I have felt bad for the guy in the past. Knowing how it is when you lose some good players you once played with. So I have picked up a pairing once or twice with this guy. If you don't reply to him with in a day though he seems to go into panic mode. Not only PMing the journal where he found my im name but my personal as well. I try to be nice to him but my nice streak can only go so far. I can only hope he takes the advice you listed here.