I have been following @Pisces for some time now. IMO its very unfair to call him 'manipulative'. As a newbie I got caught up on the hype of CCC and lost almost everything (both money and confidence) and i still believe i wish i had listened to him then - that's when i started following him and i have never found him manipulative.. In fact sometime i believe it was his kind response which keep me floated until now. I always find his post very valuable. Honestly I sometime find his post negative especially when I read it first time (which is what i thought when i first read his comments on CCC long time back) but when you read them later only then you realize how valuable they are. I am not invested in VEC and I am aware that often people may question if you comment on a thread where you are not invested. However, I am writing coz I just thought it worth sharing my experience, so please don't take it otherwise. May be read his post in a few months time and you may realize where I am coming from (btw it is my experience that if I want to know how good a poster is on HC, I often read their old posts)!!