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Bullet players who open by giving away queen

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haxgy

I'm interested in a certain subset of bullet players who open the game by giving away their queen (taking the f-pawn). Here is an example:

http://www.chess.com/members/view/iRobot-3#games

These players tend to have the following characteristics in common: 

-They never accept rematches (I can't tell, but I think the user I linked blocked me immediately after we played, even though all we did was play)
-They play an extraordinary number of games (hundreds per day)
-They have an extremely high rating and win an astounding percentage of their games

What's up? Clearly giving away your queen is not a logical opening. Are these 2000+ level players who do it for kicks? Are these cheaters who have the computer take over after move 3? Is this actually a good opening to use because your opponent is stunned into inaction by the idiocy of it? I would be intersted in hearing thoughts

Skwerly

I don't know a whole lot of 2000+ players who give up the queen in the opening.  Those are more like 1100 players.  :P

browni3141

It's not that hard to beat. I wouldn't even mind very much if they switched on the engine after giving up their queen Tongue out (okay only for a 2|0 or slower game)

I don't think I've lost to this yet.

Edit: They probably don't accept rematches because there strategy no longer has shock value.