29 Dec 07
Originally posted by stockton1984It's not the attractiveness or otherwise of the chess players it's the way they are filmed. Flat lighting, unimaginative or inappropriate setting, odd compositions, homespun graphics, mismatched clothing, poor sound quality...and this is just the good ones. I know that "content" is king but wouldn't it be nice if there was just one you could feel comfortable showing to a friend. None of the changes I'm suggesting need cost much.
lmfao.........
Seriously, this is by far the funniest message board post I've ever started!
But seriously....
in regards to the last post that for some insane reason insinuates that chess players are not all that aesthetically pleasing. please go find the book "Chess Bitch" I can't remember the girls name, but she's a highly rated chess player ...[text shortened]... it Polgar would throw some make up on and dress sexy, I in all likelihood would hit that 😛
29 Dec 07
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Originally posted by stockton1984i play in the sudbery chess club full timeim the leader cause im the best 😛
I'm really just curious where everyone here works (especially the higher rated players) I'm mainly curious to see if we'll find a wide variety of jobs or if most of the high(er) level players have intellectual jobs (professors, executives, etc). However, I would like everyone to answer this that reads it. 🙂
I for one, work in the insurance industry.
jk
grd 12 student
my job i like to call it a supervisory possition but most people say im a cashier
but i supervise the store 🙂
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but why might i ask this is in the chess only forum? seems like a genaral forum topic
30 Dec 07
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I'm mainly curious to see if we'll find a wide variety of jobs or if most of the high(er) level players have intellectual jobs (professors, executives, etc).Executive as an intellectual job, that's rich.
I write software for a "direct internet marketer". I was a licensed CPA for a while but wasn't any good at it. Majored in CS and accounting, total waste for me. Should've done something interesting, like folklore. Or maybe astronomy. So to all the high school students posting to this thread, I should probably have some sort of cautionary advice, but I really can't think of anything.
30 Dec 07
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Originally posted by stockton1984Interesting you should say this.
I'm really just curious where everyone here works (especially the higher rated players) I'm mainly curious to see if we'll find a wide variety of jobs or if most of the high(er) level players have intellectual jobs (professors, executives, etc). However, I would like everyone to answer this that reads it. 🙂
I for one, work in the insurance industry.
In my local club I think 5 of us have PhD's (2 Chemistry, 1 Physics, 1 Computer Science and 1 Medieval Languages) and nearly all of us a have degrees, in the local league there are many more PhD's out there.
So based on this I would say yes the majority of good chess players are quite intellectual.