@Onyx_Chess
"Failure to answer will serve as an unabated concession."
Wow what a demanding guy. All this over a childish rule called takebacks!
"Quite often, they're really not at fault.
Quite often, it's a software/hardware issue."
Often? I use an old computer and a third-hand mouse and it's NEVER happened to me. I've made mouse-slips, sure, but that's when I wasn't paying attention to the board. I don't feel the need to plead for a takeback. And even if there are magical software issues that can mysteriously cause mouse-slips in your games, no offence mate, but I still consider that your fault. Got a terrible computer/mouse? Get a new one.
"a. How many consecutive games of chess would you have to play, where your opponent lost because of a glitch, before you would request a takeback rule so that you could enjoy a good game of actual chess again?"
I lose to my opponents too much to give any sympathy to them. So I'll happily take all those wins. :)
"b. Barring the capacity for a takeback option, how many consecutive games, where your opponent lost because of a glitch, would you tolerate before you'd declare your 100-0 chess record "a waste of time" and move on to something else?"
Why is the guy playing 100 games if he has that serious of a computer issue? What imaginary world is this? Can we have realistic questions please?
"Bonus Question A) What is your purpose for sitting down at the chess board?"
To beat the opponent at a game called chess, what else?
"Bonus Question B) As you're playing a tough position, do you hope that your opponent glitches/slips so that you can have an easy "win"?"
I don't hope for such infrequent things. I don't think it's seriously happened to me in the last month. But when it does happen, it's not my problem.
Fans of takebacks fail to understand that nobody has the obligation to clean up after their opponent's problems. Seriously, it's really not my problem if my opponent screws up somehow. Their problem, their consequences.
"Failure to answer will serve as an unabated concession."
Wow what a demanding guy. All this over a childish rule called takebacks!
"Quite often, they're really not at fault.
Quite often, it's a software/hardware issue."
Often? I use an old computer and a third-hand mouse and it's NEVER happened to me. I've made mouse-slips, sure, but that's when I wasn't paying attention to the board. I don't feel the need to plead for a takeback. And even if there are magical software issues that can mysteriously cause mouse-slips in your games, no offence mate, but I still consider that your fault. Got a terrible computer/mouse? Get a new one.
"a. How many consecutive games of chess would you have to play, where your opponent lost because of a glitch, before you would request a takeback rule so that you could enjoy a good game of actual chess again?"
I lose to my opponents too much to give any sympathy to them. So I'll happily take all those wins. :)
"b. Barring the capacity for a takeback option, how many consecutive games, where your opponent lost because of a glitch, would you tolerate before you'd declare your 100-0 chess record "a waste of time" and move on to something else?"
Why is the guy playing 100 games if he has that serious of a computer issue? What imaginary world is this? Can we have realistic questions please?
"Bonus Question A) What is your purpose for sitting down at the chess board?"
To beat the opponent at a game called chess, what else?
"Bonus Question B) As you're playing a tough position, do you hope that your opponent glitches/slips so that you can have an easy "win"?"
I don't hope for such infrequent things. I don't think it's seriously happened to me in the last month. But when it does happen, it's not my problem.
Fans of takebacks fail to understand that nobody has the obligation to clean up after their opponent's problems. Seriously, it's really not my problem if my opponent screws up somehow. Their problem, their consequences.
