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thegab03
thegab03
Nov 28, 2008
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#41

Sounds like SMB to me!

rollingpawns
rollingpawns
Nov 28, 2008
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#42
Vance917 wrote:

I had a couple of players beat me in tight games, pleasant conversation, no animosity, no stall tactics, nothing objectionable.  I send a trophy and a friend request and request a rematch.  No response to any of this.  Tell me this is not rude.

Thanks for the trophy would be good enough. Nobody has to be your friend or accept rematch, some people just want to play chess quietly, you know - get better, prepare to OTB games, etc. Do you think all GMs are friends? Get facebook for friends.

Olimar
Olimar
Nov 28, 2008
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#43

or better yet dont use facebook/myspace and meet people in real life :)

rollingpawns
rollingpawns
Nov 28, 2008
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#44
Olimar wrote:

or better yet dont use facebook/myspace and meet people in real life :)

Exactly! And play some real chess (OTB), so you will know if the person, that just won a hard game against you, will suddenly want to become your best friend or accept rematch.

Vance917
Vance917
Nov 28, 2008
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#45

Wow, you guys are just so cool.  I wish I could be just like you.  Then again, maybe you want to learn how to read?  I have Face Book, and I have a real life, filled with real friends.  How did we get onto this tangent?  Your ADD perhaps?  What I said was that ignoring greetings is rude.  From this you infer something about some longing I have to make friends here?!?  Nice imagination.

Astroboy11
Astroboy11
Nov 28, 2008
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#46
Exquisite-Fairy wrote:

The queen is majestic, brave, confident and whether she be wood, plastic, glass or even marble, she is so beautiful.  If I could be a chess piece, it would most certainly be the Queen.

Beelzebub666
Beelzebub666
Nov 28, 2008
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#47
Vance917 wrote:

Wow, you guys are just so cool.  I wish I could be just like you.  Then again, maybe you want to learn how to read?  I have Face Book, and I have a real life, filled with real friends.  How did we get onto this tangent?  Your ADD perhaps?  What I said was that ignoring greetings is rude.  From this you infer something about some longing I have to make friends here?!?  Nice imagination.

You introduced the tangent, then insulted everyone who disagreed with you, which is everyone who responded to you.  How old are you?  You act like a five year old.

Olimar
Olimar
Nov 28, 2008
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#48

people get facebook b/c they either are of "celebrity" type status or they cant get enough friends in real life so they get "friends" online.  That is just a life in front of your silicon buddy :)

dashkee94
dashkee94
Nov 28, 2008
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#49

Thank you, Beelzebub666, for pointing out Vance917's rudeness.  It's people like him that give Americans a bad name.

Hugh_T_Patterson
Hugh_T_Patterson
Nov 28, 2008
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#50

Ding goes the bell. High School is now over. Adult time!!!!!!

rollingpawns
rollingpawns
Nov 28, 2008
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#51
Vance917 wrote:

Wow.  Devil's advocate, or just plain dumb?  There is nothing subtle about it, on either side of the Big Pond.  You must just like hearing yourself talk.

You think ( in your original post ) that's it's rude not to reply to your trophy, friend's invitation and rematch.  When answered that it's a fine details of etiquette, you insult people. This is rude, not the stuff above.

thegab03
thegab03
Nov 28, 2008
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#52

Hey hey!

        

Zenchess
Zenchess
Dec 1, 2008
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#53

There is no obligation to play a rematch.  If you don't like losing, don't play chess.  There's no honor code in chess that you have to play a rematch if you win. 

trigs
trigs
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Dec 1, 2008
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#54

online chess - i rarely ask for a rematch.

live chess - i sometimes ask for a rematch.

i never decline the first rematch request from my opponent. i may decline the third or more however. it depends.