You know exactly what I'm "blabbering" about Lyudmil.Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:What are you blabbering, Brendan, what reviews?
I have no official review like that, where did you get that from?
This is some scammer, spoofer or something.
Who has not read the book.
Because, PLEASE NOTE, there are NO games in 'The Secret of Chess', only patterns.
Video channels.
Sounds easy.
Many are doing this, so what?
This is a book, after all, not a video presentation.
Audiences are different.
Book-readers are more thoughtful.
Everything could be faked online, videos, time of broadcasting, etc., so the doubts will always persist.
Only thing that will really help me is getting the IM or GM title OTB, but that takes a lot of time.
I tried to offer you sincere advice when you began to launch this book, but instead you used your own dishonest marketing methods (read: scamming tricks).
1. You made outrageous claims (such as "the only person on earth stronger than me is Carlsen!"), but refused to back them up - just telling people to buy the book.
2. You posted on message forums doctored games against Stockfish to pretend that they were head to head encounters played on fair terms (and thus increase your perceived credibility).
3. You emailed a whole slew of strong/titled players and prominent computer chess people, begging for reviews (playing the odds game, definitely some people will be altruistic)
4. You continued to troll around message forums on chess.com, Tc. Rybkachess, Hiarcs chess and elsewhere, and made more outrageous claims - claiming to be GM strength and the "only person on earth who can beat SF".
5. I work in chess marketing and have earned tens of thousands of dollars in a single week for chess companies, and offered you FREE advice for how to build credibility - and this is "blabbering"? F*#k you, you ungrateful rat.
Your method of marketing your book is scammy and disingenuous and preys upon the naivety of chess learners.
And this is why you have attracted negative criticism around the web and become a laughing stock, despite the endorsed reviews of decent players.
Because you chose the deceptive way to market your book, instead of some honest (and longer enduring) ways I proposed originally, you have lost the trust of the market.
This is your own fault - and this is what I'm "blabbering" about.
You should take this as a lesson, but like so many on this site with similar temperaments, you likely won't.