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TheKeenEyedFalcon

What can we do about rude and unethical persons that abuse opponent or let the timer running down when losing?!

trysts

Turn off chat, and be patient?

Phylar

Turning off chat, while it hurts your pride to not combat, is the best way. Also, since patience is a staple of chess...well, that speaks for itself.

Knightly_News
Phylar wrote:

Turning off chat, while it hurts your pride to not combat, is the best way. Also, since patience is a staple of chess...well, that speaks for itself.

Right.  So why don't you go to prison?  You need a lot of patience there.  Very productive too.

What an absurd argument people keep making.  Just because patience is a virtue, it doesn't mean you should waste your time or let other people waste it with stunts like that.  Patience is much better applied to something constructive, not just thumb twiddling.

TheKeenEyedFalcon

i think chess.com must make harder laws about closing accounts ...

Phylar
reflectivist wrote:
Phylar wrote:

Turning off chat, while it hurts your pride to not combat, is the best way. Also, since patience is a staple of chess...well, that speaks for itself.

Right.  So why don't you go to prison?  You need a lot of patience there.  Very productive too.

What an absurd argument people keep making.  Just because patience is a virtue, it doesn't mean you should waste your time or let other people waste it with stunts like that.  Patience is much better applied to something constructive, not just thumb twiddling.

Patience is a virtue, but patience is also chess. Can you play a 4 hour game and not be patient?

Anyway, you are not wasting your time. There are easy ways to practice your chess even while sitting there "wasting your time" waiting for a move.