I usually get rude chat when I'm trying to think about my next move, especially if i am in trouble! One time a chap messaged me that it was my turn and what am I doing? I text back that I was thinking about my next move! He replied that it doesnt matter what I do, that I was going to lose and he knew what I was going to play! Some players blunder and they dont want you to notice it so thay text rude annoying comments to distract you!! Unless it is obvious that I am going to lose, I resign, otherwise, I usually play on! Some opponents dont like when you play on because they think that taking my Queen is enough for me to resign! I've won a few games where i lost my Queen early only to win the game in the end! One time I was being hassled about taking too long making moves, so I just took even longer to make my moves! I may suffer from time trouble but the joy I get knowing that my deliberate slow playing is getting under their skin is priceless!!
How do you deal with rude chat?
At the risk of straying into politically sensitive territory, I have a related question.
Has anyone noticed a trend of rudeness coming from particular countries, or parts of the world? Of course, it is ridiculous to judge an entire country based on rude comments from a few chess players. However, I have noticed more rudeness coming from some corners of the world than others. I will not name the most offensive country, but it is not the U.S.
I realize there are more of us on here from the U.S. than anywhere else, so one would expect to encounter more rude Americans. There are some, of course, but we do not take the rudeness prize, in my experience.
I would be interested if anyone else has noted a trend.
Finally, I think chess is a gentleman's game. It would be nice if everyone could be courteous, but, as in society at large, that will not happen all the time. There are always a few jerks, and on a certain level it does make things interesting.
The countries I notice that seems to give me the most rude comments is USA and India!!! The most from India! A few from India has even made me wait out time because they can see that i am going to win!
At the risk of straying into politically sensitive territory, I have a related question.
Has anyone noticed a trend of rudeness coming from particular countries, or parts of the world? Of course, it is ridiculous to judge an entire country based on rude comments from a few chess players. However, I have noticed more rudeness coming from some corners of the world than others. I will not name the most offensive country, but it is not the U.S.
I realize there are more of us on here from the U.S. than anywhere else, so one would expect to encounter more rude Americans. There are some, of course, but we do not take the rudeness prize, in my experience.
I would be interested if anyone else has noted a trend.
Finally, I think chess is a gentleman's game. It would be nice if everyone could be courteous, but, as in society at large, that will not happen all the time. There are always a few jerks, and on a certain level it does make things interesting.
The countries I notice that seems to give me the most rude comments is USA and India!!! The most from India! A few from India has even made me wait out time because they can see that i am going to win!
Not to split hairs, but... you don't know where these people are from. You only know where they claim to be from. Given the juvenile behavior of many of them, would it be at all surprising to learn that they are not who they claim to be? (insert ominous music here, or the AFLAC duck)
At the risk of straying into politically sensitive territory, I have a related question.
Has anyone noticed a trend of rudeness coming from particular countries, or parts of the world? Of course, it is ridiculous to judge an entire country based on rude comments from a few chess players. However, I have noticed more rudeness coming from some corners of the world than others. I will not name the most offensive country, but it is not the U.S.
I realize there are more of us on here from the U.S. than anywhere else, so one would expect to encounter more rude Americans. There are some, of course, but we do not take the rudeness prize, in my experience.
I would be interested if anyone else has noted a trend.
Finally, I think chess is a gentleman's game. It would be nice if everyone could be courteous, but, as in society at large, that will not happen all the time. There are always a few jerks, and on a certain level it does make things interesting.
I find the nicest people are from India, and the rudest are from the US.
I have friends who are from India, and live in the US. They are extremely conflicted...
I think you've pretty much worked out the answer for yourself. Be open to communication but be ready to shut it down if your opponent is just going to try to rile you and put you off centre. Maybe next time just be a man and resign instead of spitefully letting your clock run down. A low blow for a low blow leaves the whole world doubled over.
If anyone wants me I'll be in my hammock.
Frickin' hippy.
lol.... he has the right attitude. Now... if you will excuse me I have to deal with some "bad fish".
Looks like some people spend waaaay too much time on this site and become oversensitive about things that really don't matter all that much.
5) Take a break and go play soccer
I don't spend way too much time on this site. I don't spend very much time at all really. You know nothing about me so why don't you go play soccer yourself rather than wasting time by posting something that in no way benefits anyone.
What my opponent did was rude and imature. I don't spend a lot of time in chess circles so I wanted to know what other chess regular's opinions were of such behavior and how they dealt with it when it was encountered. To me, that is worth taking a minute to make a post and not a waste of time.
If you don't like it, move on to the next post and don't waste anyone's time with a worthless, A-hole post like the one you made.
Or did you chime in here because my original post was criticizing something that you like to do?
Guy was just telling you to take it easy and you call him a worthless a-hole...
You've written two rather long and emotional posts in response to 1. a guy who is impatient and 2. a guy who is telling you to relax. Maybe you really should take a break for a while.
I didn't call the guy a worthless A-hole. I said he made a worthless A-hole post...there is a difference. And no, he wasn't trying to "help out" by offering heart-felt advice. He was clearly being a sarcastic troll.
Sorry, but I've been a member of numerous forums of various areas of interest and I can't stand people who have nothing better to do than to troll forums and make sarcastic posts thinking they are cool. They contribute nothing and should be called out for their bad attitudes and for wasting everyone else's time.
Switching subjects, I do much appreciate the rest of you who have contributed with your thoughts and provided links. I will take all of this advice into consideration.
Wooow! I can't believe it! Instead of complaining about your opponent being rude and immature, why not start with yourself? Once you solve your own issues (your self-importance for example), you'll see that some silly comments in a chat room aren't very important in the great scheme of things.
Wooow! I can't believe it! Instead of complaining about your opponent being rude and immature, why not start with yourself? Once you solve your own issues (your self-importance for example), you'll see that some silly comments in a chat room aren't very important in the great scheme of things.
Self importance? What are you even talking about? Where did that come from? I made a post here to find out how other chess players deal with rude chat during a game - a perfectly legitimate topic. Then you jumped in and insulted me, rather than posting something worth while or just not posting anything at all. You threw the first stone here....so who is the immature one? Don't you have anything better to do on a tropical island than troll chess forums online??
At the risk of straying into politically sensitive territory, I have a related question.
Has anyone noticed a trend of rudeness coming from particular countries, or parts of the world? Of course, it is ridiculous to judge an entire country based on rude comments from a few chess players. However, I have noticed more rudeness coming from some corners of the world than others. I will not name the most offensive country, but it is not the U.S.
I realize there are more of us on here from the U.S. than anywhere else, so one would expect to encounter more rude Americans. There are some, of course, but we do not take the rudeness prize, in my experience.
I would be interested if anyone else has noted a trend.
Finally, I think chess is a gentleman's game. It would be nice if everyone could be courteous, but, as in society at large, that will not happen all the time. There are always a few jerks, and on a certain level it does make things interesting.