lambchopdc wrote:
Ok, end of the post, time to bring all those pieces together. The REAL REASON so many of us have a problem with you AOK, is NOT the fact that you have stickies, its NOT the fact that we disagree with your advice, its NOT the fact that we have anything against you personally. It IS the fact cult followings are a DISEASE to discussion forums such as this one, and you sir, have a cult following, period. The reason i made my last post is because one of your "disciples" did a great job of showing why cult followings are bad. There was a post criticizing your system, he responded to the arguments, which was fine, it was what he said afterwards that changes everything. By saying "If you have better ideas about teaching newcomers basics of winning strategy then write about it and don't shit on Aok's teachings because you dont know shit about teaching and learning processes. Aok knows. Period. ", the line was crossed.
Yeah, I admit, I went overboard with that statement. My bad, Sorry Wyldfoxx, that was too strong and unnecessary.

However...

I don't treat ANY of posters as "guru" and don't take anything written by him for granted. There are plenty of great posters here, narrowing focus to "the only one righteous teacher/poster" is a waste of those great forum resources IMO. Fnord, SmackinYaUp, Michael1123, Renton, Rondavu, Ilikeaces86, Aokrongly, Ultimate George, a500lbgorilla, Lukie and many others, all those guys have great insights and it's just plain stupid not to type their nicknames into search tool at least few times to find some great hidden knowledge.

System of Aok helped me in getting started, that's why I defended it. System of learning and Aok's teaching structure is good IMO, it's something more than "just sit down play some hands and post". That's why Aok knows. It's not some "guru following" crap, just positive experience after doing that stuff from stickies. What the hell, it worked for me, I understood it and if some poster says "it sucks", defending it was just knee-jerk reaction of mine.