I appreciate a good story and how it all came to be, and it's hardly a game-changer esp. for an out-of-towner like myself. But, did he recognize/understand that the sign was incorrect for those games, and is anything being done to rectify the situation?
From: Frank <frank@progressivevp.com>
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 2:50 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Occam's Razor
Optional title, "Sometimes a Cigar is Just a Cigar".
I noticed tons of posts about the signs on the new M progressive. Few of them favorable and many of them outright accusatory. I postulated on it's origin and what it meant, but we need guess no longer. I bumped into its creator yesterday at the M, and simply asked him how he created it and where he got the numbers from. Here's the answer.
He left his office, went downstairs, wrote down the highest meter (at the time) went back to his office, ran the game with that JP amount on Winpoker, recorded the return and added the words, "up to".
Now here's the irony: In his own words, "I did this so there was no chance anyone could question it, or accuse us of false advertising." He figured if it was already at this number when he looked at it, and he included "up to" he was totally safe.
You can imagine his surprise when he caught wind of all the hubbub on vpFREE.
Sorry...no conspiracy...no deliberate attempt to deceive...no hush hush meetings in dark smoke filled rooms--just a single guy tasked with writing advertising copy for something he really wasn't all that familiar with, trying to do his job as best he could. It's not as interesting as an Illuminati spawned plot to fleece you of your money, but the truth rarely is as "interesting" as fiction.
Most of the time the simplest answer is the truth and a cigar is just a cigar.
Don't worry, I soothed his ruffled feathers and assured him had he boldly stated that the sun would rise tomorrow, some people on vpFREE would still disagree. That's its charm:)
~FK
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