Gonnosuke wrote:
"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in"
In this internet age, everything persists.
For those who take an interest in this sort of thing, in the first Team Match encounter (Play By The Book) between the ideologies (Tally Team Users and Tally Team Non-Users), average rating was weighted heavily in favour of the Tally Team User group. That match is still progressing - but in the upcoming match The Show Must Go On - average rating is currently higher on the Tally Team Non-Users side.
A recent discussion(A TALLY OF DATABASE-USERS & NON-USERS) threw up a cohort of colourful comparisons. For those that missed it, here are a few of the analogical and metaphorical highlights.
Feel free to suggest other ludicrous (or sensible) analogs.
I agree with the poster who said that comparing Correspondence Chess with Over-The-Board Chess is like comparing the 100-meter dash with a 26-mile marathon.
Billium248
23
Did you ever meet a coach in any sport who would field one less player because he didn’t think it was right to use all that the rules allowed?
meserole
76
and its equally, or even more silly, to use such resources as a crutch whenever you find yourself in an unusual opening.
olimar
77
I'm driving a car and suddenly I find myself on ice, my passenger is an experienced ice driver and says "let me help", but you say "no, the only way I'll learn is to crash and burn".
Evil_Homer
78
playing correspondence chess and using databases as stopping my chess skills from getting a hunchback and a limp
exiledcanuck
80
Using this analogy, let's liken it to a student who actually learns spelling and one who is always reliant on his spell-check to clean his game up for him.
Rael
93
Your analogy of an in-class-open-book-exam is PERFECT!! Just as the person who depends on their spell-checker is a perfect analogy for the people who use the databases just as improperly.
Billium248
106
I imagined some kind of like, pilots chair or bridge of the Enterprise set up with the ideal chess arrangement of data and stuff. Console with endgame tablebase displays and opening explorer and analysis board. Like, every utility at your fingertips, the ultimate chess machine.
Rael
118
you shouldn't try and reinvent the wheel. Instead, you should dedicate yourself to making a better wheel by utilizing the collective knowledge assembled by thousands of chess players
Gonnosuke
202
your not trying to make a better wheel :( your just mimicing a design proven to be effective.
Olimar
204, 216
Dating: gosh, wouldn't it be nice to just approach a girl normally? Oh, are all the other boys studying PUA (pick-up-artistry?). Well that means that I have to study it too if I want to get a girlfriend, doesn't it?
Rael
301
chess.com is like a professional baseball 'big' league. Rael and others wish it was 'junior' league. The players-who-try-too-hard poster wishes chess.com was 'kiddy' league. (p.s. I know nothing about baseball).
artfizz
306
I think people who prefer to use the OTB style of play is like the professionals and the users are like T-ball players. They can't hit the ball or it would take them too long to hit the ball so lets put it on a tee in front of them so they can hit the ball .
hmcgrier
309
Is there an athlete that doesn’t use shoes with spikes because it’s more pure? In any sport people use everything that’s allowed to perform better. And lots of them try to be better with help that’s not allowed.
michaelangelooo
366
Over-The-Board chesslike performing a piece of music
OTB/CC hybrid chess like rehearsing a piece of music
Correspondence chess like recording a piece of music (in a sound studio)
artfizz
371
To DB users especially the higher ranking ones(top seeds),if I had the chance to play with you and if I had the chance to have Deep Blue 2(the only computer to beat KASPEROV),
Thegab03
408
To SATELLITE NAVIGATION users especially the higher ranking ones (top seeds): if I had the chance to drive against you and if I had the chance to have Military Level SATELLITE NAVIGATION
artfizz
412
It would be like saying pick-up "american" football players are lazy because they don’t spend hours training for their game.
olimar
425
Every time I see "Circle of Trust" I imagine a bunch of Wiccan man-haters standing in a circle puttin' hexes on their exes.
Note: It's not my intention to disparage the group or it's members. Though I don't agree with the philosophy I respect your decision to abide by it. I just find the name very amusing!
Gonnosuke
436
.I would compare using database with being allowed to use books when you have an exam at school, which would be great sometimes but...
Diana_L
530
And I would compare not using a database with trying to study for an exam without using books.
gonnosuke
532
a user only uses one arm when cuddling, he uses someone else’s to complete the cuddle
gumpty
557
No, I use the Kama Sutra to figure out my cuddling options...
Mm78
560
gumpty wrote:
i use my pea sized brain
Just intrigued by your pea sized brain,
Paul211
582
It's a chicken and egg problem. Are highly rated players highly rated because they use databases or do they use databases because they're highly rated?
gonnosuke
626
I have a competitive air rifle club and there are strict rules on what equipment my students can use in each category.
jackleg
632
Imagine some people forming a group called "Only Shoot In Standing Position" and then arrogantly proclaiming themselves to be the only "purists" in the shooting world.
Duffer1965
664