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Cheater Alert…

Just FYI - I went to a draft yesterday and caught John Kopplin cheating.  Blake Billingslea (sp?) told me to watch, as after we were done drafting our cards, he would go to the bathroom.  He did, and the deck he came back with was NOT the deck he drafted.  I was going to be playing him second round.  I asked him if he just wanted to drop, never let it happen again, and we’ll forget the whole thing.  His response was, “I came here to play, so if you don’t play, I guess that’s a loss for you.” Karma responded with me mulliganing to 4 on the first game and losing, but then I won the next two games.  :) Unfortunately it was at a store where there was no judge, the owner is barely a TO, and could only promise us that no one would be allowed to leave the deckbuilding area in the future, but without him having seen John do anything, there was nothing he could do.

If anyone wants the details, ask me in person.  But there is 100% certainty that he couldn’t have drafted the deck that he played with.  That on top of the fact that he never denied that he was cheating.  I made it clear that all he had to do was own up to it, drop, and never let it happen again, and all would be forgotten.  He didn’t seem to care for that option. 

So just to let you know if you see him at a limited event, keep an eye on him.  No reason to donate ratings points to a cheater. 

Peace out. 

Note: This is not a personal attack against John.  I’ve always found him tolerable in a Magic-related setting.  On top of that, he’s a fairly good player, who doesn’t need to resort to this sort of thing to win.  But he did, so we called him on it. 

Blake, if you are coming out tonight, talk to me about this.

Chris Mettler
Madness Games & Comics

“Play the Games because You Love the Game"

Absolutely.

which one is john kopplin? the name is VERY familiar

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

Guy with the huge black Nascar racing Extreme Gulp jug of soda.  You coming up to the store tonight, Fichtel?

the jug with the straw thats been blackened from lack of washing?

wow… ive played him in limited before and wondered how he got the nuts

but it happened to be when i opened the nuts too with foil hex et al.

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

I’d really hate for this to turn into a ‘yeah, this one time, he really screwed me in this game, he must have cheated’ kind of thing.  Jon’s a really good guy, so I want to find out first hand what happened and see if I can help the situation.

Cheating is something I have less than zero tolerance for.  I do appreciate Blake posting it, as it is a comunity issue, but let’s try to make the situation better.

Sorry, not trying to be preachy, just don’t want to see things get carried away.

Chris Mettler
Madness Games & Comics

“Play the Games because You Love the Game"

oh no its not like that… i won the game.

Love,
Matt

Standard: Ideal 31-7-8

Boog - 01 June 2006 12:26 PM
I’d really hate for this to turn into a ‘yeah, this one time, he really screwed me in this game, he must have cheated’ kind of thing.  Jon’s a really good guy, so I want to find out first hand what happened and see if I can help the situation.

Cheating is something I have less than zero tolerance for.  I do appreciate Blake posting it, as it is a comunity issue, but let’s try to make the situation better.

Sorry, not trying to be preachy, just don’t want to see things get carried away.

No worries man - I’ll tell you all about it tonight.  Like I said - I didn’t intend the thread to be anything even resembling personal attacks, because I know he frequents your store a lot for other things than just Magic.  But at the same time, I did want to alert everyone to this behavior, so they can be on the lookout for it.  I don’t want my friends to get taken advantage of by someone who just made a bad decision.

It happens, and we are all capable of, and have made many, bad decisions.
We, growing up, (well at least myself) were taught to forgive-and-forget, so long as any bad decision is not repeated…
I will completely disregard anything read in this thread so long as none is repeated ever again :)

I hope to see you guys tonight for another fun-filled Magic event!
I have to make up for my horrid time at Regionals… blech… I got screwed out of 2 games (which is why I dropped) some people have already heard why/how, but grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :(

RGD Sealed Pariah’s Sheild(s) pulled: 17
RGD Sealed’s Played in: 16
(One was shiny...)

I like big creatures and I cannot lie
You other players can’t deny
That when a beast walks in with an itty bitty cost
And your blockers are all lost
You get removal!