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Lepton
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:04 am    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote

Hi friends,

Antrax was able to do a query to give a chronological list of the users who voted in the Jesus/Hitler poll. The following set of usernames -- in chronological order -- was particularly striking:

GL database wrote:
...a bunch of regulars...
"Intercom"
"Scum"
"Mr. Account"
"Gaggle atkin"
"Western Amb"
"Teacakes"
"cartman"
"TRanscience"
"Daisy"
"Mrs. Wuggles"
"ENN578"
"MNOWAX"
"safarisam"
---at this point, Aug. 11 at 8pm, the vote had jumped significantly to 18-17 for Hitler---
"Zag"
"˝wit"
"H)und"
"Shadowpuppet"
"AZu"
"L'lanmal"


Several of those usernames were newly-registered.
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safarisam 11 Aug 2008
ENN578 11 Aug 2008
Mrs. Wuggles 11 Aug 2008
Daisy 11 Aug 2008
TRanscience 11 Aug 2008
cartman 11 Aug 2008
Teacakes 11 Aug 2008


I am deeply concerned, and I would like to hear from MNOWAX, Amb, and anyone else who may have voted more than once: is this the level of sincerity with which you participate in the Visitor Games and Mafia Games forums?


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groza528
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:49 am    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote

Call me a n00b, but why MNOWAX? I wasn't aware he had any aliases, and I don't recognize any of the names on that list as his. Are you sure you didn't mean TGC?
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.



PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:46 am    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote

Someone emailled me to tell me this was here. Otherwise I didnt have any intention to read it since it didnt affect me. My younger brother has access to the old shrapnel accounts of mine which I don't seriously use and I didnt think he really used either. I will check with him when I get home tonight. Highly likely it was him. I will change the passwords anyway once I get home. Most of the accounts can be scrapped - although one in particular I want to keep.

Intercom and H(und are accounts that I gave away. Intercom was given to the great creper about 3-4 days ago.
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Undercover Monk
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:58 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote

Scum could easily have been anyone who was in KHAV. Not just MNOWAX I still have that one and use it for jokes but this was beyond ridiculous. and Western Amb is definately TGC. People this isnt funny.
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot



PostPosted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:50 pm    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote

While I don't know enough to vouch for MNOWAX's scruples, I'll vouch for his intelligence. I don't think he is stupid enough to vote with his real account in the middle of creating fake accounts to vote with.

I see two ways that someone might do this. Either it would be based on some anti-Christian rage or someone thinking that it would be funny. Either way, I believe the person would have voted with his own account before thinking of this "clever" ploy.
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MTGAP
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:07 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote

Zag wrote:
it would be based on some anti-Christian rage or ...

But the person who voted 6 times voted for Jesus.
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groza528
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:11 am    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote

But the person who voted *eight* times voted for Hitler. Sorry MT, doesn't fly Revenge most foul!
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot



PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:50 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote

MTGAP wrote:
Zag wrote:
it would be based on some anti-Christian rage or ...

But the person who voted 6 times voted for Jesus.

Well, pro-Christian rage is pretty common (contrary to all common sense).
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MTGAP
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:09 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote

groza528 wrote:
But the person who voted *eight* times voted for Hitler. Sorry MT, doesn't fly Revenge most foul!

Oh, I thought we were talking about the six votes for Jesus. Embarassed I was hoping that maybe Hitler would win.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:24 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote

Anyone know which way Cre'per was voting by the way? If he was voting for Jesus then it's possible all the multi-voting just about canceled.
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Antrax
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:18 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote

It's impossible to know who voted for what - that information isn't stored in the database.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:21 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote

Right, and I agree that it shouldn't be, but that doesn't mean Crep'er hasn't expressed a public opinion one way or the other.
Not that important really, I was just curious how much of this brouhaha actually affected the poll outcome.
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MNOWAX
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:14 am    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote

Crep'er has the scum account, plus western amb was his account. my alais was Newb amb

Lepton, i believe that the statement is unwarranted, and i take high offense to that. Firstly, its a damn poll tournament. I understand that multiple votes is bad, but to basically call me a cheater, with no evidence, makes me look bad. I voted once.

Secondly, its Jesus versus Hitler whoopie. whoever did do this needs to grow up. Jesus was a jew. Hitler hated jews. He probably would have killed Jesus. Now everyone is going to send me hate mail. Does it matter? History is history.

meh i jsut think it is insulting in regards to the VG and mafia. I feel it is an insult to call me out like that and cahllenge my ethics like that. Lepton, you barely know me, how does that give you the right to put that?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:17 am    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote

1. i'm sorry you feel wrongly accused. my take: the timing of your vote happened to be in between that of some questionable ones, and there was little else for Lepton to go on. .the statement that mentioned your name at least used "may" and "anyone else"...i would agree that the statement about mafia and VG was unnecessary, and pointed more to you and/or amb.

2. on that note, it seems from your post (and Lepton's) that mafia and visitor games should have a higher standard for integrity than the poll tournaments. can anyone explain this?

3. I came to the same conclusion as Zag pretty quickly. seemed like you'd have to be pretty stupid to create a bunch of fake accounts for multiple votes, and vote with your real user name right in the middle of the cluster, after amb's post, TGC or amb's brother seemed like the only real suspects to me.

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Jesus was a jew. Hitler hated jews. He probably would have killed Jesus. Now everyone is going to send me hate mail. Does it matter? History is history.

was this your logic in voting? if so, wow! seems like hitler might beat anybody else on the list, but imo, stalin deserves consideration.
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MNOWAX
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote

2: i don'believe that there is a higher standard, in fact they are the same standards in my mind. i am just saying in general were here as a social community, and not a high powered balls to the wall gaming site.

4:no that wasn't my criteria i was just tryin to get some shcok value. I voted for hitler, mainly because his name i believe will be remembered like Caesar, or Gengis Khan, whereas if christianity dies out, he will be nothing more than a symbol of christianity, and not really remembered.
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Zag
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:59 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote

MNOWAX wrote:
I voted for hitler, mainly because his name i believe will be remembered like Caesar, or Gengis Khan, whereas if christianity dies out, he will be nothing more than a symbol of christianity, and not really remembered.

This strikes me as pretty twisted logic. If you want to shoot for the most people killed in a person's name, Jesus still wins by a long shot. Certainly the followers of Jesus ruled more and longer than the followers of Hitler, Caesar, and Khan put together.

Even if I accept your premise that Christianity could die out while history remained intact, I think the effect of Christianity on history will still be remembered long after the effect of Hitler will be. After all, it, umm, actually had a lasting effect.

Anyway, I stand by my opinion that it was improper for Lepton to have accused you. That is to say, your opinions might be idiotic, but your strategy wouldn't be. Enthusiastic Grin
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casinopete
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:54 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote

Zag wrote:
This strikes me as pretty twisted logic. If you want to shoot for the most people killed in a person's name, Jesus still wins by a long shot.

This strikes me as a pretty unfair characterization of what MNOWAX is saying. It would be much closer to say he's shooting for the most people killed due to direct orders given by a person, and Hitler does outweigh Jesus pretty heavily there.

Zag wrote:
Certainly the followers of Jesus ruled more and longer than the followers of Hitler, Caesar, and Khan put together.

And I think this might be almost irrelevant, because political ruling doesn't really have much to do with following Jesus, at least according to the man himself: "Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:25-28)

...

None of this means I agree with Hitler being great, of course. He had a fair bit of political savvy, and some inexplicably effective speaking skills, but the things he did...? Starting wars is not great. Ordering genocide is not great. There are millions of twisted fucks who could and would give similar orders from similar positions of power.

Compare this to the number of people who could fill Newton's shoes, or Shakespeare's, or Beethoven's. Or more directly applicable, compare it to what Jesus did. Can anyone really dismiss the difficulty or sheer unlikelihood involved in inspiring thousands of people to start a religion whose basic tenet is to devote yourself to loving your neighbor as yourself oh-and-by-the-way-love-your-enemies-too?

One can argue that Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, or MLK might be comparable, but that's a very significant "might," and anyway, we'd already be discussing a pretty select company, wouldn't we?

...

Also, you're all wrong. It's Muhammad Ali.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:58 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote

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Can anyone really dismiss the difficulty or sheer unlikelihood involved in inspiring thousands of people to start a religion whose basic tenet is to devote yourself to loving your neighbor as yourself oh-and-by-the-way-love-your-enemies-too?

Jesus was just yet another of thousands of self-announced messiahs. He just got adopted by later Christianity, since he died a "political rebel's" death on the cross.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:15 pm    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote

Please don't argue about weather or not it is right to vote for Jesus or Hitler in this thread. Go to the thread with the original poll for that.

I believe the entire list should have been published but either way I recognize a large number of account that TGC control in the first group (Intercom to Western Amb).
I don't recognize Teacakes to safarisam (except MNOWAX who I don't believe is involved with this)
˝wit, H)und, and Shadowpuppet are alternate accounts. Zag AZu and L'lanmal are unique members.
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Duke Gnome
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:20 am    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote

Heh. I was the first one to point out the vote disCrep'ency. Even at that time, I was thinking if I had to guess who was responsible there was only one name that stood out.
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