excessive, but then again they did steal the tagline, and that's just dirty pool, so this guy pretty much has asked for everything he's getting.

[pimp_daddy_smurf]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2173&sid=2bc43f78cf3b3ab52e8d259f4 4a34de2#2173

[Zenithian Legend]

Hahaha.

CheapyD - This whole thing reminds me of a JayZ song.

"You gotta get, that, dirt off ya shoulders!"

Go on playa brush yo shoulders off.


When the VGTalks owner sees all this it's going to remind him of another JayZ song... 99 Problems.

[daphatty]

DaPhatty - good work.
He should know he can't bring that weak ass stuff up in this humpy bumpy.

Hahahaha! :rofl:

EDIT: I tried to add my avatar but that part of the site is fucked.

[WhipSmartBanky]

"You havin' girl problems, I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one..."

I love that song...

WHAT?

[blademan88]

does anyone know how i can contact the webmaster and/or board administrator for vgtalk? im dying to question him/her about why im banned from that crap site
I'm not sure if can PM or not. If you can, PM him. If not, tell me what you want to say, and I'll forward the message to him. Also, I did repost the gist of the message. I didn't repost the long fancy shmancy version because I already posted it once :(

no matter what i click on...it says this...

"Critical Information

You have been banned from this forum.
Please contact the webmaster or board administrator for more information."

Its such an asshole thing to do, especially considering they didn't even give me a way to contact the webmaster or b.a.

I do appreciate you offering to forward a message to him from me, but Id rather do it myself. I just need an email or something.
I'll ask him and let you know.

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

[blademan88]

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

[daphatty]

I feel a DJ CheapyD remix of 2Pac - Hit 'em Up! is in order.

[WhipSmartBanky]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

[daphatty]

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

What was it you wrote anyway? I'm curious to see what all the fuss is about.

[The Successful Dropout]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2175&sid=23f82c5ec9559af2acfdf00aa 74f4c87#2175

[biggestinuyashafan]

this dude is a freakin ripoff of CAG (which i visit like 30 times a day)

[captainfrizo]

I feel a DJ CheapyD remix of 2Pac - Hit 'em Up! is in order.

I'd like to thank you for putting that song in my head.

[The Successful Dropout]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation

[The Successful Dropout]

"if you're having website problems then just copy off of one, now ive got 99 cagers after me and life aint so much fun"

[daphatty]

"You betta back the fuck up before you get smacked the fuck up! This how we do it on our side!"

"Any you $$$$as from NY wanna bring it, bring it. But we ain't singin', we bringin drama! Fuck you and your fuckin mama!"

Ah, nothing soothes the soul better than the classics.

[Zenithian Legend]

That's(the bukkake story) a bit graphic... I think I need a hamburger... I'm under the impression blade here is a moderator of some sort on VGT, but I don't pay close enough attention to any of the usernames there to recognize him/her.

[CaseyRyback]

That's(the bukkake story) a bit graphic... I think I need a hamburger... I'm under the impression blade here is a moderator of some sort on VGT, but I don't pay close enough attention to any of the usernames there to recognize him/her.

he is, just like every other person over there who rountinely posts

[organicow]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2173&sid=2bc43f78cf3b3ab52e8d259f4 4a34de2#2173

:shock:

dude, i think this whole rippin' CheapyD off think is shit, but your little post here is just childish jibberish. If you're going to go to all the trouble of insulting the guy, at least be a bit more creative!! :lol:

[daphatty]

Dude that bukkake post takes the cake.

[blademan88]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation
Yep, way out of line after all the trash talk was spit at me.

[JohnHam]

Here's the post I made at VGtalk, under the name shaq-fuVGtalk.

Don't take my username to heart, it was written in an angrier time. Laughing

Anyway, the problem with this whole thing is, these websites are quite obviously similar, correct? They do the same thing and now, *SOMEHOW* they have a very similar name. This leads to what is referred to in the consumer world as brand confusion. This is often made a court case. When one company makes something, like CheapAssGamer.com, and they have a large community of users, they have a certain amount of notoriety. When another company makes a startlingly similar product, or website, in this case, it may lead to confusion in the marketplace, including some believing these obvious copycat sites (let's be serious a minute, they are obviously meant to be similar to the original cheapassgamer.com) are affiliated with CheapAssGamer.com.

The consumer may wish to contribute to the website, thinking they are contributing to cheapy, and actually they aren't. Another problem is, if something should happen at one of the copycats that leads to consumer dissatisfaction, it will reflect poorly on the in actuality unaffiliated Cheap Ass Gamer.

For those obvious reasons, this is wrong. I hope that your admin will try to be an adult and change the names of the websites. I am not kidding when I say Cheapy would have a strong case in any court (though I doubt he'd take it that far).

That's my piece, and again, while I am biased, this was a well thought out post and the opinion within it is valid, regardless of the username.

If you wish to contact me, PM me at CheapAssGamer, my name is johnham.

Thanks,

-John

[WhipSmartBanky]

http://www.cheapassvideogames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2173&sid=2bc43f78cf3b3ab52e8d259f4 4a34de2#2173

:shock:

dude, i think this whole rippin' CheapyD off think is shit, but your little post here is just childish jibberish. If you're going to go to all the trouble of insulting the guy, at least be a bit more creative!! :lol:

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

[WhipSmartBanky]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation
Yep, way out of line after all the trash talk was spit at me.

You came over here voluntarily. Nobody forced you to post. You put yourself in that position, and now you're bearing the brunt of the reaction. Enjoy.

[daphatty]

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

Well I'm open to suggestions on a better way to "spread the word" without flaming the copycat sites themselves.

[blademan88]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation
Yep, way out of line after all the trash talk was spit at me.

You came over here voluntarily. Nobody forced you to post. You put yourself in that position, and now you're bearing the brunt of the reaction. Enjoy.
So you're saying that even though I had nothing to do with creating any of those sites, I am stupid for coming over here? :roll:

[daphatty]

So you're saying that even though I had nothing to do with creating any of those sites, I am stupid for coming over here? :roll:

I think you are just bearing the brunt of CAGer's frustrations because you chose to stick up for the bad guy. Or at least it appears that way.

[JohnHam]

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

Well I'm open to suggestions on a better way to "spread the word" without flaming the copycat sites themselves.

I got nothin', but I wanted to express agreement with Banky.

daphatty, you espescially should not be pulling stuff like that. You're a moderator here and therefore you represent our community. Don't make us look like crazy jerks. Besides, just threaten to ban someone and then make them do it for you! :D

[WhipSmartBanky]

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

Well I'm open to suggestions on a better way to "spread the word" without flaming the copycat sites themselves.

For a start, I'd sure as hell make it a sticky, if not a front page disclaimer that CAG is not associated with any of those copycat websites.

[The Successful Dropout]

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

Well I'm open to suggestions on a better way to "spread the word" without flaming the copycat sites themselves.

For a start, I'd sure as hell make it a sticky, if not a front page disclaimer that CAG is not associated with any of those copycat websites.

so you're saying that we shouldn't post bukkake stories over there? wsb, you out of all ppl are saying "no" to bukkake stories? what next? someone actually receives their part of the deal out of a trade with cloudspekk???

[HYDE]

I don't think any of our CAGers should be posting over there, period. It artificially inflates their userbase and makes it look like they have more population and activity than they actually do. Boycott their site, spread the word, make sure no one buys shit through any of their affiliate links.

Well put - and the method of which JohnHam posted is good too. Resulting to silly flames with attempts at raising the offensive bar just makes you look less educated and is more of reason to not take your plight seriously. Handle it with posts detailing proof, and earnest concern or disgust, not bukkake, f-*.* l33t speak. 14yr old humor is not a way to solve disputes - we should all know this by now. If you want people to support your cause, state the facts instead as even I have doubts _anyone's_ mom enjoys bukkake on Friday evenings. Saturdays however... -poke-

[The Successful Dropout]

well i for one think that humorous insults are okay

[punqsux]

you guys really need to calm down.

blademan did not come over here bashing cag or anything, so i dont understand the hostility toward him.

this is not a "us vs. them"
the users of vgtalk im sure had nothing to do with all the copycat sites, so stop acting like they did.

by all means boycott vgtalk. i hope the owner of those sites gets a lawsuit. but taking it out on someone just because he happens to be here makes no sence.

[WhipSmartBanky]

So you're saying that even though I had nothing to do with creating any of those sites, I am stupid for coming over here? :roll:

Believe me, slick, if I was saying you were stupid, I'd say it straight up.

I think you are just bearing the brunt of CAGer's frustrations because you chose to stick up for the bad guy. Or at least it appears that way.

Bingo.

so you're saying that we shouldn't post bukkake stories over there? wsb, you out of all ppl are saying "no" to bukkake stories? what next? someone actually receives their part of the deal out of a trade with cloudspekk???

I enjoy bukkake stories as much as the next fella, but in this case I don't think we should give them the traffic.

[daphatty]

daphatty, you espescially should not be pulling stuff like that. You're a moderator here and therefore you represent our community. Don't make us look like crazy jerks. Besides, just threaten to ban someone and then make them do it for you! :D

Ask yourself, would TripleT sit idly by while the HR Lady sexually harrases Pablo and his facial hair? HELL NO!

"YOU CAN'T MAKE A PASS AND PINCH PABLO'S ASS! THAT'S OLD SCHOOL RULES BABY! WOOOOO!"

My post was a reaction and now that I've had time to think about it I have decided to refrain from further posts. However, I do not apologize for the posts. Some things need to be said and feelings should be expressed. Such a blatant violation of trust (remember VGTalk is(was) an affiliate site) deserves an equally blatant show of disgust.

Shock and awe people. Shock and awe.

[WhipSmartBanky]

by all means boycott vgtalk. i hope the owner of those sites gets a lawsuit. but taking it out on someone just because he happens to be here makes no sence.

Actually it does when that person comes over here in a representative and defensory capacity.

[The Successful Dropout]

you guys really need to calm down.

blademan did not come over here bashing cag or anything, so i dont understand the hostility toward him.

this is not a "us vs. them"
the users of vgtalk im sure had nothing to do with all the copycat sites, so stop acting like they did.

by all means boycott vgtalk. i hope the owner of those sites gets a lawsuit. but taking it out on someone just because he happens to be here makes no sence.

amen.......the only thing that i saw that he said wrong was "By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post."

[The Successful Dropout]

but he doesn't "happen to be here", he signed up today

[rabbitt]

Off topic, Trustcompany, what is the name of the chick that's your avatar? It's been bothering me ever since you put her up.

[JohnHam]

by all means boycott vgtalk. i hope the owner of those sites gets a lawsuit. but taking it out on someone just because he happens to be here makes no sence.

Actually it does when that person comes over here in a representative and defensory capacity.

Absolutely agreed.

Espescially when BS like this is completely beyond defense. It's blatant and total crap.

[askew1]

Mr Bruce Willis

[Zmonkay]

I vote for an unofficial (or official) ban on that site, a boycott, as mentioned earlier. Be classy, don't drop to their level, and DON'T post over there, cuz it just helps them look bigger. I say the only hatin done should be on this site, about vgtalk, but not toward there users (it's not their fault the site ripped off Cheapy). So in other words, Shaq-fu them, take them to shaq-fuing court, but otherwise ignore them, the cold shoulder if you will. Just my ten cents, cuz I'm with CAG all the way (btw, imo, we need a fight song, like in school, to cheer on the site)

[The Successful Dropout]

Mr Bruce Willis

???

im assuming you meant mrs bruce willis...and if thats the case, you're wrong because they're not married and they're not together any more...and now shes with me...her name is brooke burns...enjoy all of the pictures of her that are available on the internet....because she is locked in my basement and chained to the bed...for uh...experimental purposes...

[rabbitt]

Mr Bruce Willis

???

im assuming you meant mrs bruce willis...and if thats the case, you're wrong because they're not married and they're not together any more...and now shes with me...her name is brooke burns...enjoy all of the pictures of her that are available on the internet....because she is locked in my basement and chained to the bed...for uh...experimental purposes...

You, uhh, got a webcam?

[askew1]

Hah. Damn you and your chained-bed-experiments. Yes, I did mean Mrs and she was too hot for him anyway.

[lionheart4life]

Damn I always thought a cheapassstudents site would be a good idea too, with back to school coming up, but definitely not if its just gonna be a ripoff of this site by someone else. I know I don't post a ton here, but this sites given me some pretty sweet deals, so I'm down for a boycott of those ripoff sites.

[punqsux]

i understand that he signed up today, and that he is a mod, but just use simple logic.

he's a mod so he read the board, and noticed people posting flaming topics with cheapassgamer.com everywhere. so he comes over here to see what all the ruckus is about. he does not bash cag in the least. one of his messages gets deleted and NO ONE will claim responsibility for it. thats not a very nice welcome, regardless of what he posted.

now lets look at this. yes the "cheapassnetwork" is a huge rip-off of this site. however we have users from this forum...and even a mod! going over there and posting flames left and right on every board. and we have a mod from one of those sites comming over here and acting pretty civil.

[daphatty]

Yea, the VG Talk users are being pretty civil about the whole thing. I just read through a thread they have going over there. Most are reserving their judgment until all the facts are known. Pretty much all of them are confused. They are simply caught in the middle of their "fearless leaders" careless decision. That and they don't like how noobs get flamed here for posting duplicate threads. :lol: Not that I support such behavior. (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21072)

[The Successful Dropout]

not sure if its a fight song...but whatever...

"this is the best site on the 'net and its run by cheapyd,
soon as i see a good ass deal posted you should see me flee.
im breaking down doors and knocking shit over in my lawn,
cuz if im a minute too late, all they'll have left is spawn.
i know about the deals before the stores do, thanks to this site
they look at me like, "you're from cheapassgamer, arent you" and i say, "thats right"

[magilacudy]

trust - From the way Brooke is putting on that glove, it looks like she's the one doing 'examinations' on you.

Anyways, back on topic, I read the first page of this thread this afternoon but I haven't been keeping up. From what I can gather, owner of VGTalk = bad, VGTalk members = obnoxious.

Cheapy, if its possible you should register a patent/copyright (?) for the Cheapass Gamer logo and related insignias, so to prevent this from happening. You have proof that you held ownership of the idea before VGTalk did.

[daphatty]

trust - From the way Brooke is putting on that glove, it looks like she's the one doing 'examinations' on you.

Anyways, back on topic, I read the first page of this thread this afternoon but I haven't been keeping up. From what I can gather, owner of VGTalk = bad, VGTalk members = obnoxious.

Cheapy, if its possible you should register a patent/copyright (?) for the Cheapass Gamer logo and related insignias, so to prevent this from happening. You have proof that you held ownership of the idea before VGTalk did.

Considering his wife is a lawyer, I wouldn't doubt that he's taken the necessary precautions. Even then, you can't stop people from stealing your ideas.

[greendc27]

Has anyone noticed the topics for all the discussions for cheapassstudents.com, they are all ripping on him. :D

[WhipSmartBanky]

i understand that he signed up today, and that he is a mod, but just use simple logic.

he's a mod so he read the board, and noticed people posting flaming topics with cheapassgamer.com everywhere. so he comes over here to see what all the ruckus is about. he does not bash cag in the least. one of his messages gets deleted and NO ONE will claim responsibility for it. thats not a very nice welcome, regardless of what he posted.

now lets look at this. yes the "cheapassnetwork" is a huge rip-off of this site. however we have users from this forum...and even a mod! going over there and posting flames left and right on every board. and we have a mod from one of those sites comming over here and acting pretty civil.

Not only did he just sign up today, ALL but one of his posts (as of this post) have been in this thread. I call shenanigans. I'm all for giving the benefit of the doubt, but don't be too naive. I don't believe he waited until just now to join CAG and become a regular, contributing member.

[punqsux]

i understand that he signed up today, and that he is a mod, but just use simple logic.

he's a mod so he read the board, and noticed people posting flaming topics with cheapassgamer.com everywhere. so he comes over here to see what all the ruckus is about. he does not bash cag in the least. one of his messages gets deleted and NO ONE will claim responsibility for it. thats not a very nice welcome, regardless of what he posted.

now lets look at this. yes the "cheapassnetwork" is a huge rip-off of this site. however we have users from this forum...and even a mod! going over there and posting flames left and right on every board. and we have a mod from one of those sites comming over here and acting pretty civil.

Not only did he just sign up today, ALL but one of his posts (as of this post) have been in this thread. I call shenanigans. I'm all for giving the benefit of the doubt, but don't be too naive. I don't believe he waited until just now to join CAG and become a regular, contributing member.

i agree, he joined today to see what was happening over here, i dont think i said anything to suggest otherwise.

[WhipSmartBanky]

i understand that he signed up today, and that he is a mod, but just use simple logic.

he's a mod so he read the board, and noticed people posting flaming topics with cheapassgamer.com everywhere. so he comes over here to see what all the ruckus is about. he does not bash cag in the least. one of his messages gets deleted and NO ONE will claim responsibility for it. thats not a very nice welcome, regardless of what he posted.

now lets look at this. yes the "cheapassnetwork" is a huge rip-off of this site. however we have users from this forum...and even a mod! going over there and posting flames left and right on every board. and we have a mod from one of those sites comming over here and acting pretty civil.

Not only did he just sign up today, ALL but one of his posts (as of this post) have been in this thread. I call shenanigans. I'm all for giving the benefit of the doubt, but don't be too naive. I don't believe he waited until just now to join CAG and become a regular, contributing member.

i agree, he joined today to see what was happening over here, i dont think i said anything to suggest otherwise.

No, but I'm just cautioning that to suggest that just because he's civil or not outwardly bashing anyone, not to believe he's totally innocuous in all this.

[JohnHam]

I hate this one guy, Ender on VGtalk already. Got to be polite as possible, though.

*sigh*

He actually made the ol' "What's the big deal?" argument. And even said "it's not about hitcount".

I did everything short of out-and-out insulting the idiot. I made a point to not that the entire moneymaking basis of these type of sites is about hitcount.

*double sigh*

http://www.vgtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=50673#50673

This is hilarious, though we should really begin an intelligent united offensive soon, or maybe elect a representative.

[Zoltek99]

Hey guys,

I'm a mod over at VGTalk. I'm not here as a representative of the admin, but rather as a representative of the community over there. Like someone pointed out earlier in-thread, the general feeling among the members at VGTalk is one of confusion. As far as I know, none of the mods were made aware of these sites. I cannot speak for the others but personally I am unsure why these sites were registered, espeically in such a manner as to rip-off CAG slogans and domains.

However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members, or even the site itself. We had no prior knowledge and have no current involvement with these other sites.

Considering the civil approach that blademan88 took in discussing this with you guys, I would hope the few immature responses he received, as well as the mysterious unclaimed post deletion, is not reflective of the general population at CAG. I would imagine it isn't, as I did notice that among the CAG vetarans, MOST of them responded in a civil manner in return and I thank you for that. I noticed that some of you somehow managed to convince yourselves that blademan was here to say that everything was all right. As far as I see it, in no way, shape, or form was he trying to justify the actions of our admin. He was simply trying, as I am doing so now, to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

All right then. I'm out and thanks for listening to me guys. Hopefully, any and all responses to my post are of the intelligent non-flaming type.

Thanks guys.

[CaseyRyback]

Hey guys,

I'm a mod over at VGTalk. I'm not here as a representative of the admin, but rather as a representative of the community over there. Like someone pointed out earlier in-thread, the general feeling among the members at VGTalk is one of confusion. As far as I know, none of the mods were made aware of these sites. I cannot speak for the others but personally I am unsure why these sites were registered, espeically in such a manner as to rip-off CAG slogans and domains.

However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members, or even the site itself. We had no prior knowledge and have no current involvement with these other sites.

Considering the civil approach that blademan88 took in discussing this with you guys, I would hope the few immature responses he received, as well as the mysterious unclaimed post deletion, is not reflective of the general population at CAG. I would imagine it isn't, as I did notice that among the CAG vetarans, MOST of them responded in a civil manner in return and I thank you for that. I noticed that some of you somehow managed to convince yourselves that blademan was here to say that everything was all right. As far as I see it, in no way, shape, or form was he trying to justify the actions of our admin. He was simply trying, as I am doing so now, to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

All right then. I'm out and thanks for listening to me guys. Hopefully, any and all responses to my post are of the intelligent non-flaming type.

Thanks guys.

:applause:

I doubt these guys knew anything. It would be like me or any other mod knowing what all cheapy does to run this site.

These guys really make the people who posted over in their forums and on that other site look like assholes. Maybe there is something the community over here can learn. I know personally I am tired of all the flaming done over here.

You see people who were all pissed off about 2 weeks ago because they were unjustly flamed doing the same thing to others.

[SS4Brolly]

Hey guys,

I'm a mod over at VGTalk. I'm not here as a representative of the admin, but rather as a representative of the community over there. Like someone pointed out earlier in-thread, the general feeling among the members at VGTalk is one of confusion. As far as I know, none of the mods were made aware of these sites. I cannot speak for the others but personally I am unsure why these sites were registered, espeically in such a manner as to rip-off CAG slogans and domains.


However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members, or even the site itself. We had no prior knowledge and have no current involvement with these other sites.

Considering the civil approach that blademan88 took in discussing this with you guys, I would hope the few immature responses he received, as well as the mysterious unclaimed post deletion, is not reflective of the general population at CAG. I would imagine it isn't, as I did notice that among the CAG vetarans, MOST of them responded in a civil manner in return and I thank you for that. I noticed that some of you somehow managed to convince yourselves that blademan was here to say that everything was all right. As far as I see it, in no way, shape, or form was he trying to justify the actions of our admin. He was simply trying, as I am doing so now, to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

All right then. I'm out and thanks for listening to me guys. Hopefully, any and all responses to my post are of the intelligent non-flaming type.

Thanks guys.

Yeah, there's no point in arguing or whatnot until we hear from the VGTalk Admin himself. I checked this topic once when there was only 2 pages last night and its already gotten old to me.

[daphatty]

Hey guys,

I'm a mod over at VGTalk. I'm not here as a representative of the admin, but rather as a representative of the community over there. Like someone pointed out earlier in-thread, the general feeling among the members at VGTalk is one of confusion. As far as I know, none of the mods were made aware of these sites. I cannot speak for the others but personally I am unsure why these sites were registered, espeically in such a manner as to rip-off CAG slogans and domains.

However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members, or even the site itself. We had no prior knowledge and have no current involvement with these other sites.

Considering the civil approach that blademan88 took in discussing this with you guys, I would hope the few immature responses he received, as well as the mysterious unclaimed post deletion, is not reflective of the general population at CAG. I would imagine it isn't, as I did notice that among the CAG vetarans, MOST of them responded in a civil manner in return and I thank you for that. I noticed that some of you somehow managed to convince yourselves that blademan was here to say that everything was all right. As far as I see it, in no way, shape, or form was he trying to justify the actions of our admin. He was simply trying, as I am doing so now, to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

All right then. I'm out and thanks for listening to me guys. Hopefully, any and all responses to my post are of the intelligent non-flaming type.

Thanks guys.

Well said. I tried to make the same point in my "confusion" post but I failed to be as eloquent. :D

[CheapyD]

...However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members...

... to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

Yes, you guys are innocent bystanders as far as I am concerned.

[VG Captain America]

Hi, All. I'm also a mod over at VGTalk.

I would like to state that CheapyD's last statement is 100% correct -
none of the mods I've talked to or having seen their responses really know what's going on with this.

I myself am reserving comment on this issue until I talk to the admin personally. I don't feel that I know nearly enough to say much of anything about the matter at hand.

Other than that, I second the content of Zoltek's post. His views speak well for the mods and community at VGTalk.

Thanks for your time.
Cap

[chunk]

Don't worry cheapy, we like you better anyway.

[blademan88]

Hi, All. I'm also a mod over at VGTalk.

I would like to state that CheapyD's last statement is 100% correct -
none of the mods I've talked to or having seen their responses really know what's going on with this.

I myself am reserving comment on this issue until I talk to the admin personally. I don't feel that I know nearly enough to say much of anything about the matter at hand.

Other than that, I second the content of Zoltek's post. His views speak well for the mods and community at VGTalk.

Thanks for your time.
Cap
I'll be the third mod to go ahead and agree 100% with zoltek on this issue.

[defender]

When I was in charge this shit didnt happen...me and my gestapo would have taken a ride to the VGT HQ and shown them the underside of a boot.
:-)

[hiccupleftovers]

Hey guys,

I'm a mod over at VGTalk. I'm not here as a representative of the admin, but rather as a representative of the community over there. Like someone pointed out earlier in-thread, the general feeling among the members at VGTalk is one of confusion. As far as I know, none of the mods were made aware of these sites. I cannot speak for the others but personally I am unsure why these sites were registered, espeically in such a manner as to rip-off CAG slogans and domains.

However, that is not the point of my visit. What I did want to try and get across is that I hope you don't take any of your animosity out on VGTalk members, or even the site itself. We had no prior knowledge and have no current involvement with these other sites.

Considering the civil approach that blademan88 took in discussing this with you guys, I would hope the few immature responses he received, as well as the mysterious unclaimed post deletion, is not reflective of the general population at CAG. I would imagine it isn't, as I did notice that among the CAG vetarans, MOST of them responded in a civil manner in return and I thank you for that. I noticed that some of you somehow managed to convince yourselves that blademan was here to say that everything was all right. As far as I see it, in no way, shape, or form was he trying to justify the actions of our admin. He was simply trying, as I am doing so now, to ask that you guys, while justified in your anger, don't take it out on the just-as-confused VGTalk population.

All right then. I'm out and thanks for listening to me guys. Hopefully, any and all responses to my post are of the intelligent non-flaming type.

Thanks guys.

I totally support what this mod is saying, and belive that one of the CAG community or one of the mods that have posted in this thread should make a topic on VgTalk that explains just this. I hope that earlier I did not seem hostile, but it was just the frustration of seeing a good person (CheapyD) be wronged.

[Zoltek99]

Thanks for being understanding and reasonable guys. I completely empathize with your spite and frustration. In fact, there are VGTalk members who share your feelings and have said so in-thread over there. Many of us are concerned about why something like this was done in the first place.

Again, I'd like to extend thanks to all of you guys (with the exception of defender whose mature post makes one wonder how he managed to acquire the position of CAG Technical Advisor) for 1) not flaming me or my fellow mods and 2) despite being justified in your anger about the questionable actions, being understanding about the situation, at least towards the VGTalk community.

Thanks guys.

[daphatty]

Thanks for being understanding and reasonable guys. I completely empathize with your spite and frustration. In fact, there are VGTalk members who share your feelings and have said so in-thread over there. Many of us are concerned about why something like this was done in the first place.

Again, I'd like to extend thanks to all of you guys (with the exception of defender whose mature post makes one wonder how he managed to acquire the position of CAG Technical Advisor) for 1) not flaming me or my fellow mods and 2) despite being justified in your anger about the questionable actions, being understanding about the situation, at least towards the VGTalk community.

Thanks guys.

That is what we call defender humor. :D

[CheapyD]

defender needs to make his signature more readable

"Beware:Some contents of this message may contain odd statements that are to be viewed in a light manner and may be said in jest. Anyone without a sense of humor please skip to next message.
=============================== "\

EDIT: double post deleted

[rabbitt]

Liek, OMG!!!! CheapyD double posted! This is teh apocolypse!!!!!11!!1!!shift+11!!11!1!!

Just messing with ya.

[Moxio]

Well, isn't this a doozy?

[deathcabforcutie]

delete if repost... but the site is no longer online.. did we succeed??

[defender]

defender needs to make his signature more readable

"Beware:Some contents of this message may contain odd statements that are to be viewed in a light manner and may be said in jest. Anyone without a sense of humor please skip to next message.
=============================== "\

EDIT: double post deleted

Blah...I was only joking. I know that CheapyD has this one...he is a grown man and can fight his own battles.

[daphatty]

No worries defender. The VGTalk guys can't appreciate your sense of humor if they aren't around to "experience" it. :P

but the site is no longer online.. did we succeed??

I think the site is still up. I tried to access the site but I am banned now. Not that I am surprised. :twisted:

[Wshakspear]

Well, that was an interesting 9 page read...

Do what you can cheapy, and dont forget to ask if you need help!

[waazzuup]

So, what's happening with this?

[JohnHam]

VGtalk responds - http://www.vgtalk.com/redirect/go.php?http://www.vgtalk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9658

[daphatty]

Copyright or no. Cheapy was here first and is ESTABLISHED. That means something in a court of law. I REALLY HOPE CheapyD pursues this matter further.

[Dead of Knight]

Fuck that guy, seriously, CheapyD NEEDS to sue these asshats.

[bignick]

wow, that site is a rip off of this one. What a dick. Thats life.

[daphatty]

Thought I'd share what I posted over at VGTalk.

Hello All, (I believe this is my first post.)

Well said. Your post certainly clarifies the issue but I have to disagree with your point about a copyright. CheapyD may not own the rights to "Cheap Ass" but lets be realistic here. It was his site that established that brand. I find it extremely unethical of the people who have contracted your technical services to be using the "Cheap Ass" brand in such a manner. Make no mistake, I understand what your involvement is and I am not blaming you. I just feel it's necessary to point out the difference between legally acceptable and morally unethical. I for one hope this doesn't get ugly. Only time will tell.

[JohnHam]

Daphatty bringing out the big words. OH goodness.

[SkyGheNe]

cheapy D, if you don't mind my asking...what's the history between you and the vgtalk guy? i'm fairly new here...only been chilling for about 6 months, so i don't really know much behind the history.

[Mookyjooky]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation
Yep, way out of line after all the trash talk was spit at me.

You came over here voluntarily. Nobody forced you to post. You put yourself in that position, and now you're bearing the brunt of the reaction. Enjoy.

This should be cheapy's fight not yours...being like that makes you the dumbass. I'm not calling you out...just a fellow CAG'er asking you to tighten up.

[Mookyjooky]

Oh and not to be an ass...but lets face it...Cheapy unfortunatly does not have a case. Not in this day in age...Give it 3-4 more years and maybe.

Lets all just try to be civil and let the better man win. Competition brings out the best in us....

Oh, and ethical should not be an issue here...you cant talk about ethical and then turn around and talk to the new employee of a place that doesnt price match and try to get him to price match CC when you know he cant.

[daphatty]

Oh, and ethical should not be an issue here...you cant talk about ethical and then turn around and talk to the new employee of a place that doesnt price match and try to get him to price match CC when you know he cant.

What does that have to do with someone ripping off CheapyD's brand idea? I realize this is the off topic forum but you really missed the mark there.

[Zenithian Legend]

Wow, after reading VGTalk's response I realize we were right all along and he is pretty much just a giant shit bag. Hopefully the cheapassnetwork tanks, as I'm sure no one from this site will be visiting them anytime soon.

[zewone]

Just read this thread today. It sucks that this happening and wish there was someway I could help.

[Mookyjooky]

Oh, and ethical should not be an issue here...you cant talk about ethical and then turn around and talk to the new employee of a place that doesnt price match and try to get him to price match CC when you know he cant.

What does that have to do with someone ripping off CheapyD's brand idea? I realize this is the off topic forum but you really missed the mark there.

It relates on how everyone is complaing how "un-ethical" it is. It may be un-ethical, but this site is filled with too many un-ethical people riding their high horse. I'm not try to just be a dick everyone....I'm just telling it straight up.

[WhipSmartBanky]

As for the people thinking I'm doing something wrong, think whatever you want, I honestly could care less. Perhaps I should take the more common CAG approach I seem to be finding.

Glad I have your permission. Why don't you take the approach of leaving? You're clearly not wanted here, and your pathetic attempt to act as a liason to the VGT end of things only makes you look like one of the douchebags.

By the way, I think it says a little bit something about your staff when you can't even find out who deleted my post.

Nevermind. You won't be here long enough to leave voluntarily.

that is a little bit overboard blademan....have a nice vacation
Yep, way out of line after all the trash talk was spit at me.

You came over here voluntarily. Nobody forced you to post. You put yourself in that position, and now you're bearing the brunt of the reaction. Enjoy.

This should be cheapy's fight not yours...being like that makes you the dumbass. I'm not calling you out...just a fellow CAG'er asking you to tighten up.

You call me a dumbass and then ask me to lighten up? :rofl: Fucking douchebag.

[defender]

Oh, and ethical should not be an issue here...you cant talk about ethical and then turn around and talk to the new employee of a place that doesnt price match and try to get him to price match CC when you know he cant.

What does that have to do with someone ripping off CheapyD's brand idea? I realize this is the off topic forum but you really missed the mark there.

It relates on how everyone is complaing how "un-ethical" it is. It may be un-ethical, but this site is filled with too many un-ethical people riding their high horse. I'm not try to just be a dick everyone....I'm just telling it straight up.

Glad you were straight up with us....but I got news for you. You come off as a dick anyways. This site was started as a business...and I am sure if this was YOUR site would have a problem with someone infringing on your intellectual property as well. Also note that CheapyD is NOT commenting or even complaining. He didn't even start this thread.

I will not comment any further about the matter.

[KrazyKefka]

Man...out of town for a week and the Shatner hits the fan...

[daphatty]

I thought everyone would like to know about this. Copied over from VGTalk.

FYI, I got the green light yesterday, and the video game deals satellite site is no more.

As for the student site, what got me interested in helping to create it was based on the history of VGtalk when it first started out. During the first attempt of the site back in 2001, it was a video game deals / student deals site (check out the archive here: http://web.archive.org/web/20010629183420/http://www.vgtalk.com )

The site eventually fizzled out and was rekindled again last year, now focused only on video game deals. When I was presented earlier this year with the idea of another student deals site, I jumped on it as the technical consultant. I never wanted to head the site because I mainly wanted to keep my focus on expanding VGtalk.

In retrospect, I do understand many of your views on this situation. Associating myself with the CheapAssDeals network given my current situation as being a competitor with CAG may not have been the wisest decision I have made. However, the issue of greed has been brought up and I'd like to address this. VGtalk.com as well as other deals sites on the web are able to stay online due to receiving affiliate referral commissions from links posted on their respective sites. VGtalk.com is owned and operated solely by myself, and believe me, this is no get-rich-quick scheme -- the commissions I receive gets put back into this site to keep it up. Like many of you, I have a daytime job and whatever spare time I have I put into this site. So as for the CheapAssDeals network, as of now, I do not receive any commissions for my work on the site. Ask anyone close to me and they'll tell you it's been a personal hobby of mine to help people save a little bit of money here and there wherever they can. My point here is that greed is not the driving force behind my actions.

To close this, I just wanted to say that I'm glad to have been apart of this growing community here at VGtalk.com over the past year. You all have been a great group of people to be associated with, and I look forward to the many more years to come. While my actions due to my associations may be interpreted differently by many different people, for those of you that view me as the anti-christ, I just wanted to point out the fact that my actions do not reflect the tight-knit community here at VGtalk.com.

Regards,
Nam

[The Successful Dropout]

his name is nam?

[Backlash]

All's well that ends well? I hope.