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Mark_Waterloo

... I have made the observation that these forums have become noticeably more civilized of late.  The trolling, bitchiness, e-thuggery and cowardly abuse of old has vanished, and been replaced by actual high quality genuine discussions.

 

What's going on here??

BronsteinPawn

You are drugged.

This forums are still trash and the playground of trolls like me.

Do you even look how a civilized forum is supposed to be? Take a look at [please don't advertise competitor sites in our forums - David, moderator]

ArgoNavis

Yeah, good trolling has vanished. It was replaced by Photoshop trolling and "Stalemate wut?" threads.

afistfullofsardines

can someone point me to the high quality discussions please ?

GodsPawn2016
Mark_Waterloo wrote:

... I have made the observation that these forums have become noticeably more civilized of late.  The trolling, bitchiness, e-thuggery and cowardly abuse of old has vanished, and been replaced by actual high quality genuine discussions.

 

What's going on here??

Amen!

The forums are getting better.

ArgoNavis
afistfullofsardines wrote:

can someone point me to the high quality discussions please ?

Amen!

Mark_Waterloo

"What are good things to look at when evaluating positions" from a few hours ago is a fair example.

ArgoNavis
Mark_Waterloo wrote:

"What are good things to look at when evaluating positions" from a few hours ago is a fair example.

You are right, but one thread is not statistically relevant. It may as well be the result of quantum fluctuation.

Ziggy_Zugzwang

Good observation OP. It's all the nitpicking I hate  (BTW you should as a British English user say 'civilised', not 'civilized' .)

ArgoNavis

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/poor-sportsmanship-1

Mark_Waterloo

Ziggy_Zugzwang wrote:

Good observation OP. It's all the nitpicking I hate  (BTW you should as a British English user say 'civilised', not 'civilized' .)

:-D

ArgoNavis
badenwurtca wrote:

Well you know in theory with Chessplayers being so very very smart they they should be nice to each other, what with being so logical and all ( Btw if you believe that then I do have a big metal tower in Paris that happens to be for sale   lol ).   

Price?

ArgoNavis
With_every_step wrote:

The rematch threads were the part that tipped you off about this?

Rematches, stalemate, what to do when down in material but up in time, look I'm fantastic I found this tactic, I want an aggressive opening for XXX, opponent is a hacker (variant of stalemate), V3 is bad, opponent is a cheater, live chess has a bug (variant of stalemate), X opening is refuted, Fischer...

GodsPawn2016
kingofshedinjas wrote:
With_every_step wrote:

The rematch threads were the part that tipped you off about this?

Rematches, stalemate, what to do when down in material but up in time, look I'm fantastic I found this tactic, I want an aggressive opening for XXX, opponent is a hacker (variant of stalemate), V3 is bad, opponent is a cheater, live chess has a bug (variant of stalemate), X opening is refuted, Fischer...

You forgot...Im a tactically agressive player looking for an agressive opening where i can sacrifice material, but gives me a safe position.

Followed by the classic...Im a tactically agressive player looking for a gambit to play that is safe.

My all time favoite...I know the <insert opening here> 20 moves deep.  I keep hanging pieces, can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

BronsteinPawn
kingofshedinjas escribió:

Yeah, good trolling has vanished. It was replaced by Photoshop trolling and "Stalemate wut?" threads.

Photoshop trolling? Are you talking about me?
Im a big influence in this page, chess.com should thank me for uploading to their server well photoshopped images.

BronsteinPawn

How are the forums getting better when almost everyone here is a patzer with nothing valuable to apport in terms of chess-related discussion.

#THISTROLLISONFIREBABY.

ArgoNavis
BronsteinPawn wrote:
kingofshedinjas escribió:

Yeah, good trolling has vanished. It was replaced by Photoshop trolling and "Stalemate wut?" threads.

Photoshop trolling? Are you talking about me?
Im a big influence in this page, chess.com should thank me for uploading to their server well photoshopped images.

Look at who took the bait.

BronsteinPawn
kingofshedinjas escribió:
BronsteinPawn wrote:
kingofshedinjas escribió:

Yeah, good trolling has vanished. It was replaced by Photoshop trolling and "Stalemate wut?" threads.

Photoshop trolling? Are you talking about me?
Im a big influence in this page, chess.com should thank me for uploading to their server well photoshopped images.

Look at who took the bait.

Come on bud, I didnt take the bait, I just wanted to feed my brother shedinjas.

BronsteinPawn

He has some writing skills, he probably wrote for a newspaper before getting fired, entering a severe depression and joining chess.com

Mark_Waterloo

Apparently even speakers of British English should write '-ized' rather than the commonly used but technically incorrect '-ised'. I know this because I heard it in an episode of Inspector Morse once.