Scammer warning: Raylyd caught selling copies of GDR (dreamcast) betas

It's a much bigger problem for all systems past the Dreamcast (actually including the PSX and Saturn), since proto/beta/review games tend to come on generic burnable media - this seems to reduce the price substantially as a result. In this case the fact that they were burned onto GDR media made them seem unquestionably legit, but as you say, with the right impetus (financial) even GDRs can be faked. I did question this back in January when he posted about his paypal woes from sales of copies of this beta, but nobody seemed concerned at the time. I'm glad it's now being taken seriously, but mostly I'm just sad about the whole affair. Such a shame.

As far as the ban goes, if I ever sold such items (or had the audacity to try and flog them here) I would expect a ban. I mean, honestly, this stuff is elementary - anyone who has the wherewithal to purchase a Dreamcast dev kit, GDR burner & media and knows how to use them obviously knows exactly what they're doing.

 

http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29692

 

Difficult one to deal with, if a user intended to sell a fake as legit then a ban would be expected.

Take into account that raylyd has Asperger's, and he has been helpful in the past, and the issue becomes a bit more complicated.

The main question here is, was Ray fully aware of what he was doing?
I'm not sure about that one.

Didn't he freely release a beta from an Xbox debug kit a while back?
That doesn't excuse his actions, but it shows that he's not motivated by making a quick buck.

A total ban seems a bit extreme given the circumstances, maybe a temporary marketplace ban would be more appropriate until such time as he understands the problem and puts things right.

 

Totally aggree Maby just a marketplace ban be fine, i guess the hour i spent earlier explaing to ray why he needs to reply to this thread wasnt worth it :'(

(im tired i hope that kinda makes sence and dosnt seem to dickish)

 

Listen guys. Ray has done a lot for our community. He is a good person and if you have ever dealt with him then you would agree that he is good people. Can we cut him some slack and quit the flaming for the sake of flaming? If you have a problem with him then take it up in pm's. This internet bullying is something I would expect from 4chan, not assemplergames.com. We are above this. The situation is out in the open, lets drop it now.

 

@ LeGIt - Fair enough, rules are indeed rules. I've been on enough forums to be fully aware of forum politics, and that my words aren't worth as much as others at this point.

I do understand what you're saying and also your position on this subject.

I just wanted to voice my opinion on this particular matter and maybe help a member I see as an asset to this community from having the door slammed shut in his face.

 

One could only be so "lucky" as to pay $500 for something worth the cost of one blank disk, while the original maintains all the real value (maybe slightly diminished by the fact that "copies" now float about)

Lucky doesn't begin to describe the feelings that would evoke.

And misrepresenting an item for financial gain at the expense and exploitation of others is called???

Then you even cried about being out a shipping cost when a buyer inevitably had buyers remorse (who wouldn't when they pay out the ass for something that cost you one blank media and a few min of your time)

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forgot to add my point of the above, which is you sold multiple copies and cry about a "real" loss of shipping monies.. the fucking audacity. And even cry out for members help getting your precious copy back!!!
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[sic]"difficulties in social interaction, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests."

^^ these patterns and behaviors do seem to be repetitive, or at least till the blanks run out. And if it continues I'm 100% sure more difficulties in social interaction will ensue. Do it to someone local and they might even give you some real "interaction".

Wise up for your own good kid.

 

i dont think ray will take it well if hes banned, im guessing because of his ASD AG has become a big part of his life, hasnt all the good hes done for the site counted for any thing.

(i get the feeling im ranting so time for bed night guys)

The last user thats not cool seriously

 

You honestly think this shouldn't have been raised publicly?

 

i guess you didn't read my whole post. it is already out in public. but now people are beating a dead horse. this thread should be locked.

just my opinion.

 

Of course I read your whole post. I was curious as to why you'd apparently want this to remain hidden. Apparently you don't so we're in agreement.

 

Seconded...

 

"all the good" so you so some good, how much good till it's ok to start making $k's of blank media?

He must have done some good for you by the sounds of it.

also not cool eh? well you don't know what [sic] means? I just applied the symptom to the context of this situation... and one that has been repetitive for him. Not cool is taking monies from people who scrimp and save to buy something and it turns out to be worth fuck all.

 

Fun story:

Anyone here know the name MetaFox?

Few years back he ran a lot of different shows around the Dreamcast scene. A few years back he got pre-orders for what I want to say was DreamOn Magazine Volume 2 but don't quote me on that as I can't find anything for sure. He got something like $1,200 in pre-orders.

A month went by. Then two. Then several more. Finally he came clean and said that all of the delays were because he was in extremely bad financial situations and essentially had embezzled the money. Gave everyone a refund, public apology and I've not seen very much of him in the last 4-5 years at all. No charges were ever filed and he basically got away with it but I hold no hard feelings towards the guy as I knew him pretty well.

Having aspergers though is never an excuse for anything. I was diagnosed as having it in the early 90s and my mother made sure I never thought it was acceptable to use it as an excuse for any behavior. Turns out it was a bad diagnosis and I was just being a kid on top of the syndrome being poorly understood back in 1994 or so. Life sucks sometimes, but scamming someone in such a way is fucked up.

I've always wondered if anyone would ever try something like this knowing full well they could make oodles off reproduction Propeller Arena discs by comparison to the cost of the raw materials. Guess we have an answer.

 

Would you like to articulate why you think the thread should be locked?

 

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We all have our own problems, but if the symptom of your problem is to make money at the loss of others.. well I can really say no more than FUCK YOU, I've said my bit and now I'll just try and leave it at that.

 

The sum of your replies in this thread seriously leads me to presume you have some financial interest vested in the situation.

I mean really you spent an hour to convince him to come clean and say the discs were copies... most everyone who looked could tell and given the previous ebay shit well yea of course he didn't want to come reply here...


You push pretty hard to try and make all sound hunkydory

now I really just try to leave it alone.

 

You are joking right?!
I only want to remember you that you were also interested in buying these as stated here:

I can guarentee that I never was interested in those replicas as you can see in my post before buying

I'm a SEGA Fan and collector and I don't really care about those fakes. For me it's important to have the original, the other one honestly I had preferred to have blank GD-R but I see them as a gift (as also stated by Raylyd). I would have marked them anyway and so I will do if Raylyd didn't marked them. But to threaten for a ban is just childish and ridicolous.