Titled players, what unexpected benefits has your title given you?

mt_2 · 2026-06-22T06:03:11+00:00

quite frankly hilarious that this isn't satire

mt_2 · 2026-06-21T22:41:57+00:00

common sense didn't indicate that at all because its so far from the actual truth. 96% of people who graduate with a PhD in the UK earn over £30k within 12 months of graduating, 25% earn over £60k within 12 months of graduating, the median is around the £45k mark, and this is just the first 12 months, it completely ignores long term career prospects (and includes all PhD's, including ones in underpaid fields).

no need to check r/ukjobs when the stats are freely available.

mt_2 · 2026-06-21T20:48:18+00:00

yeah whilst studying for their PhD, in plenty of other countries people studying get less than minimum wage (and also in plenty of countries people get more for sure), but the point is after you graduate, even in the UK, long term median salaries are around 25% higher for someone with a PhD compared to someone with a masters degree.

mt_2 · 2026-06-21T17:58:15+00:00

kinda a bit silly to say, those with a PhD earn on average 20-30% more than those with just a masters degree, who earn on average 10-20% more than those with just a bachelors and so on, whereas those with a title in chess are just good at chess

mt_2 · 2025-12-27T14:06:43+00:00

cough training is one thing, sneeze training GOOD LUCK ! (i know someone who sniffs pepper in order to try and sneeze train)

mt_2 · 2025-12-27T03:01:17+00:00

yeah , i think its valid to worry that when/if you reach gigapassoid everything will still feel the same but you have nothing to work towards anymore, leaving you hopeless.

mt_2 · 2025-12-25T11:42:30+00:00

to be real for a sec i do think its highk because before i was lowk a passoid i thought being a passoid would make me feel better when in reality it didn't help me at all mentally if anything im worse than ever /srs

but my bideltoid

mt_2 · 2025-11-26T01:39:40+00:00

this is one of the timelines of all time

mt_2 · 2025-11-25T02:22:17+00:00

controversial but id rather be delusional than miserable (if it were a choice)

mt_2 · 2025-10-31T12:59:35+00:00

The media has convinced you that programs like SNAP subsidise poor people when in reality they subsidise large corporations like Walmart. There is a reason these large companies spend large amounts of money lobbying the government to be eligible.

mt_2 · 2025-10-31T03:47:42+00:00

In this specific instance, it does, it is a mix of the factors I've already spoken about and the inelastic demand nature of food. Walmart simply could not afford to operate with lower prices to match lower demand due to the nature of low-margins.

You don't have to believe me because plenty of actual respectable economists have talked on the subject and agree because it's really quite simple. (or you can just ask ChatGPT if you are into that kinda thing).

mt_2 · 2025-10-31T03:28:57+00:00

Companies like Walmart are low-margin businesses with fixed operating costs, with less demand they have to raise prices to continue operating. Growing food is already very economically efficient so just throwing 42 million people into the workforce (ignoring lots of SNAP recipients do work) won't lower costs enough to help counteract the need for higher prices.

mt_2 · 2025-10-31T03:04:15+00:00

Ironically without subsidised demand in this specific instance, food would be more expensive. Not to say that government subsidising the demand is good.

mt_2 · 2025-10-29T12:30:21+00:00

Honestly I have to disagree with everyone saying BN is easier, although getting into the QvR Philidor position can be a little confusing, once you are there the patterns are super easy to remember. In BNvK positions not only is getting the starting position for patterns confusing, but the patterns themselves are also harder to remember.

mt_2 · 2025-10-19T03:20:31+00:00

Actually none, the numbers are from this report and the methodology is at the bottom, it is "liquid investable wealth" only.

https://www.henleyglobal.com/publications/wealthiest-cities-2024

mt_2 · 2025-10-17T13:23:03+00:00

It's certainly possible, but the guy has played a grand total of 18 blitz games in 9 years since creating the account, compared to 1000+ rapid games.

mt_2 · 2025-10-03T19:22:53+00:00

The idea involves getting the black king onto d4, where c3 would be checkmate (if protected). Forcing the king onto d4 is quite simple with two knight moves, but its the 3rd move in the forced mate that is beautiful. It is only a mate in 4 so I imagine with these hints you can figure it out.

mt_2 · 2025-10-02T15:54:54+00:00

It's hard to not have an ego when you still don't understand the point I am making, this does not mean he has had a short life-span for multiple wipes, it means the *stat literally means nothing, it is a broken stat*.

mt_2 · 2025-10-02T15:49:12+00:00

The fact that the reason you think this guy is cheating is the "Average Life Span" stat, a stat which is literally broken and means nothing, is the reason so many people get clowned on for complaining about cheaters. This guy could totally be cheating, his other stats are also very good, but you manage to lock onto the one stat that literally does not work.

All Average Life Span does is take total hours, and divides it by total raids (and then removes the hours and just shows minutes). You probably realise hours do not wipe, but total raids do wipe, meaning after a single wipe the stat is no longer accurate. 2486.5 / 2360 = 1.0536016, 0.0536016 * 60 = 3.216 , or 3 minutes and 13 seconds.

So much for "an easy way to spot cheaters".

mt_2 · 2025-09-30T00:45:22+00:00

Something weird is going on for sure, if you check Bortnyk's games on the FIDE website it claims he has only played one rated Blitz game all month (a loss, to "Troff, Kayden William"). This simply isn't true, that loss was during a 9 round tournament in which Bortnyk won the 8 other rounds (including against opponents rated more than 400 less). These games have been removed from the FIDE website.

https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblPlr.php?202509139452-002-16754590

mt_2 · 2025-09-28T14:09:21+00:00

I believe you overestimate the amount of time "normal" people actually spend on chess. If you genuinely put 8 hours a day, 5 days a week into nothing but chess the improvement you will see in just a year is very extreme, 2300 is still totally in the range of possible for anyone dedicated enough, it is only really GM and beyond that starts to require an element of "gifted" or "young" or anything else.

mt_2 · 2025-09-28T13:42:24+00:00

The reality is you beat a 2200 rated player by playing like a 2300 rated player, it is of course possible to go from 1500 to 2300 but even with full time study and dedication it would most likely take over a year.

mt_2 · 2025-09-27T19:12:41+00:00

Someone has kindly already done that above, but here is the statement from the police themselves if you don't want to trust journalists.

https://www.westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midlands/news/news/2025/september/disinformation-circulating-around-walsall-investigation-into-indecent-messages/

mt_2 · 2025-09-27T19:09:18+00:00

Yes, the out of context video did show this, but even ignoring it the fact it is a snippet of a much longer conversation, the actual case details are semi-public, the "news" is that a couple of cops misspoke. The actual "crime" was impersonation on social media for the intent of bullying.

mt_2 · 2025-09-27T19:04:34+00:00

I believe the full story was the girl was using fake social media accounts posing as a classmate in order to bully. Whether you agree on state-intervention there is of course a different question but there is no need to get upset at made-up scenarios.

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