Even Casparove and Charlsen lose ..nobody should do this ..they should be punished..
What's wrong with people on chess.com?
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If I am playing some turd I just disable chat. No big deal.
it's misinterpreted as a weakness by nobs.
avweije wrote:
Ive been playing here for a long time and there have always been problems with people cussing you out after a game, laughing when you make a mistake or letting their time run out because they are pissed.
But lately it seems it's gotten out of hand on here. I can't remember the last time somebody said something nice to me on here (during or after a game I play). The only thing I get are people calling me names or laughing when they win.
I'm a person who likes to play games, I like to try different things, sometimes I'm good, others I suck, but I'm here to have fun. I also enjoy talking to people, saying gg or thx, asking about a position or just some personal (light) chatter.
Recently I just get annoyed when I play here, it's starting to take the fun out of it for me and I don't understand why these people do it.
Personally, I think the rules should be a bit stricter. If you can't behave or have some common decency, I don't think you should be allowed to play here anymore. Maybe if the rules got a bit sharper, people would behave a bit more.
I hope this rings a bell for some people, I'm sure there are more like me that come here for fun and hate the crap that goes on more and more regularly.
I'm eager to hear your replies.
In a word, everything.
Fkey wrote:
No catfight for you tonight Mr stuzzicadenti
How disappointing for you, perhaps you should go out and put some dead fishes in someones bed instead.
You know he is a squirrel, my is guess he will probably lick his nuts instead.
Feb 13, 2016
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kaynight wrote:
Wrong! Anyone can fly a flag of convenience here.
If you don't think insults-- not cleverly worded barbs, but crude insults -- have become a major part of American culture in the last 30 years or so, you haven't been paying attention. Why do you think Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, a combination of the incomparable Groucho Marx and the Merchant of Venom, Don Rickles, but with a tail, is so popular. Of course, I rather like him because he kicks the hell of PC nonsense; it gets some people to wake up.
Feb 14, 2016
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#28
pdrive wrote:
I don't think the phenomenon has anything to do with nationality or ethnicity or people today versus 50 years ago. I believe there's a little bit of it in in most or us. In the same way that most of us would think we're kind and caring and won't resort to abuse or torture, until the famous prison experiment disproved all that.
That's human nature, I suppose. People are nice, societies are civilized because of civil measures put in place to stop that and punish those who are incalcitrant. But take away those measures and you'll find a brutal, lawless society right away, even if it's still the same set of seemingly civilized people a day before. The tendency to harm and abuse power is simply a trait encoded in human DNA, and until you can genetically breed human to remove that trait (fat chance), the phenomenon you observe will remain.
I don't think the phenomenon has anything to do with nationality or ethnicity or people today versus 50 years ago. I believe there's a little bit of it in in most or us. In the same way that most of us would think we're kind and caring and won't resort to abuse or torture, until the famous prison experiment disproved all that.
That's human nature, I suppose. People are nice, societies are civilized because of civil measures put in place to stop that and punish those who are incalcitrant. But take away those measures and you'll find a brutal, lawless society right away, even if it's still the same set of seemingly civilized people a day before. The tendency to harm and abuse power is simply a trait encoded in human DNA, and until you can genetically breed human to remove that trait (fat chance), the phenomenon you observe will remain.
Just look around the world today. People have always hated wars and wanted wars to end. They even did the "war to end all wars" 100 years ago. Science, culture, technology, literature advance. You'd think people are so civilized now wars will only be a distant memory. But in fact people are still killing each other just as often today as hundreds/thousands years ago.
I sympathize with your view, all but your distasteful idea of perfecting man through eugenics. As Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." That said, the study you are thinking of, "Obedience to Authority" performed by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, reveals a marked difference along cultural lines.
To be specific, Frenchmen, when told to give repeated shocks to a subject, stopped early and said no. This obvious independence of thought has often been reflected in France's form of government and dealings with the world. On the other hand, Scandinavians, when told to repeat the shocks continued to do so despite evidence of an increasingly negative effect on the subject. This willingness to obey authority has also been reflected in their form of government, until recently quite socialistic.
Until a person has studied cultural anthropology, he or she has no idea how cultures view the world very differently and act according to those views. Yes, vices are universal, no doubt about that, but how they are suppressed or allowed partial or full exposure at particular times varies from culture to culture.
Morphysrevenges schreef:
avweije I whole heartedly agree with your post. Imjust ignore the jerks and block,them from future games. but it is pathetic to have to do that.
Hi all,
First of all thanks for all the replies. Great to see I'm not alone and to hear your advice/opinions on it.
What Morphy wrote above is sort of my point to this. I'm not gonna stop playing chess, because I just love the game. I know there are solutions to this problem (disabling chat), but the point is, it shouldn't have to be necessary.
If there are people on here that continiously act like little sh-ts, I don't think they should be allowed to continue.
Everybody can get mad sometime, bad day, whatever, but there are plenty that when you go to their profile page with comments, you see nothing but bad comments about that person. About their behaviour.
Philidor2000 schreef:
Maybe chess attracts anti-social types. I've often felt like there is no such thing as a "friendly" game of chess - the action is pretty cutthroat a lot of the time!
My attitude is that if my opponent is wasting time chatting insults he's more likely to lose since he isn't thinking about the game. My favorite example of this was a while ago when I was down material and about to lose on time. My opponent wrote: "You are weak." Then he blundered and I mated him in two with one second on the clock!
I love this one :P
stuzzicadenti schreef:
if someone insults you it means that they are upset about losing - which shows that they respect your chess skills, so take every insult as a compliment!
Good point :)
imsighked2 schreef:
Just do what I do: Block the bad apples. Don't indict all players on Chess.com for the behavior of some immature people.
I'm not saying it's all people, please don't get me wrong. In my personal experience, out of the last 500 games, I think I've had <5 people say something nice and more than 20 (or even more) cussing, laughing, etc.
I started this post to get some ideas, but also maybe to start something.
I have the idea there are lots of nice people on here, that don't say anything anymore because of the crappy people. And that is something I'd like to see change.
For myself, I have disabled chat for awhile to stop the cussers, which also means I haven't said "gg" to any of those opponents. And I am sure there are people that just don't talk anymore, because of the response you might get.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-- Edmund Burke
I'm new to this great chess site, sadly there are opponents like this one
https://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=1461157981
who is a classical time-waster. instead of giving up, he simply let the time ran out.
I want to play a game but no opponents...what could be the problem?
I want to play a game but no opponents...what could be the problem?
Privacy settings allows for ways to block members from chatting or harassing you. You want pleasant chat during a game? Won't happen. Want to be insulted? Why, just go to the forums and have ur fill!
Feb 14, 2016
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#38
yes people like to block too on forums just to stay alone on catastrophic threads
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plenty of people on forums, experts nice, Côte d'Azur just writing.
Very simple solution is to disable chat. People in general suck so the disable chat feature is a beautiful solution if you don't want to see people whining and crying. Also if they post a stupid note on your wall you can utilize the delete and ban option. Furthermore, if you find that they flee the scene of the match and let the time drain out, it's always handy to have another tab open so you can watch a quick video, check your email, or look at the news.
Just do what I do: Block the bad apples. Don't indict all players on Chess.com for the behavior of some immature people.