Quote from: 1miau on Today at 02:09:51 AM

All of my giveaways will be paid out as planned. I'll publicly announce the winners when the giveaways will conclude.

Unlike him, you have shown integrity by acting reasonably. I'm glad that's the case. You still need to try to ignore the trolls, who couldn't wait for the chance to crucify someone with authority.

Quote from: yahoo62278 on Today at 05:19:56 AM

When someone opens a thread and offers to sponsor a contest, they should just send those funds to someone to hold and consider them gone. There's no reason for them to be able to back out then. Look at all the merits folks gain by hosting contests and such. Building reputation and using it to their advantage, but when shit hits the fan they change their name and kill the contests then try to fade away.

Totally unacceptable IMO.

He did not open that thread, nor is he the initiator of the contest, but Halab. Ratimov later got involved with sponsorship, Even without his sponsorship, there was prize money.
Certainly, everything he has done lately shows a really bad character.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on Today at 01:08:36 PM

Hold on, what just happened? How did Ratimov manage to pull off a username change?

It is possible to change the username if there are valid reasons for it. It was discussed after the post you quoted.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on Today at 01:08:36 PM

Absolutely mind-blowing! Hats off to Ratimov, seriously well played.

Are you being sarcastic here?
If you pay a little more attention to all his steps and how it was seen by the other members of the forum, you will understand that it was not exactly played the best by Ratimov, on the contrary, it's almost disastrous.