Chess with friends

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its pretty much everything you people are talking about that deters the average person from wanting to play/learrn chess. It seems pretty stupid to just be able to memorize a million different moves to win a game. I feel like chance should always play a part, but the way you guys are talking is that you memorize moves/counter moves to be great. I get that it takes an absolute genius to be able to do that, but I'm sure you can see how that makes the avg person not want to play.

I don't play chess often, but I do know how. I would probably get pulverized by anyone who has a clue to what they're doing. I enjoy playing beginners because I've never invested an extra minute of my life into chess other than when sitting at a chess board. So I don't know anything about opening moves etc. I just know the horse makes Ls and the pointy guy goes diagonal. Protect your queen etc etc blah blah blah

That is all

Keep in mind the above can be said for nearly any game of skill. If you want to be at the top of any sport or activity you need to invest quite a bit of time in it. What's really important is what sort of positives you derive whether it be fun, social, physical, etc. If it was all about winning very few people would continue with such activities after 30.

For instance I continue to play hockey all year despite the fact I would get absolutely destroyed by a Junior B player.

[JUSTIFIEDhomicide]

That I refer to them as people at all is a sorely undeserved kindness, you shiftless drug addict.

got me. who knew the smartest guy in the world would resort to name calling. You didn't even look up any fancy adjectives for us to sugarcoat it. Right to the point.

It's cool man. you win at being smarter than me, and you can be the forum king you so long for.

I'll go back to being a lazy drug addict. You continue posting here all day telling us how lazy everyone is

[sonatine]

FINE. MAYBE I WILL.

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its pretty much everything you people are talking about that deters the average person from wanting to play/learrn chess. It seems pretty stupid to just be able to memorize a million different moves to win a game. I feel like chance should always play a part, but the way you guys are talking is that you memorize moves/counter moves to be great. I get that it takes an absolute genius to be able to do that, but I'm sure you can see how that makes the avg person not want to play.

I don't play chess often, but I do know how. I would probably get pulverized by anyone who has a clue to what they're doing. I enjoy playing beginners because I've never invested an extra minute of my life into chess other than when sitting at a chess board. So I don't know anything about opening moves etc. I just know the horse makes Ls and the pointy guy goes diagonal. Protect your queen etc etc blah blah blah

That is all

Keep in mind the above can be said for nearly any game of skill. If you want to be at the top of any sport or activity you need to invest quite a bit of time in it. What's really important is what sort of positives you derive whether it be fun, social, physical, etc. If it was all about winning very few people would continue with such activities after 30.

For instance I continue to play hockey all year despite the fact I would get absolutely destroyed by a Junior B player.

right but the way you guys are explaining it is that their i no luck involved at all. Most games of skill involve luck, especially sports. For instance you do love hocky, and you play so that one game you may get lucky and score the goal or make a great defensive play for your team. Maybeluck isn't the word. Right place right time, but I think you know what im saying

chess just seems like whos the best mathematician and given the most time to studying it

[sonatine]

chess isnt a sport, its dueling algorithms.

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Keep in mind the above can be said for nearly any game of skill. If you want to be at the top of any sport or activity you need to invest quite a bit of time in it. What's really important is what sort of positives you derive whether it be fun, social, physical, etc. If it was all about winning very few people would continue with such activities after 30.

For instance I continue to play hockey all year despite the fact I would get absolutely destroyed by a Junior B player.

right but the way you guys are explaining it is that their i no luck involved at all. Most games of skill involve luck, especially sports. For instance you do love hocky, and you play so that one game you may get lucky and score the goal or make a great defensive play for your team. Maybeluck isn't the word. Right place right time, but I think you know what im saying

chess just seems like whos the best mathematician and given the most time to studying it

Honestly I just play for 2 reasons. To try and keep in shape and have fun. Scoring/winning is a bonus to the fun aspect but it really doesn't matter that much. Most of the guys on my team are 5-10 years younger, as long as I can keep up with my group I'm happy. It's a recreational activity.

[Ricky]

Sounds like tine and weiss need to have a scholastic bowl followed by a wrestling match.

It will be fun to watch Weissman yell "forfeit" immediately, and then twist smarty pants into a pretzel.

Our "forum king" needs his comeuppance.

[LegalizeMeth]

high and mighty?

kinda sounds like youve turned intellectual stagnancy into some sort of proletariat sacred cow.

ill be sure to tell all the braindick swinging nerds running hedge funds, plumbing the depths of organic chemistry, curing cancer, and taking us to the the moon that they fall short of your standards i guess?

please do, as I'm sure you know at least one person and have one more story to tell us about your personal experience in each field.

Calling peeople lazy because they don't dedicate their lives to being ranked in chess, simply because they were born without the math genius gene is fucking absurd.

I dont think hes saying that people who dont play chess are lazy, I think hes saying that people who are lazy dont play chess

Personally I smoke a shitload of weed and I havent played chess since I was a kid, so theres that data

[sonatine]

the world needs ditch diggers too guys, nothing personal.

[Ricky]

the world needs ditch diggers too guys, nothing personal.

Don't be so sensitive tubby, it's uncomfortable to watch.

[Krypt]

This is unreal; never knew a board game could reach such levels of fetishization. I would go into how competitive physical endeavors (SPORTS) bring out the best in people, but pontificating such ideals would ring hollow with Sonatine.

Also, this is the more entertaining board game:

[Krypt]

Capablanca suck my dick.

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the world needs ditch diggers too guys, nothing personal.

Don't be so sensitive tubby, it's uncomfortable to watch.

watch who youre talking to nimrod. This is the guy who tells us about everything in the world about everything ever. Our very own Stephen Hawking, just a little less mobile.

[sonatine]

really....? you're that mad?

[sonatine]

tell you what, if anyone ever asks about owning a deli, its all you. ill sit that one out.

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tell you what, if anyone ever asks about owning a deli, its all you. ill sit that one out.

youre pretty much in the reg gaymer category of reality. If I were being a complete douchebag and coming off as someone who thinks theyre far superior to everyone else id want someone to tell me, but like i said, you're at gaymer levels. i cant reach you any longer

Im the shmuck, and youre the superior asshole that folded and raised and b et when i said so, come back to earth. you're still human

[sonatine]

tell you what, if anyone ever asks about owning a deli, its all you. ill sit that one out.

youre pretty much in the reg gaymer category of reality. If I were being a complete douchebag and coming off as someone who thinks theyre far superior to everyone else id want someone to tell me, but like i said, you're at gaymer levels. i cant reach you any longer

Im the shmuck, and youre the superior asshole that folded and raised and b et when i said so, come back to earth. you're still human

weiss, im literally stepping out of character here and setting aside the slap boxing bit:


youre in a very weird and very deep emotional hole if you couldnt see where i was being patently and obviously sarcastic in this thread.

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youre pretty much in the reg gaymer category of reality. If I were being a complete douchebag and coming off as someone who thinks theyre far superior to everyone else id want someone to tell me, but like i said, you're at gaymer levels. i cant reach you any longer

Im the shmuck, and youre the superior asshole that folded and raised and b et when i said so, come back to earth. you're still human

weiss, im literally stepping out of character here and setting aside the slap boxing bit:


youre in a very weird and very deep emotional hole if you couldnt see where i was being patently and obviously sarcastic in this thread.

if you want to know the truth youve been pissing me off for months. you ruin every fucking show on tv. you trash every writer and pick out every single flaw in every fucking show and just trash the shit out of them. WHat fucking show have you written???


thats six months of tilt ive been holding in, minnimum. if you finally ruin, RUIN GoT for me, I will fucking kill you

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apparently this has devolved into chess with enemies.

[sonatine]

you know GOT is nothing but the War of Roses with dragons right?