Last night I played a couple games with wildly divergent results, not so far as who won, but in terms of the human interaction involved.
In the first instance, I played (or tried to play a match against one 'DEMO HELLO!', who needs to have his caps lock adjusted. Before we even start playing he asks to chat, and after saying 'hi' like three or four times, he asks me 'how much games I have.' Witness my confusion in (url="http://"http://www.squibix.net/temp/1.jpg")this image(/url). I didn't know what to say! Then, he said he had five or six, which entirely failed to resolve my confusion. And then (url="http://"http://www.squibix.net/temp/2.jpg")this...(/url) So we finally started playing, but about thirty seconds into the game he wants to chat again, with (url="http://"http://www.squibix.net/temp/3.jpg")unhappy results(/url). Then he quits. Note the times in that last image. Amount of my life wasted: seven and a half minutes.
But to make up for it, the next game joined I met a very pleasant young lady, and after the game was over--which it was a good hard-fought match too--I chatted with her on AIM for some time. So all in all things balance out.
(I should also say that nearly all of the more experienced players who have destroyed me so far have been very pleasant and polite, and offered me tips on several occasions... if any of them are reading here: thanks a bunch!)
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(This message has been edited by Danny (edited 08-07-2002).)
