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When I started looking at sites where Jason had "hit" I realized I was far from being the only one who had a particularly unpleasant encounter with this individual.
He has an interesting tactic, he hauls out all the big guns, fires some seriously charged volleys, hitting everything and everyone and when you counter with some humour or questions he just disappears.
I reckon the idea is to show that he has some intellect but doesn't want to pursue a thread in the event that he might just be beaten in the next round.
What bothers me is the unwarranted volatility with which he attacks people on a personal level.
His last appearance was on facebook with a group called "chess openings" amongst others ... be warned .. this dude is still lurking!
Any ideas on how to deal with this type of online unpleasantness and NOT propagate the idea that online chess afficionados are all jerks?
Kind regards
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darth-tx, welcome to the forum
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Hello,
I recently encountered Jason Repa on facebook, and he's up to more of the same.
It looks to me like he spends an inordinate amount of time thinking up personal attacks against strangers. As a chess-playing Canadian I can't stand the thought of him spouting off to people at random all over the world. I feel ashamed for both chess players and Canadians in general that this man exists.
I know this is an old topic, and most of the other threads have been locked, but this person is still very active in the chess community.
I'm almost convinced now that he's a legitimate sociopath, and the more people that know about him before they have the misfortune of actually meeting him, the better.
Thanks.
Paul
PS I could post the entertaining exchange we had on facebook, if anyone's interested, but I doubt anyone is. Most of his posts are boilerplate anyway - I read some of his stuff here on chesscircle and although I didn't explicitly compare, some of his insults appear to be the same, word for word - I don't think it matters who he's talking to; personal attacks are the default behaviour with him.<br><br>Post edited by: pabrams, at: 2008/05/27 22:33
Pabrams, this is the wrong attitude
Nobody is responsible for another man's actions just because he is countryman of yours (or of whoever). There are bad apples everywhere under everything in life. It's just the way it isI feel ashamed for both chess players and Canadians in general that this man exists.
Bad apples, yes, but not like this guy... I've been participating in forums since before the internet existed, and I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of trolls, but I've never met anyone like Jason Repa.
But okay, maybe it's the wrong attitude.
Sure. But that doesn't mean you have to feel ashamed because he is Canadian.
Perhaps ashamed was the wrong word. How about dismayed?
sounds a lot better
I found it rather amusing when he started flaming FICS on one of the usenet groups and I invited him to play at FICS to see if it was as weak as he claimed:
finger saddamsays
Finger of SaddamSays:
Last disconnected: Sun Jun 4, 21:54 PDT 2006
rating RD win loss draw total best
Blitz 1669 221.7 6 6 0 12
finger myjihad
Finger of MyJihad:
Last disconnected: Thu Jun 1, 21:17 PDT 2006
rating RD win loss draw total best
Blitz 1834 198.3 93 73 14 180 2038 (22-May-2006)
He created a few other accounts at FICS, and constantly got 'schooled', so he quit playing there. It was obvious that his mouth and ego are way bigger than his chess talent.
"finger MyJihad"??????
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