Drawgood wrote:
Regular chess players in general are unpleasant people. Not all of course. But stereotype of an impatient and irritable, and in other ways weird, man is very frequently confirmed.
When I went to San Francisco’s chess club a bunch of times when I was able to, I saw exactly that. When there was a tournament as opposed to a regular day, you see that at least half, maybe more, of players were men who seemingly don’t care about their appearance. Maybe they’re unable to or clueless. That I don’t know. Many are fat. There is always the stink of sweat, it’s just embarrassing when casual people come in to visit, or chess players from elsewhere.
Rage was definitely a part of it either at the club or when I encountered it in real life. There is one guy who apparently goes to cafes in San Francisco to play chess, who gets angry if he loses. Insults the other player and runs out of the cage. I mean that’s a grown man.
There was also a kid who was probably 10 year old or something who started to throw pieces around when he was losing. That’s in front of everybody. And when he THOUGHT he was winning. He was inappropriately ecstatic and would ask the other player “IS THAT A GOOD MOVE! DAD LOOK I AM WINNING!” And then he lost!
Other aspect of this is that many of the same people are unsociable, maybe even autistic. I guess if they were born like that it’s not their fault, but if they played chess their entire life, it didn’t help. I mean, you say something like “what’s your name” and they don’t know how to act or what to say.
When I went to San Francisco’s chess club a bunch of times when I was able to, I saw exactly that. When there was a tournament as opposed to a regular day, you see that at least half, maybe more, of players were men who seemingly don’t care about their appearance. Maybe they’re unable to or clueless. That I don’t know. Many are fat. There is always the stink of sweat, it’s just embarrassing when casual people come in to visit, or chess players from elsewhere.
Rage was definitely a part of it either at the club or when I encountered it in real life. There is one guy who apparently goes to cafes in San Francisco to play chess, who gets angry if he loses. Insults the other player and runs out of the cage. I mean that’s a grown man.
There was also a kid who was probably 10 year old or something who started to throw pieces around when he was losing. That’s in front of everybody. And when he THOUGHT he was winning. He was inappropriately ecstatic and would ask the other player “IS THAT A GOOD MOVE! DAD LOOK I AM WINNING!” And then he lost!
Other aspect of this is that many of the same people are unsociable, maybe even autistic. I guess if they were born like that it’s not their fault, but if they played chess their entire life, it didn’t help. I mean, you say something like “what’s your name” and they don’t know how to act or what to say.
The incels don't like what you have to say, it seems. The truth hurts. 🤣
I GET SOOO ANGRY WHENI LOOOOSE THATS WHY I RAAAAGGGEE
Who made you lose?