Nominations for Chess.com Troll of the Month - Nov. 2013

Nominations have already closed. To cast your vote on who you think should win, please go to:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/vote-now-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013

Current list of nominees (updated as new nominations come in):

These nominees have only been nominated once so far, and according to rule #4 (see link in text below), have to be nominated by at least 1 more member to appear on the final ballot.

Jovanu

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/why-should-you-play-1na6-against-1e4

Learningthemoves

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/has-light-got-a-decay-factor?page=52

 FrenchTutor

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-do-you-think-is-best-after-1e5-for-black-vote?page=2, posts #32, 34

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-do-you-play-as-your-first-move-vote?page=1, post #15

Billion_Tactics_Boy

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/upcoming-chess-player--interview-chess-discussion

Sebleb0210

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/lesson-8--einstein-vs-j-robert-oppenheimer?lc=1#last_comment

Romrick_Sherlock

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-are-my-posts-deleted?page=1

Xieff

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013?page=4, post #66

Jv40

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013?page=3

AtahanT

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/crap-opening-reit-advance-1-nf3-d5-2-c4

Yo_Bro

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/how-to-respond-to-the-scotch

Breakthrough_Man

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/a-nice-combination-that-i-did?page=3, posts #42, 44, 47

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/theres-no-draw-by-repetition

Whatsthefrequency

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/fact-nakamura-beats-carlsen-in-14

These nominees have already received the necessary 2 minimum nominations, and are officially on the ballot. However, if you want to nominate any of these nominees for threads that have not been listed below you can still do so.

 Letsgohome

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/a-system-better-than-the-current-world-championship-system

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/good-chess-regimen-for-beginners

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/upcoming-chess-player--interview-chess-discussion

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/carlsen-only-wishes?page=1

HiltonGalaxy

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/the-most-brilliant-positional-sacrifice-i-ever-played?ncc=5#first_new_comment

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/i-accept-chesscoms-challenge-to-prove-my-worth-instead-of-boasting?lc=1#last_comment

(Note: Currently either banned or muted. If he doesn not come back by the end of the voting period he will be taken off the list.)

HottieHilton

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/experience-has-shown-me-that-capablanca-was-wrong

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-showcase/my-immortal-gamewhere-i-absolutely-trounced-an-nm-in-a-lightning-tournament

(Note: The same goes for this nominee as well.)

Soorat92

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013?page=4

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/why-do-you-keep-bugging-me?page=1, post #18

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/its-official---chess-can-improve-your-mojo?page=1

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/trolls-with-inability-to-stop---a-place-for-people-to-admit-they-have-a-problem

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/what-is-the-worst-first-move-for-white?page=1

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013?page=16, posts #311, 312

Macer75

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---nov-2013?page=1

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/what-is-the-worst-first-move-for-white?page=8

HsarA

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-is-awesome3?page=1

(Note: As of now this thread has been deleted. If it is not back by the end of the voting period it will be taken off the list.)

MoonSnow

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/chess-is-garbage-here-are-my-own-openings

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/youre-an-idiot-if-you

DEATHBYRANCHDRESSING

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/come-here-if-youve-been-blocked-by-ziryab

TheArtofWar82

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/carsten-supplies-new-evidence-that-chess-is-a-draw-with-no-mistakes?page=4

FrozenSalmon

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-on-my-resume

Chessplayer2478

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/fishy

Harryz

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/what-is-the-worst-first-move-for-white?page=4

Coneheadzombie

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-and-cheeting

DanielRensch

- http://www.chess.com/blog/DanielRensch/blitz-death-match-new-qualifier-system

DefinitelyNotGM

- http://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/how-do-i-add-tables-to-a-forum?lc=1#last_comment, post #2

The first Chess.com Troll of the Month contest has just ended as a phenomenal success, thanks to active participation from the chess.com community. A total of 26 members were nominated, 10 of whom received at least 2 nominations, and made it onto the final ballot. In the voting process, a total of 43 votes were cast, greatly exceeding previous expectations, and the race was close and exciting.

The success of this first contest shows that the Troll of the Month contests should be continued. The nominations for the November contest will begin today, on this thread, and close on Dec. 1. The rules of this stage of the contest are the same as those of the October contest, which are specified in the first post of the corresponding thread (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/nominations-for-chesscom-troll-of-the-month---oct-2013). In short, members can be nominated for threads they have created, or comment they have made in the forums during the month of November 2013. Each nomination of a particular member must be accompanied with at least one such thread or comment. In addition, beginning with this Troll of the Month contest, a new rule will be implemented: self-nominations will not be valid. Only nominations that a nominee receives from other members will be counted.

With all of that said, nominations are now officially open.

duduobird. u know why.

Sry, the thread/comment needs to exist in order for the nomination to be valid. Btw, what is this "hurrdurr thing" you guys are talking about? I haven't seen it.

lol... I can see why that was deleted.

Nomination accepted. Thanks for finding a thread from the beginning of the month btw. Because of when the nominations period starts, often times earlier threads tend to be left out.

Nomination accepted. I like how the OP changed the title after creating the thread (you can see the original title from the URL).

Nomination accepted.

Ok, I'm waiting. Looks like the "2 nominations" rule will have to take effect again this time.

Well, if you want to nominate him you cna just wait until you see him trolling again on the forums. You shouldn't have to wait long...

I would like to most honoruably, officially, and excellently nominate DEATHBYRANCHDRESSING for this thread.

I nominate DEATHBYRANCHDRESSING for http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/come-here-if-youve-been-blocked-by-ziryab

letsgohome for pretty much every thread he's in, but here's an example, and another. The force is strong with this one.

Nomination accepted.

I'll probably have a similar rule for the next contest, but right now there's a "2 nominations" rule aimed toward a purpose similar to what the "one nomination per member" rule would achieve - that is, to limit the number of nominees. The "2 nominations" rule stipulated that a nominee must receive at least 2 nominations to become a candidate on the final ballot. Last month a total of 26 members were nominated, but because of the "2 nominations" rule, only 10 of them made it onto the ballot.

Also, whenever someone is talking about letsgohome and trolling, I always have to mention that letsgohome actually started trolling last month, and got muted for a whole month on the first day that he started trolling, and has recently just returned after serving his "sentence." If you look at some of the threads he created before he got muted, especially the "try to find a blunder" one, you'll see that back then he was even more reckless, obnoxious and pestilent than he is now. Sadly, I must say that the 1 month mute tamed him a bit, and even though he's still a great troll now, he hasn't yet reached his previous level of epicness since
his return.

Thanks. Fortunately 1redknight99 also nominated Mr. RANCHDRESSING, so he will be added to the list. He still needs one more nomination to make it onto the final ballot though.

I nominate learningthemoves for his scientific contributions (thread still active), as well as Xieff for his self-promotion in various threads to obtain the crown last month (need a link ?).

I nominate letsgohome for being the most boring person with his brah brah brah in every post. It's like counting sheep. Zzzzzzzzzzzz.

i nominate FrenchTutor for his posts on my forums. Commment #32,#34,:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-do-you-think-is-best-after-1e5-for-black-vote?page=2

#15:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-do-you-play-as-your-first-move-vote?page=1

letsgohome has two nominations already but isn't on the list yet.

Sometimes, macer75's internet connection has issues.

Oh, and maybe he works, eats, sleeps, and does other things that chess.com forum watch, also.

I nominate HiltonGalaxy for this:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/the-most-brilliant-positional-sacrifice-i-ever-played?ncc=5#first_new_comment