The best thing to do about the gloating is to decide it won't impact you anymore. Just ignore it. That's what I do. I sincerely don't care if someone gloats or brags during a game.
I love chess, but I hate bad sportsmanship
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tilting4fun wrote:
I love playing chess. But, the chess community has a severe bad sportsmanship problem. And I don't mean cheating. I mean not knowing how to be a good person. Trash-talking, gloating, especially being a bad winner.
I lose. It's okay because I learn from it. I want to seek out players who beat me so I see new ways of doing things. I love it when someone sets an especially good trap or makes a brilliant move. I want to tell them how great their moves were.
But, way too often as I'm about to do so they begin gloating like a spoiled child.
It's making me not want to play chess here. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I don't want to be associated with people who act that way.
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Jun 17, 2024
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When I play, little windows appear saying "X would like to chat", with an accept or decline button. You do not have to respond to these pop-ups. If you don't accept, they cannot gloat, trash-talk or interact in any way except via the rules of chess: moving, resigning, or offering a draw. There is no reason why you should accept chat.
I'd say that unfortunately you are right: a lot of those who chat just want to throw casual abuse around the arena, especially those who are winning. It's unpleasant and unnecessary. There are people who want to send a mournful emoji when they're losing, and I hereby apologise to them, when I haven't accepted chat. They are good humans being human.
But to the gentleman today who sent me the chat message "Give up!", I'd suggest avoiding such comments until you've worked out how not to blunder your queen.
I love playing chess. But, the chess community has a severe bad sportsmanship problem. And I don't mean cheating. I mean not knowing how to be a good person. Trash-talking, gloating, especially being a bad winner.
I lose. It's okay because I learn from it. I want to seek out players who beat me so I see new ways of doing things. I love it when someone sets an especially good trap or makes a brilliant move. I want to tell them how great their moves were.
But, way too often as I'm about to do so they begin gloating like a spoiled child.
It's making me not want to play chess here. And I'm sure I'm not the only one. I don't want to be associated with people who act that way.