Originally posted by adramforallNo it doesn't. I like Elmo's explanation much better.
Apparently is it the symbol for a voiceless velar stop:
Per wiki the features of the voiceless velar stop are:
* Its manner of articulation is stop, or plosive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. (The term plosive contrasts with nasal stops, where the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.)
* It ...[text shortened]... d by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Hope that helps 😛
Originally posted by James ClaycombBlah blah blah.
Per the question about Kings and Pawns veracity: I have interacted via messages with him a great deal. Upon learning from another player of his background vocationally & academically I was intrigued. I am an avid reader of apologists like Francis Schaeffer & Ravi Zacharias. I am fairly acquainted with Solzhenitsyn as well. As a professor that teaches ...[text shortened]... e so be it. If not... Let us each extend the benefit of the doubt... Sincerely, James Claycomb
Is this entire clan made of charlatans? Shame on you all for besmirching the name of a great country.
Originally posted by James ClaycombCharges ? You have all these academical qualiications and yet you classify "is that your picture" ( which is where this all started ) as some kind of "charge" ? Motives ? Actually this thread got it started so the defenders can blame themselves. If you don't want people to investigate ( all of 5 minutes on google images ) don't start a thread boasting "my top board is smashing 2300+ players"... it kind of draws attention. No thread no duckhunt.
Per the question about Kings and Pawns veracity: I have interacted via messages with him a great deal. Upon learning from another player of his background vocationally & academically I was intrigued. I am an avid reader of apologists like Francis Schaeffer & Ravi Zacharias. I am fairly acquainted with Solzhenitsyn as well. As a professor that teaches ...[text shortened]... e so be it. If not... Let us each extend the benefit of the doubt... Sincerely, James Claycomb
Originally posted by DerJager
The idea that Lex Rex and Kings and Pawns being the same person seems phony to me. I know Lex Rex too well for that to be an option,
Are you saying it's just a concidence ?
and Kings and Pawns. Kings and Pawns and I have had wonderful discussions pertaining to religion, politics, chess (he is very helpful and I am currently reading two books he recommended to me).
Not relevant.
I just think we have some very egotistic people on here who have nothing better to do than slander another more successful player.
There are hundreds of more successful players on here than me. If you want to know why K&P you may raise your hand and pat yourself on the back.
I mean really, what difference does it make if the picture was or was not him.
None. A bit of gamesmanship is to be applauded. But if you want to indulge in gamesmanship then be prepared to play the game. He could have had that but decided on a different route.
I myself have had pictures on my profile of William Haskell from England because he is a hero of mine in rugby, but by that I did not mean he was me or I was him.
Can you not tell the difference ?
Let's just play chess and enjoy it! I'll stand by Kings and Pawns no matter what, and I know I am not the only one. He has multiple friends on here who know him well.
Apparently he has a lot of friends in Brazil too. That's all that would have had to happen to prevent this. "Yeah... it's not me.. I got it from google images".
1. If you pop "old man in hat" into google images you get K&P.
2. Lex Rex disappears on 15th May same day K&P joins.
3. Lex Rex quickly reappears to jump to K&P's defence.
4. New user urotsukidoji666 joins and within seconds asks an obscure question with no relevance to this thread which K&P makes his first forum post to.
You can say this is all coincidence or meaningless and for meaningless you may be right. The profile is gone so he can continue without the gamesmanship.
Originally posted by Alice1Would you care to answer any of the points being raised rather than just insulting people ? They really are simple questions and have been asked with nothing more than a sense of mischief and sarcasm and certainly no insults.. that's all one-sided. But since you pointed it out.. funny that you should sign off with the same missive as Lex Rex. Funny that's all. It's not a "charge".
I never check the forums and this why. A bunch little girls gossiping and making up consipacy theories. How many of you geniuses believe in the 9/11 consipacy?
I have played both players in question and they are NOT the same person! Of course I could be one of them myself. I also belong to America!!! Just wish I could play like them. And that is the botttom line. You don't have thier talent so it must be a computer.
Disgusting!
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Originally posted by Alice1Because there is considerable prestige associated with the number one ranking on a major internet chess site whether you get there by fair or foul means. Putting K&P to one side there have been a series of "incidents" of the top ranked player here so this is not a situation without precedent and it won't be the last either.
Yes I would like the answer. In any case it's just your belief that they are the same person.
You're wrong about it being my belief. There are easily verifiable facts to back it up. It's a recurring theme. Stop using one account for some reason and start using another. You can't wipe out the history of accounts so it leaves a trail. The fact that Lex Rex stopped playing on the same day K&P joined is not unusual. There would have been many players that stopped on the same day. What's unusual is that Lex Rex sprang back to life within a few minutes to defend K&P. I don't have to present any DNA proof. It's all been seen before.
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Originally posted by thaughbaerFirst all where's the considerable prestige when no one knows who yoy are?
Because there is considerable prestige associated with the number one ranking on a major internet chess site whether you get there by fair or foul means. Putting K&P to one side there have been a series of "incidents" of the top ranked player here so this is not a situation without precedent and it won't be the last either.
You're wrong about it being ...[text shortened]... inutes to defend K&P. I don't have to present any DNA proof. It's all been seen before.
Second I'm not wrong about it being your belief. You have no proof. Just a half baked theory.
Third Lex Rex was already one of the top players on the site. Why resign all your games and take a 600 point hit to start over?
Forth why come back as Lex Rex? After 6 months? Could it be that he was actually gone for that time?
Originally posted by Alice1Within thirteen minutes of Kings and Pawns' profile picture being shown to be a stock photo Lex Rex is back from an absence of six months to defend his old teacher. You're right, it could be a coincidence!
First all where's the considerable prestige when no one knows who yoy are?
Second I'm not wrong about it being your belief. You have no proof. Just a half baked theory.
Third Lex Rex was already one of the top players on the site. Why resign all your games and take a 600 point hit to start over?
Forth why come back as Lex Rex? After 6 months? Could it be that he was actually gone for that time?
Originally posted by Alice1Originally posted by Alice1
First all where's the considerable prestige when no one knows who yoy are?
Ask some of the people who've been there. I'm sure Skeeter enjoys it.
Second I'm not wrong about it being your belief. You have no proof. Just a half baked theory.
It's not half baked. It's fully baked. The trail is there.
Third Lex Rex was already one of the top players on ...[text shortened]... come back as Lex Rex? After 6 months? Could it be that he was actually gone for that time?
First all where's the considerable prestige when no one knows who yoy are?
Ask some of the people who've been there. I can't get there by fair means. If I'm ever there it's foul. But in the end it doesn't matter why they do it. They do it.
Second I'm not wrong about it being your belief. You have no proof. Just a half baked theory.
It's not half baked. It's fully baked. The trail is there. You can look at it. Anyone can look at it. Game history, posting history, joining dates. I can't fake them. Maybe the site owners could. Now that would be a conspiracy. Just because you can't be bothered to look and verify the facts doesn't mean they're not facts. Show me something I've claimed for which there is no proof ( other than now deleted profiles ).
Third Lex Rex was already one of the top players on the site. Why resign all your games and take a 600 point hit to start over?
You all seem so friendly with him so ask him. It's not been a topic in this thread.
Forth why come back as Lex Rex? After 6 months? Could it be that he was actually gone for that time?
Yes it could be but is it "reasonable" that he reappeared within a few minutes of being needed after having been gone for so long ?
It's all about what's reasonable across multiple events. Any one single event could be explained as coincidence. When you add them all up it becomes less likely.
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Originally posted by Alice1There was a thirteen minute gap between thaughbaer's post showing that Kings and Pawns' profile picture was a stock photo and Lex Rex's defence of his former teacher. Let's say it took about three minutes to post something (typing and editing). That gives us a window of ten minutes.
I'm still hsven't had a logical answer why.
Lex Rex left in the 4th month and came back in the 10th month. If my math is right that's 6 months. The time he said would be away. Coincidence? You tell me.
Now, you're asking us to believe that after leaving the site for six months, Lex Rex has returned to the site, come directly to the chess forum (which there's no evidence of his ever having read), seen his old teacher's identity being questioned, "alerted [Kings and Pawns] to the fact that there was trash talk going on about him", and proceeded to make his first post in the public forums? All in the space of ten minutes?
Not likely.
Originally posted by Alice1Your math is wrong. Lex left in the 5th Month. Look at his game history. Profiles are not verifiable facts.
I'm still hsven't had a logical answer why.
Lex Rex left in the 4th month and came back in the 10th month. If my math is right that's 6 months. The time he said would be away. Coincidence? You tell me.