:the fact is, SteamyZ ran his company the way he ran his life... out of control and in the gutter. this cannot be distputed. The mans personality was directly reflected IN his company.
Unless you were here and living with the guy, how in the F-ing hell would / could you even begin to extrapolate that?Ok, ok. Try this on for size - you are a 6ft plus loser nerd who does nothing but sit infront of his pc and posts crap online all day long because you have no other justifiable reason for your lousy existence. How do i know? Simple, i met you at Zcon, you wore glasses which nerds have been known to do and judging by your hits to this site, it's plainly obvious isn't it? Do you see my point? None of that crap may be true but expounded enough, perception becomes reality. Steve is by no means innocent for what he has done. I agree with alot of folks on the forum that his running of ztoyz was an utter failure. Yes he owes a ton of apologies and much more. However, to slander someone is simply none better. Do you honestly think you are any better for posting rumors and lies about him being on drugs / alcohol and his life is in ruins because of it? Unless you are an absolute close friend who is there each and every single day to see first hand, i would doubt the info you receive is any more truthful than the gibberish you post. The reason i've stood up for Steve is because as a friend, he didn't let me down. Sure, i've said before i wouldn't buy or do business with him but that doesn't make him any less of a friend to me.
I wouldn't do business with more than half of anyone here on TT.net but i'd still buy ya a beer the first chance i get. Does that make me hypocritical? No. Those 2 things are simply unrelated as is his personality / private life and his management of ztoyz.
What you do in your life as breadwinner doesn't necessarily reflect on your personality in other circumstances.
I find it hard to believe that people are so 1 dimensional that there's only that and nothing else. There's always 2 sides to any story, be they good or bad. While his personality / friendship doesn't make up for what he has done in his business dealings (with or without the forum), it doesn't take away from what he has been to me - a friend.
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