And still I think <5% of them visiting the forums was probably a pretty good estimate. Most people who play games don't read forums for games.
And 42% of all statistics are made up on the spot, but I'm willing to concede this point because I don't care. I myself was a long time Shadowrun player who did not post on Dumpshock until recently.
I can only guess that coupled with agreeing with Clutch upon things that have already been shown to be faulty arguments is what probably prompted TheFlatline to assume you simply had not read up.
I apologize for mistaking Clutch's arguments, which were phrased as questions, for actual questions. I suppose that was my bad. I do not agree with those questions as arguments. I agree with them as questions.
It is beyond question that something which I do not understand what it was definitely occurred.
Exactly.
Let me try to rephrase this for you since I understand it seems confusing.
CGL is accused (although for some reason not in any legal sense of the word 'accused') of embezzlement. I know what embezzlement is, but I don't know if they did it.
CGL has admitted to "co-mingling of funds". This I don't know what it means, but I DO know that they did it.
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I don't want to belabor the point, but I am trying really hard not to take a side here. As I have said multiple times I have a lot of respect for the people who make Shadowrun and have made Shadowrun throughout the ages. That includes people like Frank Trollman and Robert Derie who definitely has my sympathy as well as my respect.
I am not calling anyone a liar, I am just not condemning
or defending any parties at this time. Again, I apologize for repeating myself, but I am not saying anyone is innocent until proven guilty or guilty until proven innocent. I am saying that the entire situation is like Schrodinger's Cat. Nothing is anything until it is proved to be so. What would qualify as 'proof'? I'm not sure I could even say. But right now I feel that a perfect understanding of the situation would require insider knowledge that I do not and cannot possess. Other people may have said the same thing as a defense of CGL. I do not mean it as a defense of CGL. I really just want you to take this at face value:
Even after reading this entire topic I do not feel that I really know what happened, because the waters are incredibly muddy and everyone on both sides has an agenda. This does NOT mean 'I think Loren Coleman is innocent'. It means I DON'T KNOW. The reason I don't know is not because I haven't done my research. I have made every effort to. The reason is that the situation is really far from cut and dry.
(And I'm not trying to rub anyone's face in my neutrality, either. But it certainly has come up.)
All I am doing is trying to keep abreast of the situation so that I myself may attempt to make informed decisions.