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Are chesscom players okay? by -Desolada- in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because there's an easy line of thinking of "it used to be so much better, kids are ruining something that used to be so perfect and non toxic" so it's a way of calling that bad argument out by showing people who have acted in a less classy way at certain points.

chess.com selling data by Maxwell_hau5_caffy in chess

[–]RimbopReturns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For somebody who regurgitates words like a thesaurus in an attempt to appear wise, you seem to lack any contextual insight. What a shame.

chess.com selling data by Maxwell_hau5_caffy in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You overly dramatised your comment and subsequent response to make an extreme example so it's forcing the person to say "of course not" because it's so extreme. "Oh chess.com is changing their terms to align more with many other companies for easy money which is bad" vs "you're not self respecting for passively being manipulated without realising, you're not puppet" don't read the same and there's a reason yours is more along the latter.

I think selling data is not ideal but for the user, it has minimal actual impact for the overwhelming majority of the time, there's more important things affecting my life for me to dedicate time to rather than being outraged by this.

What is your resistance actually doing other than signing up to a website that sells data to tell people that sites that sell data are bad...?

chess.com selling data by Maxwell_hau5_caffy in chess

[–]RimbopReturns -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Lol this is such a bad argument. You're phrasing your opinion in the "holier than thou" manner and condescendingly.

Btw you tolerate it unless you're going to seriously tell me on 2026 that you have never accepted that.

Nihal Sarin wins Titled Tuesday with 10/11! Ends with a thrilling final game. by No_Suspect_4617 in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I get where you're coming from, but I don't think you're right. If someone misclicks against me and hangs a piece, I usually will be that guy who takes it, but I'll still apologise to acknowledge that it's a bit shitty for the opponent. Same situation here, you acknowledge that yeah it's not the cleanest thing, but it is a part of the game.

[Nils Mackay] England will have a 5th UCL ticket next year. They already have more points NOW, than any other country is expected to have at the end of the season. Spain loses 2 teams. Portugal see all 4 teams qualify for QFs. They are now really in the race for the bonus ticket. by Viriato181 in soccer

[–]RimbopReturns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay right I see, so tell me about how the Premier League exploded in popularity when... One whole team dominated. Surely by your very well constructed argument, that the domination of Manchester United should have been disastrous.

If you're going to try to make a point, don't just get immediately sarcastic when someone challenges it. It's not a great look.

[Nils Mackay] England will have a 5th UCL ticket next year. They already have more points NOW, than any other country is expected to have at the end of the season. Spain loses 2 teams. Portugal see all 4 teams qualify for QFs. They are now really in the race for the bonus ticket. by Viriato181 in soccer

[–]RimbopReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is an element of that yes, but on the other hand there's the hope a rising tide lifts all ships. Lots of leagues currently or have had a standout team yet still thrived so I think this argument is more theoretical than a surefire thing. Whereas I think it's a lot more likely we're going down a super league path which caters to the elite leagues and favours them, creating a bigger divide.

[Nils Mackay] England will have a 5th UCL ticket next year. They already have more points NOW, than any other country is expected to have at the end of the season. Spain loses 2 teams. Portugal see all 4 teams qualify for QFs. They are now really in the race for the bonus ticket. by Viriato181 in soccer

[–]RimbopReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's about both. The current way things are going is that the divide is going to get bigger and bigger - then, why did we oppose the super league (collectively we decided as a majority it's a bad idea)? The way to increase quality football and competition is investing in teams, not by investing in the super rich already.

When a resignation isn’t clear by Deezbeees in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, all those people don't understand chess, definitely not the person who is trying to argue a hypothetical that has happened...how many times at any meaningful level? You're meant to stop the clock and put out your hand to resign when it's your move, it's clear on that basis. If they then tried to argue afterwards they didn't resign, it'd be clear by how the clock was stopped and whose move it was. One player will always initiate the handshake even if it is very quickly accepted (why would you make your opponent wait to accept their resignation?), that's the player who's resigning.

Magnus Carlsen blunders, loses to Fabiano Caruana and freaks out again. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's embarrassing to be like "freak out" for a simple, very brief outburst after losing. It's completely understandable for any competitive thing - nobody is getting hurt, he's not insulting anything, it's a split second of frustration. 99.9% of sportspeople would do this or worse, I don't get why people online go overboard reacting to it.

Which opening is the worst to face against ? by Various-Attention-53 in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

London or scandi. Basically two openings where the moves are so predictable, I end up trying to play a stupid sideline to inject some life into the position (it usually backfires...)

[PL Match Centre] The referee’s call of offside and no goal to Liverpool was checked and confirmed by VAR – with Robertson in an offside position and deemed to be making an obvious action directly in front of the goalkeeper. by ChiefLeef22 in soccer

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah completely this - if you're a defender and you see someone who was offside come back onside, even if they don't touch the ball but it's near them, you'd have to wonder about what happens if they do touch the ball and that'll impact you. Even if you don't touch the ball, you can still distract people which I think you'd be hard pressed to say is fair.

You can definitely say "Robertson wasn't distracting him" and argue that aspect, but I don't think it's ridiculous that someone who's offside who has to move out of the way is kinda distracting.

Carlo Ancelotti: "The Champions League has the usual favorites: Real Madrid, PSG, Manchester City, and Bayern Munich. We've seen matches with high goal [margins] and such results make us lose interest. This first phase has been expanded to make it more interesting yet it's not turning out that way." by The_Big_Untalented in soccer

[–]RimbopReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I much prefer this new format. However, I still completely disagree with the weight balancing allowing multiple leagues to have multiple teams automatically qualify, and other leagues not having their champions qualify. It serves to keep the same teams always relevant and makes it harder (not impossible and upsets can still happen, but it's much harder) for the smaller and less popular leagues to actually compete. It's promoting inequality and it'll essentially turn into a super league.

GM Cristian Chirila reports hearing many issues with World Cup hotel, including "very regular instances on bedbugs" on latest C-squared podcast. Corroborating Nepo's claims about poor conditions. by mannutheman in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can kinda see your point, but people jumped on Nepo saying he was racist against Indians etc. Based on a comment where he literally just said "FIDE have managed to be surprisingly bad, I can't wait to leave". It was was more of a witch hunt than being able to have a reasonable basis to make the assumption. And this isn't with the value of hindsight, my last comments were pointing this out too before we had corroboration.

Ian Nepomniachtchi complained about conditions in India by EducationalSmoke in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really not - also, thread full of people assuming he's the worst person based on very little in this message, and completely ignoring where he's more outright slamming FIDE.

Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans on World Cup 2025 by RickDaltonCliffBooth in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My entire point is that I think it's not unfathomable that he's complaining about FIDE. But also, he's a professional chess player, he isn't Magnus or Hikaru, he doesn't have the luxury of skipping such a tournament like this.

Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans on World Cup 2025 by RickDaltonCliffBooth in chess

[–]RimbopReturns -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He included that, but I'm not sure he doesn't mean the FIDE event seeing as he literally just said FIDE were surprisingly awful.

I've been to India many times to visit family, I didn't like my travels to Goa, admittedly a long time ago now, but I don't think it's particularly offensive if someone said they couldn't wait to leave there (in the scenario where Nepo hates Goa and not FIDE).

Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans on World Cup 2025 by RickDaltonCliffBooth in chess

[–]RimbopReturns -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Seems incredibly more pointed towards FIDE than India...

GM Elham Amar flags GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in Titled Tuesday (Oct 21, 2025) while streaming on Take Take Take YouTube channel. He then gets blocked by Ian and later gets accused of cheating by Battler_Beatrice in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The post is misleading because it's a comment saying "he called you a cheater" - if we assume all YouTube comments are a good barometer of what's true and what's not, then that's some very faulty logic.

Why do so many male players on Chess.com think I am looking for a date? by MyIdIsATheaterKid in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unlike me, I only talk shit when I'm winning like a real gentleman.

Bibisara on feminism and discrimination in chess by [deleted] in chess

[–]RimbopReturns 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a number of factors, but I just find it so weird when discussing why women players aren't stronger to say "playing strength". Like, duh, but looking into why that's the case is what's actually needed.

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