I've always wondered what the real story of the Nemesis was behind the scenes, but was never sure what really happened. I do recall how it started, though.
The thread that cbae linked to is from 03/05/04, and the one I linked to is from 07/27/04.
But I believe the story begins on 11/19/03. I remember it because I had been on FGI for about 5 months and had just bought my first component after reading all the great things about them. My first choice was a Nemesis based on everything I had read and from drinking the FGI koolaid, and just after I bought it, the controversy erupted, so I had no clue if the head I had just bought was a gazoo nemesis or the 370cc one that everyone had raved about. (it turned out to be the 405cc version, but I'm still not sure if it was the gazoo or just the larger, later model)
Here's what I remember about how it started.....the forum was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli....
1) longdriv2 (now SMT) posts this thread called SMT - " On New Heads " on 11/19/03
http://www.freegolfinfo.c...aspx?m=559456&mpage=1It's a description of all the new heads for next season (Spectrum, O2, etc.)
2) On page 2 of that thread, a mysterious visitor names puttingfool (not PnF, the tool) shows up and posts something that has now been deleted.
However, someone later quotes it:
Originally posted by PuttingFool
I have seen three drivers, two with Nemesis markings, and one with HP420 markings, all sitting side-by-side. The two Nemesis heads did not look the same, but one looked to be more the size and configuration of a 420. The only thing similar about the two Nemesis heads are the sole and the grooveless face...everything else on Nemesis #2 matched the 420 perfectly. Now, either this was caused by poor quality control where the heads were manufactured, or there was an attempt at deception. My question is this: Which reason is true?
And I do not take this lightly. In fact, I have known about this for quite some time, but was rather hoping that Mike, being the great guy that we all believed he was, would come clean about this on his own.
3. Several posts in that thread have since been deleted, but it's interesting to note the piling on happening with the newcomer. This was back when everyone loved SMT.
4. Page 7 of the same thread has a remarkable post, in hindsight:
I realize that. But once I read the post stating that even if I took pictures, there was a chance that they could be altered, I decided that no amount of being right on this issue is going to matter. Nobody here is going to believe that Mike has done anything wrong no matter what level of evidence I provide. So, it is best to just let the matter drop. Besides, if the folks who received the incorrect heads are satisfied that they have a good club, what's the difference, right? I am just a little saddened about the whole issue, because I know what is truth here, and nobody else is willing to believe it, and the man everyone here trusts is telling a different story.
5. Somewhere on page 8, PuttingFool posts a link to pictures of the heads, because the tide starts to turn by the end of page 8, and opinions appear to change once they see the pics. Many posts seem to have been deleted here.
6. The rest of the thread gets threadjacked by GODGIB jumping in.
7. I remember many threads and posts were deleted after that, but this one remains:
http://www.freegolfinfo.c...aspx?m=561968&mpage=1Since things were getting deleted all over the place at that time, I was careful to save a link to the pictures that PuttingFool posted. You can view them here:
http://fgi.250free.com/In hindsight, we've all become accustomed to two Nemeses by now, but this was a huge deal at the time.
