Quite odd that Mr Kenny often states I have a vendetta against him here on the blog. The blog is only two years old and I first became aware of Mr Kenny when he helped instigate a product assassination of a DVD I published in 2007. In the interim has on numerous occasions made similar attempts – all, including the first one, have led to him being banned or ejected from forums, his posts removed, and his (scant) reputation becoming ever more tarnished. Most hilarious were his embarrassing attempts to troll on modelling forums – he has never built a model in his life.
Even on those forums where he sticks to research his treatment of others is sometimes appalling and its apparent he is barely tolerated by moderators.
Obviously though, when complaining about a ‘vendetta’ Mikey has not read the masthead of this blog. If someone is an odious little troll who uses forums to perpetuate axe grinding and personal agendas the he will get mentioned here. Regularly. Until he stops. As Mikey has been for some time the Poster Boy for this description he gets mentioned. A lot. And will continue to get mentioned until he stops and sticks to what he is good at – research. At which point he will be sincerely congratulated on his change of heart (as have several others over the years).
Fortunately, because of his much publicised failed attempts ( all of them), more and more members and moderators are starting to see through Mikeys attempts – sadly though it takes courage to take an opposing stance when Ole Mikey has poisoned the waters. He is remarkably clever at stirring up others while remaining on the sidelines wearing a halo. Often his opponents are lone voices of reason and pay the price by having their agendas and associations questioned while he never answers a single question about his own.
So from now on, when I see someone who does stand up to him and point out his lies, evasions, half-truths and troublemaking, they will get an honourable mention here. It will be known as the "I killed Kenny" award. This will not be an easily earned accolade – you will need to fiske him point by point, and not let him get away with avoiding subjects.
Now if you want to take part its very easy. All you have to do is watch any thread by Mikey that at some point starts to slag off other members or involve myself, The Research Squad, The Panther Project, or any project we are associated with or have been involved in. This will not happen immdeiately in the thread - normally the threads have nothing to do with us and it takes him half a dozen posts or so for him to start dripping poison in a little at a time. So be vigilant. In order to help things along and save you time I have a list of his known haunts. Currently Mikey posts on the following, and if anyone knows where else he posts regularly let me know and I will add the links.
http://www.ww2talk.com/forum
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forum
http://forum.axishistory.com
http://www.feldgrau.net/forum
The first such recipient of the honorary award is David Fleming who at great cost took on Mr Kenny on WA recently. Despite having his motivations questioned at every turn he continued to point out that Mikey was only on the forum to cause trouble and was hiding the real motives for his posts.
Mr Fleming – we salute you.
*Edit* Already recieved several requests for a copy of my post exposing Mr Kenny's long standing infringement of publishers copyright. It can be downloaded here Ole Mikey
For those wishing to see what Ole Mikey got up to on WA eamil me.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Monday, 28 February 2011
8 Michael Kenny - Grinding Axe or Grinding bore?
Over on WA forum Micheal Kenny hijacked a two year old thread to perpetuate a long-standing vendetta against myself and others. Regular readers will know of Mr Kenny and his actions, but on this occasiom Mr Kenny has outdone himself.
To date I have not participated in the thread, but Mr Kennys actions and some of the more obvious lies he has spread there need to be redressed. I have posted a single rebuttal which exposes Mr Kennys lies regarding his long-term copyright infringement and the resultant deletion of his unauthorised collection of images.
You can see this rebuttal on page 12 of the WA thread here.
To see exactly what an odious little troll Mr Kenny is have a look at page 2 of the thread and his disgusting methods of dropping uncommented urls on a non-related two year old thread in order to provoke members into rash and very serious unsubstantiated accusations and comments. While reading the entre thread may take some time Mr Kennys ulterior motives become quite clear on page 4 - and the rest of the thread shows his true colours.
So why this post? Over the years many forum members have been on the recieving end of Mr Kennys insults, diatribe, snide comments and put downs. He has instigated, helped and colluded in attacks on others and always hides behind the guise of being a 'researcher'. For this research he is apparently tolerated - but the list of places where he is banned has grown longer, and the those he can post smaller.
This post is a free area for anyone who have suffered at the hands of this vicious little troll, and wishes to discuss his actions and methods.
And finally - there will be no discussion off-topic.
*Edit - 01/03/11
Just seen the following bollocks by Mr Kenny:
"The only time a spokesman for KW drops in he makes it clear he will not make any comment on the issue and resorts to insult and invention."
To prevent Ole Mikey throwing out unsubstantiated lies then some time in the future referring to it as established fact (his usual practice):
Firstly I am not, never have been, nor ever will be a spokesman for anyone. Secondly if there was any invention whatsoever in what I posted then please stump up the proof Mikey. As I said before I am quite happy to post all copies of correspondence between myself and the legal dept. of Photobucket with regards to your copyright infringement. A subject which you seem to be at some pains to avoid talking about. Why? Normally you are the fount of the endless interminable fisking thread - so why not this time Mikey? Cat got your tongue?
Brian
To date I have not participated in the thread, but Mr Kennys actions and some of the more obvious lies he has spread there need to be redressed. I have posted a single rebuttal which exposes Mr Kennys lies regarding his long-term copyright infringement and the resultant deletion of his unauthorised collection of images.
You can see this rebuttal on page 12 of the WA thread here.
To see exactly what an odious little troll Mr Kenny is have a look at page 2 of the thread and his disgusting methods of dropping uncommented urls on a non-related two year old thread in order to provoke members into rash and very serious unsubstantiated accusations and comments. While reading the entre thread may take some time Mr Kennys ulterior motives become quite clear on page 4 - and the rest of the thread shows his true colours.
So why this post? Over the years many forum members have been on the recieving end of Mr Kennys insults, diatribe, snide comments and put downs. He has instigated, helped and colluded in attacks on others and always hides behind the guise of being a 'researcher'. For this research he is apparently tolerated - but the list of places where he is banned has grown longer, and the those he can post smaller.
This post is a free area for anyone who have suffered at the hands of this vicious little troll, and wishes to discuss his actions and methods.
And finally - there will be no discussion off-topic.
*Edit - 01/03/11
Just seen the following bollocks by Mr Kenny:
"The only time a spokesman for KW drops in he makes it clear he will not make any comment on the issue and resorts to insult and invention."
To prevent Ole Mikey throwing out unsubstantiated lies then some time in the future referring to it as established fact (his usual practice):
Firstly I am not, never have been, nor ever will be a spokesman for anyone. Secondly if there was any invention whatsoever in what I posted then please stump up the proof Mikey. As I said before I am quite happy to post all copies of correspondence between myself and the legal dept. of Photobucket with regards to your copyright infringement. A subject which you seem to be at some pains to avoid talking about. Why? Normally you are the fount of the endless interminable fisking thread - so why not this time Mikey? Cat got your tongue?
Brian
Monday, 13 December 2010
7 Terry picking on Jim Rae now
Interesting developements over at M-L Allied Forum
At 9:10am (GMT) Jim Rae posted a news article on the new Bronco Humber with a link back to Armorama.
At 9:14 however Terry Ashley posted the exact same news item (with one image) - but with no link back to PMMS. Why? Because in his haste to piss all over Jim Rae, Terry has not (as of 11.41am) yet put up a news Item on his site about the kit. One-upmanship of the worst kind.
At 9:16 Terry then added the large (mostly unreadable) large poster image, and the words "Its only manners after all" (I think this was the wording, I did not get a screenshot) which I assume was some dig at Jim. (Still no page on PMMS though)
At 9:23 Medication probably started working again and Terry saw his jibe for what it was and took it down. (Still no page on PMMS though)
Then there are some posts (all replies to Terry) about the kit. I find it somewhat unfair that all of these people (Stephen Lord excepted) fail to mention Jims post and its link back to an ACTUAL news item, where the editor had taken the time to create a page before posting elsewhere instead of spammimg other forums because he is terrified he is not first out with the story.
I also find it extremely hypocritical of Terry to now start publishing these items on ML when he previously shit on other editors for doing the same thing.
I would further like to point out that as all images in both posts came from and are the property of Bronco, and were sent to numerous Editors, that Terry watermarking these images with the PMMS logo is blatant copyright theft.
*Edit
16:13pm - Still no article at PMMS
At 9:10am (GMT) Jim Rae posted a news article on the new Bronco Humber with a link back to Armorama.
At 9:14 however Terry Ashley posted the exact same news item (with one image) - but with no link back to PMMS. Why? Because in his haste to piss all over Jim Rae, Terry has not (as of 11.41am) yet put up a news Item on his site about the kit. One-upmanship of the worst kind.
At 9:16 Terry then added the large (mostly unreadable) large poster image, and the words "Its only manners after all" (I think this was the wording, I did not get a screenshot) which I assume was some dig at Jim. (Still no page on PMMS though)
At 9:23 Medication probably started working again and Terry saw his jibe for what it was and took it down. (Still no page on PMMS though)
Then there are some posts (all replies to Terry) about the kit. I find it somewhat unfair that all of these people (Stephen Lord excepted) fail to mention Jims post and its link back to an ACTUAL news item, where the editor had taken the time to create a page before posting elsewhere instead of spammimg other forums because he is terrified he is not first out with the story.
I also find it extremely hypocritical of Terry to now start publishing these items on ML when he previously shit on other editors for doing the same thing.
I would further like to point out that as all images in both posts came from and are the property of Bronco, and were sent to numerous Editors, that Terry watermarking these images with the PMMS logo is blatant copyright theft.
*Edit
16:13pm - Still no article at PMMS
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
2 All Change
Some months since the last update, have been out of modeling for a while and busy with other stuff. Hopefully I will be able to start making more regular posts again.
Trucks n' tracks gone
So the ailing TnT has finally met its demise. I was surprised at the somewhat cavalier announcement on Military Modelling website - the smilies were a bit unnecessary. Though this attitude towards the concerns of modellers has been prevalent at MyHobbyStore since both shows came under their grip. Traders and punters I know have been drifting away from this show for the last few years for many of the same reasons I talked about here last year in a post about EuroMilitaire. Maybe now the organisers at both MHS and Lees Cliff will look at how shows are done on the continent, and why so many traders and and punters would rather go there than visit Folkestone.
John Murphy
Sad to see on Facebook that John Murphy is no longer Editor of MMiR. As one of the best print editors around I am sure John will be snapped up by a publishing house asap.
Credit where its due
Nice to see that for some months now Jim Rae has been behaving on Armorama. No rants, no bullying of members, just news articles, even-handed debate and reasoned comments in the forum. Well done Jim, keep it up - it makes Armorama a better place to visit.
Trucks n' tracks gone
So the ailing TnT has finally met its demise. I was surprised at the somewhat cavalier announcement on Military Modelling website - the smilies were a bit unnecessary. Though this attitude towards the concerns of modellers has been prevalent at MyHobbyStore since both shows came under their grip. Traders and punters I know have been drifting away from this show for the last few years for many of the same reasons I talked about here last year in a post about EuroMilitaire. Maybe now the organisers at both MHS and Lees Cliff will look at how shows are done on the continent, and why so many traders and and punters would rather go there than visit Folkestone.
John Murphy
Sad to see on Facebook that John Murphy is no longer Editor of MMiR. As one of the best print editors around I am sure John will be snapped up by a publishing house asap.
Credit where its due
Nice to see that for some months now Jim Rae has been behaving on Armorama. No rants, no bullying of members, just news articles, even-handed debate and reasoned comments in the forum. Well done Jim, keep it up - it makes Armorama a better place to visit.
Monday, 9 August 2010
2 Pay per view
Let me preface the following with the assurance that I am not criticisng any modelling sites or their business models.
This thread at Armorama, a report out last week that ZERO people would pay for Twitter, and the recent trend in trying to make content pay for itself (Times Online) got me thinking about modelling sites in general and their business models. Currently there is a huge culture problem in that whilst everyone grew up with everything on the internet being free and the generation and hosting of that content was minimal, nowadays its costs substantially more time and money to host and generate.
One common aspect of all sites is a minimum amount of operating costs: they all need to cover server costs, and postage of materials to bloggers, reviewers etc. The more the site grows, the higher these costs become. Invariably these sites have grown on the strength of the community participation that they encouraged. At some point, the owners realise that it has grown too big, either from a logistical, or a financial aspect, to manage on their own. So what do they do?
The more successful sites broadly seem to fall into the following into the following catagories (or a combination):
Self-funded
Advertising based
Corporate backing
One way to manage is to have unpaid 'staff' who then donate their own time to tasks such as moderation, reviews, news etc, and cover costs either by coporate backing or advertising. Another is to involve the community and have them generate the site content in exchange for kits, books and other items. Both have their good and points, 'Staff' are reliable in output times and content, but can be limited in knowledge or expertise in certain fields. Community have a wider variety of skills and knowledge, but reliabilty and working to timescales can be a problem.
Corporate backing can bring its own problems. Modellers can be extremely hypocrital when it comes to certain sponsoring/advertising manufacturers - while they will gladly (quietly) accept the latest $50 kit for free, they will also join the crusade/rant du jour against the same company. Accusations then get leveled of bias and favouritism against sites that either advertise or are backed by such companies. Consequently modelling companies take a (justifiably) jaundiced view about support for such people and modelling sites in general. I have a lot of sympathy for all sites in this regard - While independence from advertising and sponsorship is noble, it does not pay server and postage costs. Many modellers are guilty of ignoring this elephant in the room - while happy to take full advantage of free use of sites, as soon as any form of even minimal financial contribution is raised they run to the next site where its not required. Thankfully there are still many out their who donate time and money to keep sites going that otherwise would fail without them.
Whilst still somewhere in the future, I think that sooner or later, paid content on the web will become the norm rather than an experiment. Whether it be subscription based or a different model, eventually paying for quality content will be seen as no different to paying for a newspaper or any other type of media. This will mean that like any industry, such sites will have to compete with quality content to make sure they attract the paying customer. Of course this will not happen while there are places where it can be obtained for free (the current poor figures for Times Online tend to reinforce this). But as the number of free sites diminishes due to cost, I think the balance, and the current culture , will gradually swing the other way.
This thread at Armorama, a report out last week that ZERO people would pay for Twitter, and the recent trend in trying to make content pay for itself (Times Online) got me thinking about modelling sites in general and their business models. Currently there is a huge culture problem in that whilst everyone grew up with everything on the internet being free and the generation and hosting of that content was minimal, nowadays its costs substantially more time and money to host and generate.
One common aspect of all sites is a minimum amount of operating costs: they all need to cover server costs, and postage of materials to bloggers, reviewers etc. The more the site grows, the higher these costs become. Invariably these sites have grown on the strength of the community participation that they encouraged. At some point, the owners realise that it has grown too big, either from a logistical, or a financial aspect, to manage on their own. So what do they do?
The more successful sites broadly seem to fall into the following into the following catagories (or a combination):
Self-funded
Advertising based
Corporate backing
One way to manage is to have unpaid 'staff' who then donate their own time to tasks such as moderation, reviews, news etc, and cover costs either by coporate backing or advertising. Another is to involve the community and have them generate the site content in exchange for kits, books and other items. Both have their good and points, 'Staff' are reliable in output times and content, but can be limited in knowledge or expertise in certain fields. Community have a wider variety of skills and knowledge, but reliabilty and working to timescales can be a problem.
Corporate backing can bring its own problems. Modellers can be extremely hypocrital when it comes to certain sponsoring/advertising manufacturers - while they will gladly (quietly) accept the latest $50 kit for free, they will also join the crusade/rant du jour against the same company. Accusations then get leveled of bias and favouritism against sites that either advertise or are backed by such companies. Consequently modelling companies take a (justifiably) jaundiced view about support for such people and modelling sites in general. I have a lot of sympathy for all sites in this regard - While independence from advertising and sponsorship is noble, it does not pay server and postage costs. Many modellers are guilty of ignoring this elephant in the room - while happy to take full advantage of free use of sites, as soon as any form of even minimal financial contribution is raised they run to the next site where its not required. Thankfully there are still many out their who donate time and money to keep sites going that otherwise would fail without them.
Whilst still somewhere in the future, I think that sooner or later, paid content on the web will become the norm rather than an experiment. Whether it be subscription based or a different model, eventually paying for quality content will be seen as no different to paying for a newspaper or any other type of media. This will mean that like any industry, such sites will have to compete with quality content to make sure they attract the paying customer. Of course this will not happen while there are places where it can be obtained for free (the current poor figures for Times Online tend to reinforce this). But as the number of free sites diminishes due to cost, I think the balance, and the current culture , will gradually swing the other way.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
23 Talking to "Sam"
In my previous article Cutting off your nose one of the commenters - "Sam" chose to turn the topic back to the whole Terry saga. I will always respond as best and detailed as possible to any queestions or comment. Unfortunately the lengthy responses required exceed the comment box limit. The gist of it is I asked "Sam" to answer a simple question - he avoided it so I will post my reply here.
Dear "Sam"
Firstly I am surprised that you came back to post - well done. Secondly, I am not surprised that you avoided the simple question I put to in my comment. Your response is quite typical of both Terry and his fanbois when faced with one the difficult questions about what happened - long, rambling, obfuscating posts completely avoiding the question. Thirdly I am unsurprised that you will not post again - shouting LA LA LA and running away in order to have what they think is the last word is typical of how Terry and his fans have behaved so far.
Lets also address you claims that I never responded to various stuff raised by Terry - all the stuff has been responded to ad nauseum both in this blog and on the DVD website - its morons like you that that have not read the responses that perpetuate the party line put out by Terry that I never respond. What you don't seem to understand is that I have been asking the same few questions of Terry ever since this started - and has not once ever answered them. Because he cannot. Why do you think that Don Campbell and Jon Bailey have never uttered a word on this? Firstly, obviously, because they are cowards. But mainly because they know that by their actions and PRINTED words thay got caught utterly fucking red handed. Do you think Dons'bosses issued a public apology over his actions for giggles?
Oh and while we are at it let me adress your question about the lack of search facilty that gets raised by idiots who think that being able to turn a PC on qualifies them as a coding expert (also answered ad nausem elsewhere but heyho). The DVD was written in Flash and then compiled in Director package. One of the reasons this was done was to prevent copying of the content (this feature worked so well it was how Terry got caught by the way). This package did not allow for a searchable database to be set up, either on the DVD or on the users PC. The other reason was that a search feature would return so many similar hits on such a narrow subject as to be useless. Got it?
Now here is the question you SHOULD be asking: If the lack of this feature was SUCH a negative, why then has the world shattering Lack of such a feature NEVER been raised in ANY of the other CD/DVD reviews of similar products on PMMS? Given that all of them are written in HTML, which DOES allow for an easy search facility, don't you think this is kind of odd?
And to your repeated statements about me not letting this drop - I did - for two years until Terry started it up again with his spiteful little 'addendum' to the product assassination. I just keep answering morons who come and abuse me - because I am polite, and also because, unlike Terry, I have all the evidence I need to prove Terry to be the lying cowardly shitbag that he is.
By the way "Sam", emails, written statements, and admission of actions are not 'circumstantial' evidence, at least not according to the people I consulted. They called it a straightforward case of product assassination and collusion. They are still waiting btw, for the repeatedly requested address of Terrys often threated legal team - all to no avail. Strange hey?
Yes I did give Terry the benefit of the doubt when he said he had no knowledge the private forum. Fair enough. How then do you explain, (after I told Terry what this groups intentions were), that he not only passed on my emails to them wherein I informed him I had access to their forum, but also then left the DVD in Jon Baileys possession up until Jon Baileys product assassination was published?
Tough questions eh "Sam"? Don't worry - I don't expect you to come back and adress them. Maybe you could ask Terry on his blog? Oh Wait. You can't can you? Ever noticed what happens on Terrys blog if you criticise him or fail to take his side? Yup - unlike here where I publish and answer everything, nothing of that kind ever sees the light of day over at PMMS.
Finally "Sam", I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you do have some integrity and a modicum of moral courage and sense of fair play - I will ask you again to come up with a reasonable explanation of the question I asked you last time.
Here it is: How then did Don Campbell know, in advance, that a NEGATIVE review of our DVD was being written and going to appear on PMMS? Given that on the day he made this statement, the DVD was still in Jon Baileys possession, and bear in mind Terry gave it to Jon before he looked at it (Terrys words).
Now then "Sam". I think this is a reasonable question - I want to know how members of the public, with a known grudge against a co-author of my product, had advance knowledge of a NEGATIVE review being written, when said product was not in the reviewers possession. Had this happened on M-L, or Armorama or any other reputable site there would have been an uproar.
If you (or anyone for that matter) can come back with reasonable explanation to this question I will accept it. If you cannot, and want come back with the same rambling, avoiding drivel again then don't bother. If however you choose not to reply at all, then I and anyone else reading this will assume that there is no reasonable explanation and that everything I accused Terry of, backed up with his own and others WRITTEN statements is true.
Over to you "Sam". And believe me I really feel for you - not once in three years has Terry, Don or Jon answered this - if they cannot what chance do you have?
Brian
Dear "Sam"
Firstly I am surprised that you came back to post - well done. Secondly, I am not surprised that you avoided the simple question I put to in my comment. Your response is quite typical of both Terry and his fanbois when faced with one the difficult questions about what happened - long, rambling, obfuscating posts completely avoiding the question. Thirdly I am unsurprised that you will not post again - shouting LA LA LA and running away in order to have what they think is the last word is typical of how Terry and his fans have behaved so far.
Lets also address you claims that I never responded to various stuff raised by Terry - all the stuff has been responded to ad nauseum both in this blog and on the DVD website - its morons like you that that have not read the responses that perpetuate the party line put out by Terry that I never respond. What you don't seem to understand is that I have been asking the same few questions of Terry ever since this started - and has not once ever answered them. Because he cannot. Why do you think that Don Campbell and Jon Bailey have never uttered a word on this? Firstly, obviously, because they are cowards. But mainly because they know that by their actions and PRINTED words thay got caught utterly fucking red handed. Do you think Dons'bosses issued a public apology over his actions for giggles?
Oh and while we are at it let me adress your question about the lack of search facilty that gets raised by idiots who think that being able to turn a PC on qualifies them as a coding expert (also answered ad nausem elsewhere but heyho). The DVD was written in Flash and then compiled in Director package. One of the reasons this was done was to prevent copying of the content (this feature worked so well it was how Terry got caught by the way). This package did not allow for a searchable database to be set up, either on the DVD or on the users PC. The other reason was that a search feature would return so many similar hits on such a narrow subject as to be useless. Got it?
Now here is the question you SHOULD be asking: If the lack of this feature was SUCH a negative, why then has the world shattering Lack of such a feature NEVER been raised in ANY of the other CD/DVD reviews of similar products on PMMS? Given that all of them are written in HTML, which DOES allow for an easy search facility, don't you think this is kind of odd?
And to your repeated statements about me not letting this drop - I did - for two years until Terry started it up again with his spiteful little 'addendum' to the product assassination. I just keep answering morons who come and abuse me - because I am polite, and also because, unlike Terry, I have all the evidence I need to prove Terry to be the lying cowardly shitbag that he is.
By the way "Sam", emails, written statements, and admission of actions are not 'circumstantial' evidence, at least not according to the people I consulted. They called it a straightforward case of product assassination and collusion. They are still waiting btw, for the repeatedly requested address of Terrys often threated legal team - all to no avail. Strange hey?
Yes I did give Terry the benefit of the doubt when he said he had no knowledge the private forum. Fair enough. How then do you explain, (after I told Terry what this groups intentions were), that he not only passed on my emails to them wherein I informed him I had access to their forum, but also then left the DVD in Jon Baileys possession up until Jon Baileys product assassination was published?
Tough questions eh "Sam"? Don't worry - I don't expect you to come back and adress them. Maybe you could ask Terry on his blog? Oh Wait. You can't can you? Ever noticed what happens on Terrys blog if you criticise him or fail to take his side? Yup - unlike here where I publish and answer everything, nothing of that kind ever sees the light of day over at PMMS.
Finally "Sam", I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you do have some integrity and a modicum of moral courage and sense of fair play - I will ask you again to come up with a reasonable explanation of the question I asked you last time.
Here it is: How then did Don Campbell know, in advance, that a NEGATIVE review of our DVD was being written and going to appear on PMMS? Given that on the day he made this statement, the DVD was still in Jon Baileys possession, and bear in mind Terry gave it to Jon before he looked at it (Terrys words).
Now then "Sam". I think this is a reasonable question - I want to know how members of the public, with a known grudge against a co-author of my product, had advance knowledge of a NEGATIVE review being written, when said product was not in the reviewers possession. Had this happened on M-L, or Armorama or any other reputable site there would have been an uproar.
If you (or anyone for that matter) can come back with reasonable explanation to this question I will accept it. If you cannot, and want come back with the same rambling, avoiding drivel again then don't bother. If however you choose not to reply at all, then I and anyone else reading this will assume that there is no reasonable explanation and that everything I accused Terry of, backed up with his own and others WRITTEN statements is true.
Over to you "Sam". And believe me I really feel for you - not once in three years has Terry, Don or Jon answered this - if they cannot what chance do you have?
Brian
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
20 Cutting your nose off to spite your face
Some months back I mentioned the fantastic work going on at the Trumpeter King Tiger Build. If you have not yet seen it, go there and bookmark it - the work and research is breathtaking. I was fortunate enough to be able to help the guys there with new drawings and a modification timeline for the KT.
For several months I worked with a lot of great researchers on the forum, and worked with them to produce the new reference material for their project. I posted a few times on the forums and once the stuff was done, one of them posted a link and thanked me.
A day or two later I got a puzzled email from a number of forum members asking if I knew why all of my posts and any mention of myself, or The Research Squad, had been stripped from the forum. (Bear in mind at this point I had been posting on the forum for several months). I looked into it and discovered that lo and behold, the forum moderator was none other than Don Campbell (I really had no idea up to that point). I also discovered that my internet access to the forum, and all others of which Don is the moderator, had been blocked. I was forced to write to the forum members and explain why Don had done this. Of course this involved a fairly detailed explanation of Dons actions as a moderator on a private forum, and several links to previously published articles, screenshots, and a public apology from a magazine disowning Mr Campbell and his actions posted under their name. As none of the KT forum were previously aware of Dons history you can imagine their reaction.
Safe to say that through this new petty action, Don's ever diminishing circle of admirers has shrunk to near zero.
Here is the hilarious part though.
It took all of three minutes for me to re-access ALL of the forums that Don moderates (yes Don - ALL of them). By taking down the links on the forum Don has driven up traffic to The Research Squad site where I have had to post both the drawings and timelines for the forum members to access.
Now we all know that Don is no rocket scientist when it comes to the internet. Why? Because some years back he and several others were caught posting using false accounts on M-L. Their plan was to use these accounts and pretend to be a UK resident posting under false names, so that they could get him banned from M-L. These idiots were so dumb they thought nobody would notice the IP addresses of the accounts were in Australia - one of them from the place of work of one of the culprits!
Lets face it - if Donnie were any dumber he would be watered twice a week
Keep the day job Don - I don't think NASA will be knocking on your door anytime soon.
For several months I worked with a lot of great researchers on the forum, and worked with them to produce the new reference material for their project. I posted a few times on the forums and once the stuff was done, one of them posted a link and thanked me.
A day or two later I got a puzzled email from a number of forum members asking if I knew why all of my posts and any mention of myself, or The Research Squad, had been stripped from the forum. (Bear in mind at this point I had been posting on the forum for several months). I looked into it and discovered that lo and behold, the forum moderator was none other than Don Campbell (I really had no idea up to that point). I also discovered that my internet access to the forum, and all others of which Don is the moderator, had been blocked. I was forced to write to the forum members and explain why Don had done this. Of course this involved a fairly detailed explanation of Dons actions as a moderator on a private forum, and several links to previously published articles, screenshots, and a public apology from a magazine disowning Mr Campbell and his actions posted under their name. As none of the KT forum were previously aware of Dons history you can imagine their reaction.
Safe to say that through this new petty action, Don's ever diminishing circle of admirers has shrunk to near zero.
Here is the hilarious part though.
It took all of three minutes for me to re-access ALL of the forums that Don moderates (yes Don - ALL of them). By taking down the links on the forum Don has driven up traffic to The Research Squad site where I have had to post both the drawings and timelines for the forum members to access.
Now we all know that Don is no rocket scientist when it comes to the internet. Why? Because some years back he and several others were caught posting using false accounts on M-L. Their plan was to use these accounts and pretend to be a UK resident posting under false names, so that they could get him banned from M-L. These idiots were so dumb they thought nobody would notice the IP addresses of the accounts were in Australia - one of them from the place of work of one of the culprits!
Lets face it - if Donnie were any dumber he would be watered twice a week
Keep the day job Don - I don't think NASA will be knocking on your door anytime soon.
Thursday, 24 June 2010
3 Aftermath
With Terry Ashley finally admitting after two years to everything I accused him of, I am now happy to post my last on the subject. As before, I am more than willing to let this lie, and hope that this time he does the same. During my absence I had some time to ponder the whole episode and its outcomes. Many people, both friends and otherwise, asked me why I continued to put my case in the face of such abuse and vitriol from supporters of Terry. There were several reasons for this:
1. I have always told the truth, and have now been vindicated
2. I had major support of many in the hobby, public and private, from friends, other manufacturers and many recognised peers - all of whom had evaluated the evidence and concluded that, as he eventually admitted, Terry had lied all along.
3. The loathing I have for those who would damage the hobby (and individuals) with anonymous snipings, endless vendettas, and similar actions from private forums or elsewhere. This loathing also extends to those in a public position, or position of power, who would help these individuals and then lie about their own actions and motives in order to retain their credibility and fan base (Terry is not alone here see previous posts on Jim Rae). Readers should bear in mind that despite being the instigators of the whole mess, despite the massive damage they caused, not a single word, contritional or otherwise has ever been heard from the likes of Don Campbell or Jon Bailey. Although it cost him dearly at least Michael Kenny has posted on public forums (although they were troll attacks).
While I have no regrets in the matter, I do feel some sympathy for those who supported Terry through all of this, only to have their faith destroyed by his eventual admission. A pity some of the more vocal ones have not made their disillusionment more public, but hey-ho, perhaps they only have the capacity for abuse, and not the character required for apology.
So where to go from here? Happily there is still loads of stuff in the hobby to write about, both good and bad, so I will do my best.
A parting shot for those anonymous souls who send in the abusive comments - Keep them coming, they are always welcome. Not only do they make me laugh, but the concept of being a called coward (amongst other things) by someone who does not have the balls to leave his own name only makes for delicious irony, which if you had not noticed, I kind of thrive on.
1. I have always told the truth, and have now been vindicated
2. I had major support of many in the hobby, public and private, from friends, other manufacturers and many recognised peers - all of whom had evaluated the evidence and concluded that, as he eventually admitted, Terry had lied all along.
3. The loathing I have for those who would damage the hobby (and individuals) with anonymous snipings, endless vendettas, and similar actions from private forums or elsewhere. This loathing also extends to those in a public position, or position of power, who would help these individuals and then lie about their own actions and motives in order to retain their credibility and fan base (Terry is not alone here see previous posts on Jim Rae). Readers should bear in mind that despite being the instigators of the whole mess, despite the massive damage they caused, not a single word, contritional or otherwise has ever been heard from the likes of Don Campbell or Jon Bailey. Although it cost him dearly at least Michael Kenny has posted on public forums (although they were troll attacks).
While I have no regrets in the matter, I do feel some sympathy for those who supported Terry through all of this, only to have their faith destroyed by his eventual admission. A pity some of the more vocal ones have not made their disillusionment more public, but hey-ho, perhaps they only have the capacity for abuse, and not the character required for apology.
So where to go from here? Happily there is still loads of stuff in the hobby to write about, both good and bad, so I will do my best.
A parting shot for those anonymous souls who send in the abusive comments - Keep them coming, they are always welcome. Not only do they make me laugh, but the concept of being a called coward (amongst other things) by someone who does not have the balls to leave his own name only makes for delicious irony, which if you had not noticed, I kind of thrive on.
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
0 Back!
A recent project has kept me away for the last few months - long hours, and little or no time to even turn on the computer. However I am back for the forseeable future and getting into the swing of things. For those eager for updates on the last article I don't have much news I'm afraid - A case has been opened but I have been too busy to enquire as to progress. As soon as I hear more I will pass it on.
Really looking forward to modelling and blogging again so keep an eye out for new stuff!
Thursday, 15 April 2010
10 Just un-f*****g-believable
I said previously that I would not be posting more until further developments but I just discovered something so gob-smackinging unbelievable in Terrys altered post that I just had to highlight it.
In the end this would have remained on the "private" forum was it not for Brian betraying that privacy, not for the first time either. Whatever occurred on this private forum had no bearing on the review I WROTE as I’ve already stated I didn’t even know of the existence of this group until all this blew up..
Thats right. He actually thinks that. And said it in a public post.
Terry truly believes that this entire mess is my fault because I exposed the actions of a group of individuals in a private forum who meant harm to my product. Who planned and launched troll attacks on my product on public forums. He is saying that despite the fact he STARTED this entire mess by passing our DVD to this group (without our knowledge or permission), he is not to blame for any of it. That it was my fault for making all of this public!!
This is despite the fact that Terry ONLY admitted to passing on our DVD to the private forum AFTER I told him what they were doing. Thats right Terry - that means that once you knew what they were doing, you actually APPROVED of their actions. Do you get it now Terry? Do you see what you have just admitted to?
He denies knowing about them - Yet passed on MY emails TO THEM after I told him what they were up to. So Terry - who betrayed whose privacy first? The person who passed the DVD on in the first place? Or the person who told the private forum that I had access to their forum? Or the person (me) who exposed both the instigator (you) and the conspirators in the private forum after both of the previous betrayals? (yours)
Terry - do you actually read what you write? Do you think before you write it? Do you have any idea what the quoted text says about not only your character but your mentality? Do you not have a single friend amongst all the fanbois you could send your drivelings to BEFORE you post them, and thus prevent repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot?
Till now I had just assumed that all your denials were in the hope that if you repeated them often enough people would believe you.
But you really do actually believe you are blamesless in this whole affair don't you?
Sadly, by now, I am sure that you will re-read it a hundred times and still never see what you have just publicly admitted to everyone.
In the end this would have remained on the "private" forum was it not for Brian betraying that privacy, not for the first time either. Whatever occurred on this private forum had no bearing on the review I WROTE as I’ve already stated I didn’t even know of the existence of this group until all this blew up..
Thats right. He actually thinks that. And said it in a public post.
Terry truly believes that this entire mess is my fault because I exposed the actions of a group of individuals in a private forum who meant harm to my product. Who planned and launched troll attacks on my product on public forums. He is saying that despite the fact he STARTED this entire mess by passing our DVD to this group (without our knowledge or permission), he is not to blame for any of it. That it was my fault for making all of this public!!
This is despite the fact that Terry ONLY admitted to passing on our DVD to the private forum AFTER I told him what they were doing. Thats right Terry - that means that once you knew what they were doing, you actually APPROVED of their actions. Do you get it now Terry? Do you see what you have just admitted to?
He denies knowing about them - Yet passed on MY emails TO THEM after I told him what they were up to. So Terry - who betrayed whose privacy first? The person who passed the DVD on in the first place? Or the person who told the private forum that I had access to their forum? Or the person (me) who exposed both the instigator (you) and the conspirators in the private forum after both of the previous betrayals? (yours)
Terry - do you actually read what you write? Do you think before you write it? Do you have any idea what the quoted text says about not only your character but your mentality? Do you not have a single friend amongst all the fanbois you could send your drivelings to BEFORE you post them, and thus prevent repeatedly shooting yourself in the foot?
Till now I had just assumed that all your denials were in the hope that if you repeated them often enough people would believe you.
But you really do actually believe you are blamesless in this whole affair don't you?
Sadly, by now, I am sure that you will re-read it a hundred times and still never see what you have just publicly admitted to everyone.
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