My thoughts are why would you take out a chess king and tip it over? This person will obviously have no idea what that means...
YOU ACTUALLY PLAY CHESS?
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EthanLow wrote:
This is a conversation I might have wih someone:
Random person: What do you do in your free time?
Me: I play chess.
Random person: You actually play chess? I didn't know anybody played that game anymore!( a mixture of shock and disbelief)
Me: Of course. Chess is the most popular board game in the world.
Random person: But only old people play it!
Me: There are enough young chess players for FIDE to organise a World Youth Chess Championship. And the world chess champion is aged 23.
Random person: But is chess so fun that you forgo computer games to play it?
Me: I play chess online.
Random person: You have no life! You should try Uber.
Me: What is that? Is it violent?
Random person: No, it's just shooting people.
Me: That is violent.
Random person: No, there's no blood.
At this point I take out a chess king and tip it over.
What are your thoughts about this?
Invite them to a chess tournament and show them
itsBill wrote:
Uber is pretty great, you sound a bit like a pussy to be honest. I'd suggest starting with frrogger and build up your tolerance from there.
Sorry if I made you feel as if I was discriminating uber. I was actually using it as an example.
NomadicKnight wrote:
My thoughts are why would you take out a chess king and tip it over? This person will obviously have no idea what that means...
Good point...
socialista wrote:
My though is that you shouldn´t talk with random people
Okay then:
This is a conversation I might have wih someone:
Person A: What do you do in your free time?
Me: I play chess.
Person A: You actually play chess? I didn't know anybody played that game anymore!( a mixture of shock and disbelief)
Me: Of course. Chess is the most popular board game in the world.
Person A: But only old people play it!
Me: There are enough young chess players for FIDE to organise a World Youth Chess Championship. And the world chess champion is aged 23.
Person A: But is chess so fun that you forgo computer games to play it?
Me: I play chess online.
Person A: You have no life! You should try Uber.
Me: What is that? Is it violent?
Person A: No, it's just shooting people.
Me: That is violent.
Person A: No, there's no blood.
At this point I take out a chess king and tip it over.
Great dialogue! I'm looking forward to the short stories / novels.
One suggestion...change your name to EthanOwl...the late night drinker
I shall consider it (the short stories)
As for the name, I have already changed it once (it was originally my dad's name).
He was a big drinker too? That's fine by me unless he was a fighting drunk.
I do not drink. Well, I drink water.
Chess has a certain reputation among people who don't play, but I see it as a chance for an interesting conversation rather that let it get to me. I have actually converted a friend, first by telling gossip on chess players to show it's not a posh game for geniuses, and some historical anecdotes. As soon as she listened to a few things on the game itself, how old, complex and endless it is, she was hooked.
EthanLow wrote:
I do not drink. Well, I drink water.
I do not drink well
I drink water.
A good writer needs a good editor to get the punctuation improved
What I meant is that I do not drink alchoholic drinks.
Would you like to create a new forum about drinkng?
EthanLow wrote:
What I meant is that I do not drink alchoholic drinks.
No Kidding!!!!
But Ethan Owl is such a great name for a barfly character, you just have to use it.
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This is a conversation I might have wih someone:
Random person: What do you do in your free time?
Me: I play chess.
Random person: You actually play chess? I didn't know anybody played that game anymore!( a mixture of shock and disbelief)
Me: Of course. Chess is the most popular board game in the world.
Random person: But only old people play it!
Me: There are enough young chess players for FIDE to organise a World Youth Chess Championship. And the world chess champion is aged 23.
Random person: But is chess so fun that you forgo computer games to play it?
Me: I play chess online.
Random person: You have no life! You should try Uber.
Me: What is that? Is it violent?
Random person: No, it's just shooting people.
Me: That is violent.
Random person: No, there's no blood.
At this point I take out a chess king and tip it over.
What are your thoughts about this?