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10 Sep 05
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by HungryJoeYes those are all top notch players... Tragic that they are leaving :'(
I was a bit gutted as well. And now other players are leaving because of what happened to Ironman31, good players like Chessmaster and Fritz 8.0 (spelling??) its a shame.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by shavixmirOf course, you haven't shown that I've violated anything in the TOS and there are Forum Mods to regulate what goes on in the Forums as you well know. There are various penalties for violating the Forum rules as you also well know. I personally have never received a forum ban of any length, so I presume that the Forum Mods and the Site Admins are satisfied that I comply with the posting rules here, though I often get posts deleted.
That some rules of the TOS can be broken and others cannot (hypocrisy).
The whole witchhunt attitude.
Personally, yes, I think people can cheat if they want. But THAT is not what this is about.
Now presumably any violation of the TOS deserves SOME penalty, but the damage done to an internet chess site by people using an engine is considered by the Site Admins here (correctly IMO and most people's opinions here) to be far more serious than any damage done by posting of things some people find "offensive". They have designated a penalty for that violation of the TOS i.e. engine use: banning. People have been banned for repeated violations of Forum Moderation policies in the past, too. I see no "hypocrisy" except from you.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by invigorateFully agree with you on what you write.
If under 18's were on average half as articulate as Angie, they all should be allowed to vote.
But for the purposes of this argument the moto for this site should be...
"In Mod we trust"
If we don't like Mod's work we are free to leave.
However, the issue I have with this thread is not the mods, not the TOS, not the cheaters, but the pedancy and hypochrisy of a would-be (or not quite?) mod. And how on a chess site (we have GM's today below 14 yr, let alone 18 !!!) the 18-year limit is used as an argument, in a coctail of derogatory language. I was the one who rec'd Angie's post earlier one, for this reason alone.
11 Sep 05
Russ can terminate your account just cuz he doesnt like you and you cannot complain. You agreed to it when you joined the site. Its not like hes implementing the Death Penalty, even if there are one or two mistakes it is worth all the Rightful Terminations because the mistakes dont harm anyone.
11 Sep 05
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Originally posted by shavixmirI doubt it. Considering the poster in question has repeatedly posted in these forums accusations that I am a cheater, I would say if anyone is violating the TOS it is him. However, you are free to alert the post and/or call for my banning if you so desire.
Your words: "Don't you ever get sick of being such a pathetic fool?"
That, my arguative friend, is violating the TOS.
TOSSER.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by Mephisto2Rec whatever you want; the fact that some 14 year olds can play chess well does not invalidate my point that teenagers in general lack life experience and maturity, so that their judgment is suspect.
Fully agree with you on what you write.
However, the issue I have with this thread is not the mods, not the TOS, not the cheaters, but the pedancy and hypochrisy of a would-be (or not quite?) mod. And how on a chess site (we have GM's today below 14 yr, let alone 18 !!!) the 18-year limit is used as an argument, in a coctail of derogatory language. I was the one who rec'd Angie's post earlier one, for this reason alone.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by no1marauderso whether a remark is against the TOS depends on whom it refers to? Interesting.
I doubt it. Considering the poster in question as repeatedly posted in these forums accusations that I am a cheater, I would say if anyone is violating the TOS it is him. However, you are free to alert the post or call for my banning if you so desire.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by no1marauderMhmmmm. Yes. As if I'm the sort of person to alert anything....duh...
I doubt it. Considering the poster in question has repeatedly posted in these forums accusations that I am a cheater, I would say if anyone is violating the TOS it is him. However, you are free to alert the post and/or call for my banning if you so desire.
And it doesn't make a difference who started name-calling, the participation is against the TOS.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by no1marauderIf you're going to continue falsely accusing me of lying, then I will pick you up on it, as people who haven't seen the analysis might believe you.
I doubt it. Considering the poster in question has repeatedly posted in these forums accusations that I am a cheater, I would say if anyone is violating the TOS it is him. However, you are free to alert the post and/or call for my banning if you so desire.
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11 Sep 05
Originally posted by no1marauderThe shoo fits?
Rec whatever you want; the fact that some 14 year olds can play chess well does not invalidate my point that teenagers in general lack life experience and maturity, so that their judgment is suspect.
Some 'adults' on this site have proven that they can act as childlishly as some -14 kids.
How can you validate a claim like the one you are making here? I would agree with 'some', 'many' even, but a generalisation like this is plainly narrowminded. I hope you are not that superficial in your profession.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by Starryknight14If Russ terminated my account for whatever reason I could and I would complain dude.
Russ can terminate your account just cuz he doesnt like you and you cannot complain. You agreed to it when you joined the site. Its not like hes implementing the Death Penalty, even if there are one or two mistakes it is worth all the Rightful Terminations because the mistakes dont harm anyone.
I didn't agree to anything. I didn't even read what I signed. Why? BECAUSE IT'S A BLOODY CHESS SITE!!!
So go back to your facistic little life-style of ingnorance and doing whatever you're told whenever you're told and stop bothering me and anyone else with an inkling of rationality about them.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by angie88Another sign of immaturity, you lack solid reading comprehension skills. I am asserting that calling someone a "pathetic fool" does not violate any provision of the TOS; there is nothing about insults in the TOS. However, continually posting public accusations against cheating now that there are Game Mods has been specifically singled out by Russ as unacceptable. The two points are linked but the conclusion that my comment does not violate the TOS is independent of the conclusion that public accusations of cheating are a violation of the TOS. Now do you understand?
so whether a remark is against the TOS depends on whom it refers to? Interesting.
11 Sep 05
Originally posted by RagnorakPeople who have done the analysis, like Arrakis, might object to your constant, false claim that Arrakis' analysis showed I matched up 96% in this game THAT I LOST.
If you're going to continue falsely accusing me of lying, then I will pick you up on it, as people who haven't seen the analysis might believe you.
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