this conversation is slowly numbing my mind. i feel like a cartoon thats chewing slowly on a leaf staring off into space. does anyone have a cure for that
As OTF does.
braincells are literally on fire... im glad im a general chess discusser
Then leave. The whole point of OTF is to be childish
No. It is not. I'm sure an older account holder could vouch for this one, but OTF used to be a place where people had genuine discussions about topics that were genuinely interesting. Climate change, day to day. Hell, I'm sure there were variations of OTFDAN prior that had fully thought out discussion, where people maturely (but informally) spoke about subjects and actually used it in an intended format. Now, it's just a cesspool of brainrot and roleplay and "will you do x to the person below you."
The childish-ness came after, when people started reaizing that the rules here are not very strict and barely enforced. Especially when covid struck. I prefer an OTF that's used maturely, that has strict and enforced rules. Not whatever this dumpster fire is.
Bro there is literally a rule for no political or religious debates. That's stuff is for clubs where the community rules dont stand. Anyways we dont want those annoying woke liberals ruining it. They can stay in clubs.
So you prefer mind-numbing, brainrot, absolutely immature people that can't understand anything over 2 sentences (proof lies in the dude that said "crash out") and reply with actual logical value? There's nothing to gain from OTF, and I realized that after posting a couple of posts in OTF. People used to have valuable conversations. People used to respect each other, learn about new things, etc. Now it's the examples I've given before. No value comes from ANY of those forums, aside from a select few. It's all dumpster water mixed with gasoline and set on fire.
All that doesn't really matter. If you want meaningful content join The Ideas Room or a religious club. Anyways you said you looked at a couple posts. That isnt enough. OTF is a great community of people who can come together and just have fun. There are some amazing people here, so dont judge it of some things a few people say. You are a prime example of someone who doesn't understand OTF, and thats for the best. We dont want overly serious people who dont understand how to enjoy themselves.
alr in ideas, so kudos to you for solid advice. its not that the people themselves are bad, i know lots of OTFers that ar nice, caring people. js tired of seeing people say its supposed to be childish. also tired of seeing sheer volume of forums that serve, like, they dont really serve a purpose at all if you get what i mean. never tried to offend you or anyone elses by any means. i know some amazing people on here, hell i wrote a whole paragraph for basix cuz ik he was a big part of the otf community. all my interactions with em have been good. maybe i should spend more time here so i can get better judgement, but thats just me. seems like a lot of people dont like me speaking my mind though
I don’t claim to know your age, just basic inequalities