Quote from: Biomech on May 13, 2015, 05:43:01 PM

Quote from: cathoderay on May 12, 2015, 01:37:34 AM

Quote from: Biomech on May 10, 2015, 06:00:37 PM

...I'm no part of the "hate on dogie" crowd.

It is not a "hate on dogie" crowd. It is an ever increasing number of forum members who have legitimate grievances. The reason you are not amongst them is probably because you have not yet:

been neg rep'd by him for having a different or correct point of view,
or been neg rep'd by one of his aliases for no reason,
or been fraudulently charged VAT by him,
or been publicly wrongfully accused of something by him,
or had your thread spammed with BS by him,
or been given false reports & bad reviews by him,
or been insulted & bullied off the forum by him,
or had your posts reported & deleted by him because he doesn't like what you say,
etc, etc.....

Spondoolies themselves have been a victim of his slurs. Don't worry - you'll soon get to be a member of this "crowd" when he gets round to you..... Wink

I doubt it. He's been nothing but cool to me in our few interactions. But anyway, I'll just leave it at that. As I said, I'm slightly positive, and overall neutral towards the man. His guides have been very helpful to me, and whether or not the above holds true, he and I have never crossed swords.

I'm going to take some time out of my afternoon to second this. Dogie has done a ton of work for this community--even if he's a dick (which I've never experienced in dealing directly with him) he's still brought a ton of value to newbs and pros alike. No one is perfect, but I don't believe the pitchforks are merited.