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Helen, there's nothing offensive here. Look. I have the right to express my opinion, and you just gave me that right with your previous message. In Russian, there's an expression "to play dirty," and a person who does that is called a "dirty player." Also, in Russian and languages around the world, there's the concept of double meaning. I'm sure you're familiar with this technique. Furthermore, when Enot skipped games in the first tournament for two weeks to avoid risking the top spot, he was "playing dirty" (this is just my opinion, not an insult to anyone). In the second tournament, when I introduced mandatory games, you did the same thing (and again, this is just my opinion). The fact that Enot's nickname and the word "dirty player" sound similar adds a bit of spice to the situation, and it's nothing more than a joke and a double meaning, but definitely not an insult. I thought that those who wanted to would understand and laugh. By the way, that's exactly what happened – Stinger's and Benis's messages confirm this. But apparently, it's too complicated. In the future, I will refrain from using this kind of expression and jokes. As for Enot, I respect him as a player. And how could it be otherwise? He's objectively a top-tier player. I don't know him as a person and can't judge, but I'm sure that from our short online communication, he's a worthy person. No one wanted to offend anyone; why would they? And getting offended by the word "ass" in 2019, lol, what's that? I hope I've explained everything clearly. P.S. Regarding the first tournament. If I thought that Enot didn't deserve to be in the top spot then, I wouldn't have paid him the prize and wouldn't have officially congratulated him on the forum. I saw the situation as my own mistake and tried to fix it by introducing the rule of 5 mandatory games for the current second tournament. Enot absolutely deservedly won the top spot in the first tournament according to the rules and received the prize. The fact that there were no rated games at the end of the tournament is also a fact. By the way, the participants themselves pointed this out to me. I wouldn't have known or guessed it myself. I don't have the time or desire to monitor each participant in detail. I know almost all of them personally, and they are all worthy players. I thought that it would be enough to give the prize, and the games and the tournament would be as open and fair as possible without any intervention. But reality forced me to write the rules and manage the tournament. Now, that's definitely all. (Helen, and there's also a double meaning in this last sentence – did you notice?) xD