Ambush Interview #120 The Legacy
 

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120 The Legacy

Robert, aka The Legacy, is one of our industry's best kept secrets. He doesn't have an ego and tends to be low profile, but he's pretty well connected in the
industry and in the course of a few years he took Webmaster Paradise from an unknown and crappy product to a well known and great product ? and then moved on to try something different. He was Phyton's first Marketing Director, and put Sexxxycontent on the map with the entire Lawrence Connor thing.



Usually when I do the Ambush Interviews on someone, my first question is "Is there anything off limits". Most people ask that drugs and any past infidelities not be included. Robert told me he has nothing to hide from anyone and told me nothing was off limits.





1. Is it true that you are the one person responsible for introducing Lawrence Connor to the adult industry? Explain how this happened, from the conception of the idea to selecting Lawrence to how it went down.

2. Jesus Christ ? You were a pastor? You toured as a "gospel singer"? What caused you to move over to the dark side?

3. You used to train high school students?

4. Your family is dieing off ? your sister and your mother have both passed away. You also have your fair share of health problems. Are you concerned for your future?

5. Congratulations on the recent birth of your first child. Who your daughter's godfather?

6. You started your career at Phyton? You were their first marketing director? How did you get that gig?

7. What is your wildest convention story?

8. Are you aware that some industry veterans were surprised when you announced you were getting married because they thought you were gay? Is your marriage a front?

9. In the past you've had "issues" with 12clicks, AaronM, and even Sleazy Dream. How has your impression of these people changed, and do you really call Sleazy Dream "Uncle Scott"?

10. Why did you leave Sexxxycontent?

11. How did you meet your wife?

12. Has anyone ever sent you hookers? Care to name which person/company would do such a thing? What did you do with them?

13. I'm guessing your family is religious? What do you tell them you do for a living?

14. Who from the industry attended your wedding?

15. Your rather old and your wife is rather young. Has anyone called your wife "your daughter" to your face? How do you deal with the age difference?

16. You put Webmaster Paradise on the map. Why did you recently leave them and who are you working for now?

17. Do you think Bromasters is childish or extremely funny? Who do you think is behind it?

18. Do you have a warm spot for your wife's grandmother?

19. What does the term "we suck, the competition doesn't" mean?

20. What is your relationship with Interclimaxx?

21. Has any past employers written you out a check for $10k as a "parting gift"?

22. What is our connection with Tiffany Preston?

23. How many shows do you go to a year, and which shows do you plan on going this year?

24 Who is this girl? http://fubarwebmasters.com/archive/m...tel/z00847.jpg Did you ever photograph her? Why not?

25. Why are you called "The Legacy"?

26. How many people are your ICQ list?

27. What do you think of Bob Rice?

28. If you weren't married, who in the industry (besides Uncle Sleazy)would you want to sleep with?

29. At the Playboy Mansion you found yourself surrounded by a large group of models. What were you showing off that got their attention?

30. If you could work for any one company in the adult industry, who would you want to work for?

31. Why are you the third most networked person on Adult's Who's Who? Do you think this helps you?

Nice one.


:)

i really like reading these interviews :)

Whoot whoot! Go Robert!

http://fubarwebmasters.com/archive/m...tel/z00847.jpg

cool chick... statuesque body...

shes fun, great smile...

did I say hot?

great questions! waiting for answers... :)

Nice one, Go Robert:thumbsup
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Bookmarked!

yep the legacy is a cool guy. this should be a nice read.

The Legacy once gave me advice. It was good advice. He's a good guy.

bump for a cool guy legacy!

Bookmarked. I'll check in couple of hours! :pimp

Yes!!! I am looking forward to this one. Awesome guy and most stand up guy in the biz.

I must say Robert is one of the nice guys, a true gentleman :thumbsup

Bump for a great guy!

Doesn't have an ego???

Doesn't have an ego ??????

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Tiffany Preston, pay attention to this thread.
I don't think Robert will be bumping his interview on daily basis with repetitive questions.

Great choice! The Legacy is a good guy, always willing to help others :thumbsup

nice one :thumbsup

very nice

Great!! Will look foward for the interview ;)

Should be a good one :)

Holly Cow.. SO MUCH deserved... Should have been in the top 50 IMHO :winkwink:

I have the honor and Privilege to be allowed calling Robert a friend.

Congrats and here is a bumpiddy for you Amigo :thumbsup

This one will be great! Waiting for the answers =)

Interesting questions, indeed. Looking forward to the answers.

Quite a few loaded questions, and pretty intimate stuff. I'm sure you will dodge it with finesse :) LOL

Sig spot -


oh shit its me this time.


I woke up to an ICQ from UncleScott saying he is Ambushing me. Though nervous I did have a sigh of relief after wondering why he was having all those late night phone conversations with my wife and she wouldn't tell me about it LOL.

Thank you to everyone who posted so far in the room.

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Good choice for an ambush.

Should be interesting.

Actually the ego is just so big you aren't even aware of it anymore... it becomes your environment, wraps you up before you know it. But its a warm, cozy kinda place, too, and everyone just wants to go back. They just don't know why.

Happy interview! I'm gonna be following this one close ;)

TheLegacy is easily one of the most interesting characters in this industry... I've known him for over 5 years and still haven't completely figured him out LOL.

About as nice and dependable as they come...

32. did the alter boys at your church wear those "trap door" pajamas at church outings?

Legacy is a straight up honest buissness man and good family man in my book :thumbsup

What can I say about Robert...Anyone that knows him well doesn't have to be told. For those of you who don't know him, Legacy is one of the most honest, genuine and knowledgeable people in this industry...Oh and his wife is SMOKING HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love ya babe! :thumbsup

Remember people, when LC is hitting you up on icq, LEGACY'S the reason why. :)

The only issue he ever had with me was not being able to get into my pants.
And now he calls me "Daddy"
:winkwink:

I think Robert actually owes his own success to Lawrence Connor.

Yay!!! A great choice for an ambush...can't wait to read the responses...and the boy looks superb in a tux :)

looking forward to this one :)

1. Is it true that you are the one person responsible for introducing Lawrence Connor to the adult industry? Explain how this happened, from the conception of the idea to selecting Lawrence to how it went down.

Introduced? No ? he was annoying and harassing people long before I got here begging for a chance to get into the industry as a model. When sexxxycontent hired me on to help bring their company to the next level hoping that within a few months by Vegas Internext that their companies name would be on everyone?s lips my name came up as a solution when they searched around.

First off I want to say that in any company I have worked with it has never been a ?me? situation. I know the concepts/resources of success and how to get a company there, but without the agreement and team atmosphere then the comany's success simply won?t work. The owners at the time trusted me to create this event and gave me the resources and their time to make it happen. My network is my strength ? as I have said many times ? I don?t know everything about this industry ? but I sure as hell do know those that do know the answers. So here is how it happened.

I had an epiphany that if we created a webcam show with the hottest porn star around matched with a wanna-be pornstar who is prepared to risk everything for his shot ? someone that everyone hated and wanted to see fail ? then you have married content with passion.

The stakes were if he failed that Lanni would fuck him in the ass symbolizing every adult film stars feelings of surfers who feel they can do a better job than them. What Lawrence failed to realize was that it was to the company?s best interest that he succeeded. With that he would have had the chance to have a website and more opportunities to carry the idea along ? but we all know the history - that the pressure was too much as he was warned by many adult film stars who jumped in during radio interviews to give him advice

To this date he still feels that I ?set him up? or that I somehow had control over his weenie?s performance when faced with a beauty such as Lanni. Well - no more than any male performer who has to retain an erection while 10 stage hands get the lighting right, the model is on her cell phone screaming at her boyfriend and the director is telling him to keep his leg up so he can get his camera in tight.

I should have heeded Vid Vicious?s (my brother from a different mother) warning when he was doing the production that LC was unstable and he continually requested that LC think about what he is doing and hoped he would back out. In the end (no pun) Lawrence stayed strong to his conviction that he could do it and marched on into industry history.

Personally my goal was to promote the company and not myself in all this. They needed their name to make sales not me. No one wants their name associated with LC and I have tried to keep it that way. I already had a strong reputation long before LC came along and will long after he is gone. I smile as many GFY?ers and industry people still talk about it and yet many don?t realize who it was behind the scenes ? as it should be.

Those of you with different opinions don't realize that whether he did this show or not he still would have been around. In one month alone I had over 12 different ICQ numbered requests by LC and the list goes on. He even called webmaster paradise's office and spoke to the owner hoping to make my life hell. The list goes on but I think you see my point.

Truth is - I have been in this industry for 12 years - LC showed up in the latter of that - the past 4 years would have been a great deal more enjoyable without him continually bothering me and my friends. My hope is that I never heard of him again - my advice is to simply not speak of him or even respond to his emails or ICQ alerts.

bump for answers! :)

woot woot... go Robert!

more pics, more pics

This should be a good read.

They ALL call me "Daddy."

:winkwink:

Is the LC video on the web someplace? Some of us have never seen it. Post a link if you have it.

TheLegacy is one of the coolest guys on the net. He's bailed me out on more than one occasion when I felt really lost. I'm so fortunate to be able to call him my friend. He's like the Fonzie of the internet.

2. Jesus Christ ? You were a pastor? You toured as a "gospel singer"? What caused you to move over to the dark side?

Because the dark side has better cookies

26 years ago I entered into the seminary to be a pastor ? I also had the ability to sing and did solo work, even sung in Harlem New York but also toured throughout Ontario as I preached. This is where I learned my ease and comfort to speak in front of many people. The largest I preached and sung was 7000. One funny moment while singing in front of 1000 people was my eyes spotted this girl who was as beautiful as Sunny Leone and right in the middle of the worshipful song - I went - "oh WOW!!!" We both went red in the face and I had to finish the rest of the song embarrassed. Yet there were many factors that helped me change my direction. The final decision happened when I realized that going to church makes me as much of a Christian as going to the movies makes me an actor.

The ?church? was man?s best way to worship an entity they couldn?t understand ? so they created a building and a set of rules that in their heart they felt this God would want from us. After realizing that I preached on a phrase, ?in the beginning God created man ? later man decided to return the favor?

At 26 my sister died of cancer and it took a lot out of me. As I held her hand when she passed I didn?t blame God, but I did realize that I wasn?t living my life for me ? instead for everyone in the church. I had lost myself in it all. Fast forward a few years to when I arrived to the offices of Python, David asked me if I was okay with adult content and I had to make a decision there to work in an industry that I only heard rumors about and no fact. My first few weeks was a shock because I was not use to people so open about their lives and sex ? but found a great environment that David produced in the team he created, it was a family.

David was an owner with vision back in the late 90's as he realized that webmasters weren?t the only valuable resource to the company ? but also its employee?s. Weekly he would take someone out for lunch so that he could find what their concerns were and how he could help them do their job better and more effectively for the company. It worked and I respected him greatly for his ability to keep in touch with each of his employee?s. Did it cost money? Sure but the benefits of known exactly what your company needs for growth was greater as he took Python into the stratosphere in numbers and financial growth. I think that was well worth the lunch money don?t you?

Long after I left Python as their Director of Marketing and Sales ? David invited me back to look over the place. I was amazed that the lunch room had pinball machines and everything in place to make the employee?s feel like they belonged (free drinks etc) ? it was home to them as well. I attribute that attitude of David's to the great success this company has seen over these many years. The employee?s were happy and that spilled over to the webmasters ? enthusiasm is infectious.

You see many owners who mirror that today - Steve Lightspeed - Mark from 2much - PlatinumDave - Fred from Braincash - Ron (12clicks) from 12clickscash - Sleazy - AaronM - the list goes on as I have only scratched the surface. These men I consider friends and they have allowed me to learn from their success's and watch as they carry on that same mathematical equation for success - that is the formula of old school.

I had entered into the ministry to help people, but was not going to be bound by walls and regulations ? micromanaging your daily life to the point that the life God gave you was being sucked out by religious overlords who demanded obedience. I think that is why I am so opposed to the old 70?s style of management called ?micro-management? in any form. Owners who feel that watching their employee?s every movement and show a lack of trust in their abilities often fail and rarely get recognized as a good company to work for or do business with. They often fail and instead of blaming themselves for their poor management style - often push even harder their rep?s just give up. Watching pennies as dollars are passing them by.

Yet for some owners they are justified to a point that on the other hand, we have a new set of employee?s out who bring to the table a whole set of new game rules - there who now find acting irresponsibly at conventions and on webmaster boards is an acceptable way to represent the company. This also causes some employers concern as we hear of reps who leave their company taking lists and programs with them to share sensitive information with their new employer.

What amazes me is this is a multi-billion dollar industry and we are running it like a door-to-door vacuum sales company or a sleazy car sales company.

I am going to be soon 47 years old - and over the 12 years I have tried and kept true to my philosophy that I have grown up with. I don?t preach at all my beliefs ? it?s not my place, but I do hold fast to my ethics and morals in living a life free from lies and deceit. If I have a problem with someone or a company I generally allow Karma to catch up to them and not getting into any pissing matches. You attract what you put out ? simple as that. That is what I grew up with and was taught in seminary.

I help when I can without asking for anything in return. Often companies are amazed that I won?t take a referral fee or money under the table ? instead giving it to the company. Yet that is what you do when your under salary and have only one employer. Accept money elsewhere and now your working for two people.

I also have helped in the growth of a few companies out there who in return listen to me when I hear of someone who has contacted me because they are out of work. My network of friends often team up and we together can find mostly anything that is being asked out there. This is the walk I have chosen ? that has been taught to me by people such as Bob Rice and others ? to give back to a community that has given so much to me.

So religion has helped me become who I am today - and I will never regret that - my word is my bond. I do have pride as I have worked in keep my name good for so long with few enemies and a long line of those who would help me if I need be. I am living the best years of my life now - I have a great wife - awesome new child and one of strongest network of friends any person can hope for. I am truly grateful for everyone and take no one for granted.

Something about what happens in Vegas? Geez :321GFY

bump for a true industry hardworker.

gab