Why do most players ignore or decline a rematch offer?
This is especially true of players who have just won. I find very little of these players want to play again. The highest chance of rematch happens when someone wins by a total landslide, the inference being they assume another easy win.
It's not that I don't understand all cases of declined rematches. I can understand the motives to decline a rematch if you lost, especially in avoiding an opponent who just crushed you. But I find an annoying amount of players decline the rematch to a game they just won.
Maybe this is only true of players in my ELO range. But I find it true in all time controls (or at least the ones I play).
It's bad game. Almost always I find this person playing again anyway. And I'm not picking rematches based on who I think I can beat--I offer rematches to every player who beats me.
My only conclusion is that the players who avoid a rematch after winning do so because they are a bit cowardly. They don't want to give up the feeling of having bested someone, and having successfully robbed that person a chance at redemption, they go on to the much easier task of losing to a random opponent.
These are my conclusions, but what are yours?
This is especially true of players who have just won. I find very little of these players want to play again. The highest chance of rematch happens when someone wins by a total landslide, the inference being they assume another easy win.
It's not that I don't understand all cases of declined rematches. I can understand the motives to decline a rematch if you lost, especially in avoiding an opponent who just crushed you. But I find an annoying amount of players decline the rematch to a game they just won.
Maybe this is only true of players in my ELO range. But I find it true in all time controls (or at least the ones I play).
It's bad game. Almost always I find this person playing again anyway. And I'm not picking rematches based on who I think I can beat--I offer rematches to every player who beats me.
My only conclusion is that the players who avoid a rematch after winning do so because they are a bit cowardly. They don't want to give up the feeling of having bested someone, and having successfully robbed that person a chance at redemption, they go on to the much easier task of losing to a random opponent.
These are my conclusions, but what are yours?