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all jokes aside,

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but who in here really gives a &%@# about ratings? if you're good you're good, if you're terrible then you're terrible.

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what about us fluctuators?

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Originally posted by lamarrswails
but who in here really gives a &%@# about ratings? if you're good you're good, if you're terrible then you're terrible.
I give a "%%@#".

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Originally posted by darvlay
I give a "%%@#".
You misspeled "&%@#".

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Originally posted by Varg
You misspeled "&%@#".
He stutters.

Ratings are just numbers.

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Originally posted by celticcountry
what about us fluctuators?
it still doesn't matter all that much. if you can play then it'll show, if you suck it'll show also. my point is that ratings don't define who you are as a chess player.

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Originally posted by lamarrswails
it still doesn't matter all that much. if you can play then it'll show, if you suck it'll show also. my point is that ratings don't define who you are as a chess player.
Really? I thought your point was that improvement is impossible.

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Originally posted by lamarrswails
it still doesn't matter all that much. if you can play then it'll show, if you suck it'll show also. my point is that ratings don't define who you are as a chess player.
Er...don't ratings solely define who you are as a chess player? Perhaps you meant that they don't define who you are as a person? And if you believe that ability at chess is linked to intelligence (some people do, some people don't), then ratings can mean a great deal to some people.

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Originally posted by ivangrice
Er...don't ratings solely define who you are as a chess player? Perhaps you meant that they don't define who you are as a person? And if you believe that ability at chess is linked to intelligence (some people do, some people don't), then ratings can mean a great deal to some people.
We're all just a number to you aren't we?

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Originally posted by ivangrice
Er...don't ratings solely define who you are as a chess player? Perhaps you meant that they don't define who you are as a person? And if you believe that ability at chess is linked to intelligence (some people do, some people don't), then ratings can mean a great deal to some people.
What does it say about a person if they really care about ratings? The same as what does it say about someone if they don't?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
What does it say about a person if they really care about ratings? The same as what does it say about someone if they don't?
Well didn't you know, if your lifetime chess rating is under 1500 when
you die you go straight to hell and have to teach chess to
coconuts and every time the coconut loses a game they stick another
coconut up your ass....

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Originally posted by sonhouse
Well didn't you know, if your lifetime chess rating is under 1500 when
you die you go straight to hell and have to teach chess to
coconuts and every time the coconut loses a game they stick another
coconut up your ass....
Yes. But even that is presumably preferable than spending an eternity with you.

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Yes. But even that is presumably preferable than spending an eternity with you.
That's cold.

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i can usually whoop my roomates arse otb, but here he's a good 100-200 points above me...