Naw, the default should be for everyone to be friends until you block them.
Remember, a friend is just an enemy you haven't alienated yet.
Naw, friendship is born at the moment one person says to another: What! You too??? I thought I was the only one... 
Naw, the default should be for everyone to be friends until you block them.
Remember, a friend is just an enemy you haven't alienated yet.
Naw, friendship is born at the moment one person says to another: What! You too??? I thought I was the only one...
I usually fall into the "I thought I was the only one..." and I'm right.
Friends are like points here. Overrated by some.
Friends are like points here. Overrated by some.
Just don't spoil it this time, Al. Ok? (you are right)
I don't think I'm being silly in saying this but I felt I just had to say something because lately, mentioning no names, about 5 people within the last week have all rejected me to be their friend - without good reason or otherwise. How can people be so stuckup?
Ok so its not against any rule *technically* speaking but I just find it quite rude that people don't give a reason. The same with my group that nobody wants to join (like they actually have something better to do).
I don't just add random people as friends I add people that I had close games with so I can find people that either I can learn off or either will provide close competition.
I am one of the five, and no, you did not have a close game with me or any game at all. And as for my reason, you are simply a forum troll.
Perfect Idiot. If I may give you an advice. Some things need a bit of time. If people get to know you here and they see you are not some kind of creep or a lunatic, things will turn out just fine. Like others have said: this is not facebook.
Or perhaps they will find the exact opposite?
Let's put it in a different perspective: How would you feel if you were walking down the street and someone that looked like Manson with a manical look on his face asked you to be friends?
Some people are just strange. I played a 1 0 bullet game with someone. Before even the second bullet game started I received a friend request. That's just bizarre.
Let's put it in a different perspective: How would you feel if you were walking down the street and someone that looked like Manson with a manical look on his face asked you to be friends?
Does someone know Rooperi around here? (sorry buddy but that is the revenge for beating me up two times )
Some people are just strange.
Not here!
If you want a friend… Get a dog…
Perfect_Idiot, you look like Grigori Rasputin, or someone that has recently escaped from a lunatic asylum, could that be the reason that people don't take up your offer of 'friendship' on here?
omg, i was reluctant to open this topic due to its possible remoteness to chess and could never have anticipated the entertainment it would afford me.
I only will friend someone I know personally. Afterall the Murphy's Law : Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.....always rings true!
Another observation: I never give out personal information on the internet. By definition a friend is someone you entrust intimately. So why should I entrust with someone I don't know. Even with something as innocent (?!) as chess.
I had 1 person who wanted to be my friend because he liked my my avatar photo, when i told him it wasn,t me he asked me to remove him from my friends list, which i did, very friendly?
I only will friend someone I know personally. Afterall the Murphy's Law : Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.....always rings true!
Another observation: I never give out personal information on the internet. By definition a friend is someone you entrust intimately. So why should I entrust with someone I don't know. Even with something as innocent (?!) as chess.
Yet, you give a photograph and a facebook page...
I don't think I'm being silly in saying this but I felt I just had to say something because lately, mentioning no names, about 5 people within the last week have all rejected me to be their friend - without good reason or otherwise. How can people be so stuckup?
Ok so its not against any rule *technically* speaking but I just find it quite rude that people don't give a reason. The same with my group that nobody wants to join (like they actually have something better to do).
I don't just add random people as friends I add people that I had close games with so I can find people that either I can learn off or either will provide close competition.
Chess is not about friendship. Its about war.
Maybe, just maybe, PerfectIdiot is one step ahead of us. Following the teachings of Sun Tzu's The Art Of War. 'Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.' Michael Corleone.
Lets give him some credit.
實而備之，強而避之，怒而撓之，卑而驕之，佚而勞之，親而離之，出其不意，攻其不備。
You can see threads they make, and it is easier to challenge them to a game. There are probably other advantages, but those are the only two I know so far.
Can someone explain what the advantage is of being friends here? I have none and consider myself therefore a friend of all. What is gained by putting somebody in a list?
You can challenge them to a live game. Also its more fun to taunt them if you win because they can't so easily disappear. 
Can someone explain what the advantage is of being friends here? I have none and consider myself therefore a friend of all. What is gained by putting somebody in a list?
You can challenge them to a live game. Also its more fun to taunt them if you win because they can't so easily disappear.
Hmm... I think I can see an issue here, apart from the psychopathic look.
Naw, the default should be for everyone to be friends until you block them.
Remember, a friend is just an enemy you haven't alienated yet.