From: Michael P. Hobuss, 103527,30
DATE: 9/17/97 12:56 PM
RE: TAS Update (or lack of)
All....
I wanted to bring you all up to date on the situation with ProLine and the
scam product called TAS, and feel this update
is necessary to prevent any of the rest of you from being as foolish as I
was.
First off, let me say the last time I spoke vox with Hinds, on the 1st of
June, he PROMISED to send me immediately
verification of his education, ownership of a P51, and the beta itself. The
ONLY thing I received was a doctored up
picture of him sitting in someone's Mustang. Since then it has been
determined that he and John "OneMan" Birke
are indeed one and the same man (nice touch there though, eh?..."OneMan").
On the first of August the partnership known as ProLine was legally
dissolved and Hinds was told to return the
computer I am still making lease payments on (and will for the next 2 1/2
years), and to wind down the business.
Many of you may have read his interpretation of "winding down" with his
recent interview in CombatSim. In that
interview he states how he is incorporating a land variant into the game
based on the Quake engine. Hardly
surprising since he is incapable of bringing the air game to fruition.
Hinds continues to disgrace the roster of the 13th TAS squadron, where his
lies, deceit, and theft have yet to
bump up against our charter. To those of you who have noticed I now fly
sans colors and have invited me to
join their squads, I say THANK YOU. Simming is very important to me as is
the inherent squad life. We will
wait and see how the situation with the 13th TAS plays out.
Know this and know this well....
In my opinion, there NEVER was a game and NEVER will be. Hinds is a liar
and in 6 days will advance in rank to be
a legally defined THIEF. He will be legally pursued to the limits of my
ability. I have encouraged my attorneys to
maximize their fees, so Hinds' day of reckoning will be even more painful.
Can we all say...FELONY FRAUD?
To the beta group I apologize for my unknowing role in this deception. I am
not sure if my emotions are stronger in
anger at this obvious con artist who plays on normal human compassion, or
sorrow at realising as a simmist
that the ultimate experience will not to be available to us.
To Robey Price, who first raised the questions concerning Hinds'
background, THANK YOU!
I would encourage any of you tempted by this con artist to devote any more
of your time or money to run as far and fast
away as possible. Hinds is probably in need of professional help, and for
some reason feels he can continue to
disgrace the world of airsimming.
Thank you...
Michael Hobuss
