online chess is different from real chess....

I  want you guys to have a comment on this... 

I've been playing chess online a lot lately... then my friends invite me to play with their companions who is good at chess but the difference is that we are playing in the real chessboard and with some real chess clock... and when i'm in the game i'm feeling somewhat uneasy... I don't know why... maybe because of the real chess board and the chess clock is not automatic... ( you really need to press the button to stop the clock.. unlike here in online chess its automatic). To make my story short... I've tend to lost a lot of my match in real chessboard game than playing online... my chance in online is like 50% while in the real board is 30%??? 

It's quite possible that he is a little bit stronger than the usual random competition you meet

can I start by correcting your grammar?

Please don't. No one likes grammar police.

To me it happens quite the opposite. I play much worse online (or against a computer/console) than on a real board. I make my choices far more lightly with the mouse on my hand!

Correcting grammar is especially bad in a forum where you can see where the people come from, aka the Philippines. Do people correct your grammar if you try typing in a language that isn't your first one?

Only when you speak filipino as well as he speaks english.

sorry about my grammar guys....

i laughed so hard at that pic.

and what about his one:

You get used to what you do most, if you want to improve in 5-0 OTB "real chess" you probably should play 3-0 live, because moving the pices and stop the clock takes some time.

Don't worry about it. Your grammar, while imperfect, was still understandable. English is not an easy language, and you speak English a whole lot better than I speak Tagalong, I'm sure. :-)

As for your post, how do you know that you are losing because of the time and not because you are simply facing better opponents OTB?

This brings a joke to mind :  What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages ? : Bi-lingual  

What do you call a person who speaks many languages ? ( more than 2 )  : polyglot 

What do you call a person who speaks only one language ? : American  

The first word of a sentence should be capitalised.

Nice catch !  Also it should be " May I " and not " Can I " .  I generally try not to correct the grammar of other's because I know I make mistakes myself and I find it very tacky for an English speaker to correct another's English when that person's first language is obviously NOT English.....

The other person(not a native speaker) could also easily bust it by replying in his own language.

I felt so to when i started playing on the internet, but you get used to it. I think i got used to it after a few houndred games.

Touche!

I welcome new threads. Bring them on.