When I play casual game, I play with all my effort. I win often 2300-rated players.
When I play rated games, I play with the same effort, maybe a bit higher, but almost the same.
But I noticed this wrong thing about people. They play relaxed in casual games, and in rated they start to be really aggressive. Seems like all their life depends on this game.
I don't really like it.
I play with the full effort both in casual and in rated.
But the most strange thing is that I play 2000-2200 rated people in rated games, and they play like 2300-2400 rated. And really. When I come to their page, I see that their highest rating is somewhere at 2280-2380. That's really annoying. For example, I can be 2250 at my peak. And even if I lose many, my rating never goes below 2180. So it's quite normal to have such volatility.
But it seems there are a lot of sandbaggers.
One day they play like kings and go to 2300, 2400. Another day they just flush their rating. And then they come like wolves in sheep's clothing with some innocent 2068 rating points, but slap like some Grandmasters.
These rating drops and takeoffs, is it some kind of hysterical disorder?)
When I play rated games, I play with the same effort, maybe a bit higher, but almost the same.
But I noticed this wrong thing about people. They play relaxed in casual games, and in rated they start to be really aggressive. Seems like all their life depends on this game.
I don't really like it.
I play with the full effort both in casual and in rated.
But the most strange thing is that I play 2000-2200 rated people in rated games, and they play like 2300-2400 rated. And really. When I come to their page, I see that their highest rating is somewhere at 2280-2380. That's really annoying. For example, I can be 2250 at my peak. And even if I lose many, my rating never goes below 2180. So it's quite normal to have such volatility.
But it seems there are a lot of sandbaggers.
One day they play like kings and go to 2300, 2400. Another day they just flush their rating. And then they come like wolves in sheep's clothing with some innocent 2068 rating points, but slap like some Grandmasters.
These rating drops and takeoffs, is it some kind of hysterical disorder?)