I feel its an insult to chess.
Do you also block players who...

Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?
Those players are just trying to keep the game decisive.

Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?
Those players are just trying to keep the game decisive.
Yes, but then poker might be a better game for them.

I feel its an insult to chess.
We are ALL insults to chess, to a greater or lesser degree.

Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?
Those players are just trying to keep the game decisive.
Yes, but then poker might be a better game for them.
Suggesting a completely different game over having a slightly different philosophy is bizarre. The two games are scarcely comparable.

Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?
Those players are just trying to keep the game decisive.
Yes, but then poker might be a better game for them.
Suggesting a completely different game over having a slightly different philosophy is bizarre. The two games are scarcely comparable.
No it isn't. Playing a delibrately inferior strategy in a game is a sign that the person might not have found the game that matches their attitude yet. Poker and slot machines might match better.

I feel its an insult to chess.
We are ALL insults to chess, to a greater or lesser degree.
That is true, but hopefully we have no intention to be.

Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?
Those players are just trying to keep the game decisive.
Yes, but then poker might be a better game for them.
Suggesting a completely different game over having a slightly different philosophy is bizarre. The two games are scarcely comparable.
No it isn't. Playing a delibrately inferior strategy in a game is a sign that the person might not have found the game that matches their attitude yet. Poker and slot machines might match better.
It's deliberately inferior until you lose to it multiple times in the same day.

Frankly, if you're gonna be disgruntled over something people are gonna be doing all the time in blitz, play a different time control.
Do you also block players who refuse to exchange queens to the detriment of their position immediately? And if not, why not?