How to not have panic attacks when playing chess face to face with someone

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jmgaming12

Everytime I play with someone face to face my mind just goes blank how i stop this? In online I play just fine it only happens on face to face games. 

NervesofButter2

get outside more and learn how to interact with people.

Jalex13
Real NervesofButter?
NervesofButter2
Jalex13 wrote: Real NervesofButter?

Yep...I received a 24 hour ban.

Jalex13
Oh….I wonder why?
InsertInterestingNameHere

Yeah I went and checked and your comment on the “why is this not brilliant” is gone 

 

why you banned?

NervesofButter2
Jalex13 wrote: Oh….I wonder why?

I used the slang term for a female dog.  And i didnt even use it in that context.

NervesofButter2
InsertInterestingNameHere wrote:

Yeah I went and checked and your comment on the “why is this not brilliant” is gone 

 

why you banned?

Not banned.  Just a 24 hour mute.

I used the slang term for a female dog.  And i didnt even use it in that context.

Jalex13
Oh lol
Jalex13
I didn’t know they mute or ban for those things.
InsertInterestingNameHere
NervesofButter2 wrote:
Jalex13 wrote: Oh….I wonder why?

I used the slang term for a female dog.  And i didnt even use it in that context.

Ah. If I were you, i wouldn’t use an alt. You could end up extending your ban.

 

I’ve been auto-muted for saying the worse version of “frick” in a non malicious way before. I messaged support and they took the infraction off my account. I almost guarantee if you didn’t use it in the vulgar way, they’ll take the infraction off your account too.

NervesofButter2
InsertInterestingNameHere wrote: NervesofButter2 wrote: Jalex13 wrote: Oh….I wonder why?

I used the slang term for a female dog.  And i didnt even use it in that context.

Ah. If I were you, i wouldn’t use an alt. You could end up extending your ban.

 

I’ve been auto-muted for saying the worse version of “frick” in a non malicious way before. I messaged support and they took the infraction off my account. I almost guarantee if you didn’t use it in the vulgar way, they’ll take the infraction off your account too.

Thanks but my days of serious are long over.  I honestly dont care if i get banned or not.  I have no intentions of trying to get banned either. 

busterlark
Honestly, for me, getting over this was two steps:

1. Play enough OTB games to get comfortable (a dozen games before I kind of felt comfortable)

2. Come up with mental schemes to re-center myself when I start to freak out.

1 is very straight-forward to execute, just play more. 2 is a bit tougher, and you’ll have to find what’s right for you. For me, I re-center myself by asking four questions:

1. What are all the weaknesses on the board?
2. What are the worst placed pieces?
3. What does my opponent want to do?
4. If I make this move, what tactic will this give to my opponent?