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Re: Matrix Games OWNS Wargamer.com - Why not admit it?

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From: Bit Me
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:45
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This is directly from the Wargamer its never been a secret

http://www.wargamer.com/newsletter/issue-03-03.html





"Colin" <home...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> MilitaryGamer.com is owned and operated by David Heath of Matrix
> Games.  Wargamer.com was bought by MilitaryGamer.com.  Ergo,
> Wargamer.com is owned and operated by David Heath of Matrix Games.  So
> why not say so?
>
>  - Nowhere on Wargamer.com does it say that Matrix Games own
> Wargamer.com - check the staff and contacts.  No indication.
>
>  - When Uncommon Valor is rejected outright by Wargamer.com but later
> wins a 'Best of 2002' award - accompanied by a revised review - after
> Matrix Games buys them, shouldn't we know that this is because David
> Heath ordered it?
>
>  - If posts questioning the connection between Wargamer.com and Matrix
> Games are deleted from the Wargamer.com forums, should we assume this
> is because David Heath wants to tell us himself?  Or that he's falsely
> trying to make the site appear legit?  Hmmm....
>
> When you think "Wargamer.com", think "Mouthpiece of Matrix Games".
> That's right, "MOUTHPIECE OF MATRIX GAMES".
>
> So, um, where do we go now to get unbiased wargaming reviews?
>
> Wargamer.com = Matrix Games = Wargamer.com = Matrix Games = ....
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