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da grob is good opening

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itisSHOWTIME wrote:

Trolling (in case you didn't know) is when someone purposely plays a bad opening when they are higher rated then their opponent. 

A GOOD TIME TO TROLL

The only time you should be trolling someone is if you are playing your best friend. Period. Next.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TROLL

1. It insults your opponents chess skills.

2. It can backfire really badly! I was once playing a 1200 at bullet (I was around 1135-1140), and they underestimated my skill and played the Grob. This resulted in me winning the game, which was a big blow to their rating, and and also maybe their confidence.

P.S. I will see if I can find the game where someone trolled me.

Playing a "bad" opening is not trolling.  Sometimes, practicing unorthodox or dubious openings can be good practice (or throw your opponent off).  And in the case of bullet, almost any opening is viable.

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Alramech wrote:
itisSHOWTIME wrote:

Trolling (in case you didn't know) is when someone purposely plays a bad opening when they are higher rated then their opponent. 

A GOOD TIME TO TROLL

The only time you should be trolling someone is if you are playing your best friend. Period. Next.

WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TROLL

1. It insults your opponents chess skills.

2. It can backfire really badly! I was once playing a 1200 at bullet (I was around 1135-1140), and they underestimated my skill and played the Grob. This resulted in me winning the game, which was a big blow to their rating, and and also maybe their confidence.

P.S. I will see if I can find the game where someone trolled me.

Playing a "bad" opening is not trolling.  Sometimes, practicing unorthodox or dubious openings can be good practice (or throw your opponent off).  And in the case of bullet, almost any opening is viable.

He was also playing moves that would have gotten him crushed (even in bullet) against another 1200.

P.S. The point of the forum is not about whether this dude was trolling or not.

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itisSHOWTIME wrote:

He was also playing moves that would have gotten him crushed (even in bullet) against another 1200.

P.S. The point of the forum is not about whether this dude was trolling or not.

Maybe he was just making bad moves?  This is bullet, after all.  I don't think a good definition of "trolling" is playing poorly in bullet.

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trolling also involves people promoting to knights, bishops, etc

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trolling is a typ of fishin?

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 If you think someone is playing a good opening against your caliber, you should just resign.

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johnsam1 wrote:

da grob is good opening

No

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MelvinGarvey wrote:

Soon, anything slightly negative will be called "trolling" by these kiddos.

Oop. Sorry, you're trolling.

Imma have to ask you to leave.

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I know. You're right.

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MelvinGarvey wrote:

To mock, to joke, to insult, to threaten, to bully, to put down, to belittle, to argue, to deny, to tease, to tickle, to be sarcastic, to provoke, to ignore, to mess around, to contradict, to annoy, to judge, to excuse, to praise, to flatter, to rampage, to rant, to complain, to exaggerate...

Yes. Having different opinions is definitely trolling. Everyone must agree with me.

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Wow i can just smell that this topic is going to get heated, and then locked.

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I think we should just stick to good old fashioned bullying rather than trolling. Trolling sometimes goes over the victims head
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XD

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SirMigraine wrote:

Wow i can just smell that this topic is going to get heated, and then locked.

Yep, that's also why I'm here. There's already an argument between JackRoach, who's clearly being sarcastic, and MelvinGarvey, who ironically is acting like a total Melvin and isn't picking up on it.

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TheHarbingerOfDoom wrote:
I think we should just stick to good old fashioned bullying rather than trolling. Trolling sometimes goes over the victims head

LMAO! This is the attitude to have. P.S., to OP - how is an unorthodox opening trolling? In bullet of all places? Think you're looking into it a bit deeper than you should!

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The point of the forum is not about whether this dude was trolling or not.