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---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
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... it's time for me to ask the lot of you: What does Chesstalk need right now?
It's perfect just the way it is!! :)
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Some Canadian GM, who shall remain nameless, who could post on everything, and enlighten us all??
Bob
Do you mean the GM would remain nameless on Chesstalk? I didnt' think that was possible, but perhaps it could be made possible for this particular GM only, perhaps he could be given a moniker, such as, ohhhh.... "Bat Parasite Investigator" or something.
Maybe what Chesstalk needs is for everyone to remain nameless, or more precisely, anonymous? Wow, and we think there's a lot of vitriol NOW! :)
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
Do you mean the GM would remain nameless on Chesstalk? I didnt' think that was possible, but perhaps it could be made possible for this particular GM only, perhaps he could be given a moniker, such as, ohhhh.... "Bat Parasite Investigator" or something.
Maybe what Chesstalk needs is for everyone to remain nameless, or more precisely, anonymous? Wow, and we think there's a lot of vitriol NOW! :)
The old version of Chesstalk allowed anonymous postings and threads often degenerated quickly (more than they do now). Requiring people to register with what is presumed their real name was a good thing. For a prime example of that sort of thing, check out the Ottawa Chess Club message board (a.k.a. The Dark Board) Haven't been there for a long time (I was banned for a good long while along with many others), but last I looked it was still a joke.
For a prime example of that sort of thing, check out the Ottawa Chess Club message board (a.k.a. The Dark Board)
At this point, I don't that board would "fwoosh" if you put 50,000 volts through it. It's dead, Jim.
(ottawachessclub.com has been non-existent since sometime in July and ottawachessclub.ca, for which there was a BIG countdown, is umm, apparently, ummm, still delayed)
It started in August 1999 if I recall correctly. Tom O'Donnell was running it when it began I believe, and it provided coverage for the 1999 Canadian Closed where it broadcast the game between Spraggett and Lesiege, the first live broadcast of a chess game in Canada. I still remember Larry B. calling in the moves to Tom from the site.
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