The 8th stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Tournament (2007).

Ah... So you're one of those political... dissidents, huh... :D Maybe you'll write a book someday... You'll get tons of Grail rewards... :D

I don't need Grails, just like I didn't really need that @ symbol. From FireBall's message, it's probably clear that a book isn't really necessary either. Many people already know what happened and how I got out of it.

Iron, maybe that's enough, okay? You weren't exactly in a great situation there... And you paid the price.

I'm not exactly in a great situation here either. However, here, people understand what I'm talking about. Over there, Vadim still bans automation tools for 4 turns. Although, it's the same as banning ballista killers or hero-farming. At the same time, he can't tell if these automation tools were actually used in the game or not. Isn't that crazy? And when you bring up this topic there, you get a negative reputation and message restrictions. How is that supposed to work?

a harsh but fair punishment... No reason to complain, you were there.

:) Fair? It depends on your point of view. Vadim and Gorbik didn't want to admit that they couldn't detect hacked saves or the use of automation tools. At the same time, they didn't want to admit that in this case, they should tighten the verification process by allowing leaders to officially check each other without any restrictions. From their point of view, they consider that they punished me fairly so that I wouldn't talk there. But here, as I said, the leader reports to everyone, so the verification process here is at a proper level. No matter what you use, if you cheat and can't report it, you'll end up in a bad situation, even if a ban isn't предусмотрен for it. Here, the leader uploads their own saves for everyone and answers any tournament participant's questions without any formalities or addressing them as "sir."

you were a celebrity for a while, but of course, everyone forgot about it, and you still remember... Are you sleeping well? ;)

I sleep fine. Besides, I've been rehabilitated on the Pool portal. But I still don't understand what that whole thing was about. The moderators are still the same, so I tried to raise the issues I mentioned above again. They didn't ban me this time, but they gave me a lot of negative feedback. So, I just don't go there anymore. What's the big deal? :)