What difference does it make where micon is or what he does with his $3?
I expect transparency when there is an issue that affects my money....i don't expect transparency into issues that affect SWC, which operates in a legal gray area.
They could do a better job of setting expectations about when they will be back, then i wouldn't have worn out the refresh button on twitter waiting for an update.
They ain't coming back . NOt any time soon if ever Its micons site. He has the right to close it down whenever he wants especially if feels the heat from the doj or whatever. I don't appreciate being lied to and having to find out from another forum that he has left the country and its way more then a hardware problem . I don't appreciate having to find this out from another forum instead of the owners of the site and being openly lied to but thats just me.
I am doubtful that whoever owns the site would put up the money to have poker software developed all the way from the ground up to usable beta and then abandon it entirely. I've seen people walk away from bigger/more expensive projects, but if so, it's a strong level. I would expect it to be sold at the very least.
I don't see any hard evidence that Micon outright lied (yet?). I don't recall any moratoriums on leaving the country or playing on Stars. It is a pretty big hardware problem if you think the feds are on the way to seize your hardware.
Also, to play devil's advocate, I would guess that most professional poker players have extra pages in their passports. I doubt he knows which end of a soldering iron to use, so he's not really needed on site during hardware-related downtime. Why not take the fam on a little vacay to a tax shelter while the devs bust their asses? I bet he's up to Sly Medallion status on most airlines, and probably has a few krill to burn.
P.S. to sigmasquared: you should have sold yer account at BTC $800 brah...