Profile of MajorBloodnok

You guys are trying to save these horrible maps instead pick new ones from the community or other unused Relic maps.

This is not being done in the interest of the community. I dont know whats the agenda on that.


Totally disappointing.

Harsh!

Rzhev is a fun map, and if the Mappers can make it more balanced, then so much the better, surely?

There are 2 issues here, which are separate :

1) Kimbo and GCS2. That debate is led by A_E

2) Moderation on COH2.ORG. This is not debatable. If any poster has an issue with moderation, they are welcome to PM the Director of Moderation, or a Blue Moderator.

I will say that we are considering all the available evidence about Flap - I am quite satisfied that as at last night, it was perfectly in order to view Flap as a 'sleeper account'. Basically, he never posted here, after registering in November 2016. As you will know, we have many posters who attempt smurf accounts. Now, we have to decide if the Flap account here is a genuine poster in his own right, and not an account being misused by Kimbo, a known troll.

After the episode of Hector and his 'brother' (who did not exist), you will have to permit us some leeway, while we make further investigation.

I am genuinely sorry if some people like Hector have spoilt it for others here, by their deceit and lies. But I hope you can see how trolls are to be despised, because they ruin it for others and cause us enormous headaches.

We will seek to make a decision asap

3pm Central american time = 21:00hrs BST = 22:00hrs CEST

Just out of curiosity and being overall lazy to look things up, is there a special recent reason brits are denying russian visa's currently? Or is it just old Cold War era paranoia.

This takes us into current politics, which is best avoided.

However, in brief, if you are really not aware:

1) in early March, there was a nerve gas attack (Novochok) in a city in UK, against an ex-Russian intelligence colonel and his daughter (who was visiting her father from Russia). Novochok is a nerve agent which was created in Soviet Russia.

2) This attack follows other attacks on mostly Russian emigres in UK. http://time.com/5187333/sergei-skripal-russian-assassinations-uk/

3) London is currently considered to be the money-laundering capital of the world, and a lot of 'dirty' Russian money is involved in that. London is under pressure to clean up.

4) The UK Immigration Department is generally considered to be not fit for purpose. The admin staff follow directives slavishly. e.g. google the "Windrush Scandal".

5) Google 'Brexit and Eastern Europeans"

In all the circumstances above, I am surprised that the rejection of visas for Russians is as low as 60%. You have to bear in mind that any application for a visa is accompanied by payment of a fee. If the application fails, the fee is lost. Make a mistake on the application, and in a strict visa regime, that will be fatal. You can of course reapply, but you have to pay again.

The UK government is currently putting heavy pressure on Pres. Putin and his allies - and if the visa system can be manipulated to cause disruption and make Russians question why things are as difficult as they are, it is part of a common purpose. i.e. to discredit the Russian regime. Unless I am incorrect, the Russian owner of Chelsea FC was recently refused a visa renewal.

I am also sorry for Noggano - but he is a pawn in a much, much larger game.

This goes far beyond 'cold war paranoia'