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I invented pants.

dolla dolla bill yo.

lolz i love how lazycash keeps urls of sites i did 2-3 years ago. now that is professional stalking!

Some of these people are still dragging around that pic of me in a dress from 8 years ago... lol

That's nothing buddy...

how is it stalking when the designer makes a thread bragging about the design? links it etc... LOLz even i remember the thread, that isnt stalking at all

Know what dude? I wouldn't work with YOU based on your arrogance, obvious over-medication, ridiculous high opinion of yourself and your obvious anger issues. YOU went off on someone seeking designers, and went APESHIT for no reason.

Dude, if you're 'the man' and 'so damn good' - which you may be - but don't start saying you're BETTER than everyone, or that my shit is crap. LOL Dude, Mister Peabody IS a brand, you fucktard, one I created and built from scratch. And guess the fuck WHAT? Mister Peabody World is sixteen months old. We started with $0. Now we're earning over $30,000 a month in revenue, and growing. How many other 'start-ups' can claim this? I should be on fucking Oprah. I'm an American Success Story, brother.

So fuck off, big talker. Give me three more years and I'll be shitting all over you and laughing all the way to the bank. And why o WHY would I (or anyone) work with someone with such a bad attitude as yours? Guess you are unaware of the principle of humility, and those that come across as arrogant as you are usually, almost always, are hiding their insecurities and attacking lest they be attacked. Quite sad, really. I suggest therapy.

MetaMan does not play well with others. MetaMan needs to stop BASHING other people in an attempt to make hmself NOT feel like the wasted, uselss, tired and sad old fart he comes across as.

2 cents. You are now on ignore so whatever dude.

Next!

Exactly, I know that's pro's site cause there was a thread made about it and it was only a year ago.

For the record, I appreciate, admire, & learn something new all the time from the work of my colleagues & competition. All of them. The good, bad & the ugly. (queue Clint Eastwood background movie music). I probably don't say it enough.

I'm not the best in the world, there is always someone out there that can kick your ass, no matter what you do. But I strive to be the best at what I do and provide the best service I can for my clients. That's all I can do. :2 cents:

who the fuck are you again? and why are you poking your nose in this thread?

why am i even responding to you useless idiots.

nice spam though bro! cool stuff! :thumbsup

says the guy who posts random things about people in every thread from years ago. i know whos brother you are on here. and to me it is HILARIOUS! but good job bro! :thumbsup

o gawd here comes fletchxxx too lets hear him talk about how he is such a saint and how eating meat is so bad and that we are all evil people.

im gone ill let you people bash me behind my back you do it to eachother all day long already. but im the bad guy HILARIOUS!

Well that's for personal pleasure reasons.

That's why I had 4 years of therapy. Oh the nightmares....

Excellent and well said! I think this is what upset me most about MetaMan's obvious late-night drug-fueled rants. I'm 'special' in that, to me, what I've accomplished is fairly miraculous. But I know there are many, many, many on here (and not on here, but in the biz) who have similar success stories. I admire those who have worked their tail off in an industry and at a time when everything appears to be heading in the wrong financial directions.

So i come on here to, yes, do business, but to also learn. I try and contribute whatever lessons I myself may have picked up along the way, and i think some of it is valuable, but mostly I defer to those with more experience and success under their belts.

EXCEPT when said people go apeshit and start attacking people for no reason (other than either drugs, a chemical inbalance in their brain, insanely low self-esteem or worse). Then I lash out a little. LOL But mostly I try and do/be what you said, AmputateYourHead. Learn, defer, contribute where appropriate, and not be extraordinarily judgemental about another webmaster's 'situation' cause, chances are, I know NOTHING about that webmaster's "situation".

There are all kinds here on GFY - pros, semi-pros, hobbyists, surfers, etc etc. And people from all aspects of the biz - hosting, design, coding, affiliates, programs, etc. So we should all try to learn from each other, when possible, and not lash out or prop yourself up in an attempt to appear 'better' or 'more successful' than others.

Lastly, you gotta ask yourself two things when it comes to MetaMan's rants:

1. If he hates all of us so much why is he on GFY in the first place?
2. Is he trying to convince US he's great, or himself?

AMP, how about changing your custom title to "clinically stable"? ;)

I may not agree with Meta's tone, but he has some ring of truth at the start of this thread, we designers don't get best treatment, many times its demands demands demands and "why so expensive" type of questions. some of you guys think we are some peanut slaves - much respect huh? - you can resell your content or sell it multiple times in your members, we can't resell your designs
I'm not complaining much, I have good client base, but some of you guys are nuts if you think couple hundred bux is sufficient to cover week/s worth of work

I hear ya Bro, i really do. And if MetaMan's 'tone' wasn't so ultra-douschebaggery I would've agreed with some of his points. While many of you will laff yer asses OFF - especially you designers - but I designed some of my most successful websites (Sexxy Brandon, MILF Mia and Fellucia Blow). So I understand "the process" of design, and how maddening it can be.

Having said that, you can contact the three or four designers I've hired here on GFY and they will ALL tell you that I paid immmediately, and well, sometimes even over-paying and bumping up myself their quoted prices 'cause I didn't they were fair to the designer. Does this make me rare? Maybe. It also makes me a great fucking client!

But what you say is 100% true, sadly. Many people 'take advantage' or are all about the 'best deal' and nickel-and-diming you to death. Not cool. Understandable, from a certain point of view, but ultimately not cool. I feel for the designers, as my posts in this thread should show. :)

I struggle with Manic Depression (Bipolar Disorder) to this day. I no longer go to therapy or take fistfuls of prescription pills that they used to have me on. It took a long time to work through my issues and stabilize myself without pills or booze, but I got there.

While I don't feel that qualifies me to be judging anyone or preaching about anyone's actions, I can relate to both sides of this thread. A lot of designers don't get much respect, I agree. But who's fault is that? If a designer is actively promoting their studio or services here and can't reply to a potential client inquiry after 4 days, (barring some emergency or technical glitch), it's probably a good indicator of how they operate. (personal opinion there.)

I feel MetaMan's pain, but I disagree with his approach here in this thread. I used to post up wild, manic rants like that every day here for a long time. I came within an inch of complete self-destruction, and had to take a few years off to regroup, reorganize, reevaluate and reprioritize. There was (and still is) much personal work to be done on myself, every day. The important part is, I'm no longer regretting my actions at the end of every day, wishing I could change it. I am actively engaged in changing myself & my studio into exactly what I want it / me to be. That doesn't necessarily translate into "being rich". There are more important things than money.

I've learned the value of not being a douchebag to the rest of society 24/7.
But that is my story. I don't know MetaMan, or really hardly anyone here on a personal level, and so I don't know his story or motivations and this pot isn't going to call that kettle black any time soon.

Yeah, designers don't always get as much respect as maybe we should. But again, who's fault is that? It comes down (again, personal opinion here) to how you operate your studio, providing your service in a professional way, and conducting yourself as a professional when representing your studio. I don't work for peanuts. But I also don't complain about it, because... well, because I don't work for peanuts. If someone doesn't like my fees, I try to work with them as best I can, or they can simply go elsewhere. It's no skin off my back.

Amp's Golden Rule: Run your studio like a professional instead of a college kid, and the respect will follow. :2 cents:

umm, what. how on earth you can distort this thread into this is beyond me.

you saying that the following post has some ring of truth in this thread is even more ridiculous.

Crystal.

Fucking.

Meth.

0 against you or your sites. i just was walked on for years and years. alot of people you can make them the best site for months straight, then one week you are sick and they go around and start calling you a slacker.

or you put 14 hours into a design, have it approved and then have them backtrack.

it is a tough job. and all people do is walk over designers because they can. but i just dont put up with it anymore.

im so very thankful to my new clients this past year. they are understanding and always willing to make things easier on me no matter what the circumstance. this makes my job alot easier.

everyone bashes designers EVERYONE so you must understand why i take it extremely personally.

I have been out of the design business for about 2 yrs now - since webinc.com went away but I gotta say I think the design team we had was the best out there - I think most would agree in the top 5..

Peter and the team still rocks hard, there mainstream site is at, www.krea.com and there adult site is: www.kreadult.com

Not trying to spam but I still work with them on my projects and I simply love them :)

i love you Amp, you always have done wicked work. :thumbsup

im far from depressed or a down person. when you are happy and bubbly people judge you like you are phony smiles and when you are down people will judge you like you are a depressed lunatic. ive realized long ago people are going to judge you no matter what you do. i am happy with who i am so i have nothing to prove to anyone.

little bit of love for us designers would never hurt.

i look forward to working with the designers in this thread i have been in touch with.

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Longest "Looking for designer" thread ever!

I've tried to translate Meta's mad rambling into more sounding reason, I don't hifi him for jumping on you or anyone here just to show where his anger may have come from without justifying and condoning his actions in this thread.

AMP, you've come a long way, you sound sober and with good solid grasp on things this time around and I'm happy seeing you not being self-distrusting any more. keep it up! :thumbsup

Wow Amp, extry respect for you then. My last "official" girlfriend - we lived together - was/is a stunning, gorgeous, six foot nude model who was/is a fucking Goddess. On the outside. On the INside she struggled with BiPolar Disorder, something that, at the time, I knew nothing about.

Well, I sure learned because she sank into a 3-month long, never-left-the-couch depression, dropped out of college (she was 22 then), stopped modeling...but somehow remained unbelievably hot. LOL Sex was about the only thing that stirred her, a little. But one day, out of the blue, after she begged me to find her psych help, she split. POOF! Gone. Called me every day for the next four months straight, hanging on to...something. Meanwhile, she had a new (photographer) boyfriend in four days, and moved in with him.

Eventually I had to let her go, stop responding to the phone calls/txts, everything. I learned a lot about BP then (this was 2 yrs ago) and so while my sympathy grew, so did my heartache. (I did hear, thru the grapevine, that she got on some meds and has remained more-or-less 'stable' with this new, now old, boyfriend of hers. I'm happy for her!)

So I'm saying it can be done, finding that 'balance'. Great for you man, with all seriousness.

And I hear ya about the designers, it's absolutely a two-way street, like any relationship. If either side is a fucktard, or dealing with "issues", then it can be a real rough ride. Peace to you Amp.