Originally posted by wormwood
you can also create new threads you know. 🙂 when you resurrect Old threads, people tend to reply to people most of whom have left the site ages ago, which obviously goes nowhere.
We could recreate a new thread, but it defeated the point that I was trying to express...I was responding to this idea. Just because this thread is older than 2 weeks does not make it obsolete. I have brought it back to life, and it has a few more posts now. I found it enlightening, even though it was older than most threads on this site.
Let me ask you this - do you ever go back to old chess books and look into them for new ideas? Same concept. Honestly, I had no clue that this thread was that old. As a matter of fact, the whole reason I came to this site that day was because I typed "hyper sicilian" in the Google forum, and this was one of the first links that popped up. That means that if others on the internet type the same words, they are most likely going to find this forum - which was a bit disappointing to me.
So yes, we could make a new thread, but I didn't want to create a new thread (although I may now, since there is obviously some interest in the Hyper Sicilian).
But guys, seriously - why are you asking me about posting on an old forum, when the point of this thread is whether the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon was sound? If you aren't a GM, I am sure it is perfectly playable, and even at GM level, I am sure it is playable - but maybe it doesn't give the same dynamic chances that other forms of the Sicilian offer.
As far as the person who originated this thread leaving, that may be so. But others are still reading it. Think about it - I read it, and so have you. The forum is still valid.