I've issued about a dozen challenges to new members in the past week with little success.  Only 2 accepted and one timed out after 3 moves and the other will time out tomorrow.  Anybody else out there "challenged" with challenges? 

Don't challenge new members seems to be the solution to your problem. It's the same thing as being a greeter basically.

Well! Waddya know. One just responded.

It's so challenging.

I will try to stay on track for this game.

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As one the new members who did responded I would like to thank you mr_obnauseous.  It really is helping me to get acquainted with the site and I am enjoying the game.  It has been many years since I played and the autonomy of web tool makes it easier for me to relearn without being embarrassed.  Thanks for taking the time with a newbie!

Sometimes, people who are new to the site need to look around for a while. It took me a long time to accept a game challange.