I have a MAJOR pet peeve. I don't know why this bothers me so much but it does...
I usually play slower games, classic 30+20 or 30+0. Every once in a while I get an opponent who berates me in the chat to "play fast"! or "play faster!" or "zzzzzz!" or "hurry!!!" I find this just plain rude. Sometimes this happens even when I still have 20 minutes left on the clock and we're 30 moves in! Just because I'm taking 5 minutes or so in a complex position.
The way I see it: I should be able to take all the time I need and use the clock any damn way I want. It's not just rude, it's nonsensical: if they want to play a faster game, why did they enter a 30+20? They could have chosen bullet, blitz or rapid. I always end up blocking that player. Is it considered rude to take 5 minutes or more on a move when you have plenty of time left on the clock in a Classic game?
Well that is very annoying but you can just disable chat and you wont have to worry about them. You can also press the "z" key when playing to take away everything thats distracting including chat.
Because they are obsessed with ratings, so they want to get their classical rating up in a blitz/bullet way. They do not have patience and think there are shortcuts to success. You can and should use all the time you are given in a game, it's your right to do so and it is not rude at all. If their messages distract you, you can enable Zen mode.
I think this kind of stuff mostly happens with lower rated players. I generally play higher rated players in long time controls and have not once received such messages. So I suggest that you take it as a sign of their weakness and know that you should be able to beat them with careful play (which they probably lack).
@RubiksCuber23 - don't want to disable chat because most chats are sportsmanlike "good game", "hello" and so on, which I appreciate.
You'll figure this out as you keep playing: it's YOUR time, and it's your RIGHT to use it. When you use your time, your opponent has to wait for you. That's power, and you should feel confident in it. By heckling you, your opponent is trying to reduce your power. Don't buy it. By playing a slow time control, they agreed to wait for you. Make them sweat.
The only thing that's considered rude is letting your time run out instead of resigning.
@Alice_ex - "letting time run out instead of resigning" - I've been guilty of this, out of rage for the heckling and spite - to make them wait. Your reply really helped... I won't do that anymore, and will just ignore those messages. Thanks!
To be honest, if they're gonna say "go faster" then they should play blitz.
@Alice_ex said in #6:
> You'll figure this out as you keep playing: it's YOUR time, and it's your RIGHT to use it. When you use your time, your opponent has to wait for you. That's power, and you should feel confident in it. By heckling you, your opponent is trying to reduce your power. Don't buy it. By playing a slow time control, they agreed to wait for you. Make them sweat.
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> The only thing that's considered rude is letting your time run out instead of resigning.
You've got a point there. I don't let myself impress/intimidate by players that want to make me play faster. People should indeed first think about the time control they wish to play.
These people confuse me. You entered a game where I get x amount of time, then proceed to get mad at me for using x amount of time? why? just play a faster time control.
i've had people RESIGN because i was thinking and taking a few minutes.
