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Originally posted by chessumastahexa:
Hey cruel_knights,

I assume that English is not your first language and you haven't used the Internet before. Here are some guidelines to posting in a forum.

1. Be civil. Act as if you are speaking to the person face to face. Anonymity does not give you the freedom to be rude to other members.

2. Do not use all capital letters when typing in a forum. It's the equivalent of shouting and is also considered rude.

3. No one cares how experienced you are with Chessmaster. If a member wishes to say that he/she has had a problem with Chessmaster loading up Monopoly boards instead of a chess board, that is their prerogative. This is a public forum and people are well within their rights to air any concerns they might have.

4. You and ebutaljib may post often on this board, but quantity should not be confused with quality. Neither of you two have any special status in my eyes. You two are simply CMXI users just like the rest of us.

5. Don't act like you own the forum. It belongs to everyone here.

6. Take it easy.

Take care,

Reuben

Every point this gentleman made is valid CrUel_KNIGHTS. Absolutely valid.

Your response to Chessumastahexa was inappropriate, similar to many posts you have made on this forum, particularly those made when you were accused of being a thief (not theif).

Additionally, you said to Chessumastahexa:
"You have only wasted your time posting this. You have only 6 posts instead of filling that number with some more constructive threads or posts you are actually attacking me."

a) He did not wast his time in pointing out your rude and childish behavior.
b) Who are you to determine that his 6 posts are not constructive?
c) He did not attack you. He rightly pointed out all the flaws and inappropriate comments that you dared to make to a newbie.

You also said: "And since we know that better than most of the newbies who recently bought CM GM edition we are trying to guide them in the RIGHT direction, so that they do not have a wrong impression about the game such as castling bug, etc. I do apologies if I had been rude in anyway."

a) If you were trying to guide newbies, no one would know it from your response to syne7. It is obvious from his responses that you insulted him and hurt his feelings at best.
b) Your apology is shallow.

You also said: "Your made up guide lines does not apply to me because I didn't use all CAPS as you have mentioned I used a mixture between small and big. Cap locks are not always considered as shouting and if you could understand the point you won't be insulted by it, a bit more Maturity is required from you!"

a) Chesumastahexa did not make up anything, Anyone who has the experience you claim you do and/or has been on the internet for any amount of time knows that caps (all or some) are the equivalent of shouting.
b) The question of maturity is a moot point coming from you.

I suggest that you truly apologize to both mentioned above, without a long diatribe or invective, and vow not to reply to anyone in the manner used with syne7.

this is probably the only time i will agree with FH: nobody cares.

fact is, he was a little rude.. i think it's out of character. nothing wrong with pointing it out, but if the guy doesn't get it after a few explanations, then don't waste time. who cares.. you won't convince him, and he won't convince you.

just let it be.

too many fights around here.
wouldn't it be better if we all got along?