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boomcie said:Since there seems to be a lot of talk around sockpuppets these days, I think a designated thread is in place. Anyone have a list of suspects?
Many questions remain unanswered.
Who's sockpuppet am I for instance?
Fetisoff said:GIBO SIMONI - definitely
Pippo San - likely
Don Johnson - maybe
Froome19 said:Burning?
Ivan Basso?
The Hitch said:Who was GIBO SIMONI -
As for speculation for airstream ill juit throw some names out there.
El Pistolero, Fetisoff, Christian. Libertine Seguros.
Ferminal said:Think of other native Giro winners.
IVAN BASSO said:Are you dumb the best south american for results in european peloton name someone better than rujano.i understand a little yes but colombians havn't done nothing great in europe. You cant compare your amatuer competition to european racing so i think my comment or rujano being best south american is valid u plumb.
They get hyped to much lets be honest duarte will never get a GT podium i could be wrong quintana i think theirs possibly good chance but i doubt it.
GIBO SIMONI said:LOL dream on pal never again? why so sure its like saying contador wont win another GT cav's the fastest on two wheels if he is botherd he'll get it its stupid how much better he is than goss he would of won the stage goss won for that crash he was closing like a train lol
He is a big supporter of his banned account's namesakeGIBO SIMONI said:Ivan turbo diesel Basso
Fetisoff said:As for airstream - you got me, should have never said that I was talking to airstream in Russian![]()
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Froome19 said:This is what Ferminal said when it was commented that Gibo was banned yet nothing was put up about it on the suspensions thread.
There is a possibility he could be a Coppi (quite a lot of those) but i highly doubt what seems much more possible is the he was IVAN BASSO.
You very rarely see a poster with his whole name in capital + a name that was a former giro winner as ferminal said + a whole name of a Giro winner similar to Gibo's name
And of course Ivan has been banned (permanently?) so a sockpuppet would be logical and the posting style is near identical.
Also the lack of punctuation is similar.
And ...
Indentical style and attempts at insults.
and...
He is a big supporter of his banned account's namesake
Froome19 said:Now you have got me really confused as thats the second time you have said that and Airstream does seem to be PMing everyone.
Fetisoff said:Strange. I never came across this "IVAN BASSO" poster, obviously he's same as Gibo Simoni. Now was Basso someone's sock-puppet, or has he been a poster here for a while until getting banned?
Just making the intriguing(for some) airstream speculation more interesting (to me)
Froome19 said:I highly doubt Airstream is a sockpuppet. I was also thinking about whether this poster was a sockpuppet but I dont think there has been any other posters with distinctive writing styles and all the signs which are prominent within these posts.
Does anyone know why Basso was banned though? He was a bit insulting but not OTT.
Fetisoff said:As for airstream - you got me, should have never said that I was talking to airstream in Russian![]()
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Froome19 said:I cant quote it but this was what was said about Basso being banned in the Suspensions thread.
"IVAN BASSO has been banned permanently as a sockpuppet for a previously banned member "
So the intrigue continues....![]()
adamski101 said:think you will find that IVAN BASSO was also Frandy and King of the Mountains. so I think this is the 4th attempt at the forum.
The spelling referance is there though.frandy said:England do you no what just put me on ignore and ill do the same i left school in yr 8 which is 12,13 this is doing my headin i cant spell get over it
Great post.frandy said:Yh i just cant help it i was bad at school got kicked out when 13 but started to turn my life round im on a plastering course at college in my 2nd year only been watching cycling for 2 yrs cant get enough of it i bee downloading all the giro,s on cycling torrents some great footage i love MTF.![]()
I knews Dominic had to be someone who had posted previously, no poster posts on such a prolific rate these days(asides from Caruut) when they have just joined the forum.The Hitch said:Anyway Ill throw another one out there.
Dominic de coco used to go under the name Thomsena - with the cycling is life avatar.
Took me a while to figure it out but I got there.
Clue 1, in Dominic's first couple of posts he acted as if he had been here the whole time, commenting to other posters that they always behave that way. I pmd him asking who he was, no asnwer.
Clue 2. Dominic decoco is a Danish fan who hates the clinic. Thomsena (who hails from Jutland) made a thread in the clinic mocking clinic posters for being anti fans
Clue 3. Dominic decoco registered and made his first post, on the same day - 16th february, as Thomsena made his last post.
Clue 4, they appear in the same threads and same discussions.
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The Hitch said:Anyway Ill throw another one out there.
Dominic de coco used to go under the name Thomsena - with the cycling is life avatar.
Took me a while to figure it out but I got there.
Clue 1, in Dominic's first couple of posts he acted as if he had been here the whole time, commenting to other posters that they always behave that way. I pmd him asking who he was, no asnwer.
Clue 2. Dominic decoco is a Danish fan who hates the clinic. Thomsena (who hails from Jutland) made a thread in the clinic mocking clinic posters for being anti fans
Clue 3. Dominic decoco registered and made his first post, on the same day - 16th february, as Thomsena made his last post.
Clue 4, they appear in the same threads and same discussions.
Edit: just realised Thomsena's account has been terminated. It was there yesterday. May be cos i revealed this information on velorooms yesterday. Seems a mod took my word for it.
Anyway Adam, youve been unmasked, and the thread has its first confirmed kill.
Froome19 said:I knews Dominic had to be someone who had posted previously, no poster posts on such a prolific rate these days(asides from Caruut) when they have just joined the forum.
Parrulo said:except caruut and yourself to an even greater extent as in 2 less months( he registered on oct 2011 and you on dec) you made 300 more posts
i wonder who are the most active posters on the forum atm. there are a lot of big post counts out there but some have been fairly inactive lately
Parrulo said:what's the site?![]()