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Is Foley really the devil..?? (Previously: RetroBlast is a traitor..??)

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DarkKobold:
What really irks me about this thing is justifying what Foley did.

It's not like he applied for the trademark, waited for it to be confirmed, and then only went after auctions with pirated Roms. Nope.

He, with only an application, mailed anyone using the MAME name, and began to shut down auctions, and extort money. Look at the case of Emdkay. He asked for money for the use of the MAME logo, and as soon as someone chimmed in that it was illegal, the bird switched his tune.

To justify anything that man does is to minimize the evils that he has tried to commit. Foley is by no means someone who should be dealt with. Instead of reviewing his products, an upstanding and important member of the community should support ALL MEMBERS of the community. Foley is not a member of the community. He has attacked it, and it's members. 

An example of Foley's lying and extortion.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,32730.msg276462.html#msg276462

That post makes me sick.

[edit for post and emdkay]

KevSteele:
Wow, I go "offline" for a weekend to recharge, and something like this happens!

pointdablame:
Paige is the only one in this whole thread who hit the nail on the head.

No one on this page who is even REMOTELY interested in arcade controls/games would turn down a free Ultracade machine to review.  Yeah, boast about your morals all you want, but if I showed up at your door with a free machine to review with and do with as you please, I think everyone would ask me if I wanted some coffee or some help getting it in the door.

Give Kevin a break... "in bed with the enemy"?!?!?!  GOd, calm down.  He's doing a review.  It'll be an overly positive review like everything else on RetroBlast, and Kevin will have had some fun reviewing the product.  End of story.  I would do the same thing.  If you don't like it, you don't have to read it.  That doesn't negate everything that Kevin has done for the community in the past.

And I'm sure my post will be followed with tons of "I wouldn't review it" posts, but frankly.. I don't believe you :)

KevSteele:
Heck, just to clarify: I am not getting an UltraCade to review. Heck, I'm not getting anything at all - I just agreed to consider reviewing products from UltraCade, primairly their encoder/video adapters.

As for the overly-positive reviews: yes, I get enthusastic. But have you considered the fact that I may have actually liked most the products I've reviewed? I realize that you may not agree with my reviews, but I've never claimed to be anything other than an arcade enthusiast sharing my opinions.

With any review you need to understand a bit about the reviewer, then filter the review through what you know about them.

Kevin

Zakk:

--- Quote from: pointdablame on June 12, 2005, 05:13:38 pm ---
And I'm sure my post will be followed with tons of "I wouldn't review it" posts, but frankly.. I don't believe you :)

--- End quote ---

As god is my witness, I would never take anything from Dave Fooly.

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