for most players, not being able to cash out has nothing to do with the site. So realistically, it really doesn't matter to them, and why should it? Most are playing for the love of the game, period.
Granted many don't cashout from pokersites as they're losing players but Please... certainly they're playing with at least the hope of cashing out or that their money was safe and they could withdrawal it whenever they wanted to (who in their right mind would want to be playing, knowing the money they're losing is going to a site run by crooks? ...actually not even the money they're losing because it's lost once it's been deposited.... it doesn't even matter if they win or lose on the site)
Also, I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but people on the internet lie quite a bit, especially about how they do in poker. I know people waiting a long time for withdrawals, but I also know players who have eventually gotten their money, albeit after many months.
Do you know any who've been paid in the past 4months? I don't. I believe the last WD I received was back in Aug.2013 & that was only because I received help from this forum (dakota). Actually received two more small WD's in summer of 2013 too (via same method). I haven't heard of a single person who's been paid since Lock 2.0. If you have, please share the great news with us.
Most of the Lock bashing is not at all about saving anyone from making a deposit on a shady site. After all, we as players want you as players to lose your money, albeit we'd rather you lost it to us than the site lol
None of this is a defense of indefensible withdrawal waits at Lock poker, but an observation on just how irrational the Lock bashing really is.
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