I don't know why but I seem to get easily annoyed by fellow clan members who appear to be cheating (whether or not they are) One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole basket. But what the **** Marlone56 is up to is anyone's guess. If he is cheating or just being plain silly, please don't judge the whole clan by his exploits
Romeo
Veggie Clan Conduct Manager
Originally posted by VargLooks like at the least manipulation of their rating, I am not making comments about their chess ablility, but look at the number of games lost (to ensure a low low rating?) then suddenly they start another multitude of games
What makes you think that he/she is cheating?
I just say avoid playing people like this!
Originally posted by MontaguesLooks like he had a period of not playing (and there are lots of reasons why that could have happened) and so lost most of his games to timeouts. That hardly counts as cheating, but when such players are 'on the rebound' they can be mistaken for weaker players. Don't boycott them, but check their natural rating before challenging them!
Looks like at the least manipulation of their rating, I am not making comments about their chess ablility, but look at the number of games lost (to ensure a low low rating?) then suddenly they start another multitude of games
I just say avoid playing people like this!
Originally posted by MontaguesI would just like to say that maybe ratings go a bit haywire due to tournaments as mine have. Not saying that i`m much better than my rating suggests, but when you enter a mixed tourney an say i`m paired against yourself i would expect to be beaten, and this is what happens. I lost about six games in one day due to this. Just a thought.
Looks like at the least manipulation of their rating, I am not making comments about their chess ablility, but look at the number of games lost (to ensure a low low rating?) then suddenly they start another multitude of games
I just say avoid playing people like this!
Originally posted by MontaguesHello Mr. Romeo.
I don't know why but I seem to get easily annoyed by fellow clan members who appear to be cheating (whether or not they are) One bad apple doesn't spoil the whole basket. But what the **** Marlone56 is up to is anyone's guess. If he is cheating or just being plain silly, please don't judge the whole clan by his exploits
Romeo
Veggie Clan Conduct Manager
Marlone56 was in The Fun Clan, but was kicked out earlier this week for private reasons.
If you'll notice, when he was in The Fun Clan, he was in SIX clans!
His game count was over 200!
I, a very active player, could not even begin to play the number of concurrent games he was!
It seems that he only logged on once in a while.
Maybe when he was logged on, he didn't have time to play every single game....so people started timing him out because he wasn't getting to their game in 7 or 14 days (because he had sooo many games)!
This is not cheating and not manipulating the system on his part. But rather, in my opinion, clan leaders manipulating HIM!
He has done nothing wrong.
His rating was ~1450 before the time outs started.
Originally posted by zach918Of course if he "has done nothing wrong.." we would all like to know why he was kicked out of the Fun Clan!
Hello Mr. Romeo.
Marlone56 was in The Fun Clan, but was kicked out earlier this week for private reasons.
If you'll notice, when he was in The Fun Clan, he was in SIX clans!
His game count was over 200!
I, a very active player, could not even begin to play the number of concurrent games he was!
It seems that he only logged on once in a while.
Maybe wh ...[text shortened]... ipulating HIM!
He has done nothing wrong.
His rating was ~1450 before the time outs started.
Anyway if he is playing nearly 200 games knowing he can't possibly manage the game load then he is at the very least an absolute IDIOT
Originally posted by zach918I can assure you that the great Mephisto2, leader of the Veggies has not manipulated him!!!!!!
.........This is not cheating and not manipulating the system on his part. But rather, in my opinion, clan leaders manipulating HIM!
He has done nothing wrong.
His rating was ~1450 before the time outs started.
Believe me, l am not trying to defend the person. Although l was beaten when we played. There was no communication when we played , which l thougt was just rude! Even on my worst days l at least manage a good game , or well played etc....or even a good game before we start, Marlone56 did not even give the courtesy odf reply!
Originally posted by nook7To my discredit I took a while to feel I was part of the community and kept quiet for many of my opening games here, more is the shame because I missed out on what could have been mutually interesting conversations and a chance to make new friends (Zach springs to mind here, I'm sure we'll play again 🙂 ). I still wait to see if my opponent feels chatty, many don't.
Believe me, l am not trying to defend the person. Although l was beaten when we played. There was no communication when we played , which l thougt was just rude! Even on my worst days l at least manage a good game , or well played etc....or e ...[text shortened]... fore we start, Marlone56 did not even give the courtesy odf reply!
However I would not criticise anyone with that number of games for not speaking, personally I'd bet he never even sees the messages he's flicking through the games so quickly. Not saying it's right, but don't be too quick to judge.
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Originally posted by nook7Did you maybe think he is not English? Also if I had 200 games on the go, I would not have time to stop and chat!
Believe me, l am not trying to defend the person. Although l was beaten when we played. There was no communication when we played , which l thougt was just rude! Even on my worst days l at least manage a good game , or well played etc....or even a good game before we start, Marlone56 did not even give the courtesy odf reply!
I played him, lost, and have no complaints.
Andrew
When I played marlone he kicked my ... - which is not too hard. What I don´t understand is your critics that he does not communicate - we didn´t chat too much but there was some communications. Moreover I want to mention that he is not a native speaker (of english) - maybe he is just too shy to talk to native speakers.
I would not critisize him for his number of games - there are a lot of people around who play even more games ...
Who really annoyed me, for example, was Symslov Cham --- he plays more than 200 games (on a high level) and suddenly dissappears - then he comes bach with a rating of 800 or so and starts to play weak opponents who don´t have a chance... his rating goes up - and suddently he disappears again.
But I believe we should stop all this "he is a cheat" talk --- if someone is a cheat report it to Russ - he can check if it is true and ban them. Some time ago the forums were fun - nowadays its just pointing fingers.
Get a live.
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