1. That ‘rule change’ occurred AFTER the contest started. In one of your rapid-fire posts, you state that I can’t change any rules during the contest without E.T.’s approval (i.e., the splitting the bounty). You can’t pick and choose which rule changes you want to allow.

Did E.T. approve that rule change? Or did you reply to a TSB member before the contest was over. You could have simply waited until after the contest deadline expired, and then made those posts. There is a strong position there that anything I posted AFTER the contest started wasn’t part of the official contest, especially after you made such a big deal about the minutiae of the rules.

2. Even if the ‘rule change’ is authentic, then the part in regards to non-antagonistic replies would still apply. I submit that your replies to me, inside the time limits of the contest, were somewhat aggressive and antagonistic.

I think I will, in the interest of fairness, simply ask Evil Trout to render a final decision. I think you pushed the rule-limit too hard and broke it. But I want to remove my possible bias from the equation.

I’ll leave it in E.T.’s hands.

Best of luck.