Golly, I miss the day when people communicated respectfully and could have a debate without resorting to name-calling. I guess I'm just old-fashioned....
I Don't See the Point of the Touch-Move Rule
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Admiral_Kirk wrote:
Golly, I miss the day when people communicated respectfully and could have a debate without resorting to name-calling. I guess I'm just old-fashioned....
Wait, are you saying you want to go back to the age of slavery?
*edited to add: this is in response to kaynight, who was the last post visible when I posted.*
I'm assuming that is sarcasm. ;)
Nah, the problem is the internet. People think that because they're anonymous, they're invincible. In my experience, people are much more polite and proper in real life than on the internet.
PearlFey wrote:
Admiral_Kirk wrote:
Golly, I miss the day when people communicated respectfully and could have a debate without resorting to name-calling. I guess I'm just old-fashioned....
Wait, are you saying you want to go back to the age of slavery?
No.
Admiral_Kirk wrote:
Nah, the problem is the internet. People think that because they're anonymous, they're invincible. In my experience, people are much more polite and proper in real life than on the internet.
Internet jerks are jerks in real life too, but you just don't communicate with them very often.
The internet did not create jerks. The rest of the world just became aware of their existence.
Irontiger wrote:
Admiral_Kirk wrote:
Nah, the problem is the internet. People think that because they're anonymous, they're invincible. In my experience, people are much more polite and proper in real life than on the internet.
Internet jerks are jerks in real life too, but you just don't communicate with them very often.
The internet did not create jerks. The rest of the world just became aware of their existence.
That is certainly true to an extent too.
Lol these forum topics always get off topic eventually LOL
Irontiger wrote:
Admiral_Kirk wrote:
Nah, the problem is the internet. People think that because they're anonymous, they're invincible. In my experience, people are much more polite and proper in real life than on the internet.
Internet jerks are jerks in real life too, but you just don't communicate with them very often.
The internet did not create jerks. The rest of the world just became aware of their existence.
Well, this is true, but there's another aspect at play here -- in real life being a jerk has potential consequences (like a punch in the nose) so they're more likley to check themselves. With anonymity and no physical proximity there's nothing holding them back online.
Correction to all of this. The reason that some people are assholes is simple.
THERE IS NO LAW AGAINST BEING AN ASSHOLE!!!
And, of course, you are living proof of the exception.
Ooh, the Pee-Wee Herman defense!
Let's see I vaguely remember how it goes, "...I know what you are, but what am I?..."
http://www.chess.com/coach/gabriel-alejandro
If your interested please send me an email at theactiveknight@gmail.com
TheActiveKnight wrote:
http://www.chess.com/coach/gabriel-alejandro
If your interested please send me an email at theactiveknight@gmail.com
I've forgotten more about chess than you'll ever know.
Yaroslavl wrote:
TheActiveKnight wrote:
http://www.chess.com/coach/gabriel-alejandro
If your interested please send me an email at theactiveknight@gmail.com
I've forgotten more about chess than you'll ever know.
I've forgotten what the thread was about.
Here_Is_Plenty wrote:
Yaroslavl wrote:
TheActiveKnight wrote:
http://www.chess.com/coach/gabriel-alejandro
If your interested please send me an email at theactiveknight@gmail.com
I've forgotten more about chess than you'll ever know.
I've forgotten what the thread was about.
As Johnny Depp popularized in the movie, "Donnie Brasco", "...fugit aboutit..."
I can't even remember my own name sometimes. 
kaynight wrote:
This site is for real men pal.>>>
Wait a minute I'm just putting my eye shadow on.
Right that's better. Deep green and black. Now, where were we?
Oh yep, there are plenty of ways to cheat. Some people want to win, it seems. I used to play 5 minute and 10 minute chess with a Bosnian surgeon who was a refugee from the fighting. He has an I.M. norm. One day he won about five games in a row and then I won six in a row. He set the clock so my flag was down and claimed the game on time when his flag fell. Totally crazy and when I said that I'd won but we could call it a draw if he liked, he accused me of cheating. That was about 8 years ago and I haven't spoken to him since because I gave up going to that club.
When someone touches a piece, moves a piece and returns it to its orginal square or a different square, its always annoying and soetimes cheating. You, sir, are an annoying idiot and a cheater.