Post on RGE about Trackjack

There is a post on RGE by Hal Jordan that says that Trackjack shows updated conditions for Binion's as of 2-17 with the same old conditions.

My access to Trackjack has been removed, but if this is true, it confirms my concern that the conditions are just being indiscrimately "freshened" and the subscribers are being bilked.

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Trackjack Question

Posted By: Hal Jordan
Date: Saturday, 21 February 2004, at 7:15 a.m.

Trackjack shows updated information from 2/17 that states that Binion's is currently offering the same games as they did back before they closed. Understandably, this is a mistake. Have others experienced reliability problems with this service? Obviously casino conditions change with the wind, but this situation gives me concern.

HJ

Here are some of my previous statements:

January 1, 2004:

Now, let�s take a look at Trackjack�s present condition:

Number of new conditions reported in the last seven days: 1.

Number of new conditions reported in the last month: 1085 � wow. Now if you search back to when those large numbers of reports are made you will find huge numbers in short periods of time.

80 reports on December 13 done in two time blocks 2:46 to 3:24 pm and 5:56 to 7:13 pm. Seven reports were made 3:23 pm and another seven were made at 3:24 pm. Even if conditions had not changed, there are a dozen items listed on each game, and more than 20 other items to consider. Updating 14 games in two minutes is super-human speed.

83 reports on December 12 between 5:39 pm and 6:35 pm.

105 reports on December 11 between 5:41 pm and 6:18 pm.

You can conduct searches by post date in forward and reverse chronological orders yourself if you are a subscriber, and you will find that the reports are consistently made in huge clumps in short periods of time.

The only way I know that this can be done is by scrolling through the games and just clicking the �freshen� command in the administration controls. This only updates the posting date.

To keep myself from getting confused, I used to handle specific regions using different handles. �Lil� Feat�, �Alley-oop�, �Dr. No�, and �T Rex� are all me. It�s good to know I�m still prolific.

Now, let�s look at the rest of Trackjack�s activity:

The last time Kumar or anyone else in the administration posted any site news was August 21.

There is no �new news� in the last seven days. There are only 5 items of �new news� in the last month, and only 9 more in the last 6 months.

There are no �user comments� in the last seven days, only one in the last month, but 75 in the last six months. Of those 75, however, only about half a dozen are by handles I recognize. The vast majority are by names like �bill the kill�, �the cap�, and �check�.
The support forum�s last post was on August 19, predicated by very few posts in the preceding months.

Like I said, the only thing subscribers care about is accurate fresh information.

Do you think you are getting it?

And this in reply on January 17th in reply to a post by Electric Kid:

As editor, whenever I researched and found that conditions had not changed on a game, I always just hit the Freshen command on the administrative controls of Trackjack.

Hitting Freshen would keep all of the information the same, but would change the posting date and time to the moment that the report was "freshened". This allowed the original person who made the report, to retain credit for it. The other subscribers were receiving actual information as to when the report had last been confirmed, and it was easy on me. Everybody won.

The problem now is that Trackjack sits for days, sometimes over a week at a time with no reports at all, and then suddenly 80 or over 100 reports will be made per hour in spurts.

If Kumar or who ever is actually using his "international network of reporters" or is even just plain old researching conditions, it takes several minutes to review just one game even if the conditions have not changed. You have to look at number of tables, min bet, max bet, H17 or S17, number of decks, what the player is allowed to double down on, how the game is shuffled, what the penetration is, if double after splitting is allowed, how many times pairs can be split, how many times aces can be split, and a whole bunch of other things like unusual payouts and special options.

Then I see that several games are being updated per minute, sometimes at rates as fast as a report every eight seconds or so. That's about as fast as Trackjack can go. Sure, you could make notes of all the games that had not changed, and then "Freshen" them all together rapidly, but why would you? That "Freshen" command is just sitting there waiting to be clicked, and you have just confirmed the conditions. Why would you make a note, leave that report, and then come back later?

Moreover, someone who is really doing all this is going to sometimes see something worth making a special announcement on "New News", "Site News", or in the report's "Comments". But that isn't happening at all.

I've been accused of carrying a grudge. My personal issue was settled, and I had hopes that subscribers would notice this situation, and ask about it themselves, or that believable reporting would commence. When I see that someone as intelligent and independent as Electric Kid does not fully realize what is going on, I understand that I'm probably the only one outside of RGE who does. That's only because of my many hundreds of hours editing Trackjack.

What am I supposed to do? Be the only one who knows what is going on, and just sit quiet?

My access to Trackjack has been removed,

That's one way of putting. More accurately, the password belonging to someone else that you illegally used was changed.

Your constant attacks on TrackJack have gone too far. Here are the facts:

• You were contracted to set up a network of contributors. You failed your contract.
  
• You resigned TrackJack without any notice with plans to set up a competing product. Your attacks started while you were planning to compete.
  
• You refused to give Viktor your SS# making it illegal for him to pay you.
  
• You asked Viktor to delay any payments so that you could continue to illegally draw unemployment insurance.
  
• You illegally posted e-mails.
  
• You illegally blackmailed Viktor.
  
• You have continually violated your agreement with Viktor.

I have not posted this stuff before. But, I am sick of your vile attacks. You are the crook in this matter. I suggest that you find someone else to target with these attacks.

That's one way of putting. More accurately, the password belonging to someone else that you illegally used was changed.

This was in Viktor's reply when I resigned as editor. Under your Titianiumman handle, I've converted your Trackjack subscription to a one year comped sub (which will be renewed), and converted your staff DD account to a paid sub, which will expire in one year.

That subscription was cancelled as soon as I announced my resignation a few days later. The password I used until recently was another one that Viktor sent to me for a co-worker of mine on our employer's email address.

Your constant attacks on TrackJack have gone too far. Here are the facts:

You were contracted to set up a network of contributors. You failed your contract.

Bull. You show me this contract. I failed? Viktor said this and many other similar things when I resigned:

The fact is Trackjack is our most successful online endeavor, and that is because of our partnership. You have done nothing short of phenomenal job.

The whole community knows how well I performed. I worked damned hard on it. It is now obvious that nobody is working on it, and the reports are being "freshened" rapid fire without even looking at them. This is theft against the subscribers.

Besides, how is anyone going to get a network of reporters if there is no compensation? At first, Viktor allowed me to give people who committed to reporting, free subscriptions to Trackjack and Don's Domain, but after a couple of those, he reduced it to Trackjack only.

You resigned TrackJack without any notice with plans to set up a competing product. Your attacks started while you were planning to compete.

You know why I resigned, and so does everyone else. Yeah, I considered starting a service. Why the hell not? I had done all of the work. I'll tell you one thing. If I had started a service, I would have continued to give the subscribers accurate and fresh information, not what they are getting on Trackjack now.

You refused to give Viktor your SS# making it illegal for him to pay you.

That is an outright lie. Viktor never asked for it until at the time of our settling of the issue. I never delayed on it. As soon as we settled, I sent it to him.

You asked Viktor to delay any payments so that you could continue to illegally draw unemployment insurance.

At that time, the number of subscribers were in the tens. They were also paying a discount rate. My royalties would have been a few dollars per week. This would not be enough to stop my unemployment, but it would have been a bureaucratic snag. I explained that to Viktor in the beggining, and he agreed.

You illegally posted e-mails.

Arnold Snyder's and Anthony Curtis's lawyers determined that it was not illegal. It's really funny, though. The emails proved the same truths to which you take exception.

You illegally blackmailed Viktor.

I never did. What are you talking about?

You have continually violated your agreement with Viktor.
I have not posted this stuff before. But, I am sick of your vile attacks. You are the crook in this matter. I suggest that you find someone else to target with these attacks.

I have not talked about my situation until you forced me to defend myself here. The fact is that RGE is the crook, and is ripping off the community. That is the topic here. Want to deal with that?

Let's not forget that you are associated with RGE, and that your products are linked to Trackjack.

The simple fact is that you resigned to start a competing service and have attacked Viktor numerous times since. Your statement that "Yeah, I considered starting a service" is not an honest response. You forget our phone conversation after you left. You forget that I communicated with the guy that was programming your service. Your attempt to destroy TJ while building your own competing service was obvious. And the fact that you illegally posted edited e-mails on two forums where all defending responses were banned is an embarrassment to the entire community. (Thanks to Curt who deleted the posts after talking to his lawyer.)

For those wishing to see perfectly logical response to the post that T-Man illegally copied, you are welcome to visit www.advantageplayer.com.

I suggest that all parties keep copies of these messages. The way things are going, there is a libel suit just waiting to be filed here.

To win a libel suit you need to show damages. Since every time T-Man mounts one of these attacks TJ subscriptions increase, RGE can't show any damages.

Thanks for the reminder. I think a few people have learned that I keep excellent records.
:-)

As a matter of fact, when I got a new computer recently, I had the hard drive from the old one added into the new one.

I by no means meant to ignite a war on any of the boards but I was, and am, curious to hear of opinions on the reliability of the service. I have not used it long, but it is helpful to hear responses such as these to evaluate the product.

Good will to all,
HJ

First, yes, I do remember the phone call very well. (Even though you don't ask me if I remember, you just say that I do not remember to serve your purpose.) There never was any agreement that those emails I posted were confidential. But, you and I both agreed that our phone call was confidential, and this is not the first time that you have posted about it.

The issue here was about the veracity of Trackjack, yet you try to drag attention from that by attacking me. You have falsely accused me of many things, and you have no proof because they are not true.

Tell me, is it true that you post under another name that has a huge reputation for repeatedly making claims while ignoring requests for proof?

True or false? Have you been repetitively requested by more than one other persons this weekend to prove your statements under another name on other matters?

anymore than RGE claiming that Arnold Snyder was other people, or BJFONLINE claiming that Viktor was another person.

It's even less. I'm not naming any names. It's just that you are falsely slandering me, and you have a reputation for making stuff up when it serves your purpose.

Every word I said is absolutely true and I will swear it under oath. You were secretly creating a competing product to TJ while posting lies about Viktor on two forums where all responding posts were deleted. Every attempt I and others made in response was deleted. I have zero interest in TJ. I have not been paid anything by RGE other than for wholesale of my products, same as with this site. I have been reasonably silent about what has transpired up to now. But I will not stand by when I see such attacks. If you have anything else to say to me, get a lawyer and do it in court. I will no longer respond to your lies.

I will no longer respond to your lies.

I take that to mean you won't respond unless you concede that I am telling the truth.

Folks, Norm knows he will never be put on a witness stand. He's in New York, I'm in Atlanta, and RGE is in Vegas.

Now where were we? Oh yeah, Trackjack. Don't worry dear readers, I'll be watching, and if they continue to provide less than decent service, I will report.

With Proof.