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Originally Posted by 2theleft
BobJoeJim i dont see how u can score it as a draw when i've made every effort to make the match possible but my opponent has made none. also, you didnt reply to my PM so i assumed u werent going to do a thing about it.
also my opponent isnt even willing to play so u should score the point for me entirely i think. It really shouldnt matter how many confrontations i get in the thread tbh
Here is your second PM to me:
"im eastern time zone. how r we gonna arrange a match lol"
Here is the 4th PM I sent you.
"If tomorrow means Wednesday then that's no good for me. Friday same time is perfect. Thursday probably ok as well."
Note that I said Thursday was
PROBABLY ok but not for sure. Had we made definite plans to play Thursday then I would have found time to send you a PM when it became clear that I could not play Thursday.
Again, I proposed the weekend which I did only because you seemed to take our 7 hour time difference as a huge obstacle. I was agreeable to playing during the week, I sent you 4 PM's ... how you can say that I made "no effort" is just bizarre to me. If you would have just waited until Friday we would have played. I did infact play on FICS Friday night, had a pleasant match against hoyasaxa among others. Instead of waiting a bit though for me to respond to your latest PM, you posted here complaining that I only gave you "one time to play at" which is absurd. I am now the third person I believe who has suffered your wrath because you couldn't wait more than a few hours for a response to your PM's. Like I said, on Thursday something came up and I was busy, am I supposed to feel guilty about that? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who does not sit behind a computer 24 hours a day, why can't you give say 24 hours to respond? Is that too much to ask? We have a week to play our match, we all have lives to live I would hope, why are you so impatient, you mentioned earlier that you have "a busy life" yet you are not too busy to complain publicly when your PM's are not immediately answered.
You say you quit chess because people take it too seriously yet you take offence when someone had the temerity to point out that you could have easily lost a match to a lower rated player not that anyone cares one way or the other except you. Infact the comment about that match wasn't even critical of your play, more of a compliment to your opponent who gave you a tough match despite having a much lower rating than you yet you took offence and your angry responses suggest that the only person taking this tournament "too seriously" is you.
Bottom line, this is supposed to be fun. I couldn't care less how our unplayed match is scored infact I assumed it be scored as a win for you, why do you care so much is the question when you previously complained about chess playing taking themselves too seriously and plus there is absolutely nothing at stake except for bragging rights which are lol minimal anyway this being a poker forum.
I play chess because it's fun, period. The prospect of playing you at this point feels more like some kind of a grudge match than fun which is why I would rather not play. That doesn't mean that I won't happily play you in the future if you just lighten up a little.
PS:
If there is any question at all about whether or not I did indeed send PM's etc. I would be more than happy to give BobJoeJim my password so that it can be verified that I did what I said I did.