ClickBank Pirate News!!!

Hi Guys,
I am new to WR and IM and I have been reading with interest various threads on ClickBank Pirate and I am wondering if there are any current views? I have watched all the videos and get rich schemes online.
It's funny how you see all the successful clickbank and clickbank pirate videos with hundreds if not thousands of dollars being made everyday to successful marketers. I'm sure I am not the only one thinking this but if it's that easy to make money here then why is it that all the forums seem to be inconsistent as in some people say it's great and others say it's not, and noone seems to have a success story.

People seem to be drawn in to the fantasy of making easy money online and I must admit I was one of them. I realise this is not a quick fix and is
a long term thing, I have promoted sites before via SEO and know how long things take to get sites up in the rankings.
My question is really, why is there so many CB and CB Pirate videos advertising earnings of thousands of dollars. Have these people been doing it for years?
In these forums noone seems to have made more than a few dollars, I think everyone wants to know if realistically anyone is actually making decent money.
Apologies if this sounds pessimistic but only trying to be honest and realistic!

Look forward to hearing from anyone with advice!