Not such an easy vote <OhioCluelessFan>

<And I am certain I wouldn't be the only one to cast that vote. His incredible coarseness and vulgarity and chiding and hypcocrisy and what have you are off the rails. I see a disconnect there, in that he apparently doesn't recognize how awful his behavior has been the last couple of years> Show me some examples where I have attacked people vs defending myself and or simply being critical of your precious pathetic puns

<To have a person like that going around and pushing buttons and blowing the whistle against people who are philosophically opposed to blowing the whistle is beyond infuriating> This qualifies for the dumbest comment of the year. Following <CG>'s rules and blowing the whistle against rule breakers is hardly "infuriating". The problem here is <OhioCluelessFan> has a grudge against me for attacking puns, which is far different from attacking people. Case closed on this one

<What exactly is one to do? IMHO, he's a punk who purposely provokes people, and when they respond 1/10th as much in kind as he provokes, he runs and tells> Sorry, <Clueless> I am no punk and I do not purposely provoke people. The person you describe perfectly fits the description of <john barleycorn>. Just shut up already, you are the one who is clearly the hypocrite, not me. Because you are a chronic hypocrite, you have no credibility and thus, you are irrelevant

I stand by my friends because I have high morals. You are a two-faced back-stabbing m____r f____r who has no morals

I feel sorry for those individuals who consider you a friend

<...to go after him and blow the whistle on his horrible posts> Nice try <OhioCluelessFan> you really do live in La La land

All this from a non-paying, non-premium member, a low life cheap skate, our highly esteemed <john barleycorn>

<Dear Chessgames.com Admin,

that's a pretty weak answer from the "new management". Just go ahead, take your time, and censor my "bio" by eliminating the notification of the previous CG management unless you change your current opinion.

Have a great weekend>

<Dear Chessgames user “john barleycorn”:

Your posting of my name without explicit authorization is a flagrant violation of one of our posting guidelines:

#5: No posting personal information of members.

This is a formal warning: please refrain from such obvious violations of the posting guidelines.

Additionally, the responses you receive from the current admin are considered private—intended for you personally—and should not be posted to the site. If this was not the Admin policy in the past, it is now. We have the ability to make public announcements when we so desire.

This is a transitional period within which nearly the entire community is grieving the sudden loss of Mr. Freeman, and it is not the appropriate time to “push the envelope”. Sincerely, Chessgames.com admin >

<Excuse me, but kindly stop your unsubstantiated crap. your <real> name and your cg name <sargon> have been made public before. and then if you want to censor me that is your decision. all fine and well. go, <sargon>, go but stop emailing me this kind of nonsense. >

<Greetings john barleycorn:

Despite the facts you cite above, *I* wish to retain a *measure* of anonymity by not having my name sprayed all over the place, especially when the posts are trollish in nature—as deemed by ME. It is MY prerogative when and where I decide that this has occurred.

Notwithstanding the fact that my name has been made public a few times, those who have mentioned it have done so with my implicit or explicit permission, and/or from entirely pure motives. You do not meet those criteria. Consequently, I reserve the right to enforce posting guideline #5 on my own behalf, so please be advised—don’t post my name again unless you meet the conditions above.

As I noted, such postings as the one you made, especially when personal information is *gratuitously* included, are a violation of Chessgames.com posting guideline #5, and will be enforced whenever the target of the post complains, and indeed perhaps in some cases where the Admin or Owners of this site deem it prudent.

Parenthetically, the posting guidelines will be updated VERY soon to include restrictions against any excessively antagonistic (trollish) behavior, the determination of which will of course be at the sole discretion of the management>

Judge for yourself

<john barleycorn> sadly tried to tie this into <CG>'s "standards" which are no more than enforcing the rules with a SOP, that is copying-pasting the post in question so the person knows what the posting suspension is for.

"Standards" only apply here to <john barleycorn>'s incredibly low standards

best always, morf

This is a perfect example why <OhioChessFan> should be banned from this site.>

Heh, heh, sounds like <Count Wedgemore:> was correct!

Again can you address this <CG> please ?

Can you REINSTATE <Bigpawn> please ?

Hey, why don't we ban everyone?>

Nobody is getting banned. Relax.>

<https://theyellowbrickroadfreeblog....>

But, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. My own mother was long retired at age 70, which makes me wonder about the <susan Freeman> account....

As I said, let's give you the benefit of the doubt.

Bless your heart, that's so touching, it's the pants!

Ah, the jig is up! And here I thought <Annie K.> had you pegged.

So, you must not believe in evolution then.>