If you were sent a message by somebody that you played against in bullet, would you care to respond?
I have started contacting players that play stupid chess against me messaging them why they played stupid chess against me? Maybe they like playing lines that are just bad, maybe they were/are intoxicated, maybe they are chess trolls. I'm genuinely curious, but most don't reply, which is a shame...
Beating someone and then asking them why they played poorly is generally considered rude. Not sure if you meant to be rude, but it still comes off as rude.
LiChess matches people against opponents of similar chess ability. So if they play stupidly I suggest your time would be better spent reading a chess book.
@hendrixmaine said in #2:
> Beating someone and then asking them why they played poorly is generally considered rude. Not sure if you meant to be rude, but it still comes off as rude.
Typically I only try to contact them when they play silly openings just against me and not as part of a run. Typically (but not always), when I contact them, the one losing is me.
I see one major problem with this idea.
What if your opponent is six?
Then they will only want to talk about the game on Tik Tok.
@StingerPuzzles Well... you tell me if it makes sense to read a chess book to know a gazillion variations of the clemenz opening or the amar opening or one about pushing all pawns to the third of sixth rank. I'm curious, because bullet is ripe for trolling and not playing seriously. But there's something very special about choosing to play a game stupidly... In most cases, I really want to know what comes to their mind when they do that kind of stuff.
@wornaki That's more reasonable then. I'd say a lot of people don't respond because they may not be very interested in just a bullet game.
@Vegemite_Fighter said in #5:
> I see one major problem with this idea.
> What if your opponent is six?
> Then they will only want to talk about the game on Tik Tok.
Sure... there's the underage person not using the kid mode. That's a fair point.
Can't help wondering why the OP is so obnoxious (no offense--I'm just genuinely curious).
Most people don’t deal well with getting recommended actions or improvement suggestions, even if they are genuinely helpful and come from the heart.
When you ask them rhetorical questions ofc they’ll ignore it (everybody would and should). If they are even phrased pejorative your probably better off if you don’t get an answer!
Maybe they are thinking „I beat this poor sod with this terrible gambit, he really sucks at chess.“ and they don’t share to not hurt your feelings.