Chess Stereotypes.

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16th December 2008, 02:23am
#1
by moaz
Bangladesh
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 185

I don't know about the chess.com community, but i personally have met a lot of chess sterotypes.These stereotypes describe the game of chess as "nerdy" or for "nerds" as it requires thinking and the use of streategy,tactics etc.

Is it just me or has anyone else ever met a chess stereotype??

16th December 2008, 02:42am
#2
by bastiaan
eindhoven Netherlands
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 724

Nearly everyone I've met, even people who play the game.
I think it's ignorant, but in a consious way.
People sterotyping chess players probably know they are wrong but they don't care.
It's easy to make fun of something you know nothing of.
I don't care about the stereotyping. I haven't had any negative responses to my hobby

16th December 2008, 02:43am
#3
by Streptomicin
Pozarevac Serbia
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 1172

Lol, dude, I had a situation when few morons looked at me and commented: "ha, he read books!!!!!" Like I was growing huge man eating, terrorist, venom, fire spitting plant or something! Nothing is different when it's about chess. My favourite is "chess is borring"! But that comes from same people who told me that books are borring. I have many inteligent friends who dont play chess becouse they dont have patience,time or something else, but they fully understand chess and they know that it is far from borring.

Retards who dont understand that, and who believe that nerdy is to get your brain moving, they dont deserve to play this game.

16th December 2008, 02:53am
#4
by moaz
Bangladesh
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 185

Yeah i agree

16th December 2008, 02:53am
#5
by Kinan
Tartous Syria
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 120

Surprisingly, no..

Actually the girls i tell that i play chess make a comment like "i love chess" or "interestin" or "you must be smart then"..and even the people who said it's boring which is rare..they said it in "it's only my opinion though" way.

When i was a beginner, i had my doubts and sometimes i considered chess as aboring game, but after studying it more, i find it now as a passionate game with a lot of fun and emotions in it.

16th December 2008, 02:54am
#6
by Tiger-13
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1277

i dunno...

16th December 2008, 04:57am
#7
by Maat
Iceland
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 119
Streptomicin wrote:

 My favourite is "chess is boring"! But that comes from same people who told me that books are boring.


enough said.

 

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