{"id":975,"date":"2014-02-12T06:31:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T11:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sneakerheaddata.wordpress.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2016-04-29T12:36:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T16:36:10","slug":"the-shoe-game-hasnt-done-anything-to-make-this-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockx.com\/news\/the-shoe-game-hasnt-done-anything-to-make-this-right\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shoe Game hasn&#8217;t done anything to make this right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This won&#8217;t be nearly as long.\u00a0 Promise.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we posted &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/stockx.com\/sneaker-blog\/2014\/02\/11\/how-the-shoe-game-is-trying-poorly-to-steal-our-website\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Shoe Game is trying (poorly) to steal our website.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 I was literally sick to my stomach before pressing &#8220;publish&#8221;, not wanting to start a public feud and seem petty.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction from the sneaker community was unbelievable.\u00a0 I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for the support.\u00a0 It was almost unanimous (to be discussed below) that Alex from TSG was 100% wrong and we were 100% justified in calling him out.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the comments on the post itself, but here are a few of many tweets we received:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyOliverWpg\">\u200f<s>@<\/s><b>AndyOliverWpg<\/b><\/a><small>:\u00a0 <\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>campless<\/b><\/a> That&#8217;s pretty dirty. The good news is that you&#8217;ll win long term though by creating original content. It&#8217;s well noticed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwarizm\"><s>@<\/s><b>gwarizm<\/b><\/a><small>:\u00a0 <\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>Campless<\/b><\/a> Love both the information and quality of writing on the site. Salutes!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impalass96\"><s>@<\/s><b>impalass96<\/b><\/a><small>: <\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>campless<\/b><\/a> your data is on another level!!! Props on the dedication and hard work. I signed up with your E-Newsletter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Icecoldkicks\"><s>@<\/s><b>Icecoldkicks<\/b><\/a><small>:\u00a0 <\/small>Much respect to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>Campless<\/b><\/a> and everything they do. Lot if hard work going into their data.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wattznext\"><s>@<\/s><b>wattznext<\/b><\/a><small>:\u00a0 <\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>Campless<\/b><\/a> Love your blog guys. Such an intelligent and unique take on the community. Don&#8217;t let this bullshit get you down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And my favorite:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/11zForLife\"><s>@<\/s><b>11zForLife<\/b><\/a><small>:\u00a0 <\/small><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Campless\"><s>@<\/s><b>Campless<\/b><\/a> Don&#8217;t blame the Nacho&#8217;s Keep up the good work. im impressed and just started following dropped @ TSG tho&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It goes on like that.\u00a0 Everyone coming to our unconditional defense.\u00a0 Well, almost everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the reactions from the other characters in my Shakespearean tale of sneaker integrity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complex sneaker editor Gerald (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImGeraLd\" target=\"_blank\"><s>@<\/s>ImGeraLd)<\/a> immediately contacted me, offered a complete and absolute apology and removed the Complex article linking to the TSG price guide post.\u00a0 Well done.<\/li>\n<li>Alex (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootSole_ja\" target=\"_blank\"><s>@<\/s>FootSole_ja<\/a>) hasn&#8217;t made a sound.\u00a0 Not surprisingly.<\/li>\n<li>Gerard Smith (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRocSmith\"><s>@<\/s>GRocSmith<\/a>), founder and owner of TheShoeGame, stepped up immediately with an apology (props) but quickly tempered it by trying to defend Alex.\u00a0 He wrote: &#8220;The site was sourced and given credit. I understand with some of the things mentioned. However, anyone who read either post saw the source of the data. Alex never meant to mislead readers. He was just sharing the info.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Gerard asked if I wanted to hop on a call.\u00a0 I replied, &#8220;. . . if there&#8217;s anything to &#8220;discuss&#8221; on phone beside complete mea culpa, no need I&#8217;ve made every one of my points in the article.&#8221;\u00a0 That was <del>11<\/del> 19 hours ago and I haven&#8217;t heard from him since.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s been <del>12<\/del> 20 hours since I posted the article and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both TSG articles are still up<\/span>!!\u00a0 Not even any changes.\u00a0 To the several people who told me that Gerard is a good dude and will make this right . . . I&#8217;m still waiting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not quite sure what else I have to do to get TheShoeGame to make this right.\u00a0 Was my previous post not long enough?\u00a0 Not detailed enough?\u00a0 Not screenshot-y enough?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait a minute, I know what it is.<\/p>\n<p>In re-reading my article, I notice now that I forgot to include one key data point:\u00a0 I&#8217;m also a lawyer.\u00a0 Gerard, please don&#8217;t make me sue you.\u00a0 Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s make this right ASAP so we can get back to counting Yeezys.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockx.com\/sneaker-blog\/2014\/02\/14\/end-of-the-shoe-game-saga\/\">conclusion here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This won&#8217;t be nearly as long.\u00a0 Promise. Yesterday we posted &#8220;The Shoe Game is trying (poorly) to steal our website.&#8221;\u00a0 I was literally sick to my stomach before pressing &#8220;publish&#8221;, not wanting to start a public feud and seem petty. 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