Posts from Discussion about the Britvachka-Valenok party.

Valentin, it would be better to use a percentage to make it clearer.

This post is written to express my opinion; please simply take my final and firm view of the situation into account. I will not argue with anyone here, but if any friends have clarifying questions, I will try to find time and answer them in ICQ.

At the request, I'll say one more time (for the last) about Britva:
Britvochka cheats selectively — as I concluded from the last two games with him, where the level of his moves in the second game, in my firm belief, was an order of magnitude higher than the level of the first game — I must have angered him with my disrespectful whining in the first game, where he deigned to play without using his "gift of sight"...
So, I'll repeat:
I considered and still consider him a cheater. I wouldn't sit down to... crap with such people on the same field, let alone play; it just stinks... like it's beneath me :)
And also...
It may sound a bit arrogant — but if they allow such a degenerate to be among themselves, it's even more so not his problem, but the problem of those people who permit it (a dig at those spineless types, both from AK and from the HeroesWorld forum, who play at jurisdiction and democracy — like "I'm not sure, insufficient evidence of dragon fly hives, the fundamental unprovability of cheating online," etc., etc.). Everyone knows who the pushovers are? :rolleyes:
And besides, I believe most competent and honest players steer clear of playing with him...

And since the community tolerates this (I see by the results), it means it's fine with them; they will
tolerate both the blatant, undisguised maphack of ATG, and this mangy sheep (and the next one, which won't be long in coming, I think). I simply believe that then the point of no return will be crossed, and the level of trust in online games in the foreseeable future will reach a critically low level — that would be regrettable...

I think this kind of uproar in the analysis of the Britvochka case is largely a consequence of the same ATG incident, where:
1. AK acted spinelessly, without a principled stance, amounting to nothing.
2. Many experienced players (some due to personal relationships and ambitions, like "let's put the uppity plebs in their place," cuckoo-Vikk; ;), some simply out of a love for chatter and a desire to boost their own significance) — started mocking, engaging in legalistic casuistry, and undermining AK's authority (which was created by the aspirations of the players themselves, if anyone forgot). Not understanding that this will later come back as a boomerang, hitting them as well...

Well — with the ATG case, they sowed a light breeze, and now this isn't even a storm (Britvochka is like a sort of shameful cheater, like "His whole being protested against stealing, but he couldn't help but steal. He stole, and he was ashamed"...). Others may come who will have no moral barriers at all (the barriers are being removed right now, so to speak in real time...).

Indeed, how can young and ambitious newcomers now reason: what's the big deal, look, ATG maphacked (there's even video), and nothing much happened to him; they tried to nail Britvochka somehow, and it all ended in bleating; everyone hacks and even bullies and "kicks around" those suckers who timidly try to object — so I'll be tougher than everyone, I'll tear apart this moaning stable right now. And those few who still advocate for absolutely honest play — where are they, and even they are probably not sinless... It's clear that I'm presenting the most radical spectrum of the moral imperative; there will also be those who only look at the map once — every other game, out of the corner of their eye, or through a reflection in a mirror...

In short, the gist of this rant is this:
There are moments when you need to act more decisively — if you will, act according to the code, to respond, so to speak..
More specifically — give him a "do what must be done, come what may", and if many AK members can't get rid of their, let's say, "softness" — let AK bow to the simple majority (then one wonders what's the point of AK as a kind of expert council of sages — should they just keep posting polls... ) and give a verdict of "acquitted due to lack of evidence" and, importantly, explain in detail that "lack of evidence" means the person is not fully exonerated at all — there simply wasn't enough proof...

But if not, well, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear...this will apply not only and not so much to AK, but to all of us, just so you know:)
P.S. The post was written to express my personal opinion; please just take my final and firm view of the situation into account. I won't argue with anyone here; if friends have clarifying questions, I'll try to find time and answer them in ICQ.

At your request, I will say one more time (for the last time) about Britva:
Britva cheats selectively — as I concluded from the last two games with him, where the level of his moves in the second game, in my firm belief, was an order of magnitude higher than the level of the first game — apparently I angered him with my disrespectful wine in the first game, where he deigned to play without using his "gift of vision"...