08 Dec 07
Originally posted by tapestryMore importantly, who have you been playing to be getting resignable positions against? There cant be that many on this site who should be able to beat you.
I think some people can be blatantly extremely rude intentionally. I've just been playing a few blitz games and four people have been rude and critical of my choice of opening, style of play and the fact that I don't resign in positions where counterplay is possible.
I do find it irritating that people feel they can be insulting and hide behind the ano ...[text shortened]... t a life and then block contact with them. It is a pity that such idiots exist to play chess.
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexNot this site but FICS. I have found the players here to be very courteous.
More importantly, who have you been playing to be getting resignable positions against? There cant be that many on this site who should be able to beat you.
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08 Dec 07
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexYeah - I don't like it when someone says good game after I played really horribly. In most cases, I'm pretty sure they mean well, but you know, I'm usually pretty upset at that moment and the thought often creeps in that they might be being sarcastic.
I find if I really thrash somebody, of if they lose by making a horrible blunder I try and avoid saying good game because they know they messed up and I know I didnt really work for my win but had it gifted to me.
08 Dec 07
I think alot of people here and on other chess sites forget that this is international and not everyone understands english. If someone wrote Good Game or even the initials in French, German, Hindu or any other language I wouldn't have a clue what they were saying and wouldn't try to answer it because they wouldn't understand the response. Try using the good ole smiley face 🙂 or something else.
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by KaworukunThere is a difference between a lost game OTB and a lost game in an internet blitz game. In an internet game time is a factor. If you've chosen to play a 2 minute game, you or your opponent are perfectly entitled to continue to play on and go for a win on time or make use of your opponents time trouble and try a cheapo. This would be pointless in an OTB game with a more substantial time control.
If your too stupid too take advice, and play on in totally lost games, that means your the idiot.
You would be foolish to take advice from an opponent who advises you to resign. They still need to prove the win.
I appreciate English may not be your first language but your insults would be more credible if they were grammatically correct.
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by KaworukunInteresting post by yourself in the Latvian thread in response to a post by Korch.
If an idiot like you played against me like that. We would be finished IRL. I would never play you again.
'You go on about spam my son, but calling someone an idiot is flaming.
So whats worse the spammer of flammer?'
I'd like to draw your attention to the message placed at the bottom of the screen where your make a post: 'Important : Posts on this board may be subject to moderation. Please refrain from spamming, flaming or using excessively offensive language on this board. '
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by ErekoseYes, same here. If it's not just a phrase (which it probably is in most cases), it implies something like "for a patzer like you, this wasn't bad" (unless the opponent really wasn't able to see how bad it was).
Yeah - I don't like it when someone says good game after I played really horribly. In most cases, I'm pretty sure they mean well, but you know, I'm usually pretty upset at that moment and the thought often creeps in that they might be being sarcastic.
08 Dec 07
Originally posted by big bernI was confused when I encountered it here for the first time because it is sometimes used for "big grin" in German internet speech.
i believe gg is from the English common phrase Great Going... later adopted by the Americans in the form of shortened internet speech.
08 Dec 07
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Originally posted by hamltnblueGood point. I once told someone to "break a leg" and this was interpreted as a threat by someone unfamiliar with the idiom.
I think alot of people here and on other chess sites forget that this is international and not everyone understands english. If someone wrote Good Game or even the initials in French, German, Hindu or any other language I wouldn't have a clue what they were saying and wouldn't try to answer it because they wouldn't understand the response. Try using the good ole smiley face 🙂 or something else.
Unfortunately, the "good old smiley face" can be seen as smirking by an opponent who has just lost a game.
The acronym "gg" is as close to a universalism as one is likely to find in the chess world, but as you point out, it needn't be understood, for a variety of reasons.
I have solved this problem by means of the true universal language: mathematics. I begin with simple groupings of random symbols (it doesn't matter what, as long as I am consistent) and work through fundamental operations such as simple addition, using base ten. By the time a long game has finished my opponent and I are generally able to exhange simple concepts by means of number-theoretical equivalencies. It's much the same principle as the communication method used in ET the Extraterrestrial, only using numbers instead of sounds.