Author: Ray MacFadyen
Date: 17:41:16 06/29/00
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On June 29, 2000 at 18:52:26, Pete R. wrote: >On June 29, 2000 at 18:32:02, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On June 29, 2000 at 17:30:24, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>We (the moderators) have been getting a lot of user feedback regarding Hans >>>Gerber. This afternoon, we finally decided to (temporarily) suspend him. The >>>process took so long because of disagreements between moderators, his reluctance >>>to identify himself, etc. I apologize for the "delayed reaction" and hope that >>>our action appropriately addresses everybody's complaints. >>> >>>-Tom >> >>I admit that I've not been following the controversy around Hans very closely, >>but from what I read I didn't see anything wrong or extraordinary about him. >> >>To set the minds of all of us at rest that you are not engaged in senseless >>bullying, can you explain why this happened ? >> >>Amir > >I'm sure the moderators can explain. However since I am certainly one of the >users who provided feedback, here is my quick take. I'm personally convinced >that this person claiming to be a Hans Gerber was none other than Rolf Tueschen, >an individual who delighted in singlehandedly dragging the >rec.games.chess.computers newsgroup into the toilet. He was clearly obsessed >with Dr. Hyatt, and would bring up the same issues over and over and over no >matter how many times they were addressed. Whenever someone new would join in, >not knowing the prior history, he had a new victim to help perpetuate endless >mayhem. Ultimately his purpose was just to entertain himself by fomenting these >endless discussions by making sure no topic ever came to a resolution. I stopped >reading r.g.c.c. a long time ago, but I imagine through killfiling and >complaints to t-online.de he finally went into hiding. Since he is obsessed >with Hyatt and probably other computer chess figures, it makes sense that he >would lurk here to monitor things. He apparently felt bold enough to begin >posting here, though his style was immediately identified by a number of people. >If you followed his postings here you could see that pattern of always twisting >the discussion so that nothing could ever be distilled into a concrete point, >among other telltale signs such as his feeling that computer chess people are >nothing compared to "real" chess players, etc. Having been identified, it was >entirely predictable that he would then proclaim innocence by badgering the >moderators, even ask for retribution against his nemesis Bob Hyatt if he could >hopefully fool the moderators with a fake I.D. (in his dreams), and finally even >try to go over their heads. He was sure to get banned eventually anyway since >it would quickly become obvious that his goal was to cause problems here, but >asking him for proof of I.D. was a quick way to flush him out. I applaud the >moderators for taking swift action in this case, believe me you would have to >look at the r.g.c.c. archives to begin to appreciate what calculated trolling >this guy was into. This is an excellent post,very accurate and well said,thanks Pete :-) Best Wishes Ray MacFadyen
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