I've just been called the most dreadful things, such as "fag", "bitch", etc, by an opponent who doesn't appreciate me making his inevitable victory difficult.
Nonplussed, suggestions?
What do you normally do when someone calls you a fag or a bitch? Or is this your first time?
Easy. Just don't respond. I actually disable chat myself.
I would probably tell him to stop it and not call me anything again. If that doesn't work, I would either ignore him or quit the game. Maybe you should report him to chess.com. I think they want you to when someone is using foul language.
No, I'm adept at dealing with such stuff face to face. Out of the blue, in a chess game with someone I've never chatted to, left me gobsmacked!
I would probably tell him to stop it and not call me anything again. If that doesn't work
I've sometimes won games a Queen down, even at my standard, perhaps as the game itsewlf was interesting I was more flabberghasted.
Out of the blue, in a chess game with someone I've never chatted to, left me gobsmacked!
Well, that's the problem with jerks; they exist.
I've just been called the most dreadful things, such as "fag", "bitch", etc, by an opponent who doesn't appreciate me making his inevitable victory difficult.
Nonplussed, suggestions?
Report it to chess.com. Cite or send them the page with the opponents comments.
Trying to see reason with tempermental teenagers or people who forgot to take their meds is pointless just ignore them and desensitize yourself to their remarks if it gets too much disable chat as suggested.
Be cynical, but never base or crude. If you have a knowledge of basic psychology (Freud helps), then you will know about the hangups, complexes and frustrations of 90% of all people and you can play on that like on an instrument. I can humiliate anyone for life with this method.
I've just been called the most dreadful things, such as "fag", "bitch", etc, by an opponent who doesn't appreciate me making his inevitable victory difficult.
Nonplussed, suggestions?
What do you normally do when someone calls you a fag or a bitch? Or is this your first time?
Falcon punch?
+1
it just so happens that i wrote a blog post about this very thing. yesterday, i think. maybe the day before.
http://derekodomchess.blogspot.com/2011/08/abusive-internet-chess-players.html
well,just ignore it like something on the road ;)..or say thanks to irritate them further !
make his inevitable victory even more difficult. e.g. delay your moves to the maximum time. If he is insulting you then maybe he is getting wound up and could blunder the game. focus on the game but dont respond in kind to the insults
ignoring works quite well; i disabled the chat on someone and they resigned both games they had with me :)
Mostly, they try to block me but for some reason they can't but I get alerts when they try it though.
Report it to chess.com.
His account will be closed.
I've just been called the most dreadful things, such as "fag", "bitch", etc, by an opponent who doesn't appreciate me making his inevitable victory difficult.
Nonplussed, suggestions?