Sports is a game of two or more opponents win the opportunity to become the victor.
That said, fishing and hunting are Not sports.
In fishing and hunting there are two opponents, the hunter and the prey. The hunter wins by capturing the prey, the prey wins by avoiding capture.
I criticise your flimsy dismissal of my magnificent expertise at dismissing expertise on flimsy grounds. It takes more to win an argument on flimsy grounds!
Thing is, by you, it's flimsy only if "nothing" or" void" can be counted flimsy. Cos the custom is to count individual, unsupported opinions for just, plain, nothing. And that's very much what your opinion is, considering the lack of support (your will doesn't count as support) you gave it.
So as there is no universally accepted authority on the matter and no solid ground upon which to base an argument all opinions are valid and discussion is pointless?
Hello
optimissed i havent read the posts yet,but i really hope you re not backing those guys who says chess is a sport?!?!
Hoping is a sport
THIS time I'll be REALLY out of here and not become some resilient couch potato like some guy I know.
Ah 'ave net gert ze impresen zat you do any of ow you say excerise, exceping all zis scuttling around, in an out .... ah on ze erther side ah do ze preper exercise. Today ah did ze wights. ow you say, 'eavy things
Really? Making fun of someone who uses perfectly correct English because he displays a French flag? Again with the English attitude of "the wogs begin at Calais".
Also I have the flimsiest arguments. How do I know that? The ones saying chess is a sport are telling me it's so. I think I'm morally wrong also for making my corrupt and intellectually bereft and decadent claim that it is only a game. Why do I think that? These people here are experts, They know about things like that. Also the governing bodies say it too. I have no hope. I am corrupt. My boots are half a size too small. It's useless. How can I go on? etc etc.
A better question is WHY do you go on in this vein.
EU rimind me of zis guy I knaw, ees name she is MAR
After Brexit, EU is still helping out???!!!
THIS time I'll be REALLY out of here and not become some resilient couch potato like some guy I know.
Ah 'ave net gert ze impresen zat you do any of ow you say excerise, exceping all zis scuttling around, in an out .... ah on ze erther side ah do ze preper exercise. Today ah did ze wights. ow you say, 'eavy things
Really? Making fun of someone who uses perfectly correct English because he displays a French flag? Again with the English attitude of "the wogs begin at Calais".
No it wasn't because he has a French flag. I even have some friends with a French flag. It was because he called me a couch potato and other nasty and hurtful things.
Then if you had any class you would have directed your retort at the particular individual rather that mocking his (assumed) nationality.
i also think its a game only,if it is a sport then videogames,monopoly,sitting,sleeping everything is
Of course they all are. Where's @cooloutac when we need him the most?
Reverting to your "anyone who points out my failings must be insane or drunk or a bitter troll" repartee.
if you have a proper idea why cant you say it yourself why do you need someone else
Precisely. I don't therefore I do
Sorry, I don't subscribe to the "Optimissed is the smartest, best informed, most reasonable person in this discussion" that you peddle. If you don't like criticism for name-calling and boasting and nationalism, try being polite.
Sorry, I don't subscribe to the "Optimissed is the smartest, best informed, most reasonable person in this discussion" that you peddle. If you don't like criticism for name-calling and boasting and nationalism, try being polite.
where did that nationalism come from now,i missed
He was mocking someone displaying a French flag by typing in phoney "French accent" English. Then he had to throw in something about how England was cheated out of a victory in the World Cup game vs France. There was also a gratuitous slap at someone from Switzerland who hasn't even commented on this thread.
I thought it was a good French accent. mpaetz is a self-righteous creep and also a liar.
I guessed that you thought it was clever, hence my comment concerning your lack of class. I am surprised that all you call me here is creep and liar. Usually you are much more vitriolic. I'm really just seeing how worked up you will get over nothing.
Stay away from me, ok? I want nothing to do with you.
Then why do you continue to post comments directed at me and castigating me?
i have been in the forums about a month.but most of the days i feel stressed after the conversations,arguments .exchanging knowledge is low,fun disappears after pointless,harsh words,so what is the deal with chess forums,what are people commenting here for?
To get offended
As you have noticed, there are some here that take offense at those who disagree with them. Any time you point out inconsistencies in their arguments or mistakes as to facts, they feel it is a personal insult. Then it is just an escalating series of insults. Usually I don't care, but sometimes I am unwilling to stand by and let the bs pile up.
Assalomu alaykum everyone
Greeting is a sport