"By the power vested in me, I will organize a boycott of all the members who give Erik no money"
i figured that part was the dead give away it was a joke?
Erik owes us yet another apology...
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Nachos wrote:
"By the power vested in me, I will organize a boycott of all the members who give Erik no money"
i figured that part was the dead give away it was a joke?
It can be difficult to decrypt a post that sounds completely idiotic when idiocy is abundandtly available on the internet and IRL. I think NotKasparov should have used italics - and lots of it. I see italics and BOOM! I think "aha! sarcasm!"
I liked the sarcastic humour of NotKasparov's post, to me it was obvious that it was all tongue in cheek stuff.
Judging from the reactions and posts it wasn't obvious to all. Perhaps we need a sarcasm emoticon for use in future 
yeah, i guess some people need a sign saying sarcasm or they just wont get it...
Dec 31, 2008
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Too bad they didn't take the site down to add a sarcasm emoticon. Now there's a feature that would come in handy!
sarchasm = the gap between the expected intelligence and the actual intelligence of some people to whom sarcasm is directed
wagrro wrote:
sarchasm = the gap between the expected intelligence and the actual intelligence of some people to whom sarcasm is directed
here's the flaw:
gap -could be space -could be gape -could be void
-could be vast -could be limitless
-could be the infinite black hole on the death star of humour
See what I mean?
troll
ACQ wrote:
I wonder what's next for Erik. Maybe he'll invade a neighboring website and reassure the members of that site that his cause is just and true. Maybe Erik wears tall leather boots around his house and makes his family parade around in honor of the Glorious Chess.com! LONG LIVE CHESS.COM. LONG LIVE OUR BELOVED ERIK!
You never know, and if he did invade another site then I would with honor follow his cause..wouldn't you??!!
fury_pk wrote:
ACQ wrote:
I wonder what's next for Erik. Maybe he'll invade a neighboring website and reassure the members of that site that his cause is just and true. Maybe Erik wears tall leather boots around his house and makes his family parade around in honor of the Glorious Chess.com! LONG LIVE CHESS.COM. LONG LIVE OUR BELOVED ERIK!
You never know, and if he did invade another site then I would with honor follow his cause..wouldn't you??!!
I'd cover his back, but I think I'll pass on the boots
Jythier wrote:
I thought it was funny...
Me too <.<
Grakovsky wrote:
You really are a pest, NotKasparov. Erik does what he wants on his own website and if you don't like that, get out! This isn't your space, it's his. You should respect him, his staff, and other members on this site especially because you have no paid membership. Therefore you should be thankful for all the free content you get on here instead of whining. Get a hold of yourself or leave! Anyways, why are you complaining about not being able to get onto the website when there was a specific warning message beforehand saying that the site will be closed temporarily for maintenance? People like you really are a real nuisance. I don't understand what you are getting out of this.
This is a joke! Can't you see the abundant unrealistic claims? This is just supposed to add humour the the cheater_1 scene. I found it funny. Let yourself laugh. Don't get drunk with depression.
jasonpitts wrote:
this could quite possibly be the most idiotic post I've ever read.
agreed
Anyone who didn't see this thread as a joke needs to stop and seriously chill out before they jump on the proverbial band wagon. People are all angsty, they see a post, skim read it and think "Aha! Another chance to get my moral rhetoric rage going! Splendid!"
This could quite possibly be the most idiotic post I've ever made
*awaits agreement*
NotKasparov wrote:
I would never call anyone a criminal without having proper evidence. All I said was that I assumed he was engaging in some sort of criminal activity, because I wasn't sure why the site was down. I'm sure a reasonable fellow like yourself can understand.
Was your first post serious?!?!?!?
I want you to know that many of the sites I've been at have closed down for some minutes to make changes and that you're probuably tracking down a big criminality gang. Erik must be the leader but if we together stop paing this site he and all of the other criminals will dissapear.
I see now that you weren't.
I don't think Erik own me any think he has a wonderful site here and I'm his guest here and when I don't like some thing I move on I think erik and his staff are doing a wonderful maintain this site
This entire topic is an excellent example of how few people actually read what has been written before posting.
I try to log onto Chess.com and instead of letting me get to the site, it wants me to play this stinkin' "little chess partner!" It says Erik and his fellow Party members are making improvements to the site! In my opinion, this whole thing is ridiculous. If I want to log onto Chess.com, well ****, I should be allowed to! Dictators like Erik should not be allowed to stop me so that they can make "improvements" to the site. The only "improvements" that I've seen have been useless ones like Live Chess, Games Explorer, and Computer Analysis. My guess is that Erik and his fellow thugs just close down the site so they can engage in some kind of covert criminal activity, although I'm not sure about the details. But I've done nothing wrong! This is unwarranted! By the power vested in me, I will organize a boycott of all the members who give Erik no money, unless he tells us all the true reason why he regularly shuts down this site for up to like ten minutes. Non-paying members of Chess.com, unite!
Oh posh! Grow up you twit! Many a good site of any number of interests must from time to time need to upgrade, revamp and or enhance UI features.