do these people have no lives!?!?

hmmm...the beautiful kohai imerges to offer her rare opinion...like the swallowtail butterflies in summer....

Like sand in the hourglass, these are the days of the people who have no lives...

I think you should ask that question yourself first.

Asking the question myself first ? 

I play 10 minute games and I play maybe one game in a week. And sometimes a tournament.

That's why I cannot understand those who play 109 games at the same time. So I myself cannot answer that question. I'm also playing reasonably well but not addicted. Why others are ?

Some people play on their smartphones and are immediately notified of a move. These players are not shown as being online so they're kind of like stealth players. So they're not just sitting around on their computer waiting for moves.

im so honoured that kohai has joined this thread and all of my games are 5 day time limits or so. this means i have plenty of time to analyze IMO. also i do have a life. i play rec soccer and go to school so its not like im fat. chess is my hobby...........for now

go complain in your own thread

I may be Tall, Fat, Dumb, Ugly and Stupid according to my ex-wife   ! But 109 games that is INSANE !!!!    

Boy am I glad I didn't have to go to school in China.

To the OP:

A lot of people who play 5-day time limit actually make about a move per day.  It's not difficult to get your average time per move down to about 4-6 hours, if you only play a dozen games or less.  This is because you can give conditional moves.  Also opening and forced moves can be played back and forth quickly.

Also, take into account, from a probability standpoint, a certain percentage of your opponents will be online at the same time you are.  It's not unreasonable to think that at times 20 out of 109 are online over an hour or two-hour period that you're on.

You wouldn't necessarily have to carry a computer around with you, but a lot of people have smart phones these days with the chess.com app. 

109 games seem alot to me....

Makes me wonder what the record is for most games in progress at a single time.

I know on this site someone called aniko had over 3000 games ongoing at one point.

that is crazy....really?  did he or she worked?  or study?

No idea. Can't imagine she had time for much else though.

My record is around a modest 80. :)

yea im at my record now and i dont think im ever going this high again.

Somehow I've gained 50 games in a day.

VanillaKnight.....you have LOTS  of them going on....gosh....how do you manage?????  I would go CRAZY!  hahahahahahaa  Im too old to handle so many games  !!!