06 Sep 05
Originally posted by TOMUKI knew a guy on a different site that lost his house and all of his possessions in a fire . With no computer and living in his car for a while he used the library computer , or coffee shop with internet . There were times he would move only once a week .
How can anybody possibly be too busy for only 'a few minutes to spare for chess each day', when that involves powering up a pc, accessing the internet and logging into this website; surley if your too busy, then technically it wouldn't be possible to perform the necessary procedures to play chess here in the first place?
Another guy would only allow himself 2 moves per board per day to keep himself from moving in haste . He'd get into a "moving freenzy" as he called it , similar to a feeding freenzy of sharks . He'd blunder a lot .
And believe it or not , there are some people who think of chess as only a game , and have other things in their lives .
06 Sep 05
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Originally posted by TOMUKThe first thing to know is that Chess At Work is first and foremost a correspondence chess site. This means that when you make a move in a game, it is unlikely that your opponent will reply to your move immediately. Typically, you will make a move and then wait minutes, hours, or, depending on your opponent, sometimes even days or weeks for your next move.
This was my initial point in the first place. So now we've come full-circle
Well that's what I think anyway. 😉
06 Sep 05
I average about 100 moves a day, and still don't move in all my games.. if someone has a bunch of 0 Move time out games, then those will take priority over the 1, 3, and 7+ Move Timeout games.. so.. those 100 moves I make could be in only 30 games.. and the other games would have to wait.
Not everyone moves the same way in their chess games.
As for people being too busy.. my wife's job has this website blocked at work. By the time she gets home from work, eats dinner, we put the kids to bed., she has about 1 hour of chess playing time.. She makes her moves, and thats it.. If the person happens to be on the site at the time, and makes a counter move, she might move again, but it is quite possible to not have the time to hang around and wait for someone to make a counter move.
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by Moldy CrowBut your friend, who must have suffered considerable trauma, would rather quench his thirst for chess instead of getting his feet back on the ground by going out of his way to find a pc to play chess, so try telling him that? What point exactly are you trying to make when you are indirectly contradicting yourself?
I knew a guy on a different site that lost his house and all of his possessions in a fire . With no computer and living in his car for a while he used the library computer , or coffee shop with internet . There were times he would move only once a week .
Another guy would only allow himself 2 moves per board per day to keep himself from moving in haste . ...[text shortened]... there are some people who think of chess as only a game , and have other things in their lives .
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by TOMUKWhy did you use an apostrophe in the thread title?
But your friend, who must have suffered considerable trauma, would rather quench his thirst for chess instead of getting his feet back on the ground by going out of his way to find a pc to play chess, so try telling him that? What point exactly are you trying to make when you are indirectly contradicting yourself?
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by TOMUKNo I'm not contradicting myself . I'm saying there are a lot of people whose situation and motives for playing differ from yours , and therefore they move at different speeds .
But your friend, who must have suffered considerable trauma, would rather quench his thirst for chess instead of getting his feet back on the ground by going out of his way to find a pc to play chess, so try telling him that? What point exactly are you trying to make when you are indirectly contradicting yourself?
The inherent contradiction in your reasoning you've yet to address is why you agree to play games with time limits that allow for slow movers then complain about . Why not only choose games with opponents that want to play blitz if you like fast games ? You're starting to sound like someone who just wants to b1tch about everyone else .
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by TOMUKThis attitude infuriates me to no end. Do you also post on blitz sites that you hate people who move immediately after you do? This site is for correspondence chess... if you want to play blitz, go to uchess.com or god forbid, games.yahoo.com and leave those who have lives alone... the hardest thing to get through the skull of people like you is not everything is about you...
I hate people who play here and only move once a day. Discuss
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by Moldy CrowThe uninitiated are hard to educate. Your missing the point. Go back to the start and thoroughly read through the post's again and realise the weak basis of your argument. Suddenly you'll realise you can answer this yourself!
No I'm not contradicting myself . I'm saying there are a lot of people whose situation and motives for playing differ from yours , and therefore they move at different speeds .
The inherent contradiction in your reasoning you've yet to address is why you agree to play games with time limits that allow for slow movers then complain about . Why not o ...[text shortened]... ast games ? You're starting to sound like someone who just wants to b1tch about everyone else .
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by TOMUKI think I hit the point squarely on the nose ; you just want to b1tch about people .
The uninitiated are hard to educate. Your missing the point. Go back to the start and thoroughly read through the post's again and realise the weak basis of your argument. Suddenly you'll realise you can answer this yourself!
(You'd piss and moan if they hung you with a new rope .)
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by SuzianneNo longer a rec. virgin. How does it feel?
This attitude infuriates me to no end. Do you also post on blitz sites that you hate people who move immediately after you do? This site is for [b]correspondence chess... if you want to play blitz, go to uchess.com or god forbid, games.yahoo.com and leave those who have lives alone... the hardest thing to get through the skull of people like you is not everything is about you...[/b]
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by SuzianneThe hot air of your ideological tirade is whimsical to say the least, if you like to teach lessons then has no one ever told you assumptions are dangerous things?
This attitude infuriates me to no end. Do you also post on blitz sites that you hate people who move immediately after you do? This site is for [b]correspondence chess... if you want to play blitz, go to uchess.com or god forbid, games.yahoo.com and leave those who have lives alone... the hardest thing to get through the skull of people like you is not everything is about you...[/b]
