Are You Drunk and playing chess?

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10th December 2008, 01:56am
#41
by wormrose
Lake Tahoe, NV United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2652

I hope all my opponents are drunk. Wink

10th December 2008, 01:58am
#42
by vijaykulkarni
Pune India
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 7961
screekdawg wrote:

Are you drunk right now and are making moves? I want to let you know you are not alone! Join our group!http://www.chess.com/groups/home/drunk-chess-formally-beer-chess


 Hey but I don't like beer.. I will still want to join as "whisky subsection" if you have it

10th December 2008, 02:13am
#43
by Checkers4Me
Cincinnati United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 319

In the morning i'm sober if I am on here.

At night, most likely not sober.

On the weekend, depends.

I can only imagine how my opponents view how my playing style/strength changes throughout the game.

10th December 2008, 02:24am
#44
by dogtheteacher
Veszpr�©m Hungary
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 26

LOL!  I have an opinion about people telling other people that they are immature. I lived 20 years behind the iron curtain. Heard it every day.

Immature has always been a synonym for creative, playful.

Is that not what chess is about?

10th December 2008, 02:40am
#45
by Mullet_Overlord666
Pope's Crib Vatican City
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 32

THE MULLET LAUDS THE ADMIRABLE USE OF THE MESSAGE BOARD!

FLAME-TRUCKIN!

10th December 2008, 06:15am
#46
by rlgroom
Boise, ID United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 3

 I played someone the other day that, after they started to lose used the excuse that they were drunk. The funny part was, after that he even started typing his words like he was slurring them and talking drunk...very funny

10th December 2008, 06:41am
#47
by screekdawg
Buffalo,NY United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 473
rlgroom wrote:

 I played someone the other day that, after they started to lose used the excuse that they were drunk. The funny part was, after that he even started typing his words like he was slurring them and talking drunk...very funny


I have used that before..seriously

12th December 2008, 07:11pm
#48
by dbk
Florida United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 17
screekdawg wrote:
Wojytla wrote:
dbk wrote:

I love chess...as do many other people around the globe including children. If this were a beer or pot forum this dicussion might be appropriate.


 EXACTLY.


This is a forum to talk about being drunk (Note the title of the thread) There is nothing hidden about it. You clicked on it read the posts and dirtied it with your fancy pants intellegence.


I am not making any judgements here. If the posts are dirtied, it certainly was not because of my comment.

12th December 2008, 07:33pm
#49
by TrebleChess
The Frozen Tundra Canada
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 13

All I can say is, God help me if should pick up the booze in play...the fire sale is going just fine as it is...

12th December 2008, 07:35pm
#50
by TrebleChess
The Frozen Tundra Canada
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 13
Checkers4Me wrote:

In the morning i'm sober if I am on here.

At night, most likely not sober.

On the weekend, depends.

I can only imagine how my opponents view how my playing style/strength changes throughout the game.


I'll try and track your online presence (at night), I need all the help I can get

12th December 2008, 07:42pm
#51
by hondoham
North Carolina USA and Honduras
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 579

working on it

12th December 2008, 07:43pm
#52
by TheGrobe
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 4512
Wojytla wrote:
silentfilmstar13 wrote:

Simply imbecilic is the notion that the desire to alter one's state of mind is inherently immature.  Your condescension is unappreciated, Wojytla (this coming from a man who doesn't drink or take drugs, by the way).


 It is exactly that.  It is immature to now have the courage and fortitude to face the world as we are.  Your ridiculous comment shows just how far we have to go.  Relativism is dangerous as are comments like yours.


Who let the buzz-kill in?

12th December 2008, 07:58pm
#53
by shakje
Tyne and Wear, UK Scotland
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 978
Wojytla wrote:
silentfilmstar13 wrote:

Simply imbecilic is the notion that the desire to alter one's state of mind is inherently immature.  Your condescension is unappreciated, Wojytla (this coming from a man who doesn't drink or take drugs, by the way).


 It is exactly that.  It is immature to now have the courage and fortitude to face the world as we are.  Your ridiculous comment shows just how far we have to go.  Relativism is dangerous as are comments like yours.


 This is a common misconception made by people who condemn illegal drugs/alcohol who have either never had any experience with either, or only have a negative experience associated with one or the other. Some people get drunk to cope with life because they can't without it. That's pretty sad, and I pity anyone who's in that state. For the vast majority of people who either get high, or get drunk, being in that state is simply another form of entertainment, and if you've ever had a positive experience with either I think you would agree. I don't get high any more, although I did in my uni days, I do get drunk every so often, but it's not a way of coping with life, it's a fun night out at the weekend, every so often, where I get to spend some quality time with my mates. It's difficult to explain why getting drunk is a positive experience, but in general it lightens the mood, and gives everyone more confidence.

If I sat and watched TV for half an hour, or play chess for half an hour, it's not something that I'm doing purely to get me through life, it's something I enjoy doing.

All the above is personal opinion, and that side of Wojytla's comments doesn't bother me. What does bother me is the condescending attitude, and the idea that he can quite simply put forward an argument, say he is right, and assume that that should be the end of it. Now that's the very definition of immature, not to mention condescending.

12th December 2008, 08:47pm
#54
by shakje
Tyne and Wear, UK Scotland
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 978
bork_bork_bork wrote:

Wojytla wrote

You hear terms and know there defintions but dont truly understand them

 

If you are going to pawn yourself off as the resident intellectual with the holier-than-thou attitude, you should make sure all your ducks are in a row first. The word you meant to use was their, which is possesive. There is positional and clearly the wrong choice. I'll give you a pass on the missed apostraphe.


 You were doing well as well until you spelt apostrophe wrong Tongue out

12th December 2008, 08:52pm
#55
by Vagabond69
Sydney Canada
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 20

I don't anymore.........i make bad moves.....refer to my last loss.........beer good........beer and chess = missing your opponents obvious mate attemps

12th December 2008, 10:57pm
#56
by Olimar
United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 525
shakje wrote:
bork_bork_bork wrote:

Wojytla wrote

You hear terms and know there defintions but dont truly understand them

 

If you are going to pawn yourself off as the resident intellectual with the holier-than-thou attitude, you should make sure all your ducks are in a row first. The word you meant to use was their, which is possesive. There is positional and clearly the wrong choice. I'll give you a pass on the missed apostraphe.


 You were doing well as well until you spelt apostrophe wrong


this made my day... the HYPOCRASY!!!!!!!

(intentional....joke....)

(nevermind)

13th December 2008, 11:21am
#57
by eloihunter
Nashville United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 55
Wojytla wrote:
silentfilmstar13 wrote:

Simply imbecilic is the notion that the desire to alter one's state of mind is inherently immature.  Your condescension is unappreciated, Wojytla (this coming from a man who doesn't drink or take drugs, by the way).


 It is exactly that.  It is immature to now have the courage and fortitude to face the world as we are.  Your ridiculous comment shows just how far we have to go.  Relativism is dangerous as are comments like yours.


Religion, exercise, firearms, seafood, etc., are all capable of altering our perspectives and thought processes.  Conciousness is a continuous process, not a static state;  "altered" state is a meaningless phrase.  A drunk or pothead still has to face the world exactly as they are, they just choose their attitudes the same way anyone else does....

As to drunk chess,  I make enough blunders without the fruit of the vine....

13th December 2008, 11:27am
#58
by TheGrobe
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 4512
eloihunter wrote:
Wojytla wrote:
silentfilmstar13 wrote:

Simply imbecilic is the notion that the desire to alter one's state of mind is inherently immature.  Your condescension is unappreciated, Wojytla (this coming from a man who doesn't drink or take drugs, by the way).


 It is exactly that.  It is immature to now have the courage and fortitude to face the world as we are.  Your ridiculous comment shows just how far we have to go.  Relativism is dangerous as are comments like yours.


Religion, exercise, firearms, seafood, etc., are all capable of altering our perspectives and thought processes.  Conciousness is a continuous process, not a static state;  "altered" state is a meaningless phrase.  A drunk or pothead still has to face the world exactly as they are, they just choose their attitudes the same way anyone else does....

As to drunk chess,  I make enough blunders without the fruit of the vine....


I might refine this to simply state that all experiences alter our perspectives and thought processes.  Including, I'm sure, the experience of being called out as pompous and self righteous.

13th December 2008, 11:31am
#59
by Hugh_T_Patterson
San Francisco, CA United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 1324

When I start drinking I start running around destroying things (like my games). I'll stic to pain medication!

13th December 2008, 11:36am
#60
by TheGrobe
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 4512

I long ago learned not to post on the Internet after imbibing, it took a couple of hard lessons to learn that making moves in my games was also a bad idea.  While I don't abstain from alcohol in the least, I do avoid combining it with Chess.


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