Strontium Dog, thanks for the input. I had considered you first two points before saying anything.
Regarding 1): I considered this, for sure, particularly with Jeremy. He often said he was working late shifts and most of his double-posts came in within two hours of midnight. Understandable. That could account for a couple of the double-posts if you say, plugged in a Pacific Time Zone, however, so only hold up under an Eastern Time Zone, and vice versa. But yes, I definitely considered this. Either way, it's definitely not 90 percent of them.
Regarding 2): I have previously and privately mentioned concern to Doctor Dew, and it was also briefly mentioned in the thread, but got overlooked.
I'm not defending my double-posting, intentional or not, but don't pretend like you just accidentially stumbled into this information and just wanted to kindly throw it up in the air for people.
Funny, because you made sure to start your essay off with, "Congratulations to the rightful winners!" Implying that Jeremy and I are not rightful winners. Secondly, you also flat-out state that our double-posts are a slight against Doctor Dew's generosity and every person who participated in this thread. How on Earth would that not tarnish our reputations?
Like Jeremy and I said before, this isn't worth losing integrity or our reputations. I apologize to every person who I may have offended in this thread.
In what way did I convey that I "accidentally stumbled upon" this information. I saw it happening throughout the thread and obviously went back to investigate...?
When I say "call someone out," I mean take a personal shot at them, not simply naming names. It's not as if my allegation is false. I'm not accusing you of dealing off the bottom of the deck after a fortuitous run across several poker games. I said you did something that's easily confirmed. It's not an attack on your character. It's simply, "Hey, this happened. Let's look at it."
Moving on, you once again read something I didn't write. Where did I "flat-out state" that you double-posts are slights against Doctor Dew. "Flat-out," where is it? That's a little funny, because again, what I originally pointed out is easily checked and verified. It's concrete. But you've fired back with your interpretation of what I said and are labeling it with a damning "flat-out."
As far as the "rightful" thing, well that's again your interpretation of words, but yes, maybe there's some word play there If you want to debate that issue as well, show me any contest where someone breaks the rules (intentional or not) and walks away having rightfully won.
Lastly, I'll address your reputation. I don't know what reputation you've built up on LRG, but I assure you this isn't affecting it. As I said in my original post, I imagine most people will view this as petty, which is fine, because AS I'VE SAID I simply wanted to point out this issue for discussion. That said, I don't think anyone is going to look at ole Mollusk's posts and tread lightly with you in the future. Honestly, I'd be surprised if many people are reading this thread at this point.
You quickly 180'd from your first humble, apologetic post to this accusatory tone. If you think I'm a loser for starting all of this, just say so. All I did was point something you did and made ZERO suggestion of your character nor any consequence of the situation. That's the fact, and you can re-read my posts to verify it, Draznar.
Edited by Mollusk, 03 August 2013 - 09:01 AM.