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I was alone and depressed, looking for purpose. I had bad hair and no ambition. Then I discovered chess.com and overnight my life changed for the better.  I have better complexion, my love life's improved and I'm happy all the time. Even my hair is shinier and much more manageable. So, do yourself, and your hair, a favor and join chess.com.

I like the title of this thread. It's pretty much begging for some wise-guy/scrooge to bluntly say "No."

My name is Ken, and I live in upstate NY. I work as a carrier for the Postal Service.

I love chess, but finding someone to play against, and a mutually agreeable time can be tough. CHESS.COM to the rescue! Now I can find similarly rated players, challenge them to a game of chess, and play at our own pace. Thanks CHESS.COM!

 LOL! Nice one!

Where is this ad going to be?

The above "blurb" won't make any sense to the average American, since from their point of view, Finland and the Netherlands are the same thing.

ah, chess.com. there is chess. lots of chess. there are people. from everywhere and in between. lots of people. then there's other stuff. i love the chess. i like the people. that other stuff... it grows on you.

Becky. Hotlanta. Technical Analyst - Litigation Support. (i am just another computer jockey.)

 Does the average american really think that finland and the Netherlands are the same thing??? I am glad America isn't fighting a war against Finland. We would be very suprized to see al the american soldiers coming in. Expect the unexpected.
does the average american know the difference between The Netherlands and spain? 
between the Netherlands and Morocco?

Erik can change the countries in my post as he wishes.

Chess.com is the best! No doubt about it. I can spend my life on here, and im on here somuch, my parents start to get annoyed and have to drag me off. Keep rockin! Don't feel comfortable with name, but from Midwest U.S.A.

if you ask me to rate chess.com

i'l give it 10 on 10

-ashwath, bangalore

Not the same thing, just I figure if I were ask a hundered random people what/where each country was, I'd predict that 50 would say "some country in Northern Europe," 30 would say "Who cares?" 5 would give an intelligent answer, and 15 would throw an insult at me for wasting their time. So basically, 95% would give the same answer. Not that I've ever tried this, just an estimate. That doesn't mean all those people think they're the same thing though, just if you put it in an ad, nobody would make sense of it. C'mon, we aren't that dumb.

Let's hear it for made-up statistics!

Besides if you're talking about the average American, they will probably say "lol chess is for nerds" and that's not the demographic we are targeting, correct?

There's no Amsterdam in Finland, 'quarki.  That city alone gives the Netherlands quite a bit of name recognition in the U.S.

Exactly, everybody knows the Dutch because their government gives them pot every month.

There's no Helsinki in Holland (at least that I know of).

How 'bout the Netherlands?

Made up statistics are the best kind of ststistics.

And yeah, good point.

74% better, in fact.

I would like to know where that advert goes to first ;)

And 15 to 30 words isn't enough to say good stuff about chess.com. Except that it has the greatest trolls.

14 words, add one! :)

I second that