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Do you chat with your opponent ?

#29

You think wrong.

To many people this place is where you play chess, not chat with people. Just play.

Here's kind of a funny thing. I'm not good at all playing fast, so I usually play long time controls 30+. But sometimes I'm really slow picking out a move, and my opponent will put in chat a mild rebuke such as:
Zzzzzzzzzz
Hello, are you awake?
Hello, are you in a coma?

Those I don't mind, but sometimes people are nasty, and mean-spirited, and angry. I don't like their comments.
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i play correspondence..... seems like it'd be nice to strike up a conversation, but i guess chess, even in correspondence.... i almost never chat... just seems too friggin' weird....like...you're standing next to someone in a store, and you start talking to them??? and get into an extended conversation? no way...........!?!

i don't see how people chat in bullet..........oh, other than profanities? i mean, what else would strike up the ol chat box other than some extreme emotion, at least with that time control............

Re: #53

<quote> You think wrong.

To many people this place is where you play chess, not chat with people. Just play.</quote>

Having basic sportsmanship (a greeting and "good game") isn't chatting.

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