Is playing against the computer easier than playing against a human?

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Diakonia

Playing against a computer regardless of what level does nothing for me.  I will take a human opponent anytime.

spawkle529

thats pyschological and I prefer playing humans too.

Diakonia
gangstapike wrote:

You don't feel more pressure when playing against a human? I always play worse against humans because of this extra factor.

Pressure to perform is part of the game.  

nicktrap

One of the problems is what I call the tyranny of your rating, I find that if I play casual or unrated games, it is more relaxing and in many cases more friendly.

u0110001101101000

You say you feel more pressure from human, for me it comes from the other direction... when it's a computer I don't really care about the game and so I relax and make ridiculous oversights.

Especially a computer that's rated lower than its max... they play really stupid moves and I just lose interest.

u0110001101101000

Oh, you're saying it's easier for you to play the computer because there's less pressure, I misunderstood.

I play better against humans because there's more pressure.

ArchieBunker03

I dislike playing computers. Weakened engines are programmed to blunder at some point, and the blunders are usually really stupid moves that a human of that computers "rating" would never make. On the app level 9 is supposed to be rated 2000 yet it has blundered easily drawn endgames against me before. I'm talking just straight up throwing the game. I also dislike playing full strength engines because I don't like repeatedly getting my teeth kicked in....

u0110001101101000
gangstapike wrote:
0110001101101000 wrote:

Oh, you're saying it's easier for you to play the computer because there's less pressure, I misunderstood.

I play better against humans because there's more pressure.

That's quite a trait, playing better under pressure! Give me your brain lmao. I play much better when I'm relaxed, as pressure seems to fog the mind, resulting in ridiculusly foolish blunders. 

If I'm anxious I'll play worse, probably anyone would. Mostly though I get excited about having an interesting game where both of us do everything we can to completely crush each other tongue.png