Alas fellow chess players, my time has come. I am closing my account and relinquishing the cheater_1 namesake. I hope someone snaps it up and carries on the tradition of calling it like they see it and telling the TRUTH no matter what the consequences. I authorize anyone to take my name and impersonate me, but it will  most definitely NOTt be me. I am outta here. Once again, ERIK feels that he has to push his weight around and FORCE me to do things that are unacceptable. Things which I CANNOT DO or have already done and refuse to repeat.

Analyze ERIK'S demeanor, dear people. "he already admitted that in his post-game commentary. you are a goof that i permit to stay. recant. that is a cowardice and immaturity that i will not withstand. you have 24 hours until your friendly local chess.com dictator disables your account." If you think that I am egotistical and arrogant and like to push people's buttons, take a close look at ERIK.

HE seems that he thinks I made some sort of admission that I lost, but it STILL isn't good enough for him. This ATTITUDE you are seeing from him is EXACTLY the attitude that I got in PRIVATE emails, where he said, "MOVE or I'm going to delete your account". He KNEW for a fact that at the start of our vote game that I would have to take vacation in the summer. "Hopefully the game wont go that long." Well, it did. And I GOT THE SHAFT. Most of the members said it'd be ok, but YOU KNEW that I'd be out of town and saw a slimey way for your team to either take the win or make a move that I was not confident of. You then forced me to admit I lost on poor play or lose my account. I used to love the cheater_1 name and would do anything to preserve it. But no more. You manipulated me from day one, You know it ERIK. "MOVE or be deleted". Seeing I COULD NOT MOVE as I was out of town, I was FORCED to resign.

If that's not good enough for you, access your archive and see what topics I started about the vote chess game after it was done. I have owned up to the outcome many times in the past and REFUSE to do it again.

And, rather than grant a rematch and actually DECIDE if I am unmateable, you go off on this power trip. Sorry dude, it doesn't work on me.

As I said many many many times before, I am here because it suits me. I am here until I get tired of it. I'm not tired of this site, IM TIRED OF YOU, ERIK. You need to GROW UP. You need to learn how to run a business. Your micro managing style may cut it here, but you wouldnt last 1 week in a real position of power. Your skin is so thin, you're transparent. You feel the need to monitor every thing I say, and if there's one teeny thing that you dont like, you tell me to tell the truth or get deleted. Horrible style. "The Truth" is always that I am wrong and you are right even if the opposite is true.

Well people, it was a fun run. Looks like team lightforce will get the "win" on default. Thanks for stepping up to the plate Lightforce, even if your moves were CRAP.

Thanks to Rael for creating a group and then handing it over to me, it allowed me to play in my 2nd vote chess game. Thanks to the psycho women who wanted to get to know me. Go figure. Thanks to the people who absolutely DESPISED me, You are the main reason I came here. Thanks to everyone who actually loved to debate and were good at it, you kept me on my toes. I suppose I should thank this site for I have gotten many hours of enjoyment from it. Toss a few pieces of bait in and watch the feeding frenzy ensue.

As of 12 midnight tonight Central Time USA, I am closing this account. I'm not even sure if there if that option, but if there is, I will save ERIK the trouble and close it myself. Oh I'm sure he'll HATE me stealing his thunder and close it himself at 11:59. I dont care anymore. You al  may think that I'm coming back. Nope. I'm done. Chess.com will be deleted from my favorites and I really dont give a hoot what you all say about me when I'm gone. SO SAY IT NOW. YOU HAVE 7 hours.

OK, who's for a pool to see how long cheater_1's departure lasts?

probably a few days/a week.

or in time to play his moves vs us.

THEGROBE, at 12:00am Central Time, this name will become publically available. I AM going to close this account. ERIK overstepped his bounds one too many times. My style is very very easy to imitate so I'm sure a dozen cheater_1 imitators will surface. GOOD. Just capitalize certain words for emphasis and be very argumentative and I will live on. But, you'll just have to take my word that I'm not coming back.

Running from the truth confirms your fraudulant status on this website.

I quote from your blog:

"I'm going to keep this short and sweet....if there is anyone out there even reading this. The vote chess game was LOST by me and WON by team chess.com. I could sit here and make excuses all day long, but the bottom line is that I got a mark in the loss column and they got the win. END OF STORY.

The game lived up to the hype I generated UNTIL my last move.....number 35."

So why can't you admit that you lost? You lost. Admit that you lost on your recent forum. Your claim that you are closing your account is analogous to your resigning before a checkmate and then claiming you cannot be checkmated.

Good luck with the rest of your life. Try to stop running from the truth and inventing your own. Write a book. Make the most of your potential.

Good riddance I say.

at 12:00am Central Time the nick cheater_1 should be retired.

exactly.

jonnyjupiter, I can see why you got that diamond by your name. If those are actually my words, BRAVO to you. You did what that lazy ERIK couldnt or wouldnt do. I'm surprised that I wasnt FORCED to post my RECANT or DEFEAT SPEECH the first of every month as long as I was here.

Blackwell, it would be a honor if they retired my name. It would at least eliminate any suspicions of it being me if someone else claimed it.

ELBEASTO, those reactions are what kept me coming here. I thrived on it.

Oh, you will all miss me when I'm gone. It's true. I AINT COMING BACK.

I'll have this site on all night until 12:00 am--for 6 1/2 more hours. I'll read the comments at the top of every hour and respond to them. I'll make my LAST POSTING at 11:55 or so, vanish, and then become a legend.

*Celebrates*, TeamLightForce will get the win fair and square, and it's not because of the default cheater_1 it's because they are better than you, but you seem to find it extremely hard to realise it though. your real rating must be in the region 500 600.

exactly.

Yeah it is the real truth.

There's two sides to this. The side who likes cheater_1, and those who despise of him.

cheater_1 is a hypocrite.

yup.

Precisely.

Bahaha, how's this; NOBODY post in this thread, and maybe he'll get lulz-deprived and just leave BEFORE 12 :D

See, it really IS easy to mimic CHEATER_1