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Aug 28, 2021
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#3
Online chess can be very dickish, but I've yet to see the same amount of crassness OTB.
Try Call of Duty, with a mic/ headset and a bunch of “friendly” arguments.
Aug 28, 2021
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#5
This is war baby, you gotta have a thick skin 
But seriously, don't let the negativity get to you, don't let strangers push your emotional buttons.
Aug 28, 2021
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#6
meh just block, report if they actually did make death threats, and turn off the chat. Things like that just make me laugh.
Aug 28, 2021
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#7
Yeah, I'm sure you've experienced some bad manners in chess, but I doubt it eclipses some of those other sports (if you've actually played them). It has less to do with chess around here and more with the anonymity of the internet. Just block them and move on. If they make a direct threat, then report to Chess.com support and they're pretty quick about responding.
Aug 28, 2021
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#8
Stay away from League of Legends, fps games, most if not all multiplayers games, comment sections and maybe stay away from the internet in general.
Iron-Toad wrote:
This is war baby, you gotta have a thick skin
But seriously, don't let the negativity get to you, don't let strangers push your emotional buttons.
Sorry, I'm old enough to remember face to face manners. Can you imagine saying some of these things said online, to someone face to face?
The thick skin is acting nobly in the face of defeat... or victory. It is hard enough completing a game, or anything for that matter, with dignity.
And yes, I know that sounds old fashioned. At the end of the day though, it is as true today as it was 100 years ago, when I was born.
Aug 28, 2021
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#10
Been on here for about a month, and honestly everyone has been encouraging and polite. :)
Aug 29, 2021
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#11
Duckfest wrote:
Stay away from League of Legends, fps games, most if not all multiplayers games, comment sections and maybe stay away from the internet in general.
Learn how to behave towards grown-ups.
Aug 29, 2021
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#12
Fallulah wrote:
Is chessplayers generally bigger dickheads than most other people?
I have never in my whole life experienced more bad sportsmanship, bad manners, rude manners, and even got deaththreads from all levels of chessplayers, than in this sport.
I have played soccer, Backgammon, Poker, and I ser pretty much in 20% of my game. At least.
I have never in my whole life experienced more bad sportsmanship, bad manners, rude manners, and even got deaththreads from all levels of chessplayers, than in this sport.
I have played soccer, Backgammon, Poker, and I ser pretty much in 20% of my game. At least.
I sympathise. Chess attracts the socially inadequate, and Chess.com in particular is mostly colonised by children, so unfortunately this kind of behaviour goes with the territory.
I have never in my whole life experienced more bad sportsmanship, bad manners, rude manners, and even got deaththreads from all levels of chessplayers, than in this sport.
I have played soccer, Backgammon, Poker, and I ser pretty much in 20% of my game. At least.