Billium248
William S. McIntire
Detroit Rock City (GMT-4), MI, United States 
Member Since: Dec 5, 2007
Last Login: Nov 7, 2009
Profile Views: 16651
Points: 7752
Status: Who took all my Halloween candy? ;-) (4 days ago)
Homepage: www.imdb.com/name/nm1838011/
Birthday: Sep 15, 1969
Occupation: Teacher, Actor, Filmmaker, DJ
About Me:
I am a Wolverine!! (University of Michigan - Class of 1996) Go Blue!! I live in Hockeytown, home of the 11x Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings!! I have worked on and/or acted in many films and TV shows including 61* (directed by Billy Crystal - HBO Films), LONG LIVE THE DEAD (2007 - Alienstone Entertainment), and Virgin on Bourbon Street (starring Rob Schneider and Jenna Dewan). Recently I was the title character in THE SILENCER which won 1st place at the Detroit-Windsor International Film Festival. One day I hope to win an Oscar and the Jeopardy Tournament of Champions.
I used to play chess with my grandfather all the time when he was alive. I never beat him. My dad did a couple of times, but not many. I recently started playing again. My daughter and I play on the board that I inherited from my grandfather, and my dad turned me onto this site so that he & I could play again as well. I've played chess, but never studied it, so I couldn't tell you what any of the openings / attacks / defenses are called. I just do it. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.
Update: since I've discovered Chess.com I've gotten better at identifying openings, but I'm still working on my execution of them. At the moment, my 1st move as white is always 1.e4, and my first move as black is always 1...Nf6. And as I'm opening with my Dark Knight, I just feel compelled to say, "I'm Batman." 
Come join my online group here called The Dark Knights!! Everyone is welcome!!
http://www.chess.com/groups/view/the-dark-knights
I LOVE playing Vote Chess games at 10-mins per turn, so I started The Fortnight Speed Vote League. These games are incredibly intense and exciting!! Anyone is welcome to join the League HQ and follow along. If you'd like your group to compete in the league, just let me know.
I also founded these groups:
The 2K Club (for people with ratings over 2000),
The Chess Turtles (for people who don't like to rush or be rushed),
Detroit Rook City (for people who live in and around the Motor City),
and the Drum Team (for percussionists competing in the Music League).
And I'm also an administrator in these groups (some of them I don't even know when I got promoted - and I keep discovering more of them ):
Animal Lovers (My daughter's group, I'm a Super),
The Michigan Wolverines, (Go Blue!!)
Nimzo-Larsen Attack (I'm in charge of Team Matches),
Burning Pawns (I'm in charge of Speed Vote Games),
Team Antarctica (I'm a Super),
Chess Team International,
The Philosophers,
Light Force (I'm a Super),
The Korova Milk Bar (I'm a Super),
Project Mayhem,
The Pawn Cocktails,
American Sports Club and Grill (I'm a Super),
Great America,
Group USA,
Platinum World,
Chess.Com Competitions (I'm a Super),
Christians of Chess.com,
Canadians of Chess.com,
Spartans Fans,
King's Knight,
KnightsR,
Jokers,
The Dead Land,
The Flightless Birds of Prey,
The Cool Boys & Girls Chess Group (I'm a Super),
Dojo's Friends Carvel (I'm a Super),
Catedral (I'm a Super),
The Great Squad (I'm a Super),
The Yellow Squad,
and We Are Admin.
And these are the groups that I'm not an admin in, but I love 'em so much I just had to give 'em an extra plug here:
Chess Nuts,
Chess Spartans,
College Football,
National Hockey League Fans,
Pink Floyd Fans,
Amateur Astronomers,
Fanboys & Bookworms & Readers,
The Saving Word,
King of Kings,
Christian Chess Players,
Cheers!,
Animal House,
and Cosmik Debris.
To anyone who has played me, is playing me, or will play me: I'm sorry I move so slow sometimes. This thread explains why:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/i-am-the-slowest-player-on-chesscom
It also explains why I needed to set a maximum number of games on myself. If the system is telling you that I'm not accepting challenges, it's cuz I'm over my limit. Sorry.
By popular request, here is a trailer from one of my movies. I'm not in this clip a whole lot, but it's a start. There is some explicit language in this one too. I apologize for that. I'm working on finding something else. But in the meantime, Enjoy!!
Let me know if you watch it, please. I hope you like it. I'm the one saying, "The bar was overrun! It's full of zombies!!"
Here is a clip of a couple scenes from Long Live the Dead that I am featured in (the explicit language has been bleeped out in this one):
Long Live the Dead 2: Super Zombies is in production now. It is one of those rare examples where the sequel is better than the original.
And here is the short film which won 1st place in the 2008 Detroit-Windsor International Film Festival's 48-hour film challenge. The whole thing was written, shot, and edited (from start to finish) in 48 hours.
I've completed another 48-Hour Film Challenge, and this one came out GREAT!!! It's called, "The Delivery," and I am the main character!! I'm in every scene, and in almost every shot!! Out of 300 films from across the country, only 30 got posted on the Web Site, and we're one of them!! We won Best Spy Genre!! Here it is:
My Home Pages:
www.myspace.com/Billium248
www.YouTube.com/Billium248
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1838011/
http://www.chess.com/members/view/Billium248