Pulpofeira wrote:
Playing when the wife is around?! Opti must be some sort of zen monk.
Why would someone have to be a zen monk just because "the wife is around"?
If you don’t accept at least one rematch after you win, then you lose.
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Mine talks about the kids while I'm playing and asks if I'm even listening to her.
Pulpofeira wrote:
Mine talks about the kids while I'm playing and asks if I'm even listening to her.
So marrying that hot Spaniard girl worked out well for ya then? 
Feb 11, 2021
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I think the people that want the rematch are just out to prove something, so I avoid them. Also bet the people that want a rematch only want it when they just lost, and don't offer it when they win.
Feb 11, 2021
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#246
I don't rematch because I want to go through the game before I move on to the next one, simple as that really.
batgirl wrote:
youreacoward69 wrote:
batgirl wrote:
Im not saying you owe an explanation, just stating there are underlying reasons which people would make It a rule not to rematch, just like there are for someone wanting one.
Any underlying reasons are your fantasies... unless you're a mind reader.
That's why im clear. It is definitely a reason, probably yours
youreacoward69 wrote:
batgirl wrote:
youreacoward69 wrote:
I don't understand this "playing a different person" as being some kind of automatic preference. The ratings are just about equal and youre doing the exact same thing with a rematch as you would be with a new opponent. And seeing as the amount of variations in chess are astronomical, it doesn't seem reasonable than any two games between any two players (especially on lower levels) will be the same. So subtracting the "newness" of the person (you're playing against positions, not just people), what is so preferable? Once again, I have so say a bit of fear is creeping into your desire to "run" from one opponent to another, who, if you didnt know their user names, you wouldn't be able to tell was a different person to begin with.
The difference is that my only agenda is to play someone. I could play this person who asks for a rematch or a could play someone new. Someone new is the tabula rasa .. I have now idea why the already played person wants to play again... revenge? show off? who cares. I don't care if my opponent is a master or a beginner. I'm pretty used to losing so the idea of "fear" is something in your own mind. There seems to be a bit of transference going on, but who knows?
As ive stated previously, the only thing that gives you knowledge that you're facing the same person is the username, otherwise, it would be impossible to differentiate based on the variations created. Either way, you have a decision to make. You have to either choose the rematch, or play someone else. What are the motivating factors behind that? I would hope you could differentiate in some significant way the previous player and the next player, other than the fact that you know their username. There is no practical difference between the two, and only a psychological one. Playing someone new is easy to say, but has little to no practical difference other than in the mind, rendering it, in my opinion, a bad reason. I guarantee if you played 50 games without knowing if the opponent was new or the same, you wouldn't be able to tell. Even games between grandmasters who play heavy theory often have completely new positions by move 15-20. In reality, youre not running from "playing the same game" again, but rather the person, which is odd. Why be SO adamant about not playing the same player twice, even if you're playing casually. Obviously you aren't afraid of completion otherwise you wouldn't play a game where you're attempting to beat another. There is something deeper there.
Hello? Different styles, different approaches, different openings, different preferences?
JustARandomPatzer wrote:
youreacoward69 wrote:
batgirl wrote:
youreacoward69 wrote:
I don't understand this "playing a different person" as being some kind of automatic preference. The ratings are just about equal and youre doing the exact same thing with a rematch as you would be with a new opponent. And seeing as the amount of variations in chess are astronomical, it doesn't seem reasonable than any two games between any two players (especially on lower levels) will be the same. So subtracting the "newness" of the person (you're playing against positions, not just people), what is so preferable? Once again, I have so say a bit of fear is creeping into your desire to "run" from one opponent to another, who, if you didnt know their user names, you wouldn't be able to tell was a different person to begin with.
The difference is that my only agenda is to play someone. I could play this person who asks for a rematch or a could play someone new. Someone new is the tabula rasa .. I have now idea why the already played person wants to play again... revenge? show off? who cares. I don't care if my opponent is a master or a beginner. I'm pretty used to losing so the idea of "fear" is something in your own mind. There seems to be a bit of transference going on, but who knows?
As ive stated previously, the only thing that gives you knowledge that you're facing the same person is the username, otherwise, it would be impossible to differentiate based on the variations created. Either way, you have a decision to make. You have to either choose the rematch, or play someone else. What are the motivating factors behind that? I would hope you could differentiate in some significant way the previous player and the next player, other than the fact that you know their username. There is no practical difference between the two, and only a psychological one. Playing someone new is easy to say, but has little to no practical difference other than in the mind, rendering it, in my opinion, a bad reason. I guarantee if you played 50 games without knowing if the opponent was new or the same, you wouldn't be able to tell. Even games between grandmasters who play heavy theory often have completely new positions by move 15-20. In reality, youre not running from "playing the same game" again, but rather the person, which is odd. Why be SO adamant about not playing the same player twice, even if you're playing casually. Obviously you aren't afraid of completion otherwise you wouldn't play a game where you're attempting to beat another. There is something deeper there.
Hello? Different styles, different approaches, different openings, different preferences?
Oh come on. First of all, by accepting a rematch, your switching colors, which means its impossible for the same opening to be played in both games, which thus means the preferences and approaches will be vastly different, especially on lower levels
Heyyyyyyyy... I have no idea what to do here, so... Hi!
ThePorgs wrote:
Heyyyyyyyy... I have no idea what to do here, so... Hi!
It's easy, accept rematches under any and all circumstances
I feel like it is kinda valid
Mkayluh wrote:
ThePorgs wrote:
Heyyyyyyyy... I have no idea what to do here, so... Hi!
Don't mind him. He's just a bit upset that some people don't like playing with him a 2nd time.
sounds.....sad :'( But hey, you just gotta find that one person willing to keep playing with you, am I right? winkwinkwinkwinkwinkwinkwinkwinkwink
Im not saying you owe an explanation, just stating there are underlying reasons which people would make It a rule not to rematch, just like there are for someone wanting one.
Any underlying reasons are your fantasies... unless you're a mind reader.