It was...Scott (FPA) saw me tweet a little while back that I'd signed up for WCOFF 2011 and shot me a note asking if I'd heard about their issues. I had by that point, but appreciated his checking. We emailed back and forth a bit, I explained my situation, and my general dialogue with Dustin & WCOFF, which had consisted of a voicemail and a few texts about my entry fee, etc.. Again, in fairness to him, my experience with Dustin -- at WCOFF, interviewing him for a story, whatever -- has always been very professional and courteous, including this instance where I requested my entry $ be refunded and he & Jill processed fairly quickly.
That said, I do agree with Scott's post that WCOFF probably shouldn't be accepting entry $ on their site at all considering their current issues, and they need to complete this ownership transition so people can see what that really means for them in terms of payments, the league moving forward, etc.. And though "moving forward" sounds funny about now, I do really hope WCOFF can right the ship even amidst this f'n giant financial mess and get back on its feet, because, IMO, it was always the biggest/first/best high-stakes league out there, and might be again if this ownership transition thing works out. Maybe, if they take a year off, get their sh*t together, and come back strong for 2012, it'll be like when Garp was house-hunting and the plane flew into the side of the house....and he bought it anyway. Why? Because the chances of it happening again were astronomical. It'd been "pre-disastered."
So maybe -- strange as this sounds -- WCOFF will come back even better in 2012? Or, maybe they'll never re-gain our trust and patronage after this? Who knows. But like all of you, I'm still watching it very closely and curiously....and, weirdly, I'm actually still pulling for them. Call me crazy or stupidly loyal or whatever. Bottom line, I really hope everyone who's owed money gets it, and we can all get back to Vegas in some way, shape or form, assuming the owners don't f*ck us over and kill the entire season.