My Rematch Request Was Rejected!

I could not have said it better.  

 @JayeshSinhaChess, thanks for feeling my pain.  And thanks for your insight.  I considered his material advantage a small advantage but it didn't occur to me that it could actually be a disadvantage.  Sometimes a player, when up two major pieces, will get a little confident and make positional errors.  I think I would've won that game if I hadn't lost on time.  Obviously he knew it too or he wouldn't have dishonored himself by refusing my rematch request.

There is a first-world problem greater than being rejected a replay! I'll never forget the night I Uber-taxied a Big Mac with fries & coke and settled down to playing on-line chess with the distinct aim of boosting my anonymous ego with a few wins.

Sadly, the first opponent had a lucky win, accepted the replay, then again, then again, and yet AGAIN!

Now why would anybody do that! Clearly he or she had a fictitiously low ranking. We started as equals and said opponent ended up way above me.

What about the old adage of moving onto better opposition? Like we used to do at the chess club. It ought not be up to the inferior player to concede, but rather the better player to graciously move on, rather than smash the life out of the opponent. 

Talking about "smashed" does remind me that the coke was rather generously added to that night........maybe if I were fully sober I could have .........possibly........

man that was bad luck! i hope you didn't skin your cat in anger after the mood that put you in!

Maybe he/she rejected because he/she had to go

I don't appreciate you adding levity to a serious topic!

I always throw the keyboard into the corner of my room and tell myself that it's just a game

You know, the world isn't a solipsistic fantasy in which the only significance of a person's actions is with respect to you. Keeping that in mind can help you not to be a judgmental posterior region. For instance, maybe the person had something else to do, and was only catching a quick game of chess. Maybe a friend came online. There are many explanations that have no relation to you. The other thing to remember is that the world isn't a narcissistic fantasy where every action that others take is because of your superiority. For instance, maybe the person didn't accept your challenge because you really weren't much of a challenge. I sometimes refuse to play a person again who seems to be having a terrible day even if that person has a reasonably high enough rating to suggest he should be playing better. After a grossly uncharacteristic loss for the rating, or after a few bungled games, it's just not fun for me, and I start to feel sorry for my opponent. Things like other people and motivations that have nothing to do with you are possible, you know.

Thanks for taking my thread seriously.  Really, you shouldn't have.

I didn't think it would be necessary but perhaps I should've added a parody disclaimer to the thread title.

KFC has managed to turn its "bucket of chicken" into a national holiday in Japan.  People line up for blocks around KFC restaurants on that day.

This story is typically reported annually in the Economist Magazine.  Will the wonders of fast-food-capitalism never cease?

I had to google that.  It sounded so crazy, I figured it might be true.  I read a BBC report about it.  It's not an actual  national holiday but it's treated like one.  Man, KFC has an impressive marketing department.

Oh no!

People like bmiscoski are a stand-up comedian's worst nightmare. "Hey, I don't believe for one minute that you really had that conversation with the DMV employee!"

I agree a rematch is NOT morally obligated to be accepted.  You lost a game a feel like you have to get even with THAT person who you probably don't know and may never play again?

Just play your best in your next game, where you are playing to simply win, not playing to inflict punishment on a specific person.

I appreciate your sincerity.  Unfortunately, a few wisenheimers have used the topic of this thread to engage in tomfoolery.  I understand your position regarding rematch challenges, but I hope you feel morally obligated to accept my challenge to post here again.  Thanks in advance.