You said we could ask you
almost
anything, what can't we ask?
We can ask, but he did NOT write he was about to ANSWER almost anything.
For exemple, he did not answer my question at the post #16:
How many chess addicts does it take to change a light-bulb?
why would a chess addict need to change a light bulb?
Almost 300 dollars, last two years as diamond
thank you!!
Hmm...Erik disappeared once the alien question came up?
Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens. Erik is not permitted to answer questions about aliens.
Erik will you play me
Not right now. Busy answering questions!
You said we could ask you
almost
anything, what can't we ask?
My passwords? 
Any thoughts on restricting chat to only members with A diamond membership or gold star. This was done on another site and seemed to work very well, it also made trial members more interested in becoming full members. It just A thought and I don,t like cencorship but most of the trouble makers seem to be non-members. Maybe this is already being done and thats why I,m asking. Chess.com is the best chess site in the world and I,m glad to be A member. :)
An interesting notion! Though I think everyone has something to add to the conversation. Well, almost everyone...
Erik how close have you come to beating Danny Rensch in a game?
In a game of chess? NOT. In a game of crossfit? ALWAYS. (We love to tease each other...)
What's happening behind the scenes in v3 to help us Live Chess Moderators?
Honestly, nothing new. Yet.
Few questions here:
1. Why can't members delete their own forums?? It would be cool to be given this power.
2. USCF gives you a start off rating of 0. But chess.com gives you a wopping 1200 start off rating, why?
3. How come some really new people start off with incredibly high ratings or low, low ratings?? Examples:
http://www.chess.com/memhttp://www.chess.com/members/view/king768
1. Just because you have the first word in a conversation doesn't mean you get to control the whole thing!
2. Math. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicko_rating_system
3. We allow people to self-select their skill level in our upcoming site. If they want to say they are 1600, fine, they start there and if they aren't, they lose and come back to reality.
What is your favorite chess opening?
How are you doing?
Tired. Long day.
Erik, are you beginning to regret starting this thread?
Nope. I have a lot of patience. I have 4 kids
All of my friends allways castle as soon as they can. I guess I've just become sceptical of it.
Castling is over-rated. And under-rated.
What a crock, answers some questions and leaves, just like that.
Could at least have locked the thread.
Oh well, I'm off
I'm sorry I had to pick up my children and eat. I should have stayed.
In downloaded PGNs, could there be a comment after each move that says how much time was spent thinking about that move (that's for live chess) or the timestamp when the move was made (that's for online/daily chess).
I bet you know why I am asking :-)
Erik,I have a couple of questions:
1. Will the final version of V3 have links on the game interface to the rules of chess.com? For instance, in Live Chess there ought to be a reminder displayed at the minimum of the beginning of the game of "No outside help of any kind allowed". For turn-based a similar appropriate message capturing the essential rules with a link to the detailed rules. That would go a long way in clarifying the rules as at least in turn based (correspondence chess) different sites/organizations use different rules. It has been obvious from commentary that the assumptions are all over the place. From folks that believe using the analysis board is not allowed, to folks thinking using (game-derived) online databases is cheating to the folks that think engine use is allowed.
2. This is an extension of Dorin's earlier question. I also proposed this in the past.
Right now, chessleagues.com adjusts the scores of WL (and a few more leagues) for closed accounts (regardless of reason for the account closure). It would be nice to have at least some immediate recourse for all team matches played on the site. I would like to see that once the last game of a team match concludes, the software checks for accounts closed due to cheating and automatically adjusts the overall match score. It would be up for debate whether such feature could be implemented retroactively (perhaps one year back). That would automatically take care of all leagues. Below the match score there could be a brief description along the lines of:
"The score was adjusted by x points due to the y accounts being closed.
Is something likes this being incorporated into V3?
Definitely open to both of these suggestions. Will look into them immediately.