Chess anyone?

krappyrubsnif

Total krap but ready to give it another go. Worthy opponents out there? Perhaps the occasional Tuesday night at the Noble?

Sutent

Welcome back Krappy. I am auful of chess

checkski

I used to like chess, but would only accept opponents as weak as myself. What's Krappy doing here? He told us we were krap, and I agreed with him. And now he has rejoined us in the merde. I am cautious abt SG.org and the real world, but might consider a game with Merdoso, on condition a) it's in a local coffee shop, and not a pub, and b)he lets me win. And what's Sutent doing here at this hour? Pawn to King's 4, Sutent. And mine's a macchiato.

checkski

Pawn, not porn. Until Conformable tells me different.

Arkady

I haven't played since I was a kid.  If this is entry-level stuff then I'm interested!

krappyrubsnif

Checkski - you must understand that I only play in pubs.  Coffee is the devil's spew.<div><br></div><div>Arkady: it's sub entry-level.    e2-e4.<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>

Arkady

OK, I'm in, for a trial run anyway.<div><br></div><div>Bullet to king four (a reference only ADGS will get)<br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

krappyrubsnif

OK Arkady - you know where to find me.<div><br></div><div>I'm honoured to be locked in combat with the Obergruppenfuhrer of SG.org.  I have two chess sets, take your choice:  my grandfather's hand-turned chess set in wooden box, c 1910 or the Lewis Chessmen (sadly not the originals).<br><div><br></div><div>Let's settle this offline, I propose that the winner makes the next challenge at a venue of their choice.</div></div>

Arkady

I have the board my great grandfather made, which is probably of the same age!<div>Will drop you a line shortly.  The winner can take on Checkski.</div>

Stella

I love chess, but I'm no good at it.

checkski

Me too, Stella. So Arkady and Mr Rubsniff (Dickens? Ah. Peck not Rub) may prefer to keep their distance. Especially as I would insist on devil's spew.

Stella

Pfff, I play for fun, if I win it's a bonus. Not that I ever have that pleasure. lol

Detritus

I'm up for a game.

Mirandola

Can't play chess, but is anyone up for scrabble?

conformable_kate

I like scrabble! Though I am trying not to turn into the sg.org site pedant, so it may not be the most helpful pastime.<div> </div>

Jonathan

I think you could become a SG.org site pedant. But never *the* SG.org pedant. (Just speaking for myself if no one else here!)

krappyrubsnif

My earlier comment got mysteriously cut short.  My second chess set is a set of the Lewis Chessmen, but sadly not the originals.<div><br></div><div>Arkady and I will shortly meet to lock horns.   After he has wiped the floor with me, I may well switch to Scrabble.<div><br></div><div><br></div></div>

checkski

Who chose my avatar? I look 70, which I'm not. I'm 71. Nearly. And I haven't got a mustac

checkski

..he. <div><br></div><div>Mustache.</div><div><br></div><div>Difficult, this new SG.Org.</div><div><br></div><div>Especially @ 71.</div><div><br></div><div>In 3 weeks.</div>

checkski

Moustache. <div><br></div><div>Pipe down, Mable.</div>

conformable_kate

Avatar is deeply scary. I may try and follow instructions to change it, though that also sounds a bit of a challenge - but I don't want to remain orange and in a beret with a worried expression indefinitely...

Detritus

I'm proud of mine and I didn't break the Internet.

Jonathan

I'd like to think that Ben has spent hours deciding which avatar to allocate to each of us. (Not sure why I'm green and tired, but it could be worse ...)

miss annie

Mine is green, smiling and has vicious little teeth, I quite like it. Looks like Jack Skellington.

Arkady

This thread has had me laughing quite a lot! The avatars were, of course, allocated automatically. There have been some wonderful coincidences. Instructions as to how to change your Avatar have been added to the Welcome to Stroud Green thread. Let me know if you get stuck or don't think they are clear.

krappyrubsnif

I don't have one. *Sob* What can it mean?

Arkady

I had the same problem. I suspect that at some point in the past you tried to upload an image to your profile, as I did. That won't have worked, but your profile is now looking for that broken image link. Go into your profile and cancel (or replace) that image. Or, if you get stuck, I can do it for you.

krappyrubsnif

I am not sure what a Krappyrubsnif looks like but I'll have a go.

Arkady

<div>@krappy - (I stripped out your broken image - hello PinkEye)</div><div><br></div>I'd be tempted to use this:<div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kn5-Ku6IZsw/UlPYAudGUTI/AAAAAAAAAmY/PgEdUiAU2o4/s320/Stroud+Green+Olive+Oil.jpg"><br></div>

Mirandola

So what's my avatar like?

Arkady

Entirely appropriate.