I was wondering what the big whoosh sound was, it was the sound of something flying right over a lot of people's heads I think...
Erik owes us yet another apology...
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Consider the following:
Set A: the set of all people that don't get humuor
Set B: the set of all people that don't read the whole thread
therefore....
A intersection B is the set of all people that neither understand humour nor read the whole thread..... I knew it existed, just never thought it would be such a large set.
Bring back hanging i say
I should explain my last comment, the owner of this site has allowed me to play free chess and join tournaments for free. In his great wisdom he has also allowed me to read every comment ever posted concerning Cheater-1. I rest my case on bringing back Capital punishment for such people.
maybe erik shuts down the site so he can make his moves faster and post what ever he likes in his favourite forum topics... :P
I am not a contributing member as well. But I do think that this site came to stay. It covers a great gap in the chess community. I Know that issues are being fixed and new features have been added lately. Thanks to Erik´s prompt communication skills I am each day more compelled in pulling the triger and pay for extra content.
That being said, I thing either the owner of this post must be kidding or maybe he is so much bitter to not seeing the big picture or he just want to be popular.
This person is quite clearly a troll. Or a comedien who knows.
Judging by the fact that sooooooo many people did not detect your biting satire, I think Chesterton and Swift would be proud.
Personally, I think that if it irritates like cheater_!, disgusts like cheater_1 and sounds like cheater1, it is!!!!
LADY-GREY wrote:
Personally, I think that if it irritates like cheater_!, disgusts like cheater_1 and sounds like cheater1, it is!!!!
are you insinuating something?
Seems like 2009 will be no different to 2008, in that some people have yet to find their humour recognition switch.
Evil_Homer wrote:
Seems like 2009 will be no different to 2008, in that some people have yet to find their humour recognition switch.
is that on the home page?
LADY-GREY wrote:
Personally, I think that if it irritates like cheater_!, disgusts like cheater_1 and sounds like cheater1, it is!!!!
what exactly are you gettng at here?
victhestick wrote:
Evil_Homer wrote:
Seems like 2009 will be no different to 2008, in that some people have yet to find their humour recognition switch.
is that on the home page?
Unfortunately it is a Pay per View facility which few people seem to be able to afford!
Ray_Brooks wrote:
Consider the following:
Set A: the set of all people that don't get humuor
Set B: the set of all people that don't read the whole thread
therefore....
A intersection B is the set of all people that neither understand humour nor read the whole thread..... I knew it existed, just never thought it would be such a large set.
This is true. If only people knew how to comprehend the meaning of a post! I am shocked by the idiocy of the people who respond with thing like:
"Erik made a good site. Stop complaining. You don't even pay."
"Erik can do whatever he wants with his website. He owns it."
I'd like to see more of:
"You have a strange sense of humour. This is somewhat amusing."
"This is hilarious! Keep posting things like this!"
"I get the joke, but I don't think it's funny. Perhaps, by honing your sarcastic skills, you can make us laugh like we've never laughed before."
Perhaps people need to learn to read the entirety of a post, think about it, and draw a conclusion before responding.
To BasicLvrCH8r,
You are completely correct. Part of the fun of this post is that some
of the humour does not read well in print, and people like me keep
stirring the pot with random sarcastic comments (hopefully funny).
Your post was well thought and very reasonable so may I leave you with this:
"You are like a jelly doughnut. Your arrival gives a pleasure,
and your departure makes us crave for more."
-Graham Chapman
NotKasparov wrote:
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!
Why are you making a big deal out of something so minute. Is it really worth wasting your time. You go as far as calling him a dictator. Why do this? Why does he owe you an apology for inconveniencing you for updating the site? Why the hell am I wasting my time typing this? probably in the hopes that my words will get through to your head.
Why are you being so hotheaded? calm down and then talk. It is easier to communicate that way.
By the way, you really need to improve your ethos if you are serious about the boycott. With the way you write, you come out as the bad guy and Eric doesn't.
Daemon,
The post is a joke. Please read all the entire thread.
Erik is the Jim Jones of Chess.com. When he asks us all to drink the cool aide,
we will.
i agree with gratkovsky, but your welcome to your opinion, however i having nothing but good to say about him and staff and what they have done for the site.
i feel the notice he gave about shutting now for about 10 minute was ample and its his perogative in his position to do what he feels has to be done to keep this site working
as well as it is.
Not kasperov, I AM NOT ONE TO QUESTION YOUR OPINIONS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW YOU VERY WELL AND I DON'T WANT TO BE ON BAD TERMS WITH AMNY MEMBER IN THIS FORUM
HOPE YOUR FUTURE TO BE VERY PROSPOROUS IN THE YEARS TO COME, HAPPY , SAFE AND JOYOUS
THANKS TONY
antne003
Erik can do anything in this site. Erik is doing an excellent job in making this site better and I am planning to subscribe as soon as i get my credit card approved.
Accusing anybody of something without evidence is a ground for legal action and can lead to fines or sanctions!