On Saturday, an unsolicited game with 1. e4 appeared in my inbox from a provisionally-rated player. Why he chose me, I don't know, but as it was the weekend, I thought "whatever" and replied with 1....c5. His reply, 2. Bb4 had me rather stumped. What the **** was he playing at? While I pondered this (all of 3 minutes) I received no fewer than FOUR pm's from this guy, the first of which said "If you don't move soon, I am going." My instinct was to delete the game, but my better nature prevailed and I continued. After every move, he messaged me (not in the message panel, but a pm) urging me "faster! faster!" &c., like some bored girl in a 1970's grumble-flick. After the seventh move, and the umpteenth message of this type, I lost patience and messaged him: "OK, if I play faster, will you play any better?" "Sure!" came a message by return. After the game was over (very soon!) he started a rematch, which I deleted immediately. Then I received a pm saying: "If you are humman bieng [sic] you play me again. Youll [sic] see."
O tempora, o mores!!
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Has anyone else here had a similar experience?
How did you deal with it?
What would your advice be if I encounter this sort of nonsense again?
Cheers,
Mathurine 🙂
I am playing a 7/7 game against someone who shall go unnamed. After about 6 days I get a private message asking me "WHERE HAVE YOU GONE?".
I was so taken aback by this profoundly piercing question that I had to sit and contemplate my journey through life, my mistakes and my triumphs. I think I'll take another few days to write some poetry for my opponent to thank them for shaking me out of this hazy bubble and causing me to pause for a moment in my ever fluctuating voyage through this existence.
Originally posted by MathurineAsk how old they are, if they say anything less than 13 report them to site feedback.
On Saturday, an unsolicited game with 1. e4 appeared in my inbox from a provisionally-rated player. Why he chose me, I don't know, but as it was the weekend, I thought "whatever" and replied with 1....c5. His reply, 2. Bb4 had me rather stumped. What the **** was he playing at? While I pondered this (all of 3 minutes) I received no fewer than FOUR pm's ...[text shortened]... dvice be if I encounter this sort of nonsense again?
Cheers,
Mathurine 🙂
Play at your own pace, use the ignore feature to shut this user down from sending you PM's.
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Originally posted by MathurineAh! rude players are my bête noire . (see my thread in the Help forum)
On Saturday, an unsolicited game with 1. e4 appeared in my inbox from a provisionally-rated player. Why he chose me, I don't know, but as it was the weekend, I thought "whatever" and replied with 1....c5. His reply, 2. Bb4 had me rather stumped. What the **** was he playing at? While I pondered this (all of 3 minutes) I received no fewer than FOUR pm's dvice be if I encounter this sort of nonsense again?
Cheers,
Mathurine 🙂
I've changed my challenge settings so that only Buddies can challenge me, others need to send a PM.
If a player's rude, even if it's just that they've randomly deleted a game with no message to explain why, they end up on my Ignore List. I've got no time for fools like this. If they send you rude/offensive PMs, I'd refer this to the Mods. During the game, rude comments are ignored or I may put the player back in his/her place if I'm having a bad day and they're testing my patience 😀
Originally posted by MathurineWar is war, loser.
On Saturday, an unsolicited game with 1. e4 appeared in my inbox from a provisionally-rated player. Why he chose me, I don't know, but as it was the weekend, I thought "whatever" and replied with 1....c5. His reply, 2. Bb4 had me rather stumped. What the **** was he playing at? While I pondered this (all of 3 minutes) I received no fewer than FOUR pm's ...[text shortened]... dvice be if I encounter this sort of nonsense again?
Cheers,
Mathurine 🙂
