Please stop quoting him and simply Ignore him...

You might be a really bad cop....but until then please buy enough popcorn to keep you calm and warm.

Thanks Zyk

This is not just me. I have talked to many many people involved. We waited for Matthew to lose the bet and Pirate to get a scammers tag and are now organizing.

I don't think I am the best guy for this job but well someone has to kick the ball first. I hope there is a trusted member of the community who is willing to take this over.

And on a sad note I will be traveling for the next 3 days and will have limited computer access. But anyway I will do what I can.

Thanks.

I feel sorry that Vladimir got screwed over by Matthew. That is all.

That's a new tag.  Bitrodent.

BITFLEAS!

Matthew -

What you have done, there is no excuse for. You tricked honest people, you lied and deceived them.

Over the past months (year?), I've had a number of discussions with you, and increasingly felt (and stated publicly) that you were a valuable member of this community. When others criticized you, I stood up for you. Actually, I was very proud that you were involved in all this, and I enjoyed our conversations sincerely.

This bet that you did - I figured there would be some trick. Perhaps you knew Pirate would pay? Perhaps you had tons of Bitcoins and were going to pay out what you promised as an ultimate gesture of goodwill? Perhaps the Pirate story hadn't ended and it would've been great fun to scare everyone for a few weeks, only to pay up at the last minute? Maybe you had something creative in mind? I wasn't sure what the trick was, but I knew you wouldn't outright lie, cheat and steal.

Yet, that's what you did. You simply lied and reneged.

You probably think you've taught the community a "lesson." And indeed, you did. The lesson is that Matthew N. Wright is a fraud. Wow, quite an amazing and valuable lesson you've taught us. Such utility we have gained from your prescience and tutelage.  

I'm deeply disappointed in this - I don't think I've ever put my trust and support behind someone who broke it so absurdly and carelessly. Feel free to reply with some snide comment, or perhaps you won't reply at all. Doesn't really matter. You've criticized and made fun of so many people in these forums - yet almost none of them deserve the scorn that you now deserve. Even the "scammer" label is too good for you - you didn't set up any interesting scam. You just lied and broke your promise. Not an ounce of creativity nor wit... just awful human behavior.

You are an immoral, illegitimate person, Matthew, and I hope you extricate yourself from what we're trying to build.  I'm embarrassed to have ever defended or supported you.

Ashamed and betrayed,
-Erik

PS - for the record, I didn't have any stake in either Pirate nor this Matthew bet.

I lost respect for Matthew long ago, about the time he went into business with Jonathan Ryan Owens and it turned out he was working with bitscalper after accusing almost everyone of being bitscalper 
If you lie down with dogs you get fleas.

Wasn't that strictly taboo and not allowed by pirateat40 ?

Not trying to prevent your sale but wondering if you are able to sell it since the email cannot be changed in the interface ...