why us longs being cheated by basement boys and their shortie bosses again and again, and again????

It's because as a true long, you invest what you can, and then you don't have more to continue to invest.

In their game, they can create the illusion of having an endless supply of shares to dump into the bid, by hammering the bid, then buying back at a low PPS, allowing the price to climb, sell again into the bid, and repeat over and over (DAMHIK).

Since your goal is to appreciate your money, and their's is to simply break even (at best), they can make it look like dilution/constant selling/failing PPS/all of the above. It is smoke and mirrors and since most people do not understand the workings of the "dark side", they begin to believe the lies, or buy into the "this is never going to be profitable" scenario, and they exit, adding fuel to the fire.

If your DD is good, if the company's PRs and fins are sound, if the product is marketable and growing, in reality, 98% of what you read on any of these boards is a complete waste of time. Weeding through to find the real gems is almost impossible.

Invest in what you know, know what you are invested in. Have a game plan and work your plan.

Above all, never set your goal to be "Rich"......