The average FIDE rating of my dad and two uncles when I was growing up was probably right around ~2000. Learning to play chess was not all that fun!

All these people commenting are definitely not mad online. No, they think it’s funny. Really, they do.

One of the many reasons shipping IU to Santa Clara was bullshit. I’m a single, well-paid, late-20s, huge IU football fan (I’ve got my own issues, I know) and there was zero chance in hell I was going to fly out to CA for the Foster Farms Bowl (Or NYC for the Pinstripe) - three days after Christmas... in the middle of…

Caramoan pre-merge was a disaster, but post-merge was really great. BvW and Cagayan immediately following obviously helped keep me interested.

“That show’s still on?”

It’s just locker room talk.