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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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.
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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