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Competition fixing
I know this for a very simple reason. I helped her with all that. Specifically, I wrote
questions for several of the Twitter quiz events (logically, it means a player knew them in
advance). Most of the time I knew the questions in advance. Want proof? Here it is.
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: "Even though you knew the correct answers, you still mess it up?"
Me: "I messed it up? In what?"
This screenshot is related to this competition event, the prize of which was one week of
premium account
Here, Czechout tells me what questions will be there before the abovementioned competition
even started. Notice the time stamp: it says 7:43 PM, while the competition itself started at
8:00 PM and the first question was given at 8:30 or so. No translation really needed I believe,
you can check the Czech text against the one in the link above, where the questions were
published after the competition was over. They were identical.
Here, related to the very same event, we are discussing the answers before the competition
was over
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: What do you think, should I accept this as an answer or not: LT vz.35 and
LT vz.38
Me: Definitely not
Michelle Pesinova: oki, why do they have two possibilities in the answer?
Me: Because you asked for them? You asked for two tanks
Michelle Pesinova: I didn't!
Here, related to the same event, the conversation continues, Czechout herself messed this
whole thing up (I wrote the question to be difficult, she doesn't know much about tanks) and
gets confused:
Translation:
Me: You didn't ask for that (SS: as a reply on previous part of conversation where she is
convinced she asked something else). The question was: *the question*
Michelle Pesinova: Jesus. I am an idiot. Right.
Me: You're not an idiot but you confused the hell out of me
Michelle Pesinova: So what's the other name for TVP? LT vz.35?
This screenshot is perhaps the most serious one. Here, Czechout clearly offers me to fix the
aforementioned competition result so I win. I refused. But someone else might have not....
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: At the last question it's only you and Clearevil who got it right.... and the
counter selected Clearevil :( Or, do you want it to be you? ;)
Me: No, let it be fair :)
Michelle Pesinova: With all 3 questions you answered first... the first question had only 3
winners and the counter selected second one
Me: Oh well what can I do :) Since I knew the answers, I shouldn't have taken part in it. It
wouldn't be fair for me to win :)
As you can see, Clearevil is listed as the third winner, because I refused to cheat. Clearevil, if
you are reading this, I really hope you have a good time, it was nice meeting you in person :)
You're alright.
For all the rest of you WoT players... I refused. Someone else might have not. Think
about it, next time you partake in a Wargaming competition.
Here, in an unrelated event, she posts me to doublecheck another question. This time it was
from the twitter quiz and I wrote it myself (hence my smileys - it was pretty entertaining to
find out they are still re-using the old questions I wrote).
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: "Polish vehicles were based on foreign designs. Name two of the most
known ones and their counterparts"
Me: Hmmm I've seen that before :) TKS was a Carden Loyd tankette copy and the 7TP was a
Vickers 6ton copy.
Michelle Pesinova: Shit wait those are twitter questions :(
Me: Yea and I wrote it :)
And the cherry on the top: on 9th of December 2012 I wrote a question for Czechout. She
never used it... until now. Despite the fact we stopped communicating and I left the
Czechoslovak community, she had the guts to actually use it in a competition LAST
SUNDAY (the results are even out yet). Here, me posting the question:
And here, it's being used in the competition (to explain, it's a video stream by one of the
"friends of Czechout" where they ask questions given to them by Czechout and she provides
the prize (in this case, it was a bunch of Pz B2 bonus codes)). I don't bother with the
Czechoslovak section anymore, but I visited the stream because I got tipped off something
like this might happen.
As you can see, she didn't even bother with changing the wording. She was not happy when I
said the answer in the chat about a second later. As a result, she had her friends-streamers ban
me from the channel.
Information leaks
On numerous occasions, Czechout provided me with pieces of information I wasn't supposed
to have. I knew about some stuff well in advance (such as the fact Idahou would be named a
moderator - we'll get to that later - or things going on within Wargaming (nice to know you,
Ryan Murphy aka Ectar, sitting right across the desk/room (can't remember) from Czechout)).
By the way, the "social life" of Wargaming community organizer office is better than a soap
opera. Of course, as you can imagine, something like this is difficult to prove, but I have some
internal mail correspondence Czechout forwarded me. Here is a conversation with a
prominent ex-member of the Czechoslovak community she had:
As you (and most importantly, as the WG employees) can see, there is no way I could have
gotten this info from anyone else. She simply forwarded me the conversation to have a great
laugh at the expense of the guy (who, by the way, deserved it, but that's a story for another
time).
Another case was even "funnier" - an internal WG mail conversation regarding - well - me.
Yes, Kvta, I knew all along about the letter you sent to Czechout's boss, Mr. Fadl. Czechout
forwarded me the whole conversation.
I explained to Overlord I was ready to forward all the internal info I got from Czechout to a
WG employee. I however cannot post that here as a whole as it concerns people who have
nothing to do with the whole case. That wouldn't be fair.
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: If we made you a moderator, we'd start World War 3. Also, you wouldnt
like the job.
Me: A moderator? Yea, you're right, I probably wouldn't
Michelle Pesinova: Or would you like to do that for 150-200 Euro? pffffff.... also another
thing, the person has to have ZERO WP! With Idahou, I had a huge problem with this.
Yes, they covered it up. An employee pushing his friends into company places is really not
good for the company. Why would she want to do that? Simple, the other Czechoslovak
moderator (Jeykey) is really not on friendly terms with her, as you can see here:
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: btw sorry for OT, but don't you think Jeykey might be leaking some info?
Me: *shrugs* It's possible. He's "just" a player, I don't know how much he knows more than
teh usual player
Michelle Pesinova: I don't trust him..... one word and he's fired.... yes? He pisses me off for
long time already... when I give him a task to do, he has thousand remarks to it, he won't do it
at once, I have to doublecheck his results, he's not online, when I need him etc.... and he's
smartmouthed too... oh well, I'll try to monitor his activity more and then we'll see
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: I think they'll be really careful now. Nothing will come from their side.
But I wish I could destroy that Facebook of theirs nevertheless.
Me: Well, in that case it's a win-win, no?
Michelle Pesinova: :)
Me: You can do that anyway, that's not tied to their behavior.
Michelle Pesinova: No, for me win-win is when they close down their whole stupid forum
along with their Facebook page.
This conflict fuelling was never limited on the community only. She does the same stuff
within the Wargaming itself too. Want proof?
This is what she thinks of Tuccy - another Czechoslovak community organizer, her colleague
and a very nice person in general (I know he really doesn't like me though, sorry mate - I
respect your history and tech opinions a lot, but you lost it with that unofficial forum part):
Translation:
Michelle Pesinova: "and Tuccy is a manipulated fool without his own opinion"
Me: "Yes, he does seem that way"
Michelle Pesinova: "It's enough to howl at him and he shits himself scared... rather than to
argue with that person, he lets everything pass. At least that's how it looks. As I was saying, I
don't know much about it, these are just conclusions... but..."
And Dargnon, her new colleague (a very decent guy, when I write you are a nerd, I mean it in
a good way tbh).
Improper behavior
Well... her affairs with WG employees are none of my concern really. However, as I stated
before, she's on very friendly terms with her boss, basically she thinks she's got him wrapped
around the finger (the same thing she was spreading about me in fact). Maybe that is the
reason why the report I made to Overlord got probably neglected. With her boss' backing, a
lot is possible.
This conflict with Czechout is the only reason I really left the Czechoslovak community.
It's completely pointless to stay in a community where all the moderators and community
organizers are hostile to me, especially when it's in fact the work of one single person.
As for the rest of the EU community: this is a warning, how far things can go. I don't think
anything will be done in this case, ever - she won't get fired, she's too "well connected" for
that - but one really has to wonder, if I know this and if this could happen... what else
happened in Wargaming? What else we don't know?
This is for the record. History is written by the victor. No matter what happens now, I
however will always be the loser in this case, as I trusted and respected a person that turned
out to be quite different than I thought. Let this also be a warning to the friends of such
people: your friendship will last as long as your usefulness does.