NO, THEY WILL DECIMATE YOU
i got into crystal league by accident

NO, THEY WILL DECIMATE YOU
ive been practicing against chess bots since i started playing chess (5 months) im at 1600 i cant beat them all the time but i think im doing okay..

im having the most trouble with the endgame if i only end up with pawns and my king so im gonna practice pawns a bit more

im trying i usually stop playing competitive if i get tilted

I got into crystal league (and other leagues) by doing basically nothing. Meanwhile, my rapid and daily scores have been getting worse and worse. I don't know how they work it out. Probably by the amount of time spent on the site, or something. For example, doing puzzles (same result if you try every possibility until you find the winning move, as if you had found the winning move straight away).
I think it's a gimmick to keep you on the site. They're got to feed you a line that you're getting better, otherwise you'll go away in a huff. I notice a couple of other odd things, too. In the forums, try suggesting that every individual's got a hard limit after which they cannot get better unless they devote hours a day to just doing nothing but chess... Try it and see what response you get.
Yeah, it's a business. But there are some psych tricks going on here. Especially with the "leagues" thing.

I got into crystal league (and other leagues) by doing basically nothing. Meanwhile, my rapid and daily scores have been getting worse and worse. I don't know how they work it out. Probably by the amount of time spent on the site, or something. For example, doing puzzles (same result if you try every possibility until you find the winning move, as if you had found the winning move straight away).
I think it's a gimmick to keep you on the site. They're got to feed you a line that you're getting better, otherwise you'll go away in a huff. I notice a couple of other odd things, too. In the forums, try suggesting that every individual's got a hard limit after which they cannot get better unless they devote hours a day to just doing nothing but chess... Try it and see what response you get.
Yeah, it's a business. But there are some psych tricks going on here. Especially with the "leagues" thing.
thats okay you should always strive to get better every day
is that good or no