Home decoration contest :the winner claimed to work for MA !

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Hi all.

We all have seen that MindArk has chosen Skalman as the winner of the contest so he won a full Supremacy armor set.
This set value is quite high and might be around the full shadow armor value as its unique at the moment.

So where 's the problem?
His house might be nice,i havenot visited it yet but screenshots dont convince me to.I know a lot of other houses that are more beautiful than Skalman’s house.

Well ,how would you feel if you join the contest and then know that the winner claimed he worked for MindArk?

Of course,you didnot know that or very few of us knew.

1 year ago ,Skalman told me things that he probably forgot …
I decided to keep it for myself as long as Skalman was clean.

But how the beep can he dare to win the Home decoration contest?
(And that might be the visible part of the iceberg.)

So i decided to share my thoughts and my EVIDENCES .

I know many people among you all spent much peds to decorate their own apartments or houses.

Take a look at this :

Screenshots taken on May,23th 2004

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/francinezzz/skalman1.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/francinezzz/skalman2.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/francinezzz/skalman3.jpg
http://www.membres.lycos.fr/francinezzz/skalman4.jpg

We can see 2 things .

First : Skalman claims he works for MindArk by promoting the game, doing boxes for the game(?) , scriptwriting and game-designing.

Second : Skalman talks about the plan.The plan to "take care " of non -depositers. To me it sounds like the plan to make PE worst for everyone .
In fact,in the light of time , we can see that Skalman was totally right and knew about everything coming .Why?
Because in May 2004 ,there was not these features yet :

-no loots.
-first slowdown of avatars
-new and bad skill system
-blind radar
-overspawning of mobs
-Skill transfer system
-Second slowdown of avatars when you use tool or weapon
-Removal of the wandering soul.
-Forbidden trapping
-Maximum value of sweat bottles per mob
-Oilrig barracks unclimbable
-20 seconds logout.
-Robots running
etc…etc…and many others .

He just admitted that he knew what was coming : making PE a place where big Credit Cards have the highest chances to survive..

I dont care what MindArk can say if its true or false since i know ,we know,that i m showing evidences.
Other people already,well known avatars, told me about their thoughts that Skalman was an employee of MA .Though ,i didnot tell them about the screenshots.

But now with the contest result ,i m forced to share the truth .
You can give me bad rep ,or whatever ,but i know that i kept right with myself by sharing the truth.

The main question is :
Did MindArk make Skalman winner because of his actual decoration or because he [claimed] worked for MA?
As you know there was many great houses …And i cannot accept someone claiming he works for MA winning an MA contest .period.

PS @ MindBuster : I m showing evidences.Therefore there is nothing wrong.
PS @all MA staff : You must notice that i m saying Skalman claimed he worked for MA .

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I wasnt in the contest so I am pretty non-biased. I dont think any people that work or have worked for MA should be even considered in the contest. Its just not fair for anyone. The judges should go in non-biased. Though I havnt seen his house in game, The screenshots clearly show that it looks like a real house with a rugish look.

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i like skalman - he was my in-game god. he was the only MIB to actually speak to me when I first strated playing, none of the others would even give me the time of day.

I don’t think is a paid-up member of MA’s staff, although I must admit I had a conversation with him a loooong time ago and he told me things that made me wonder if he worked for MA - that could have been down to my lack of knowledge though.

With regards to the competition, every competition I have ever seen has always stated that it is not open to employees or relitives of employees of the company running the competition. so I guess unless he has a working contract and is paid by MA then he isn’t technically an employee.

I would think ETOPIA knows more about him than most of us and can probably enlighten us all :slight_smile:

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like whaa? :eek: warants? skalman is workin for MA Ö_ö

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[QUOTE=wanda]

I would think ETOPIA knows more about him than most of us and can probably enlighten us all :slight_smile:
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Sorry,i understand why you say this .But since you know Etopia is also a Warants member ,so you know that she is also his advocate.

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[QUOTE=francine]
Sorry,i understand why you say this .But since you know Etopia is also a Warants member ,so you know that she is also his advocate.
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no, I think ETOPIA is a very truthful and honest person and will say things the way they are without any bullshit.

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Some players have good relationship to MindArk, some have not…

Some players get landareas as present from MindArk, some not…
Some players get Armor sets as present from MindArk some not…

fair or unfair towards all other heavily deposting PE-junkies?
thats the question…

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i know etopia for very very long time .
She is truthful yes .But she always defend her business .
Thats why i know she is advocate of Skalman.You will see by yourself if she post ..very subjective answer. no offence to Etopia, we all defend our socs :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Venus]
Some players have good relationship to MindArk, some have not…

Some players get landareas as present from MindArk, some not…
Some players get Armor sets as present from MindArk some not…

fair or unfair towards all other heavily deposting PE-junkies?
thats the question…
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Oh come on now! If MA gives something to someone in-game as a gift for them doing something to help MA (Like marketing, script writing, bug hunting, etc.) then those are completely and totally justified.

BUT if employees, or consultants (Past or present, paid or not) are allowed to enter contests and win prizes or get in-game benefits of ANY kind over paying customers then this is a complete and total travesty.

Sadly though it happens in every game, and there is no way to prove or disprove it at all. Regardless of what folks may say, or be believed to have said, we can’t prove anything. Screenshots can be faked (Not saying you did Francine - but they can be.), emails can be spoofed..folks can even :Gasp: lie to someone to make themselves seem more important then they really are. :gasp:

In the end everyone has to look at this and deal with it in their own way. I choose to simply ignore it and go on about my PE life.

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I thought his house kicked ass… There are others that “could have won” but there is no reason to be suspicouse of his win because, well… it was a damn good submission! Realistic and very clean. :slight_smile:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :wise:

I agree with MA’s decision even though I was rooting for others to win.

Grats to him.. no need to rain on his parade. :frowning:

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That was just a passing suggestion - I don’t want anyone to feel they have to validate any other player, there are quite a few people who can talk on Skalman’s behalf but maybe someone should invite him to come here and speak for himself.
I do get the impression that even if he did come here and say ‘I do not work for MindArk’, it wouldn’t be enough.

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i agree with trakkur here!.

If he works for MA or not?. well he may do, May not,

If he do, He shouldent had won, if he dont work for MA.. Well then he played by the rules…

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has skalman ever posted in these forums?

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no, he isn’t a member i think.

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I agree that his house definately rocked, but I don’t think folks are complaining about his entry not being worthy (It most certainly was)…but rather it not being valid if he’s working for MA in any capacity.

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Well, I was in the app comp. Look at these …

https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2626&c=6
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2627&c=6
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2628&c=6

… this may not be the best decorated home on Calypso. In fact, I was bothered by the lighting from the begining!

But to loss fifth place to an MS Paint “Cartoon,” and then to here these rumors, it troubles me to no end :frowning:

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I’ll call him up and ask him to make an account here and post

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[QUOTE=ToolMan]
Well, I was in the app comp. Look at these …

https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2626&c=6
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2627&c=6
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=2628&c=6

… this may not be the best decorated home on Calypso. In fact, I was bothered by the lighting from the begining!

But to loss fifth place to an MS Paint “Cartoon,” and then to here these rumors, it troubles me to no end :frowning:
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Lol..MS paint pics was allowed? BWAHAHAHAHAHA..thats so silly..and yeah,I known Skalman has been affiliated to MA for over 1 year..known about it since Neverdie got revealed as a MA spokesman by a US pr firm mishap :tongue2:

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The results of this event has led me to distrust the event idea in the game…it will be interesting to see who wins with this thorifoid thing

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Whether or not there’s a point of questionable objectiveness, I still think MA missed an opportunity. Skalmans house is great no doubt, but let’s be honest there were/are plenty of houses that could compete, MA picked another uber as winner and I think for the community as a whole and for the reputation of the events it was better if a ‘not so uber’ won it. All the other events are already kinda bending towards the ubers… It’s at least a defendable argument MA does everything to get everyone to deposit as much as possible :yup:

And if Skalman really worked/works or did anything for MA then this wasn’t a smart move by them.

Just my :twocents:

They won’t get me though :girl:

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