Whinge-fests.

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Turp

I have noticed that on chess.com, an otherwise tremendous way to waste one's time, that 78%* of articles on here are whinge-fests, nought but complain-athons consisting of such dazzling content as:

"I hate it when players never resign" (erm, prove you can win the game then) or "Why does so-and-so take so long over important moves, is he a cheat?" (who knows and who are you to say?)

Surely the beauty of chess, online more than anywhere, is to meet and play a diverse bunch of people from the four corners of the Earth, adjusting to different styles, speeds and tactical approaches.  And learning from both victory and defeat. 

Personally, that's why I love it.

I know this is in itself a whinge, but it is trying to be a constructive one!

Toodle-pip for now and Happy Halloween (woooooooooooooooooooo).

*84.5% of stats are made up, as Vic Reeves once said.

EndingPride

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LOL HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I agree ><!

Well, you have to prove that you will win inorder to make people resign! And even if you can but they still hang on the rope, that is what true sportsmanship is! Have you seen runners just give up because someone already won but they still get a good sportsman ship comment? No man!

Oh and important moves, well can anyone go 1 second per move in a game? If you can prove it! Good move comes from time !

Much_Afraid

Yea that is actually a funny one, I've seen that happen in turn-based games where one person accuses the other of cheating because he is taking too long to make a move.  It's like actually genius, if the person was using a program they would be moving faster not slower unless of course they were running a chess program on an old dusty 1980's Commodore64 computer.

Back on topic though, yea I agree there does seem to be an awful lot of whining...

Turp

Haha, true... a wind-up computer!

Agreed The Noob, why quit when opponents can easily blunder and stalemate?