Quote from: .....Really? on August 29, 2014, 07:48:20 PM

Quote from: ThePhwner on August 29, 2014, 06:25:44 PM

Dear BAN Miners,

At this time, we are having to take the unfortunate step of temporarily suspending any further Antminer S3 drawings. For the sake of transparency, we will tell you that we are investigating some possible improprieties in how the last group of winners was chosen, and until we are certain that this contest is 100% random, we are temporarily suspending any additional drawings.

At this time, the BAN staff has not received an official position from s0br on this, we've heard he has been without internet access due to some weather issues. As such, we are taking the steps we feel are appropriate to bring the current situation to light until more investigation takes place and we can speak to s0br. Please note again that this is temporary.

Thank you for your understanding.

BAN Support

You don't say? This is just hilarious - what timing, the day before the scam accusation goes up - you pull the plug. Brilliant idea!!

I just love those words you use - "transparency", "improprieties", "investigation".....as in "we've lost all records of shipping, and so have UPS by the way", or "this is a pic of the miner I won - and so is this, so what if they're completely different labels - it's the truth I tell you". I wonder, will you be "investigating" yourself for openly bullshitting to everyone, or telling users to "fuck off & grow some"?

Somehow I doubt it Roll Eyes

And this:

Quote from: ThePhwner on August 29, 2014, 06:25:44 PM

BAN staff has not received an official position from s0br on this, we've heard he has been without internet access due to some weather issues.

More lies, he has been online almost every day - I've been checking, in fact he was online yesterday - everyone can see that, he's just been keeping quiet & not saying a thing - why? Who the hell is running this show anyway?

This is just too funny - keep it coming guys, this will be the pool scam all time classic Cheesy

...Really?, (damnit your chosen username makes punctuation a pain) your latest posts and your account date make me think that you're a textbook example of a troll but checking all your posts they're actually well-constructed and well-redacted so you don't fit the profile. Anyway, I did receive the Antminer S3, that's no lie. Have the payouts been as expected? Well, my past 24 hours yielded me the expected payout -without- the bonus. If I were to expect the bonus then yes, the payouts have been a disappointment. However, at least for me, who received an Antminer S3 from the draws I really can't complain much; this pool pretty much doubled my hash power!

At this point, the users will decide if they're willing to take the perceived lesser payouts. There are a bunch of pools to choose from; there will be good luck with some and there will be bad luck with others. That can't be controlled, but when most pools use PPLNS or some other system as Eligius does, users should determine what they can handle or can't handle. Personally I'm getting what I expect, so I stay. Those who aren't getting what they expect are free to choose a pool where they get what they expect. Now, I don't think that this is a scam pool, but that post that showed the cancellation of the draws and then saying they don't know what to do without s0br shows a certain degree of lack of organization that will naturally worry some folks. Again, it's up to them to choose if they can deal with that or not...