Ms. Villiers,

I don't know who you are. I don't know who Ray Gordon is. However, I
know some of the people you complained about personally. They've been
nothing but a class act. Most of us in this forum don't care about what
allegedly went on between you and others.

However, if a company made a decision to dismiss you or ban you,
whether it is wrong or right, that is between you and that company. You
claimed you had dinner with the owner. Obviously you have a good
relationship with him. If the owner agrees with the decision to dismiss
you (or ban you), isn't that his right?

It is obvious to all of us that he has the right to step in and correct
your complaint but he chose not to. It is also obvious to many of us
that you must have done something very bad to warrant this decision
directly from the owner. And lastly, if the owner himself made a post
discrediting your story, most of us have to believe that it was the
owner who was on top of things and made that decision himself.

Again, all problems point back to you and the owner. My daughter and
son play on your server for nearly 2 years although they are not that
good. We have met many of the people you insulted in various events. We
even met the head admin and some of the senior admins in the past two
years and they were all very kind to us, contrary to what you and 2-3
other people have claimed. My children only play at night so I don't
remember seeing you online.

I also can't believe that the people you accused responded to you. I
think it's some trolls wanting to drive you crazy. AOL has over 30
million members. Other ISPs would have unique IP but not AOL. People in
the same region would have the same regional IPs with AOL. I am
absolutely positive about this because I used to work for AOL. I don't
anymore but I highly doubt that they changed this in the past 6 months.

What I don't like is you and a few others seem to take personal
conversations and information about people and spread it over the
internet. You used the privilege that you had with the company to
betray members and staff. None of us even know if what you wrote is
true or not. It is not nice regardless if your story is true or not. If
my children said something bad on the server, I wouldn't want you to
post it here. That is very unprofessional. I think you have complained
enough about the same issue. Can we get back to real chess issues
instead of continuing to vent personal vendetta? I agree with some
others here. I don't care who is wrong or right. I think it is time
to stop and be civilized.

Thank you.
Maria Perez
Chess Mom