I'm ambivalent about this whole thing... but I do hate to see people jump on bandwagons.
At any rate, I will probably waste a lot less time reading forum posts in the new year - which is probably a good thing!
Goodbye People. It's been fun.
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It's not beautiful. For the longest time I couldn't figure out which one was going to be Eric/Cheater. But then I realized, eh, Eric is going to kick himself in the nuts sooner or later and this all will certaintly deal a blow to him.
Any idea how Eric is going to deal with us supporters? Maybe he will play us then while we are away use his dictating powers to control the game. Oh well.
And we all know that last post from cheater kind of glimpsed at his soft fragile nature. He's a bit weak on the inside. Probably because he's sick to his stomach that people cannot even bear witness to the truth. Or simply because he doesn't want to quit and this was to raise people to finally unite against Eric and push his cause. Whatever the case, I have a song too . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3yDUSMpLLE&NR=1
cheater_1 wrote:
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.
At 6:10pm on December 30th, the longest known method to say "wah" was invented.
lol
AWARDCHESS wrote:
cheater_1!
Just read about a Socrates life!
And stay cool, whatever the last cloud is falling like a last leaf...
Greg
I would kill for a ticket to one of your lectures. Seriously.
Bye.
ADK
Well, farewell Cheater_1, for whatever the case it always sad to see anyone leave who does have an aspiration for the game. I can only wish you the best.
Dec 30, 2008
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#130
Fellow chess.comers,
May the sun shine, all day long,
everything go right, and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come true!
My time, cheater_1's time, is nearly here. I could easily log on with another account and watch from the shadows after I leave, BUT I AM NOT. I'm sure there will be a lot of discussion for a week or two or a month or two about which new account I have created. But I'm not going to create any more accounts.
Will I ever come back? I don't see it happening in 2009 if at all. If, by chance, I do come back in the coming years (if this site hasnt been run into the ground), most of the people here would be gone. When I went back to pogo chess after several years of absence, not one person remembered me. It was like going back to your old hometown and all your friends have moved away.
If I were to come back, it would be like the return of Gandalf the White after Gandalf the Grey fell with the Balrog into the pit. I wouldn't be the same.
I must go now to prepare.
Dec 30, 2008
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#131
Adios, arrivaderci, sayoonara, au revoir, annyeong-hi kkyeseyo, zai jian, namaste, toodle-loo, ciao!
Can't stop watching this thread... like driving by a car crash.
You just posted so it's more like driving into a car crash.
Dec 30, 2008
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#133
Thanks for the fun times, people.
I must leave now. The cheater_1 account will now be deleted by myself. Suicide by delete button.
Yes I am sad. Sure, it would be very easy to say, "I FOOLED YA, I'M HERE TO STAY." All good things must come to an end. The pain in the ASS that ERIK was to me (you all dont know the half of it) tipped the scales. It now has become more of a pain to stay than a pain to go.
I hope I entertained you all. That's what it was about. DId I make it all up? NOPE. If you think I was like the pro wrestling bad guy who went home to his wife and kids and was an usher at church, then you thought wrong. I may have exaggerated things here and there, but everything I said was based upon my life. I took liberties but never out and out fabricated things.
Goodbye fellow chess players and Thank you.
THE END
FADE OUT
And so he goes, a great poster/man/cheater, gone with the wind..........
There are 11 minutes left, and I cannot help but feel a sick helpless feeling. All of the entertainment and debate provided by this great person will be put to waste. Looking into the past, erik will delete all of cheater_1's posts, forums, and anything else created by cheater_1. All evidence will be erased. Woe to you, erik, the English Socialist. Two plus two does not equal five.
I said cheater_1 is a wanted man
he makes his way all across the land
see him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
'bout cheater_1 and the thief in the night
He's always laughing in the midst of power
are we living in the final hour
there is always sweet in sour
So, we are not goin' home
Can you see cheater_1 flying over
as she's standing in a field of clover
watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
What you see, well you might not know
you get the feelin' comin' after the glow
the vagabond is movin' slow
So I'll tell you all the story
'bout cheater_1 and the thief in the night
All the people that you see in the night
hold their dreams up to the light
the wildebeest is searching for sight
We are not goin' home
Can you see cheater_1 flying over
as she's standing in a field of clover
watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
I said cheater_1 is a wanted man
he makes his way all across the land
see him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story 'bout cheater_1 and the thief
I said, I'll tell you all the story 'bout cheater_1 and the thief
I said, I'll tell you all about cheater_1 and the thief in the night
was listening to a wolfmother song and I got the crazy idea to put his name in the song and post it. Well here it is before your account is deleted.
Dec 30, 2008
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#137
I have never posted in a forum on this site or any other for that mater but seeing cheater_1's commentary on all things chess and everything else has always been entertaining so I felt compelled to give my piece of mind.
It is nice to see someone actually putting some thought into the things they write and post wether you agree with his opinions or not. And why should you? Its obvious the vast majority of it was written to get under peoples skin and the members who responded in droves proved that he had a viable place in this site just like anyone else.
I have not always agreed with the things cheater_1 represented as our views on chess are very different I just appreciate that he actually put something into this site outside of the same old "best chess player ever" forum.
A lot of what cheater_1 did in this site I believe was lost on a group of individuals who could rarely tell when someone was just being over the top for funs sake or didn't actually appreciate that forums like this could be used for some sort of legitement discussion outside of teenage boys with too much time on their hands expressing their teen angst.
Cheater_1 I did not know you personally as you are just a picture and a profile on yet another internet community but thanks for the small bits of entertainment within all the other forum shit talking and soap boxin!
Jan 1, 2009
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#138
i just logged in and found he had closed his account. i reopened it so i could read this and i got a huge laugh.
post #7 got it right - he had already admited that he lost. he later deleted that admission post to cover his tracks. i was just sick of him saying that he is "unmateable" when he lost a game that he begged to play. not acceptable.
anyway, i'm going to leave his account permanently open (though nobody will be able to access it anymore) just for the humor of it.
(in my opinion, he'll be back. he can't live without the attention.)
Your forum posts and distinctive personality will never be forgotten.