My Challenge to Rock!

[kangarunner]

He does look unsettling. Like he's the uglier second cousin of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. I won't judge him for his looks alone, it's just that it ties in rather nicely with the 'persona' taken on by the many troll accounts tied to Rock. They all claim to be hideous and unable to get female attention because there is 'something' within them that actively repels women. It's the number one recurring theme. Kind of interesting. Then @Winston mentioned "childhood trauma" and it paints this picture of a rather sad man whom nobody wanted to interact with back in his home country. Which makes me curious, Winston, does Rock have any friends, in the Philippines or Taiwan?

It sounds like you're painting a picture and imagining in your mind how you want him to be. You don't have any real evidence to back up those claims. To graduate business school and work in banking and then invest in real estate in the Philippines requires a high level of intellect and strong mind. No one who reached that level in life would create a Mercer account on this forum.

[galii]

He does look unsettling. Like he's the uglier second cousin of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho. I won't judge him for his looks alone, it's just that it ties in rather nicely with the 'persona' taken on by the many troll accounts tied to Rock. They all claim to be hideous and unable to get female attention because there is 'something' within them that actively repels women. It's the number one recurring theme. Kind of interesting. Then @Winston mentioned "childhood trauma" and it paints this picture of a rather sad man whom nobody wanted to interact with back in his home country. Which makes me curious, Winston, does Rock have any friends, in the Philippines or Taiwan?

It sounds like you're painting a picture and imagining in your mind how you want him to be. You don't have any real evidence to back up those claims. To graduate business school and work in banking and then invest in real estate in the Philippines requires a high level of intellect and strong mind. No one who reached that level in life would create a Mercer account on this forum.

You don't know what you talking about. Many guys met the guy. They don't say everything what they know publicly.

Just google what succesfull guys do. Trolling this forum is really not the bigges crime out there.

[kangarunner]

You don't know what you talking about. Many guys met the guy. They don't say everything what they know publicly.

Just google what succesfull guys do. Trolling this forum is really not the bigges crime out there.

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[galii]

You don't know what you talking about. Many guys met the guy. They don't say everything what they know publicly.

Just google what succesfull guys do. Trolling this forum is really not the bigges crime out there.

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I see. You did not take your pills.

[publicduende]

[...Stuff about Rock...]

What do you think @publicduende and @Will N. Dowd?

I don't know what to say. I met him several times, including the second time I went to Davao (May 2015) before moving there for good. We spent time talking poolside. I had a fling with a an extremely pretty girl who was incontrollably crazy (@Will N. Dowd also met her!) and I introduced her to Rock. He did remark she was pretty but didn't say anything inappropriate, perhaps because she wasn't her type.

I met him time and again in Makati, for breakfast, lunch. We even met during Xmas day (or Boxing Day, don't remember) while I was with a girl. He never spared himself from meeting me and I did the same. I could say we were good friends.

Conversation-wise, he's always been quirky, fairly obssessed about privacy and keeping a low profile. I don't come across the most normal of people and I was in no place to judge him Whether his behaviour had been shaped up by childhood trauma, I don't know. Rock never mentioned anything like that. I know his academic pedigree since he did his MBA at one of the world's top schools, and he said he did college in Chicago. I found common ground in the fact that we were two people who spent time in the financial industry and got out of it, more or less burnt out. All we both wanted was relax a bit and maybe restart our dream in this part of the world.

After that incident involving that girl, I never had a chance to speak to him anymore.

[kangarunner]

I met him time and again in Makati, for breakfast, lunch.

He's probably up to no good in Makati. I saw him in the video someone posted "Every man has a story". That well-polished exterior of a sophisticated gentleman doesn't fool me. He's probably very good at hiding his dirty deeds in the Philippines. I haven't been to the Philippines yet, but I may jet over there when I have to leave Vietnam.

...When I get to the PI, I plan on doing some investigations...

[WanderingProtagonist]

I met him time and again in Makati, for breakfast, lunch.

He's probably up to no good in Makati. I saw him in the video someone posted "Every man has a story". That well-polished exterior of a sophisticated gentleman doesn't fool me. He's probably very good at hiding his dirty deeds in the Philippines. I haven't been to the Philippines yet, but I may jet over there when I have to leave Vietnam.

...When I get to the PI, I plan on doing some investigations...

Why even bother investigating?

[publicduende]

I met him time and again in Makati, for breakfast, lunch.

He's probably up to no good in Makati. I saw him in the video someone posted "Every man has a story". That well-polished exterior of a sophisticated gentleman doesn't fool me. He's probably very good at hiding his dirty deeds in the Philippines. I haven't been to the Philippines yet, but I may jet over there when I have to leave Vietnam.

...When I get to the PI, I plan on doing some investigations...

No, that's a gratuituous accusation. Never said he is an angel, in fact he has his demons and all. Yet, from all the time I spent with him, there is zero evidence that he may be hiding something. The only thing he is, or was hiding (before his interview, at least), was his public persona.

Considering how little protection we foreigners have in this country, I am not surprised by his choice. Piss off the wrong guy or girl, and he will call half his neighbourhood and ambush you. Lots of local men are truly up to no good, they're corrupt, borderline criminals. Yet, try to point out that very fact in the public arena, or even among common "friends", and they will rise up in shock, suing you for slander. And, since they know the Filipino justice system is useless, they will also take matters in their own hands.

[kangarunner]

Considering how little protection we foreigners have in this country, I am not surprised by his choice. Piss off the wrong guy or girl, and he will call half his neighbourhood and ambush you. Lots of local men are truly up to no good, they're corrupt, borderline criminals. Yet, try to point out that very fact in the public arena, or even among common "friends", and they will rise up in shock, suing you for slander. And, since they know the Filipino justice system is useless, they will also take matters in their own hands.

I haven't been to the Philippines yet, but from what I've read on here and chats with others, they're laid back, relaxed people. I highly doubt that kind of thing would ever happen and if it did....only if there was something very serious.

I want to go to Palawan....those islands look stunning.

[publicduende]

I haven't been to the Philippines yet, but from what I've read on here and chats with others, they're laid back, relaxed people. I highly doubt that kind of thing would ever happen and if it did....only if there was something very serious.

Filipinos are indeed relaxed and laid back, until you take them to breaking point. Like the rest of Asia, one of the capstains of their social contract is "saving face". A lot of the social harmony in this country is predicated on the idea that anybody can do whatever the f**k they want, especially if in power to do it, and everybody else will turn their heads and pretending nothing ever happened.

The general reasoning is reciprocity: if I do something bad, say, steal a few million dollars from the government so i can I can buy 5 condos in the posh business district and send all my kids to Harvard, I expect nobody around me to say a word because...those around me will engage in exactly the same behaviour (proportionally to their power and capacities) and return the favour of silence.

This means that a minority of perfectly corruptible and corrupted people will, essentially, live by their own rules. In reality, absolutely nobody is immune and almost everyone will behave that way, given the opportunity. The very moment anyone is in charge of a pot of money and has the chance to do something dodgy with it, 90% likely, they will do it.

A few years ago, a former friend from Davao, who runs a well-established security agency, celebrated their most senior secretary's retirement. This woman had been some 25 years with the company, acting as efficiently, honestly, and trustworthily as it gets. 24 hours after, they realised that the company account has been raided to zero. They lost some $50,000 USD in a blink of an eye, in fact more considering liabilities towards employees and suppliers, and knew exactly who to blame. Only, said ex-secretary was nowhere to be found in Davao and her family did not have a clue where she might have been.

The only way to avoid all this is to be as distant as possible to Filipinos. The vast majority of them, given the opportunity, will literally stab their mothers' back to get even the most modest of pratical reward.

I want to go to Palawan....those islands look stunning.

What nature gave to the Philippines looks stunning. What the Filipino people gave to themselves, well...

[kangarunner]

The only way to avoid all this is to be as distant as possible to Filipinos. The vast majority of them, given the opportunity, will literally stab their mothers' back to get even the most modest of pratical reward.

Then for what reason would someone such as yourself live in such a country with no honor? Are you an honorable man?

@publicduende A word please sir.

[publicduende]

@publicduende A word please sir.

I have no problem keeping my honor. I don't need to compromise as long as I keep the interactions with locals as scarce as possible. I am, obviously, a very lonely man.

[kangarunner]

I have no problem keeping my honor. I don't need to compromise as long as I keep the interactions with locals as scarce as possible. I am, obviously, a very lonely man.

Knowing how men from Italy are, I would say the contrary.

Niccolo Machiavelli

[publicduende]

Knowing how men from Italy are, I would say the contrary.

Niccolo Machiavelli

I am not a Prince called to rule a nation. Just my life

[Winston]

You're wrong. That's not why he calls himself Rock. Has it never struck you that something is quite odd about his face? His face isn't ugly and bloated like yours is...but it's just a little strange. Zeitola said his appearance was a little unsettling. Almost like he's wearing a mask...

I probably shouldn't have outed him. I regret that. Of course, you're the one who gave me the keys to the door. I just unlocked the door. I'm real smart, but sometimes I'm too smart for my own good. He seems like a decent chap. A smart guy for sure. But not that smart if he keeps company with you.

Frankly, I would say this little tidbit of information I've provided is more interesting than your goofy, copy and paste, posts all put together. You could at least come up with your own material instead of borrowing from Youtube vloggers, who also have waay too much time on their hands-at least the ones you follow lol.

A lot of guys on this board are curious about his identity. Well now you guys know who is. I've made my contribution here.

Yes it is. That's what he told me. Do you have an alternate or better explanation?

Also can you please come clean and explain how you found that video? Only a few people knew about that video, and none of them are trolls or backstabber types of people. Are you someone that Rock or I knows personally? If so, then you are a backstabber since you knew that Rock didn't want that video posted here. He is super paranoid about his identity for some reason. I don't know why. Maybe has something to hide or he is just super paranoid by nature, or he's been burned in the past?

Anyhow, it's highly suspicious that you found that video. If you're just some random guy on the internet, and you saw that video, how did you know it was him? There are millions of guys on YouTube. And Rock's voice isn't super unique. So how did you know it was him? The odds are incredible for you to know it was him. Unless you know him and you are one of the few people that he showed the video to, or one of the few people I sent it to, with Rock's permission of course. Why don't you come clean and stop being mysterious? Or are you Rock himself playing another role/identity here? Anything is possible. Why don't you come clean and be honest? What are you hiding?

I'm not ugly btw, just not the ideal man that the media promotes.

How did I give you the keys to the door? I didn't give you anything. What do you mean? I didn't tell you anything that anyone else here wouldn't know.

Yes Rock can be smart and act like a decent chap, but as everyone in this thread said, he also has a DARK side, and apparently his dark side is a lot darker than we thought, if the claims about him here are true, based on several smoking guns that @Pixel--Dude found. Moreover, I can testify personally that I know of at least a dozen instances where Rock has LIED DELIBERATELY to try to win a debate or gaslight me, and others too sometimes. So he doesn't have much of a moral conscience and could be a sociopath or possessed or just has a dark/evil nature that is part of his soul that he has to try to manage, but is there nonetheless. Everyone has a dark side of course, but some people's dark side is darker than others. There is no way around this it seems. He is what he is. He may not be an angel, but his dark side seems to be darker than we thought.

Yes his face does look a little unsettling and artificial, like he's wearing a mask. Many have noticed that. He is very different from the typical American man. I wonder why too. Maybe he's an alien in disguise, and that's why he has no memory of the 70s and 80s like everyone else his age does? Or he's an A.I. android created in a government lab, like in the movie DARYL from the 80s? Or maybe he had some plastic surgery done on his face?

What do you think? @yick and @publicduende and @Will N. Dowd