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Originally posted by GreatSantiniI don't think it's as fun as the guy who gets upset when you resign a game they were going to win... had this happens some time back.
It makes me giggle, tee-hee. If they had a dead won game they get really indignant.
"Why did you quit our game, I was going to win!"
Um, you did win.
"I was going to checkmate you!"
Um, yes. That is why I resigned.
"You're a quiter."
You won, relax. It's part of the game to resign when you know you are beat.
"But I wanted to see how it would end."
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With that, I send the final moves in a PGN for them to enjoy.
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27 Jan 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitI think that's hillarious!
I don't think it's as fun as the guy who gets upset when you resign a game they were going to win... had this happens some time back.
"Why did you quit our game, I was going to win!"
Um, you did win.
"I was going to checkmate you!"
Um, yes. That is why I resigned.
"You're a quiter."
You won, relax. It's part of the game to resign when ...[text shortened]... d."
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With that, I send the final moves in a PGN for them to enjoy.
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The way I see it, if you havn't moved in the time that you promised you would, you have quit the game.
27 Jan 07
Originally posted by hoven5thI almost always wait for clocks before I finally move. I checked a game and I had the white clock.
I think that's hillarious!
The way I see it, if you havn't moved in the time that you promised you would, you have quit the game.
I went to work and figured I'd make a move at lunch. Well, the game got timed out.
I was a bit hurt, but it was my fault. A clock is a clock, and the guy clicked it just about soon as it turned red I guess. What can you do? I thought about sending a message saying 'good game'... but I didn't want that sounding sarcastic... plus I didn't feel it a very good game for me at all.
All my fault, so I just put it in the archive and moved on. I'd play them again if they ever came up on my list, and with luck I'd make my moves on time.
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27 Jan 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitI understand. Sometimes things come up that are unexpected. This is why I only choose a 0 timebank on the weekends when I know I'll be around to play. However, with a seven-day time bank, or what have you, failure to move = quit the game. If you send me amessage or something, that's a different story.
I almost always wait for clocks before I finally move. I checked a game and I had the white clock.
I went to work and figured I'd make a move at lunch. Well, the game got timed out.
I was a bit hurt, but it was my fault. A clock is a clock, and the guy clicked it just about soon as it turned red I guess. What can you do? I thought about sending ...[text shortened]... hem again if they ever came up on my list, and with luck I'd make my moves on time.
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27 Jan 07
Originally posted by GreatSantiniI feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
It makes me giggle, tee-hee. If they had a dead won game they get really indignant.
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Originally posted by Rene PogelYes, it is exactally like an abortion - A way of disposing of something that is meaningless to you anyway.
I feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
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27 Jan 07
Originally posted by Rene PogelYou've been killing a lot of your children lately, it seems.
I feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
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27 Jan 07
Originally posted by Rene PogelMaybe they should change it to "abort" game, instead of "timeout." That way, at least the pro-lifers will keep their games going.
I feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
27 Jan 07
Originally posted by Rene PogelHow can you compare a game of chess being timed out to an abortion?
I feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
When you flush the toilet after a dump do you consider this to be like an abortion. After all, you have squeezed out a massive poopie and then without any guilt, flushed it away.
Some pro lifers have weird ideas.
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Originally posted by Rene PogelI would click that so quick! They should make it spin down a toilet too!
I feel that to time out an opponent is to perform an abortion (unless the game has not only started/conceived) against which i feel very strongly. Instead of showing a skull they should picture a foetus in utero. I once met Jonathon Spielman (in 1987) during the Karpov Kasparov games in London, and he told me that to lose a game of chess was like killing his own child. I agree with him.
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