Public cheating accusations don't reflect well on RHP

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
I've done more game modding on this site than anyone.

There are few things more frustrating than the inaction of the owners of this site when the evidence of cheating against a player is clear, unambiguous and overwhelming.

Yes, on the one hand, the owners can exercise their prerogative, and stay their hand, to do "what is best" for their busines ...[text shortened]... ively ignored?

An urgent, self-inflicted kick up the backside is needed, Russ and Chris.

This post deserves to be rec'd by every person on the site concerned about the amount of cheating on RHP.

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criticizing is contributing. in my opinion, even mentioning a forum poster's subscription status is meaningless. hang around in this chess only forum and you'll see most people who keep this place alive are non-subs.

Originally posted by philidor position
criticizing is contributing.

You got that from me 😛

Originally posted by heinzkat
You got that from me 😛

uhm, I don't remember actually, but OK, it's all yours 🙂.

Edit: oh now I remember it! You got me 🙂

Originally posted by no1marauder
This post deserves to be rec'd by every person on the site concerned about the amount of cheating on RHP.

Done and done.

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Originally posted by no1marauder
This post deserves to be rec'd by every person on the site concerned about the amount of cheating on RHP.

24 is a start, but will it make any differenece?

I believe it will make a difference. More than one mod will resign if the obvious first candidate for expulsion is not summarily banned. If that doesn't happen, the site is compromised. No community can survive where the general view of eligibility is opposed by the hierarchy

Originally posted by atticus2
I believe it will make a difference. More than one mod will resign if the obvious first candidate for expulsion is not summarily banned. If that doesn't happen, the site is compromised. No community can survive where the general view of eligibility is opposed by the hierarchy

I think you'll find that game moderation here was severely compromised about 5 years ago when the player in question escaped a ban because of a less than noble decision by Admin.

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I think you'll find that game moderation here was severely compromised about 5 years ago when the player in question escaped a ban because of a less than noble decision by Admin.

He'd only just joined the site at that point, surely it took a while before someone ran his games through Fritz?

OK, I meant the first current candidate - although I grant that could mean several

Originally posted by Fat Lady
I've lost to two players rated around 1600: Game 2305417 and Game 2517874. I think those are my two worst losses.

Have you looked them up? One's been banned, the other has been as high as 1900.

Originally posted by JS357
Have you looked them up? One's been banned, the other has been as high as 1900.

Kknegi wasn't banned for cheating - he was banned for stupidity. See http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=52413&page=4
(Thread 52413, last page)

Hey I could swear I almost posted a challenge to DanVM in the forum and it went missing inside a Black Hole ?!

All because of these 3 trouble makers 🙁

Originally posted by E3xod
Hey I could swear I almost posted a challenge to DanVM in the forum and it went missing inside a Black Hole ?!(

Why would you challenge DanVM?

And come to that, what could would any online challenge game achieve? We all know that DanVM is now capable of beating anyone on this site. We differ on how we think that has been achieved.

I seem to remember that you said that you knew DanVM personally and that he's quite the globe trotter - junior chess champ in Namibia, met you in Brazil, speaks Russian, about to play for an Austian/German team, hoping to get an IM norm in Budapest. Perhaps he could meet one of us for a face-to-face game? That would clear up any doubts about the source of his chess talent.