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the_hawk
Chelsea FTW!
Joined: 13 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: Malmuth never ceases to amaze |
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Linky
Astonishing if true. |
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Bullajami
Uber Squid
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
Posts: 8838
Location: Mrs. Bull's Doghouse
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Malmuth never ceases to amaze |
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| the_hawk wrote: | Linky
Astonishing if true. |
Really? I find I am seldom astonished by the things that happen at 2+2 anymore. |
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the_hawk
Chelsea FTW!
Joined: 13 Jul 2005
Posts: 4342
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| I think that's pretty nuts, even for him. |
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Stew21
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
Posts: 999
Location: Orlando, Fl
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Malmuth never ceases to amaze |
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| Bullajami wrote: | | the_hawk wrote: | Linky
Astonishing if true. |
Really? I find I am seldom astonished by the things that happen at 2+2 anymore. |
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jeffnc
Mason's Favorite
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 7222
Location: NC, USA
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If you think that's crazy "even for him", I don't think you've seen all the stuff he's done over there  Seriously, he has some problems. |
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Bullajami
Uber Squid
Joined: 03 Sep 2004
Posts: 8838
Location: Mrs. Bull's Doghouse
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Mr. Malmuth, Tear Down This Wall! |
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Taardvark
1K Club
Joined: 14 Feb 2007
Posts: 1079
Location: Fremont, CA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Geez. If book sales dropped he might have to try to become a winning poker player to make a living. Things are tough all over. |
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Willem
2K Club
Joined: 16 Sep 2006
Posts: 2650
Location: Netherlands
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| jeffnc wrote: | | If you think that's crazy "even for him", I don't think you've seen all the stuff he's done over there Seriously, he has some problems. |
Why doesn't it surprise me to find a response from you here.  I guess Ed Miller really wished he never got involved with 2+2. |
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PauliF
Shoes in Safe
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 2787
Location: London
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holy macaroni
I cannot wait ... one day I am gonna be sat at WSOP table with either this twit or his freakish friend....
and I will say things that they will regret! |
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taz115
Hzamm9rd, Yo!!!
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 8428
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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| PauliF wrote: | | and I will say things that they will regret! |
I dont doubt you my friend, lol |
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Doc T River
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
Posts: 304
Location: amongst my poker books
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I wonder if trying to make the 2plus2 forum a worse place is why Mason has been even more cranky lately and more people seem to be banned at the drop of a hat.
Does he not realize that ill will can carry over and hurt his book sales?
At this point, I am buying books despite their being from 2plus2 and not because of it.
But after Colin Moshman's Heads Up book, are there any 2plus2 books even on the horizon? |
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nsidestrate
Suited's Love Monkey
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 22430
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| After deleting every reference to it for a while, 2+2 left a post up on the subject. Mason responds once or twice. Linky |
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Doc T River
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
Posts: 304
Location: amongst my poker books
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| nsidestrate wrote: | | After deleting every reference to it for a while, 2+2 left a post up on the subject. Mason responds once or twice. Linky |
Thanks for the link. In the thread that the link goes to, people point out that the action was never taken so what is the big deal. The big deal is that Mason even contemplated something like that.
Also, as someone points out, Mason once denied that he or anyone at 2plus2 put any pressure on Ed Miller to make the old stuff on the site, Noted Poker Authority, accessible only to paying customers. But in the linked thread, Mason admits they put pressure on some author, but does not name Miller as the author. Come on Mason, who else could it be? |
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janeg
Regina Canada
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
Posts: 5112
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Malmuth never ceases to amaze |
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| the_hawk wrote: | Linky
Astonishing if true. |
| Quote: | | ...we have had a terrible time with one of authors creating a website with so much information on it that it was clearly going to destroy book sales... |
Who can he be talking about 
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...we carry 500,000 books in inventory...almost a two year supply... |
Why on earth would they carry 2 years worth of inventory, that's just nuts.
He's complaining that sales are down but I'd bet they will drop even further if the has moderator's remove sticky links to useful posts. With all the tripe on 2+2 people will have even less reason to visit the forum and future author names won't resonate with them. |
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loyo1
1K Club
Joined: 22 Aug 2004
Posts: 1957
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What "quality" strategy posts is MM referring to? They have those over there? Really? Well, who knew.... (Oh, alright, there are a few.)
Wondering if Mason made the mistake of thinking the boom would last forever, and book sales would continue to ratchet up. He's been in the business long enough to realize the boom would subside.
Or maybe it is just he can't handle the reality that he and DS are no longer the end all and be all of poker writers/publishers. Maybe they never really were, but they sure thought so. Getting harder to delude themselves with so many good books published the past few years. (And with better quality paper and bindings, no less. ) |
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