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17 Jul 13

Smiffy

SPS CLAN

Wales

Joined: 10 May 05
Moves: 86045

17 Jul 13

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Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

johnnylongwoody

Dublin Ireland

Joined: 31 Oct 12
Moves: 14235

17 Jul 13

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Originally posted by Smiffy
Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

Dear Russ,

I'm very sorry, but the dog ate my subscription.

diver

Joined: 16 Feb 08
Moves: 122851

17 Jul 13

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The only Mr T

Joined: 10 Jan 08
Moves: 20808

17 Jul 13

Originally posted by Smiffy
Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

There's an old name... i can't pay your sub but i can tell you that everyone has left the site.

Great Big Stees

Joined: 14 Mar 04
Moves: 197436

17 Jul 13

Originally posted by Trev33
There's an old name... i can't pay your sub but i can tell you that everyone has left the site.

And what was it "they" used to say?...oh ya Good Riddance.

Kewpie

Felis australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 392747

17 Jul 13

Originally posted by Smiffy
Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

Where's the real Smiffy? What have you done with him?

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

18 Jul 13

Originally posted by Smiffy
Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

... rest easy, Smiffy.
'what the heart wants, the heart gets'.
one way or another, it'll work out.

Removed20170124

Joined: 06 Feb 13
Moves: 13105

18 Jul 13

Originally posted by Smiffy
Hi,

If anyone id buying subscriptions for anyone please can i have one and ill be your friend for a year and play as many games as you want etc 🙂.

Thanks and Happy Summer

Happy dismal winter for the Southerners.

Zamboner

Joined: 09 Nov 12
Moves: 1810

18 Jul 13

Panhandling on a chess forum. Could it get anymore embarrassing?

Suzianne

Misfit Queen

Isle of Misfit Toys

Joined: 08 Aug 03
Moves: 37653

20 Jul 13

Originally posted by Zamboner
Panhandling on a chess forum. Could it get anymore embarrassing?

Yeah, he could be making fun of panhandlers on a chess forum.

Kewpie

Felis australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 392747

20 Jul 13

Originally posted by Suzianne
Yeah, he could be making fun of panhandlers on a chess forum.

Or making fun of people who make fun of panhandlers on a chess forum.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

21 Jul 13

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Originally posted by Kewpie
Or making fun of people who make fun of panhandlers on a chess forum.

.... or simply take him, his request and offer for a year at face value
(since he's obviously hurting, rather than embarrass him in further).

Kewpie

Felis australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 392747

21 Jul 13

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
.... or simply take him, his request and offer for a year at face value
(since he's obviously hurting, rather than embarrass him in further).

Hasn't moved in more than 3 months, has 6 vacant slots he isn't using .... I doubt if embarrassment is what's involved here.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

21 Jul 13

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Originally posted by Kewpie

Hasn't moved in more than 3 months, has 6 vacant slots he isn't using .... I doubt if embarrassment is what's involved here.

Maybe. Then, again, his profile doesn't suggest that this thread is motivated by a need for conversation or attention:

Smiffy joined May 2005 and has achieved a solid 1600's chess rating.

"Affiliated Clans: The Mustangs.

Tournament Victories: DnD Avengers!; Mini Quartets.

Affiliated Clubs: TSM; RHP International Club; Fly a Rebel Flag Chess Club; Smiffy's Pawn Stars; Chess Club."

Public Forum Posting Activity: May 2005 to July 2013 = 5 posts in seven years and two months
(3 in Clans Forum, 1 in Tournaments Forum and this one)

Observations: Smiffy's a focused man with a love for chess and dedication to his clubs and clans. He posts out of necessity, which suggests resourcefulness in meeting public challenges privately. To approach total strangers for the purpose of asking for financial assistance must have taken considerable need and humility. He offers unlimited games and friendship (for a year) and implied gratitude in return. We have no way of knowing, with certainty, whether "embarrassment is what's involved here". We may, however, surmise this thread represents an appeal of last resort. Seems to me that he deserve to be given the benefit of doubt; treated with respect and dignity, rather than as the impersonal butt of detached humor.

Kewpie

Felis australis

Australia

Joined: 20 Jan 09
Moves: 392747

21 Jul 13

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Total strangers? He's been on the site for 8 years, owns a club, and he comes begging in a public forum? I don't think so. Far more likely is that some prankster family member's got hold of his login. Remember, he's not playing ANY games at all.