FORGET IT !!! You Will NOT Become a GM !

la comida sabe mal!

I got the translation: the food tastes bad.  Not sure what that has to do with the forum topic.

   ---   FBloggs: Thanks for your posts. In my 1st post I mentioned the endless threads from people ready to claim their GM titles ( ie send in 4 Kelloggs box-tops and $ 2 dollars ). Needless to say most of these guys don't want to hear about the 10,000 hour rule. Of course the 99.99 % number is just a wild guess and also applies to Opera Singers, Baseball Players, Brain Surgeons, Race-car Drivers etc etc.   

What exactly makes you tired of these threads, badenwurtca? Is it the fact that many people don't think about what it takes, what effort goes into becoming a GM, is it their naivitivity?. Same goes for other areas of life. It takes so much effort to master something.

What I'm curious about though is whether all the GM, IM and FM had the title in mind when they started to train harder. I mean did a GM said when he was small that he wants to become GM or did he just trained, learned and eventually realized that he is really good and could potentially set himself a goal of getting a title. What I'm trying to say is, was becoming GM, IM, FM the originial goal or did this a goal appeared along the way to improvement?

Is there an echo in here?

Thanks for the posts.

   ---   This fellow lasted all of 2 days, perhaps he left in order to work on getting his GM title   lol. 

So we have this guy here now who wants to " Apply For The World Championship " ( I kid you not ! ). Did they perhaps release a few extra loonies again from the hospital ( look out they are escaping again   lol ).

I see that the GM title-seekers are still stopping by here at this site. Please keep us advised as you reach the CM level. Then also update us as you achieve the NM, the IM and of course the big GM rank ( they never seem to let us know about their progress ).

And now we have a guy who is trying to become a GM in 100 days ! Oh sure why not ? Maybe instead try for Brain Surgeon or perhaps get a PHD in Chemistry or Physics. Oh yeah 100 days is lots of time, no problem  ROFL. 

you're my hero

And it seems that " PumpedAndSwollen " has also left us. Well perhaps he was just too busy pumping iron to order to get into good shape  lol.

Never thought I could or would. Never even considered it.

However, I was a Navigator in the Air Force. When I was, the population of Canada was about 28 million. Given the number of Navigators at the time, that meant about 99.9999607 never got to be a navigator. Earning my Navigator wings was quite an accomplishment . . .

I'm sure we have all accomplished things we are proud of. Perhaps even resurrecting a thread that is 3 years old.

that's an odd thing to write. perhaps many of the 99.9999607 did not want to be in the air force.

You are very correct in your observation that many did not want to be in the Air Force, let alone a Navigator. Nevertheless, it is an achievement of which I am proud.

I don't know if it matters, anyway? How many people play chess? How many want to be GMs? Both are small numbers.

holey moley! 

we have a cc'er that has the ability to read a response without automatically assuming it is a putdown that would require an angry response.

incredible!

Thanks for the posts.

   ---   Well ignoring old threads is not very nice as the old threads can got lonely just like old people might. So have you hugged an old thread today ( however please do not hug any old people until that awful virus has gone away ).