7 Deadly Sins

#1.continuing to play after the outcome is clearly a loss for you
#2.not continuing to play after the outcome is clearly a loss for you
#3.allowing a lost game to end in timeout
#4.chatting during a game
#5.not chatting during a game
#6.saying gg at the end of a game that wasn't a gg
#7.saying gg ever

Quick Recap on the story so far ...

Those suck. Go think up something that actually makes sense.

some one was having a bad day it seams to me

I didn't make them up. I noticed them being argued about vehemently in the forums over the past few days.

It was a topic with potential to be fun. The outcome, however, disapoints

how about some real sins of chess, I will start

1. To many moves with one piece in the opening game.

2. Castling to soon.

3. Never gaining contorl of the center.

YOUR TURN

4 - Accidentaly Resigning

AtIas wrote: Those suck. Go think up something that actually makes sense.

Wrong side of the bed this morning, Mr. Grumpyhead?

I thought it was an appropriate post. The point is that people see things very differently and we all need to be tolerant. That point is accentuated by an immature followup post :)

1. Fraternizing with anyone lower rated than you

2. Admitting your loss was the result of something other than poor playing conditions, a distracting/cheating opponent, or your poor health

3. Playing boring chess instead of sacrificing pieces for a speculative attack

4. Offering a draw when you could win on time by shuffling your pieces aimlessly

5. Claiming that your rating is accurate or that you are overrated

6. Enforcing the touch move rule in a tournament

7. Treating computer evaluation of a position as anything other than God given truth.

5. Turning and looking when your opponent points behind you and says, "Hey, what was that?!

Apparently appealing to the first base umpire before move 12 is a no-no.

Wow that was an immature and grumpy post! Haha, sorry about that!

Asking your opponent to resign no matter what the position looks like

kind sucked kinda didnt, some points some crap. make a new one

on the board: the pieces you think are covering - belong to your opponent.

off the board: asking for extra features, especially if you are a non-paying member.

Loomis wrote:

1. Fraternizing with anyone lower rated than you

2. Admitting your loss was the result of something other than poor playing conditions, a distracting/cheating opponent, or your poor health

3. Playing boring chess instead of sacrificing pieces for a speculative attack

4. Offering a draw when you could win on time by shuffling your pieces aimlessly

5. Claiming that your rating is accurate or that you are overrated

6. Enforcing the touch move rule in a tournament

7. Treating computer evaluation of a position as anything other than God given truth.

Now these ones are actually good!!

Loomis wrote:

1. Fraternizing with anyone lower rated than you

2. Admitting your loss was the result of something other than poor playing conditions, a distracting/cheating opponent, or your poor health

3. Playing boring chess instead of sacrificing pieces for a speculative attack

4. Offering a draw when you could win on time by shuffling your pieces aimlessly

5. Claiming that your rating is accurate or that you are overrated

6. Enforcing the touch move rule in a tournament

7. Treating computer evaluation of a position as anything other than God given truth.

If that's the case, then I can come up with some deadly sins.

1. Not letting your time run out when you are one move away from being mated (especially when your opponent needs to use the bathroom and thinks that you'll cheat if he does!)

2. Not referring to outside analysis.

3. Not doing anything to annoy the opponent, such as tapping or coughing.

4. Obeying the rules.

I can't think of any more...

the whole gg thing in beginning to be used in online chess like the f-bomb.  It has so many nuances that you do not know the real meaning anymore......  Was it a complement or said with great sarcasm?  How differently do you interpret the meaning when said by the winner instead of the loser?  How about if the game was won/lost on a major blunder? 

If it is said in the middle of a game, perhaps it does not mean "good game" at all.  Maybe it means "good gambit".  Perhaps the person just realized a gamechanging move and is uttering gg under one's breath as an exclaimation like "great googellymoogelly","great gadzooks"  or merely the prim, polite "goodness gracious" or "golly gee".  Perhaps the individual is religious and is saying "good G-d"......  or possibly a heathen, in which case they are saying the same thing with biting cynicism.  If "gg" is being said to a female it could be interpreted as "go girl!"  Maybe a younger player annoyed at the slow play of an older person is actually saying "go geezer!"

"gg" has not only become trite, it has become meaningless to the recipient.  For many, it has gotten so annoying to hear the term used, there is a reported backlash!  It is being said, that many incessant users of the "gg" are becoming victims of ridicule!  Despite being intended as a nice gesture (so they claim) to their opponent, they are now getting responses like "that was about as original as your game a-hole!", "don't patronize me you SOB!", and even worse things that I will refrain from writing here.  

In short......  lets drop the term "gg".  It has clearly become at least foolish if not an actual deadly sin!

gg - good "insert funny reply starting by "g" here"

There's a "Good game" trophy - but no "gg LOL" trophy: I wonder why?

Another deadly sin I almost overlooked:
#29 posting in the forums.

BasicLvrCH8r wrote: "3. Not doing anything to annoy the opponent, such as tapping or coughing." 

Declining to annoy is simply annoying - but I'm not sure I would go so far as to classify it as a sin. The whole 'not blinking, appearing not to breathe, making no involuntary movements, "I AM ANDROID" ' persona is so childish.