Originally posted by Freddie2006...Credit card companies probably wouldn't be too keen on the whole "use some other guys name" idea.
How can your sign up info not add up?! He clearly joined the site in an attempt to imitate Jean Hebert, so why would he not have put that he was from Canada and JH's name when he signed up. And didn't someone else subscribe for him?
Originally posted by cmsMasterPeople buy subs for other people on this site all the time. As far as I'm aware, oilman (leader of FAITH HOPE LOVE) bought one for Jean Hebert on the condition that he joined their clan.
...Credit card companies probably wouldn't be too keen on the whole "use some other guys name" idea.
Originally posted by Freddie2006Either way Russ and Co. obviously found enough evidence to ban him.
People buy subs for other people on this site all the time. As far as I'm aware, oilman (leader of FAITH HOPE LOVE) bought one for Jean Hebert on the condition that he joined their clan.
Originally posted by Freddie2006There are several users here under the name bobby fischer (fisher etc.) so they should be removed? It would be a history lesson for me to find out where Jean first said he was the real Jean...
How can your sign up info not add up?! He clearly joined the site in an attempt to imitate Jean Hebert, so why would he not have put that he was from Canada and JH's name when he signed up. And didn't someone else subscribe for him?
With any luck Russ in the future will watch for this and check quicker, I believe there is something in the TOS about pretending you are someone else.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitA case for a chess site with full authentication, and real names? Many of us dream of it, but I guess it would be economically unjustifiable. An idea for FIDE to pursue, perhaps? Oh no ... Bessel Kok didn't win the election.
There are several users here under the name bobby fischer (fisher etc.) so they should be removed? It would be a history lesson for me to find out where Jean first said he was the real Jean...
With any luck Russ in the future will watch for this and check quicker, I believe there is something in the TOS about pretending you are someone else.
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Originally posted by Phlabibityep. I wrote him a very polite letter explaining the situation, and this is what he responded (in case someone still wonders):
...Someone claims to have contacted the real Jean and he got a chuckle out of it... so is said.
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"Hello,
Thank you for letting me know that someone has borrowed my name. I have
never played on that site. I am curious to know who might be that person
using my name but I guess there is no sure way to find out.
Best regards,
Jean Hébert"
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI sent an email to the USCF on another subject, and it took about 9 days to hear back. I also PM'd Yahoo about user abuse, and never heard back.
I emailed him but I didn't get a reply.
Wormwood would need to defend the credibility of the email, I was sold with Russ saying his info din't match the real Jean.
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Originally posted by Mephisto2I play for the Correspondence Chess League of America, which is basically a postal orginization, but they do offer e-mail tmts. I've experienced almost no "cheating" or obnoxious people in either postal or e-mail. I think this is because you aren't anonymous…people know your real name and address. People do/say things they wouldn't do if everybody knew who they really were.
A case for a chess site with full authentication, and real names? Many of us dream of it, but I guess it would be economically unjustifiable. An idea for FIDE to pursue, perhaps? Oh no ... Bessel Kok didn't win the election.
Originally posted by Phlabibitwell, I got his email-address from Fédération québécoise des échecs, emailed him, and he got back to me within hours. I have no reason to think it wasn't him.
Wormwood would need to defend the credibility of the email, I was sold with Russ saying his info din't match the real Jean.
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anyone could do the same, and ask him if I really emailed him. and then someone else could ask him if that person had really emailed him asking about me. and then someone else etc. etc. until everyone at rhp would've contacted him. 🙂 not very practical, though...