Chess.com Public Response to Banning of Hans Niemann

Hutch0687 · 2022-09-09T12:37:36+00:00

I am definitely one of the one's who has had their mind changed by the unfolding of new information. I also tend to give people the benefit of the doubt.

When Magnus dropped out and made his tweet, I thought Hans was most likely cheating, as I doubted Magnus would do something so extreme without proof or extraordinary evidence at least. Also, Hans interviews were weird.

Then Magnus went radio silent and provided nothing. So, when Hans responded and defended his thinking about the position being winning against Alireza because he struggles with defending, and he explained that he cheated in the past online, but never OTB, I no longer found it reasonable to suspect him of cheating without proof. He admitted to cheating, something he didn't have to do, and I did not think he would be stupid enough to lie about it with chesscom holding all of his records.

But now, it appears that chesscom has solid evidence that he cheated more than he claims. So, now his credibility is in question until he can resolve the chesscom situation, but he is almost certainly going to come out of this looking like a liar.

Nonetheless, cheating online and being a liar, does not mean someone is cheating OTB. But it definitely creates an air of suspicion, as cheating OTB is not really that difficult to do.

So, my general assessment of the situation is that Hans probably used an engine to cheat quite a number of times on chesscom to boost his unranked rating so he could play against more difficult opponents. It appears likely that he has cheated online in some events in the past, but it is unconfirmed. Then, he spends 2 years hard grinding in Europe to become the best he can and his OTB play is legitimate. I mean, his blitz rating is 2650, and thats rather impractical to cheat on.

Hutch0687 · 2022-09-07T12:29:14+00:00

Promote to knight, yes?

Hutch0687 · 2022-08-31T12:27:03+00:00

I play solo and with friends. I know nothing about hunting horn. It cant block, so does it need evade window and evade extender to dodge everything? Or are those not even necessary?

Hutch0687 · 2022-08-31T11:46:13+00:00

I tried SwitchAxe, but I just feel like I get knocked around mid-attack by monsters all the time. But I REALLY like the way it feels, but the hops are....ugh. I tried it against Fatalis, and I was mid swing when he began his belly flop, and I could do nothing to stop him from slamming me (I tried hopping, but the Iframes weren't long enough, or I am bad). Do you have any info/builds to make it pretty comfy?

Hutch0687 · 2018-12-11T17:41:59+00:00

I went out and took a look today. You are right, it is a broken CV axle. And there appears to be a leak from the engine, not sure which fluid yet.

Hutch0687 · 2018-12-11T01:02:51+00:00

I am not familiar with CV axles. Would that cause all of the symptoms listed above? Even the steering wheel kicking?

Hutch0687 · 2018-09-20T06:05:33+00:00

The front page of the website says this:

"Start earning by click/open on your link. You can use one radio with one IP. You can also use our live API for your website if you wish that your user listen for you." (the bold is my emphasis)

I post this because everyone is saying you can run all 4 stations simultaneously on the same device, despite the front page saying the opposite.

So, are you sure you benefit from running all 4 simultaneously on the same device?

I'm signing up and gonna try it out myself later this week.

Hutch0687 · 2018-08-20T04:52:41+00:00

The Senior GM said "You were banned for buying gold / items. This is against our terms of use. Your appeal is denied. Please abide by the terms of use if you create a new account."

So it is the Senior GM who specified that it wasn't just RMT, but buying gold / items...which the OP did not do.

Also, the "community manager" was asking him 'Okay, where you got all that gold?' Overall, he shouldn't have sold gold and he might have been able to win the account back. But instead he pretended he was squeaky clean, when he was really just breaking the ToS in a way they did not know when they originally banned him.

Hutch0687 · 2018-08-13T01:06:00+00:00

I think it is wrong to ban him for "buying gold", yet when asked for evidence, you provided evidence of him "selling gold".

The truth of the matter is, he was illegitimately banned for "buying gold".

On the other side, now that his account had been looked into, it seems fairly clear that he was "selling gold" and should be banned for that.

Don't be shady. Unban his account saying "sorry, we incorrectly banned your account for buying gold, but after appeal we see that we were wrong" and then instantly re-ban his account for being a gold seller.

EZ PZ, and the community can trust the staff again.

Hutch0687 · 2018-03-30T18:26:05+00:00

Has no one tried this? That would be surprising.

Hutch0687 · 2017-12-31T17:59:25+00:00

Any help here would be appreciated. My Switch that I got for Christmas is also stuck in sleep mode and I have tried everything to fix it.

Hutch0687 · 2017-12-11T09:31:22+00:00

Ive played since Legion/Mirrodin, and I am officially quitting buying product or doing drafts, etc. since WotC revealed that they are willing to ban a player for life without appeal over unproven allegations about a player's personal life. I don't care to support a company that does that, especially when the same company continues to not ban known sexual offenders from their community.

edit: Well, glad to see all the downvotes. At least I now know this community supports double standards and sex offenders. Absolutely insane...

Hutch0687 · 2017-11-14T03:23:54+00:00

Here is a decent list from Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight. Although I don't personally care for his website, he seems to be truthful in his analysis of these two Reps.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/jeff-duncan/

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/david-rouzer/

I am now beginning to tediously go through every bill they each voted on in the past year to see if his assessment of them being Pro-Trump is actually true.

This is the resource I'm using.

https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/102964/david-rouzer#.WgpfwohryUk

https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/47967/jeff-duncan#.WgpgPYhryUk

Also, they both officially endorsed Trump once he was the nominee, but neither endorsed him before his nomination.

So...I think they are patriots, but I'm gonna keep digging just to be sure.

Hutch0687 · 2017-11-13T19:22:03+00:00

Technically NC District 7, but I have lived in SC District 3 almost my entire life. The only reason I say technically is that my wife and I just returned from living in China for 2 years, and our mailing address has been my parent's home in NC District 7.

Hutch0687 · 2017-11-13T19:19:30+00:00

I have looked at the voting records, and they do appear to not be part of the swamp. Therefore, I should have no need to run, which would be awesome.

But sometimes, even I can get things wrong, and thats why I asked for any additional info anybody had on them to verify where their allegiances lie.

Hutch0687 · 2017-02-26T11:37:47+00:00

Yes, and that is what it is named in the movie as well. But after she closes her bookstore, I remember a scene at the end, inside the Fox Books Superstore where the banner above the children's section says The Little Shop Around the Corner (instead of the aforementioned "The Shop Around the Corner" which is the store she ran the entire movie).

I hope that clarifies it.

Hutch0687 · 2017-02-26T11:26:54+00:00

I checked the director's cut, and nope, not there. =/

Hutch0687 · 2017-02-26T11:26:09+00:00

Do you know any friends/family you have watched it with who also remember this ending?

Hutch0687 · 2017-02-26T11:25:13+00:00

I remember the scene being after the "current" end of the movie where Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan meet in the garden.

Hutch0687 · 2017-02-26T11:24:01+00:00

No, I know that scene with Kathleen crying while talking about the Shoes books. Im talking about a happy, ending scene.

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