Backgammon Online

14-Nov-2013
13:11 PDT

player deleted , i just found it odd that he messaged me , i now know the story..so we move on

14-Nov-2013
13:41 PDT

I apologize in advance for the length of this email but feel I owe each of my fellow competitors an explanation about what is going on. All of the screen names listed in the subject line come from the same person. If you played in CT2 you will remember that Sideshowbob2012 was the guy whose incessantly rude behavior finally caused our host (R4) to abandon the CT2 which nearly resulted in the loss of CT2. Thanks to KK, Dapharmer, and a few others, CT2 was salvaged.

I think the reason that Sideshowbob first became angry with me in CT2 was because I never could prove (to his satisfaction) that I had reached the top of the ladder. He held this against me throughout the CT2 and repetitively harassed me to the point where I put him on my Ignore List immediately after I played him. That angered him even more, and because I had placed him on my Ignore List, he could no longer message me, so he did his best to drag me through the mud in the CT2 public forums. I didn't respond to his rants publically but I finally had had enough and flagged his messages and reported his behavior to the ZE Administration.

The ZE Administration removed Sideshowbob from the site in early July due to his behavior. Shortly after he was removed, and unbeknownst to ZE, SSB signed up as a non-paying member, but this time he used the screen name Darthvader. I suspected early on that DV=SSB but didn't do anything about it because he seemed to be minding his own business by playing the ladder. But when Darthvader signed up for CT5 very late in the game, I immediately notified the ZE Staff, and the CT5 hosts about the possibility of once again seeing the kinds of problems we experienced in CT2 with SSB.

About the time Darthvader signed up for CT5, I started to receive menacing emails from Nemesis999 and Darthvader, and today, I received 2 emails from poiuyt. I immediately reported the first of these emails to ZE and to itisme. The latest emails I received today (from poiuyt) contain threats of bodily harm and he claimed to know what kind of car I drive. Below is one of the emails I received from poiuyt an hour or so ago which he sent to me after he learned that ZE had booted him (i.e., Darthvader) from the ZE site for the second time. Remember that Darthvader, Sideshowbob, Nemesis999, and poiuyt are all the same person. Here is one of the two emails that I received today from poiuyt:


I have been asked to pass a message on to you.

Be very careful when driving your little Mini - one would hate to think what would happen to it if a semi-trailer accidentally plowed into it.

And don't be rude to Mini dealership staff.

They tend to make a lot of personal information available about their clients.


Obviously we are not dealing with a stable person here. It is really a sad soap opera-ish story and I truly do feel sorry for him. However, this is clearly not the kind of 'ethos' most of us seek on this site. I am taking these threats very seriously by reporting them to the proper authorities. I am sure I will see him reappear again using other screen names as I systematically put each one on my Ignore List after he contacts me. I am hoping that ZE can somehow stop him from signing up by using alternative names just so that he can continue to send threats and make public forum posts that are clearly intended to obfuscate the truth. I fully expect there will be a reply from him to this email and I will not respond to it if he posts again.

The good news is that ZE has once again removed him from the site and we can all once again get on with what we love to do here -- play BG! Thanks for the opportunity to share my side of this seemingly never-ending saga.

Cheers  

14-Nov-2013
14:38 PDT

Wow. Thanks uahskr. He messaged me too. Who has that kind of time to play these stupid games? Backgammon is a way more intelligent game.

14-Nov-2013
15:07 PDT

He is out of TC # 5, so lets do what naturedoctor said :

Roll those dice!
Turn that cube!
Have some fun!
All the best to all ya'll!

Thanks for your comment !

14-Nov-2013
15:14 PDT

Today I send to all most all players The Welcome message to TC 5.
ZE block me to send message for 24 hours,
It possible some did not receive it, I apologise but it out of my control.

To the one who send me messages today, sorry I cannot before 24 hours.

I like to mention naturedoctor :

Roll those dice!
Turn that cube!
Have some fun!
All the best to all ya'll!

14-Nov-2013
16:05 PDT

oh good, he's out he beat me    

15-Nov-2013
02:30 PDT

Knockout Table for T2, T3 and T4 and Round Robin and Final Forma for T5 have been updated. Let me know if I missed anything.

15-Nov-2013
07:08 PDT

are we doing 3rd and 4th place play offs as well in those tourneys..or is that really irrelevant , thanks

15-Nov-2013
10:36 PDT

I am working on Winner Circle/ Hall of Fame players with their own tab on unofficial website ... difficult to determine who actually placed 3rd and 4th

I personally think
1st
2nd
Finalist - 2 players names listed .

I do have majority of names listed why I needed determine T2 and list T4 play off members... However I have not audited the details for accurate info.

15-Nov-2013
10:43 PDT

It's another match with a good opponent for those that made it to the semis