REASONS WHY YOU GOTHAMCHESS IS BAD

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I despise those who want to play gambits as white, but avoid 1.e4 e5 as black. Gotham's chess series, "Guess the elo " , is comedic gold, especially when he starts making up rap lyrics to match the game he is commenting on. The fact that so many rage against the London makes me want to applaud any who play it.

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Just like a soap opera, well done.

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Levy isn't bad. He's just providing his viewers with the content they demand. That's how he optimizes his income. He could do better if they demanded better. His audience sets the standard.

Ah geez. Did I just insult Levy's ginormous audience? Didn't mean to do that.

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levys audience is filled with a bunch of brainless monkeys who wank it to frank and magnus content

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ShrekChess69420 wrote:

1. OBNOXIOUS

Levi Rozman only disappoints me more and more after every video as his content continues to worsen. He has shifted his focus from teaching chess to entertaining, and he is completely obnoxious! He has the most atrocious voice and looks like a garden gnome with hair like black pawns on e6 and d6. It's not even that I dislike him as a person; his content is utterly garbage as well!!!

Vienna is highly overrated + I have d4 books that give more e4 coverage than his e4 book tongue

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ShrekChess69420 wrote:
ThomasTheGM wrote:

And how come bunch of your games end in 20 moves or way less. I don't think you're good enough for that.

You arent even 1600 rapid and i am 1900. You are 1800 puzzles and i am 2850. There is no comparison and my games that end in 20 moves or less are me playing bughouse with my friends.

1900 rapid is meh. 1900 Uscf is good. I'm 1900 uscf. You're meh, I'm good. haw

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I dont care for the guy either but I like the attention being brought to chess regardless.

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Yes, Gotham makes all proficient chess players look bad...

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Batman where are you? Defend Gotham.

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The Dream: We are Magnus Carlsen.

The Reality: We are Carlos Mungus.

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His recaps are quite educational aren’t they? I don’t watch him much, so correct me if I’m wrong
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I'm surprised the non-binary people haven't given him a hard time yet. He always starts every video with "Ladies and gentlemen"... haha

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Gotham, in his game replays-"guess the elo" does demonstrate to the audience why chess principles are, to be followed. He really emphasizes it by highlighting how carelessly ignoring them leads to disaster.

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NEETHUDAS123 wrote:

What is Going on?

Why are we abusing Levy

You could spend the time You have been on this forum Doing puzzles, Being so productive, and all of the other good things and you spend it arguing on a youtube channels maker?

Is this serious or is it joke forum to prank me?

That is absolutely right, this dude is probably taking out his anger on Levy. Or maybe ShrekChess69420 is jealous of how good he is.

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https://www.chess.com/club/antigothamcult

for the fellow gotham dislikers (like me)

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he's just one of the many clickbaity influencers, it's not like some really relevant chess player. The system man, the system is what produces these monsters. Just don't click on his videos and you're good to go

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JESUS BE SODOMIZED, IT'S HOT! I'M SWEATING! I HATE SUMMER!

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XXMUSSOLINITHEGODXX wrote:

he's just one of the many clickbaity influencers, it's not like some really relevant chess player. The system man, the system is what produces these monsters. Just don't click on his videos and you're good to go

I'm sorry after seeing a 300 post this I just wanna put out a psa

Gotham got me to 1600 peak on this account

Commenter is just salty he has a skill issue

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I have found the content beneficial at times. Most of the streams that don't include twitch chat do offer good learning tips. However I do think the toxic twitch chat has had an effect on him and many of his streams are now full of disrespect flying in many different directions. I realize some of it is in good fun ; and is meant as humor or sarcasm ; but a good bit of it has become more serious, and personal in ways. And the ugliness is ultimately taking away from the quality of the streams.

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The only time I have seen him comment is when pfren called his content garbage