Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 05:30:41 PM

As for Simwhatshername (can't be bothered to remember how many Ms and Ys there are, sorry)

LOL!

Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 05:30:41 PM

I find OP's observations quite interesting and credible, and considering the password change I'd say ownership change is likely to have happened.

Let's put things in this light: if you ever would want to sell your account, how would you proceed, taking into account also a shady past like Ratimov's? Well I, if I were him, first of all I'd want to get rid of any plagiarism evidence. So I'd delete all the posts which may still contain such evidence. In fact, I already anticipated that here:

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on November 06, 2023, 05:58:26 PM

I am almost sure he deleted all his posts starting with "In this article I would like to touch upon such a theme [...]".

Then we have also Loyce's discovery:

Quote from: LoyceV on October 26, 2023, 09:37:36 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on October 25, 2023, 11:33:39 AM

I checked: in those 58 topics, he earned 202 Merits.

Update: modlog now shows 78 deleted topics, in which Ratimov earned 369 Merits.

Then he also deleted a post where he admitted in plain sight that 90% of his content is plagiarism:

Quote from: GazetaBitcoin on November 06, 2023, 05:58:26 PM

For instance, this post:

Quote from: airfinex on December 05, 2020, 08:10:35 PM

Quoting for historical reference and take a look at messages at numbers 33, 101, 108, 115.

Quote from: Ratimov on December 08, 2020, 11:31:09 AM

Here, really original content, maybe 10%, the rest is all a copy-paste of finished materials or partial use of someone else's material.

quoted by me in OP and quoted also years ago by airfinex in the topic where he exposed Ratimov's plagiarism -- is now gone.

So this point is Checked.

Then, for "clearing" the account even more, I'd also apply for a name change. This did not depend only on him, but theymos was generous so we can say this step was also Checked..

I'd eliminate any negative feedbacks I left in the past, thus there would be low chances for other rants to appear to my "new" account and jeopardize a possible deal with a customer, which may not be interested om an account involved in accusations, beefs with other users etc. Checked.

I'd be mostly inactive for avoiding other conflicts or, if I needed to be a bit active I'd remain inside my local board, where less people would see what I'm doing. Checked.

I'd cancel any sponsorship, as no potential client for my account would be interested in buying the account with a debt of 0.0435 BTC. Checked.

I'd change my username and password. Checked.

Eventually, I'd also enroll in a better paying campaign, thus the account would look even more appealing for being bought. Checked.

What's there more to say? Ratimov Symmetrick checked all the above criteria, which are common sense for someone trying to obtain a very good price for his account. Let's not forget, this not an ordinary Legendary account, but fourth most merited account on the forum. (Of course, a client would never be informed that those merits were made in thousands by copy-paste and plagiarism, but that's another discussion.)