And yet you need LOSERS like us to fill in the blanks for you--you need people who spend their lives on this board to do your homework for you.

I don't spend my whole life on this board, but when I want to find out the kind of info you seek, I simply go back a couple of pages or use the search function and enter in a few choice terms, e.g., "busts", "LE sting", etc.--really, in the time it takes you type your messages you could look up the answers you seek yourself.

Truthfully, I don't know even know how anyone would answer your questions--let's see if this is what you were looking for:

"Any news on the game front? "

ANSWER: lots--did ya hear that Spitzer got busted?

"providers lowering rates?"

ANSWER:  Some are, some aren't, some run specials--it's all here on the board, just read.

" new pros. coming into the game due to economy?"

ANSWER:  What are "new pros."?  Do you mean porn stars?  there's always new girls entering the profession regardless of the economy and when they enter, I've never heard of one that stated, "since the economy sucks I am now an escort"--Not really sure where you're going with this question--if the answer is "yes", so what?

" any recent closings?"

ANSWER:  Again, read the board.

"craigs list seems to be working as usual, despite their recent news.  anyone know any different?
ANSWER:  With the resources available here, why would any sane person use Craig's?

"please share.  have a good weekend."

People don't like to share with those who only know how to take--have you posted a review lately?  Have you provided any intel on closings, new pros, rates?  Oh, thanks for the Craig list update, big help.

You feel excluded?  Is this how you seek acceptance?  All you do is take and take and take and never really contribute.  And then yell and get all defensive when someone suggests that perhaps you are here for other, ulterior reasons--surely, someone wouldn't keep coming here and continue to ask others to do the heavy lifting for him without offering anything in return.  This community is like any other--it seeks mutual cooperation from its members and ignores those who are selfish and unproductive.

You're like the guy the who skips class all semester, then breezes in and asks everyone to help him with the final the day before--AND you don't see anything wrong with that and you think that everyone who calls you on it is a loser.

Are you delusional?  You wonder (angrily) why everyone around here ignores you or excludes you when you do nothing to garner acceptance.