No, you don't deserve to be sworn at.
But IMO, you should also not dismiss a 950 without some investigation. Maybe he is at your level, and he's had only 1 game, and lost to a 1700? He too wants to play someone his own strength, but no-one wants to give him a game.. Maybe just frustration on his part.
Set your seek so that it is only open to players above 1000. Problem solved.
Aaaah yes. Duuh! thx Ziryab.
Yeah, if you have open seeks that don't filter by rating, it is kind of assumed that you'll play anyone. Bit of a faux-pas by you, but not a huge deal.
If it makes you feel any better though, I just got accused of cheating by a presumably different disgruntled idiot!
What you did was a bit rude unintentionally. I know you didn't know at the time that you could create a minimum rating, but if you have an open seek, it is a luck-of-the-draw situation and it is expected you take who you get. Having said that, a hate message isn't the height of courtesy either.
I was playing live chess just the other minute, and put out an open seek. This guy joined but he was around a 950 rating(i hover around 1400), so i aborted and created a new game.
Then he rejoined, i aborted again and he rejoined. Then i said: "sry id rather play someone over 1000", then aborted again. Two minutes later i get a hate message from him.
He essentially called me a chicken(colorful language included). So i decided to put my money where my mouth was and looked for him. I stared at the seek board looking for his name for about 5 minutes, couldn't find it. The only way i could immediately track him is if i added him to my friends list right?!(thats not gunna happen!lol) So until i find a way to challenge and beat him in live chess i guess i have no honour or courage....there must be a way.
Who thinks what i said and did was rude?
Is it my right to play ppl around my ranking? Or is aborting somebody 500 points lower than you a sign of cowardice? And i must accept everybody and devote potentially 20 minutes to anyone.
I just like good chess, if i wanted to get my arse handed to me id just play a computer engine.(id have a better chance at beating fischer or morphy, amazing when you think about it.) And if all i wanted to do was win id play 'Microsoft chess titans' on level 1, wow wouldn't that feel special!!
All i want to do is have a good game with a evenly skilled opponent. Is that such a bad thing? Do i deserve to be sworn at because of it? Or do i give off the vibe that im scared of losing to a low ranked player?