Are you a violent or a pacifist checkmater?

So, if you have a couple of different checkmates to choose from do you choose the more violent, piece grabbing, in-your-face one or do you choose to keep as much material on the board as possible and/or deliver the final checkmate from a distance if possible?

Personally, I tend to like to leave material on the board if possible (obviously I will go for the fastest checkmate but if I have a choice).

I'D SAY IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE MOOD I'M IN...I SUPPOSED  I NEED TO CHOOSE ONE AS THE MAJORITY CUZ I TEND TO BE IN A DIFFERENT MOOD ALMOST EVERYTIME I LOGIN LOL

hmm.  I was just browsing recent forum topics, and this one caught my eye.  As far as piece grabbing vs going for the king with minimal violence goes, assuming that you can see far enough ahead to know either strategy will work out to approximately the same advantage, I think I will always take the more subtle route.  Really, that could be either, but at heart I'm somewhat of a show off.  If it can be clear a greater number of moves ahead than through the other route, that I had all of it planned out in advance, then that's the route I'll choose.  By subtle I simply mean that the interplay of pieces has more nuance I guess.  Not really sure that makes sense, but I think it's true, and probably also one of my down falls, as most of my mistakes are probably based off following a route I'm not sure about simply because "How cool would that be if it actually works!  (and-im-not-missing-something???!)"  Not a straight-forward answer, but my preference, none the less.

no..I always immolate and win

eat as many pieces as i possibly can :D, I AM RIPPER lol joke. It really depends on my mood at the moment i guess.

I'll take whatever checkmate I can get. If it requires me to be violent check that King...I'll do it. If I need to be sly, nuanced, calculating and subtle to check that King...I'll do it.

Chess is like UFC. I'll gladly accept victory by either tapping out my opponnent via a submission hold or simply doing a ground and pound until the person loses. Either way, a tap out by a nice but sneaky armbar or in your face knock out is still a good win. 

The question should be would you slam down your piece in delivering mate if you were playing OTB?

i tend to like to make a subtle mate when I have the chance, I don't like being a sadist, and I want my oppponents and me to be freinds.

If checkmate is possible with few "battles", I'll take that.  If there is no immediate mate, gobbling up the pieces comes natural--prelude to the inevitable end.

I wouldn't slam my piece down; I'll probably do it suddenly and then lift my hand to shake the opponents (funny thing was, once it wasn't a mate yet. It was OTB, and it wasn't the opponent but his friend who was watching the game who noticed. Well, I mated him after he blocked anyway.)

If I see a clear mate I'll do it, but, I like to play safe too. If I'm losing on time or something, it's best to snap the pieces up--if you capture them one by one and your opponent is left the king, you'll at least get a draw if you're winning but lost on time-control. Instead of thinking hard about the plan to do the "violent mate", and realising after all that it doesn't work and wasting what little time I already have. That being said I usually play rapids and hardly lose on time.

As for me, I most enjoy those times when I see the board opening up in my mind and a subtle move opens up an inevitable mating sequence. It doesnt happen often but, to me, those are the most elegant of checkmates. If I can get a piece or position advantage though, I willingly trade up and that often leads to a bludgeoning. While I expect those exchanges to lead to a checkmate or a resignation ultimately, it rarely has the art of the former and is less rewarding intellectually. I replay those elegant mates over in my mind with much to enjoy each time.

im a bit violent)))

I like to pull off stylish mates which have a sac involved, but they don't happen too often, if at all :p

Violence is fun on the chess board.  I don't always have the choice though.

I prefer mating with a pawn. 

i pick the mate in which i have to do the least work to move the piece

It depends on whether or not i like the opponent lol

Fastest is the best.  Generally speaking, I don't have a choice in a mate.  In grinding down an opponent, take away pieces until you can maneuver into a mating pattern.

If I'm lucky enough to win, I rarely have the choice. So, as ODB said, I gets in where I fits in

Definitely to leave material on the board if possible. There's less risk of losing if you had made a mistake. Besides, using effective in-your-face maneuvres when there's a more "casual" way to chekmate feels a bit phoney to me.