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Mass Collusion in the Trial Leagues and the Dummy13 Account

April 29, 2009 at 06:32PM View BBCode

This guy is back:

http://www.simdynasty.com/oldforum-viewthread.jsp?tid=213108

I've replaced him in 62 leagues.

If you see the Dummy13 screen name in your league, that means this guy was in your league.

I will be adding more to that list shortly. If you notice any lopsided trades between his teams, please notify us so we can undo it.

This time around I'll just put the person lodging the complaint in charge of the team(s) so they can reverse the trades themselves.

Tyson

[Edited on 4-29-2009 by Admin]

[Edited on 4-29-2009 by Admin]
DwightKSchrute

April 29, 2009 at 06:35PM View BBCode

dude needs a life
Admin

April 29, 2009 at 06:43PM View BBCode

If you are a lawyer and would like to help us take this individual to court, please contact me. This has been going on for like 4 years now and we've about had enough.

Tyson
Admin

April 29, 2009 at 06:57PM View BBCode

Ok, here's the complete list. There were a total of 62 teams removed:

"ted101",
"ted102",
"ted103",
"ted104",
"driver101",
"driver102",
"driver103",
"maddox9",
"maddox8",
"maddox7",
"albo103",
"albo102",
"albo101",
"driver104",
"chales11",
"chales22",
"chales33",
"chales44",
"cascade11",
"anchorway",
"bonnylake1",
"torrez111",
"pawlak11",
"pawlak22",
"leela",
"portland",
"pawsoxman",
"baloon102",
"doneit1",
"shilo7",
"shilo44",
"maddox6",
"gold",
"zerro",
"shilo",
"lonborgman",
"baloon112",
"pawlak333",
"shilo33",
"shilo9",
"baloon105",
"spark22",
"hudson70",
"hudson69",
"sync001",
"accu00",
"booker12",
"shilo2",
"Kestrel69",
"freeride",
"privamac",
"meanmac",
"birchfields",
"dcuban69",
"hudson78",
"buzzcarl",
"lowell1",
"fireball01",
"penaman",
"troy22",
"gloss101",
"cellars",
"toku",
"pridemo",
"turion1",
"jazzman22",
"taskpro",
"terryman",
"carlton1",
"bryson22",
"chefgab",
"seasonfull",
"barkin22",
"jet212",
"sinbad1",
"rarom1",

Tyson
khazim

April 29, 2009 at 07:19PM View BBCode

poor guy should really write down his user ids and passwords.
celamantia

April 29, 2009 at 08:42PM View BBCode

Is there any sign he is creating these accounts automatically, like them all being created within seconds of each other? Do we need to add a CAPTCHA to the account creation code?
Admin

April 29, 2009 at 08:46PM View BBCode

No, I don't think he creates them automatically. There are probably only 100-200 accounts in the system created by him. If he had a script, I would expect a lot more.

I'm working with my hosting company to ban more of his IP addresses, and I'm working on better ways to detect when he has joined a league.

Tyson
Benne

May 01, 2009 at 06:16AM View BBCode

Is it that DocVino guy again? This is seriously getting ridiculous.
Admin

May 01, 2009 at 02:24PM View BBCode

Yeah, I think it is the same guy.

Tyson
todd999430

May 02, 2009 at 04:24PM View BBCode

"buzzcarl"


It could be Carl from Canada. I knew there was something fishy about him.

Legally speaking, I'm not sure you'd have a claim (lack of significant damages - unless you could prove that this individual took up significant resources of your time or discouraged other owners from participating... for "significant" I'm talking thousands of hours and for owners not playing bc of him, I'm talking specific examples of people that refused to play solely because of him... and that would be quite difficult to find these people and even harder to prove).

Sadly, the law hasn't caught up to the Internet just yet. I'll do some research and find out if there's a valid claim here.
barterer2002

May 02, 2009 at 04:26PM View BBCode

harassment Todd, look under harassment.
shutout1277

May 02, 2009 at 04:50PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Admin
Yeah, I think it is the same guy.

Tyson


Doc Vino? Christ, I remember trying to locate this guy for you a few years ago. To echo Dwight, he really needs to get a life.
todd999430

May 02, 2009 at 06:49PM View BBCode

Originally posted by barterer2002
harassment Todd, look under harassment.


I don't think it would fit, Bart... as much as we'd like to squeeze that square peg into the round hole, it won't fit.

At the end of the day, you're going to need some evidence of damages... and I'm not sure Tyson would be able to measure them accurately.

Not only that, the actions would have to be "severely offensive" and I doubt these actions, which are annoying and disturbing, fall under that category...

Just saying. Usually, a simple lawsuit would work. I doubt something like this would go to court. The other lawyer would tell his client to just settle and stay away from the site. It's like two to three "cease and desist" letters.

And because I'd wager that the other person with the multiple IDs is a kid/teenager/young adult, the letter would be addressed to the parents and it would shock them quite well. :)

T
Benne

May 03, 2009 at 02:50AM View BBCode

Originally posted by Admin
Yeah, I think it is the same guy.

Tyson




Makes me wonder what kind of vendetta he has against this site.





I'm no legal expert, but if you could track down his address, I think the least you could do right now is have a lawyer write up a "cease and desist" letter, but I really have no idea how these things go, especially on the Internet.


At the very least, I would recommend talking to a lawyer and finding out what you can do about this.
carlthegreat

May 04, 2009 at 10:46PM View BBCode

Originally posted by todd999430
"buzzcarl"


It could be Carl from Canada. I knew there was something fishy about him.

Legally speaking, I'm not sure you'd have a claim (lack of significant damages - unless you could prove that this individual took up significant resources of your time or discouraged other owners from participating... for "significant" I'm talking thousands of hours and for owners not playing bc of him, I'm talking specific examples of people that refused to play solely because of him... and that would be quite difficult to find these people and even harder to prove).

Sadly, the law hasn't caught up to the Internet just yet. I'll do some research and find out if there's a valid claim here.


Go to the hell Todd
DwightKSchrute

May 05, 2009 at 12:24AM View BBCode

If we had his address he might find a dead horse in his bed.
todd999430

May 05, 2009 at 05:06AM View BBCode

Originally posted by carlthegreat
Originally posted by todd999430
"buzzcarl"


It could be Carl from Canada. I knew there was something fishy about him.

Legally speaking, I'm not sure you'd have a claim (lack of significant damages - unless you could prove that this individual took up significant resources of your time or discouraged other owners from participating... for "significant" I'm talking thousands of hours and for owners not playing bc of him, I'm talking specific examples of people that refused to play solely because of him... and that would be quite difficult to find these people and even harder to prove).

Sadly, the law hasn't caught up to the Internet just yet. I'll do some research and find out if there's a valid claim here.


Go to the hell Todd


denial just makes you a suspect, Carl.
todd999430

May 05, 2009 at 05:07AM View BBCode

Originally posted by DwightKSchrute
If we had his address he might find a dead horse in his bed.



nah, lost cause.

find a lawyer, send a letter, see what happens.
Admin

January 05, 2010 at 09:01PM View BBCode

This individual has returned. We have removed them (biggig) from the site and dummy20 will now manage all their teams. About 50 in total.

Tyson
dirtdevil

January 05, 2010 at 09:08PM View BBCode

some people have too much time on their hands.
Admin

January 05, 2010 at 11:30PM View BBCode

Here is the blog and homepage of the guy who is doing this:

http://havewinewilltravelradio.blogspot.com/

http://finewinesproductions.com/

Tyson
ram9198

January 06, 2010 at 02:08PM View BBCode

I suspected this guy, biggig, quite a while ago for several reasons:

1) His U2U messages to me. Nothing incriminating but he set off my professional radar that alerts me when I deal with scam artists

2) I was in several of the same leagues as him and all his trades were borderline one sided. I thought he was being careful not to make them so one sided (like in the past) that he'd be reported and it was always interleague trades

I didn't report him because I had no proof but I am not surprised that he is finally outed.
happy

January 06, 2010 at 05:55PM View BBCode

his favorite book is the bible.
happy

January 06, 2010 at 05:56PM View BBCode

I think im going to try to figure out his phone number.

(im at work, and I dont think Doc Cummings is going to do very well in google.)

[Edited on 1-6-2010 by happy]
tworoosters

January 06, 2010 at 06:54PM View BBCode

Originally posted by Admin
Here is the blog and homepage of the guy who is doing this:

http://havewinewilltravelradio.blogspot.com/

http://finewinesproductions.com/

Tyson


Have you contacted him to find out why he keeps doing this ?

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