[Van Helsing]

Since I am the one who started this thread, i hope you guys don't put me in the same shoes with cheaters when you guys talk about cheaters.

I totally agree that cheaters are problem for people who earns money from this business. I can also see the reason why you guys don't like hobbists because they probably don't pay much attention to the rules and waste your time when they submit galleries.

Now let me tell you something, i am 23 years old and i started doing this before many of you. The only board outthere were YNOT and then ******* opened. There were only couple people in my country who had modem. Of course it was a hobby for me and still is. I don't know how many years has it been, but i guess its pretty obvious that i was too young to see the potential of adult biz and i believed that my education was more important, so i stopped doing it.(A lot of webmasters today who survived today were getting into trouble at that time due to lack of laws at that time)

Please don't blame someone you don't know anything about him/her. I came here to learn things from the beginning. Rules obviously changed a lot and i am back again as a newbie.

To be perfectly honest with you guys, i can't look at BDSM stuff or gay stuff. I don't like to build galleries which are not attracting me at all. I am pretty sure they bring more money than teens or amateurs, but this is not what i look for when i surf on the net.
It's my hobby and always was to look at softcore pictures of beautiful women. Playboy girls, centerfolds, just beautiful women. When i build sites i enjoy doing it. Of course its my hobby and i am happy the way it is. The big guys you know in the biz, ask them and they will tell you that they started this as a hobby. (At least thats what they were saying to us at ******* :-) )

I would like to thank here to Richard's Realm. I don't know if he comes here or not, but this guy is the guy to be respected. Every gallery that i posted to his TGP got accepted or declined with a reason. That's what i call honest webmaster. When you email him, he emails you back. That's a man who does a honest job and that's what i believe all the webmasters must follow who is making money as a full time worker.

Now at the beginning of this thread, Ramster gave me an example of local newspapers. He said that if i don't pay, i won't get an ad. Absolutely true. Now here is my example:

You are going to McDonalds and you are ordering a big mac. The guy who works there, does not say anything???? You ask for a big mac, but no response. He says: "Next...."
He ignores you may be because you are not well dressed ??? Maybe you have an accent???? Maybe you don't look like an American??? why ??? Oh i got it, because he does not know you!!!!
Another perspective........A bodyguard in front of a club must accept you if you are following the dress code right? Now comes the point....What if the club is full??? Like the TGPs who can't let more submissions.
Well, then do like Richards, and tell them that they can't allow more submissions at this hour OR at least don't make the webmaster wonder if it is his dress that does not fit for the club, if the club is full, if the bodyguards must know him first, and the list goes on and on...

Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts with us.

P.S: My cousin and i carry the same passport. Every time we enter the U.S, the immigration guys search me from bottom to the top, but never my cousin. I have absouletely no solid reason why they don't search him. Do you know what goes thru my mind that seperates me from him?? Its actually not the passport they care about, its your skin color!!! (I am not black by the way, and i am NOT talking about black/white thing here)