a mistress, man one can only dream about such luxury! I'd ask her to wear striped sox for sure.
Why does chess attract so many beta males?
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robbie_1969 wrote:
We need to be realistic, winning is fun and losing is not, we need to face that reality. Ok sometimes we get a close game and its fun, but mostly losing sucks. Anyone who likes to have their mistakes pointed out is a sadomasochist. I know you are going to cite Capablanca, losing is to learn from ones mistakes, yes this is the correct attitude but it does not dull the pain. Ultimately we should be able to divorce ourself entirely from events on the chessboard after all, its simply the march of logic, but never the less, we are human and prone to aberration, this is what makes chess so interesting.
Winning 100% of the time is not fun. Losing 100% of the time is not fun. Challenging but do-able is fun. If a win some, lose some exchange is not fun for someone, and they need to win all the time or a vast majority of the time to feel good about themselves or their time spent, then there's something wrong that needs to be addressed...and anyone that says that the primary goal of all games is to win is a strong candidate for someone that has their priorities/understanding in life messed up.
Games are meaningless outside of a social enjoyment/leisure context, and the social enjoyment/leisure element does not survive under a "must win at all costs or I am not a success" mindset coming from any participants.
sooo right tickle me elmo ! usually u say untrustable trollish stuff but not this time 
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CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
Ah, so you are a sore loser.
I'm a true alpha but the fact is that whenever I go down material, even a pawn, I cannot resist just closing the window and doing something else. I just don't even see the point to the game since there's absolutely nothing riding on the result.
One has to wonder what so many omega males think they are accomplishing when they start a thread like this
давно ушел с этого недоделаного хамского сайта но но иногда захожу в надежде что у него проснулась совесть и он стал другим и правильным...сегодня черт меня дернул...сначала все показывало о зер гут и как только я заказал игру и ко мне подключился соперник у меня все замигало и заходило ходуном....куда тут играть-ноги надо уносить...за то что они мне гадостей наделали так с меня еще и 9 баллов сняли...какие слова подобрать для этой ситуации я не знаю...печатных у меня нет а за непечатные я два года в отстое просидел.Короче если можете переходите на Личесс там такой вакханалии нет.не знаю что будет завтра но на сегодня это самый порядочный сайт.
I was going to contact you, but you are (@ionauh) away!
Jan 31, 2020
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CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
jackchilders wrote:
CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
I'm a true alpha but the fact is that whenever I go down material, even a pawn, I cannot resist just closing the window and doing something else. I just don't even see the point to the game since there's absolutely nothing riding on the result.
LOL! The point to any game, whether you are ahead or behind, is to try to win. You just seem to be uncomfortable with adversity.
I was a four sport athlete at one point, I play poker competitively online and live, I constantly push my own personal boundaries in real life on a day to day, etc. I love adversity and competition. Trying to checkmate some 12 year old's king on a pretend battlefield just doesn't fit into the equation here at almost 38 years old (for me).
You're at least what...70? Use some of your retirement money to play a real man's game online: Poker. There's actually something on the line there.
If trying to checkmate on a pretend battlefield doesn't fit the equation for you, then why are you here?
....gettim Jack.
Jan 31, 2020
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coffee has played in excess of 1600 games. anybody who has to drag out statistics and boast of their former sport prowess, and pushing all boundaries to back up their life arguments to dissuade others from pursuing something (chess) you avidly pursue? tabletop warrior...
getting his beta on, right here!
bgawk!
I wonder why some people consider poker a male game, unless you play it with cards of 5 kg each.
Jan 31, 2020
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Somewhere on a cards forum someone probably is saying "isn't sexist that a king beats a queen..."
Jan 31, 2020
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Ziggy_Zugzwang wrote:
Somewhere on a cards forum someone probably is saying "isn't sexist that a king beats a queen..."
LOL!!!
She is the most powerful piece on the chess board and with good reason, powerful but also vulnerable, a devastating combination.
CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
If you are as successful as you say you are, then you wouldn't feel the need to bring it up in every conversation you have on these forums. And you wouldn't quit as soon as you lose a pawn.
jackchilders wrote:
CoffeeAnd420 wrote:
I'm a true alpha but the fact is that whenever I go down material, even a pawn, I cannot resist just closing the window and doing something else. I just don't even see the point to the game since there's absolutely nothing riding on the result.
LOL! The point to any game, whether you are ahead or behind, is to try to win. You just seem to be uncomfortable with adversity.
I was a four sport athlete at one point, I play poker competitively online and live, I constantly push my own personal boundaries in real life on a day to day, etc. I love adversity and competition. Trying to checkmate some 12 year old's king on a pretend battlefield just doesn't fit into the equation here at almost 38 years old (for me).
You're at least what...70? Use some of your retirement money to play a real man's game online: Poker. There's actually something on the line there.
....maybe cuz beta males can be attractive ?
Feb 3, 2020
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Optimissed wrote:
TakeThisPawn wrote:
There are so many bad losers in chess. Even all the way up to GM level. *cough Nakamura *cough.
What is it about this game that attracts the vindictive and the petty? The type that will sit there and let their clock run down because you're up a piece?
I have a theory that its because most of us aren't very strong physically. So we play chess which is a perfect way to be passive aggressive against other males without the threat of ever being punched in the face.
I do weight training and at 68 I'm a lot, lot stronger than most 30 year olds. I would totally hate being punched in the face by anybody because I might hit them back and kill them. So far I've been lucky that way. I would say that the majority of chess players I've known, and that is thousands, aren't very physically fit. Some of them are very inconsiderate of others. Maybe lots of them have slight Aspergers. If so, that might explain what you suggest.
Not all chess players are physically unfit.
"The majority" does not mean "all"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Imagine if one was making an appoinment with a mistress to analyse a chess game!