For those who would play me on RHP. Please try and play to the time controls. It is only polite.
But if you should happen to find yourself overrunning the time controls a bit, don't worry, I won't time you out unless you are taking the mickey.
I gain no satisfaction from winning a game this way. I can't see the point of losing the chance to play an interesting game to its conclusion. I can't help thinking I am losing something.
This is not OTB chess, it is correspondence chess in electronic format. You don't have to apply the same rules, and RHP specifically asks you not to timeout immediately, and I think we should respect that.
Just wanted to make that clear.
PS The only rated game I have in progress is with SG.
🙂
21 Nov 13
Originally posted by thaughbaerMrs Outsider has just commented that she is not sure that I should be talking to people on the internet who are promising to skull me.
I know we're not meant to discuss games in progress but I hope you lock your laptop in the boot of your car and SG clicks on the skull while you are screaming down the phone at the AA. "You've got a red hot what sir ?"
21 Nov 13
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Originally posted by Rank outsiderWho said anything about OTB chess? All the other correspondence sites enforce time controls as well. It's this site that's the aberration compared to the entire rest of the chess world.
For those who would play me on RHP. Please try and play to the time controls. It is only polite.
But if you should happen to find yourself overrunning the time controls a bit, don't worry, I won't time you out unless you are taking the mickey.
I gain no satisfaction from winning a game this way. I can't see the point of losing the chance to pl ...[text shortened]...
Just wanted to make that clear.
PS The only rated game I have in progress is with SG.
🙂
Edit: and you have 7 days per move in our game, so there is no excuse! I felt you would be an interesting opponent. I would not have agreed to that slow a time control otherwise. I usually always play 1 day + 3 TB.
21 Nov 13
Originally posted by Rank outsiderI will let a game sit if it is an offhand game or a game with a friend, but I click as soon as I see a skull in a tournament or clan game.
For those who would play me on RHP. Please try and play to the time controls. It is only polite.
But if you should happen to find yourself overrunning the time controls a bit, don't worry, I won't time you out unless you are taking the mickey.
I gain no satisfaction from winning a game this way. I can't see the point of losing the chance to pl ...[text shortened]...
Just wanted to make that clear.
PS The only rated game I have in progress is with SG.
🙂
In a tournament especially, it is unfair to allow my opponent additional time when all the other players in the tournament are not given the same option. The conditions should be the same for all, in terms of the execution of the rules.
22 Nov 13
Originally posted by Rank outsiderSo someone held a gun to your head and made you click 11 skulls?
For those who would play me on RHP. Please try and play to the time controls. It is only polite.
But if you should happen to find yourself overrunning the time controls a bit, don't worry, I won't time you out unless you are taking the mickey.
I gain no satisfaction from winning a game this way. I can't see the point of losing the chance to pl ...[text shortened]...
Just wanted to make that clear.
PS The only rated game I have in progress is with SG.
🙂
Sorry to hear that.
22 Nov 13
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Originally posted by ChessPraxisThey were 'taking the mickey', I suppose. Whatever that means.
So someone held a gun to your head and made you click 11 skulls?
Sorry to hear that.
Edit:
Taking the piss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_piss‎
Taking the piss is a British term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_piss‎
Taking the piss is a British term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable.
So, in other words, RO's criteria works fine for me. My opponents took the liberty of procrastinating on their moves, at the expense of fair play (they should not get more time on a move than I do) and were being unreasonable by expecting me to ignore the time control.
22 Nov 13
Originally posted by SwissGambitTaking liberties such as exceeding the time limit.
They were 'taking the mickey', I suppose. Whatever that means.
Edit:Taking the piss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_piss‎
Taking the piss is a British term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable.
So, in other words, RO's criteria works fine for me ...[text shortened]... ime on a move than I do) and were being unreasonable by expecting me to ignore the time control.
22 Nov 13
Originally posted by SwissGambitYeah yeah, you heartless skull clicker. 😛
They were 'taking the mickey', I suppose. Whatever that means.
Edit:Taking the piss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_piss‎
Taking the piss is a British term meaning to take liberties at the expense of others, or to be unreasonable.
So, in other words, RO's criteria works fine for me ...[text shortened]... ime on a move than I do) and were being unreasonable by expecting me to ignore the time control.