The entire Blog section of Chess.com is gone! Is this due to V3??

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macer75

So... is V3 ever gonna come or what?

Mauve26

At last, after 5365 comments, this thread has come to an end.

Bilbo21

not quite, mauve

RonaldJosephCote

    You have to add 1397 posts from this thread; https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/sneak-preview-from-elenin-studioshellipv2-lives-coming-this-fall

kboyer309

 

 

 

The following takes place

 

       in the not so distant future…

 

 

 

                   sometime

 

            between the hours

 

                         of

 

                       NINE

 

                        and

 

                    TEN P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

                 We now join

 

  our live emergency broadcast…

 

             

  

            already In progress…

 

 

Crazychessplaya

I hope THEY will not shut down V2....

kboyer309

As Connor drove toward the city of Angels

 

  

 

                      …something felt strange.

 

 

          Nervously…he glanced at his watch…

 

 

 

 

           and then at the large envelope,

 

                  lying on the seat next to him.

 

 

 

               He realized that…

 

                   

 

                     for SOME unknown reason…

 

 

 

 

 

                     he was being paid

 

                              a King’s Ransom

 

                                   to deliver a letter.

 

 

 

And that his payday

     would soon be more money

 

                           

  than he ever could have imagined.

                                    

 

 

kboyer309

But he still wondered if things would ever be the same...

 

               between him and his wifey.

 

After all…


 

it had been only

  a week ago

 

   that she had claimed

 

     $500,000 was missing      

 

        from their

 

            joint checking account.

 

 

 

And although Connor had protested

 

       that it was merely a bank error…


 

               he resented the fact

 

      that she had actually doubted

                his ridiculous alibi.

 

 

 

kboyer309

In fact…he had even taken a second job

 

          as a UPS driver

 

 

        to make amends.     

 

What more could she possibly ask for???!

 

 

 

 

 

But now…

 

   as he turned onto the interstate…

 

 

 

         he glanced

 

                    once again…

 

 

 

 

 

                 at the envelope.

 

 

 

                 And the

 

                   address

 

                        read:

 

 

 

                       Elenin Studios

 

                         Warehouse #13  

 

                             Los Angeles, CA 

 

                                 90001

 

                                    Attn: Elenin

 

 

 

Connor knew EXACTLY where that was.


 

           After all…

 

  he had worked there

 

         for five of the best years

 

                   of his life.

kboyer309

He then made a quick right

 

      onto a private mountain road…

 

   which led through a massive gate…

 

                        

 

 

 

        and his mind

snapped back to his task at hand. 

 

 

 

And that task was for Connor

 

   to personally hand deliver

 

        that very special envelope…

 

 

 

             

 

 

 

         

 

                to Elenin herself!!!

 

     

kboyer309

It was only THEN that it suddenly hit him…

 

 

 

Elenin!!   She was the convicted V2 Rebel!!!

 

                          

 

And she had already been banished

        from the forums.

 

                  And even Planet Earth itself…

 

 

 

                    F o r e v e r.

 

                   

  Yes…She was out there…

       somewhere…

 

           Far far from Earth.


 

 

 

   So OF COURSE…

 

 

 

 Elenin wouldn’t be at Elenin Studios!!

 

 

 

        Nobody even knows exactly 

 

              where Elenin is!!!!

 

 

kboyer309

Connor immediately

 jammed on the brakes

 

  and the truck came screeching to a halt!!

 

 

 

      And then it happened!!!

 

 

 

           Against his better judgement…

 

 

 

he did something that he would soon regret

 

                 for the rest of his life…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                 HE

 

 

 

                             RIPPED

 

 

 

                               OPEN

 

 

 

                                 THE

 

 

 

                            ENVELOPE

 

 

 

                                AND

 

 

 

                               TOOK

 

 

 

                                OUT

 

 

 

                                THE

 

 

 

                            LETTER!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

which he then began to read, in disbelief!!

kboyer309

                October 31 2016

 

 

 

Dear Elenin,

 

 

 

Congratulations for 1,000,000 views

 

      on your Chess.com V3 blog!

 

 

 

All these views have generated

 

           thousands of dollars

 

                of ad revenue

 

                     for us…

 

  for which we are eternally grateful.

 

 

 

     And as a token

       of our appreciation…

 

            our Board of Directors

 

                    have decided

 

                 to pay you royalties!!!

 

 

 

Please note that our calculations

 

              listed below

 

                     are non-negotiable

 

 

 

            and are also

 

legally binding to you...

 

 

 

  effective

    upon receipt.

kboyer309

Page 2 of Elenin’s Royalty Letter

 

 

 

               Calculation of Royalties       

 

                      Views…………………1,000,000

 

                                         X $.10 per view

 

                                                 = $100,000

 

Less:                      Shipping            (20,000)

 

Less:                      Handling Fee     (25,000)

 

Less:                      Federal Tax      (55,000) 

 

Less:                      State Tax        (15,000)   

 

Less:         a small one-time

 

                          activation fee       (5,000)

 

                                                  --------------

 

Amount that you owe:                  $(20,000) 

 

                                               ===========

 

 

 

Please send check or money order

 

     for $20,000.00

 

          as soon as possible

 

         to prevent legal action

 

                 against you.

 

                                   

 

       Again…Congratulations!!!

                                     

       Respectfully Yours,

  

                  ERIK

 

 

        To be continued???

Nikprit
RonaldJosephCote

      Surprised  Oh, this could get goodLaughing   Just in time for the winterWink                                                     

SocialPanda

All these years of financial education and now the V2 Team is losing their shirts due to corporate shenanigans? Sealed

RonaldJosephCote

       This is FABULOUS!Smile    Social Panda, Connor, kboyer, Nitprit, RJC.                                                               

kboyer309

 

In

   our

      previous

             episode… 

 

Chess.com personality...

             Connor

    

 

     had attempted

 

   to do the impossible…

 

 

 

     by delivering a letter

 

               






from Erik -

   the Genius behind 

                V3                     

 

                         

              to Elenin…

       the Leader of the

          V2 Revolution.

 

 

 

kboyer309

But as previously documented elsewhere…

 

  

Elenin’s coup attempt

 

    against the Forces of V3

 

        had ended with her capture

 

                by Lord Enki…

 

                 

 

   

 

        

and banishment from                      

         Chess.com AND Planet Earth...     

                      FOREVER.

 

 

 

  It was THEN

 

      and only then

 

           that

 

               Connor

 

                    realized that he

 

                had been tricked…

 

                                 

 

So he aborted the mission

 

         by OPENING THE LETTER HIMSELF!!!

 

 

 

 

 

We now return to live action…