alexlaw wrote:
nope. i want your rating points. give em' to me!
Get a grip of yourself!!! lol
Is it bad etiquette to play online if you are a below average player?
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Of course not, everyone is welcome to play.
A couple more things. It is possible to choose which rating range you are willing to play. If you are paired up with someone then you can assume that they were willing to play someone at your rating.
Chess.com uses the Glicko system for ratings which quantifies the uncertainty in a someone's rating with a number called the Rating Deviation (RD). You haven't played many games here yet so your rating is probably innaccurate, therefore you have a high RD. This means that when you finish a game, your rating will change a lot, and your opponents rating won't change very much. You won't inflate other's ratings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicko_rating_system
Etiquette be damned. I don't care what the previous 30 responders secretly say about you behind your back. As long as you are prepared to let me steamroller you with a beautiful queen sac I am happy. In the finest traditions of the site I will then post the game on the forums demanding that people respect me for having won. There even may be use of words such as pwnage.
Seriously though, NO. Have fun and make friends. Use it, like people have said, to develop ideas away from the pressure of ticking clocks and physical opponents who can beat you up outside. You obviously feel drawn to the game or you wouldn't be here asking. THAT is what matters.
You may play against anyone. It cannot be bad etiquette. As long as you are not harrasing them to play with you or are spamming them.
Play against players who are better than you.
Say you are 1200, select players between 1200 to 1300. You will learn from these games.
If someone does not want to play with you - it is ok. There are plenty more players who will be ready to play against you.
Aug 11, 2012
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I can only repeat what many others have written here - just play. BTW, the average rating (Live Standard) is 1160 and you are close to it. I had never played bullet games before I joined Chess.com. Since I need time to think and my Internet connection isn`t great my rating was 700+ some time ago which was a lot below average (1132). I kept on trying and it is 1400 now which isn`t great but if I had thought it was bad to play I would have never improved. 
EVERYONE BELOW 3000 RATING, PLEASE STOP PLAYING ON CHESS.COM
Aug 11, 2012
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-kenpo- wrote:
Boletus_CZ wrote:
I can only repeat what many others have written here - just play. BTW, the average rating (Live Standard) is 1160 and you are close to it. I had never played bullet games before I joined Chess.com. Since I need time to think and my Internet connection isn`t great my rating was 700+ some time ago which was a lot below average (1132). I kept on trying and it is 1400 now which isn`t great but if I had thought it was bad to play I would have never improved.
I bet if you deleted your current account, got another one and started playing bullet your rating would shoot right up to 1500-1600 with little trouble.
you need time to think because real thinking and real chess requires time. whatever thought is involved in bullet is superficial at best. apologies, I just invariably take issue when people imply that all the thought and thinking that goes on in standard games is also present in bullet and blitz games, that it's all just going on super-fast or something absurd (maybe for super gms to some extent at least, but not most people).
I don`t know whether it is possible to transfer a premium membership to a new account. And it would be silly to close my account because of bullet.
I am aware bullet (and even blitz) is a different kind of chess. You need special skills to play it good. I know players here who managed to be 2100+ in bullet and were 1300 in standard. To be good at standard does help, though. But my point was that if someone is way below average (and my lowest rating in bullet was 763) they should play on for that`s the only way to improve and have some fun. And it doesn`t matter whether we speak of bullet or standard chess.
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Just play.
Is it bad etiquette? haha, not at all. In fact, playing online would be the best forum for a beginner or below average player. In my experience, it is more embarassing to play poorly with someone face to face. On a computer you can relax in your home (or on the go) and use it as a learning experience. I am willing to be there are players far worse than yourself playing online in an attempt to improve and further their game. You can do the same.
no it isnt. everyone needs to play to have a chance of improving. theres always better and weaker players about generally.
Bullet-chess makes people wound-up & aggressive. Is bad to play too much of it.
"Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!"
George Carlin
nate23 wrote:
Aboslutely not! the only way you are going to improve is by playing more and more!
And you can do that online.
What is bad etiquette is becoming world champion and then not
defending your title.
you can play online:)
beardogjones wrote:
What is bad etiquette is becoming world champion and then not
defending your title.
Or being ranked number one and not playing for the wcc...
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Hey, I feel your pain. But it was this forum that pushed me to dive in...even though my games resemble 'Wack-a-Mole'.