Arena tournament: Sandbagging?
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Feb 10, 2018
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Well,yes Hotwings1,human beings are the weirdest people that ever existed.
Heh! I just played a bullet arena tournament the other day where a player rated 436 or something won the tournament with 77 points. I was a little embarrassed when this player crushed me like a bug, but then I saw then final score! No, nothing fishy about that. .....
Feb 12, 2018
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Hotwings1 wrote:
I’ve noticed this a few times while playing arena, there’s players typically rated in low 100-900 who have relatively new accounts who often have either thrown games or resign to get to that rating. Is there a point to this sandbagging? Not sure if I quite understand why others are doing this?
Ego feed.
Low self-esteem.
Lazy.
Take your pick.
I've lost to a 400 in a Blitz arena once. I reported him, and his account was removed the next day. This is against chess.com policy, and it's easy to deal with.
Mar 4, 2018
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#7
I’ve been watching lately and noticed it’s gotten better. I’ve seen a few banned accounts of obvious offenders. Maybe someone took notice?
I’ve noticed this a few times while playing arena, there’s players typically rated in low 100-900 who have relatively new accounts who often have either thrown games or resign to get to that rating. Is there a point to this sandbagging? Not sure if I quite understand why others are doing this?