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Do you believe there is a problem of toxicity in the Chess community? Why or why not?
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May 25, 2020
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#3
Also move this to chess.com community instead of general chess discussion.
Toxicity on the internet? Since when has this been happening?
May 25, 2020
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#5
jjupiter6 wrote:
Toxicity on the internet? Since when has this been happening?
Since the internet had a community.
May 25, 2020
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#6
I'm talking more about the whole elitism/gatekeeping drama involving the twitch chess people.
Does that include an eye twitch as well?
May 25, 2020
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#9
I didn't know people here don't know about Twitch.com, hahaha. Nevermind, this just isn't the right place for this topic then. It's just some popular chess streamers have had some drama lately. Hikaru Nakamura and Ben Finegold for example.
Definitely yes.
The sheer amount of hatred, hubris, contempt and blatant unsportmanship in chess is imho an issue. Because it present itself as the ultimate game in intelligence players are overly arrogant and it is not uncommon being perceived as a down syndrome patient by someone 300 elo above you.
It doesn't seem to be the case in other board games (but I can't really tell because of limited experience), clearly not in other activities I've been involved.
Some people are trolls and very toxic but you can just report them
May 25, 2020
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#12
There's too much elitism in chess. I am totally with Hikaru on that point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_5RqOMwMRw
May 25, 2020
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#13
NotYourAveragePlayer wrote:
There's too much elitism in chess.
Yes! We need a campaign to recruit some typical idiots and add them to our ranks.
Aug 18, 2020
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#14
Nah but some people have reasons, my old account got banned because the guy would not accept a stalemate. I was in the wrong for getting tilted, but I had accidently queued for a 30 minute match. I wanted to get in either one 5 minute match or a couple of 1 minute matches. So, I asked for him to agree to a stalemate and he kept refusing it and even began stalling the time. Some people don't have human decency.
Why didn’t you just resign if you didn’t want to play it? Your mistake in the first place
May 13, 2022
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#16
nicbentulan wrote:
how could there be toxicity in chess/9LX a single player game where you don't have to communicate at all? just disable chat and don't send/receive messages to opponents. perhaps you mean bughouse or 4 player?
https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/lsxrvd/anyone_who_claims_the_chess_community_is_more/h5j7sp4/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
well people can use emojis to laugh and stuff when winning
this sounds like a ela question lol
also why did you revive this?
When a low ELO player asks for example: Why didn't (piece) go to (place) and checkmate? They get turned down or ridiculed. Instead of doing this tell them why that move is bad and don't discourage or tell them that they are "negative ELO". This is a huge problem in chess. Remember, just because you are a high ELO, doesn't make you smarter than everybody below your ELO.
Jun 6, 2023
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#20
David47374 wrote:
When a low ELO player asks for example: Why didn't (piece) go to (place) and checkmate? They get turned down or ridiculed. Instead of doing this tell them why that move is bad and don't discourage or tell them that they are "negative ELO". This is a huge problem in chess. Remember, just because you are a high ELO, doesn't make you smarter than everybody below your ELO.
How huge is it? Haven't seen that happen so much
What are your experiences / first-hand accounts of toxicity, if any?
What do you think needs to change?