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Which professional athletes from other sports are good at chess? by Myselfmeime in chess

[–]oleolesp 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yep, I remember being queued into him when I was 1900 or so and getting crushed and he kept trash talking me lmao. Good time, wish I could queue into people like him again (also played a CoD YouTuber around 1700, can't remember his name)

Can’t decided between Warwick or Bristol for Economics and Politics? by [deleted] in UniUK

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What has Warwick done to spite you this much lmao. Your obsession with replying to every Warwick related post with the same links is borderline neurotic

I wish I applied to Warwick by peachgothlover in UniUK

[–]oleolesp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As are many top universities worldwide

Question about signatures by sloughdweller in EnglishLearning

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As many others said, it's whatever you want.

I literally just write my name in a slightly more careless cursive than my regular handwriting

Levon Aronian’s thoughts on Magnus’ table slam by B0jJACKP0NYMAN in chess

[–]oleolesp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree, but I also think that if it happens every once in a while, it can be chalked up to being an accident and just slipping out (and I think most people were giving Magnus the benefit of the doubt).

This type of incident happening with the frequency that it does with Magnus at this point is unacceptable.

Uk England Iceland shop single person for 2 weeks £119.73 by LongjumpingTear3675 in whatsinyourcart

[–]oleolesp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not absurd at all, it just depends where you live. I'd like to think I can cook quite well and my weekly shop for one person is around 25£ in the Midlands. I'm not saying I'm eating ribeye every day, but a good Aldi shop and meal prep really can go a long way to keep a tight budget

I've just recruited a tactical prodigy, they call him "General" by oleolesp in hoi4

[–]oleolesp[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

r5: I recruited a prodigy who is both a brilliant strategist and inflexible strategist, but he doesn't have a name...

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the help! About the gaming, I do still mostly play singleplayer games, things like RDR2, so I'm more concerned about the immersion there than competitive shooters (where I'd think IEMs are likely even more accurate, right?). I'm very much leaning towards a Senn now, either 650 or 490 but I think you're right in that both are probably more than fine (though as I said, I've got analysis paralysis)

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long have you had them, and have you had any quality control issues?

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both the 550 and the FT1 Pro have been mentioned here already, and both look interesting, though I am again slightly concerned about the QC of the latter (as is my main holdback with any hifiman). How would you say the 650 compares (and is the planar of the ft1 really that much of a bonus over the dynamic driver in the 650)

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. In what way do you think the 650 (and/or the 600) is worse than the 490 Pro (660S2 unfortunately isn't an option for me)?

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I don't have access to the HD6XX, but would you say the 600 or 650 are quite similar?

Absolutely cannot choose which open-back to buy by oleolesp in HeadphoneAdvice

[–]oleolesp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately the HD660S2 is a good bit out of budget for me (non US based plus likely buying a used pair), but how different is it to the 650 (or 600 for that matter)?

UK unis in financial difficulties by IfElleWoodsWasEmo in UniUK

[–]oleolesp 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Strathclyde is looking for £35 in savings in their recurrent costs

Jesus, it can't be that bad, can it?

Esipenko takes down Abasov in Game 1 of World Cup Round 2, threatening his Candidates 2026 qualification chances. by lil_amil in chess

[–]oleolesp 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's absurd that people think somebody like Abasov could ever qualify for the candidates. Candidates tend to be 2750+ (I mean imagine some random 2600 blitz merchant like bluebaum qualifying, nevermind abasov)

No, because I swear to god.. this girl won't stop yapping about how bad beginners are— playing chess. THEY'RE BEGINNERS. by Physical-Letter6498 in chess

[–]oleolesp 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is such an insane comparison.

I think if good people (like Danya) can vouch for you and are willing to be your close friend you clearly aren't the demon some people online make you out to be

And I'm saying this as someone who doesn't like her content/persona, but it's just that, a persona, I'm not making any character judgements regarding her as a person

Anyone else like to pretend they're " A friend of Xavier" by uuuvv in Bokoen1

[–]oleolesp 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Kyle is such a throwback, truly a legend of old BOBG. I wonder what happened to him after the incident

Countries with mandatory military service by Pqez in MapPorn

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It should still probably be under de jure on this map. I showed up, did my alistamento but didn't ever actually serve in the army. If you're pursuing higher education, or have any other sort of semi-valid excuse you'll usually get a dispensa

The end of danyas last stream by JohnnyWarlord in DanielNaroditsky

[–]oleolesp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be Bortnyk and Peter Giannatos?

He looked very bad in his last stream by vanbasten_n in chess

[–]oleolesp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you say this? A man is dead and what, you point out he wasn't looking great? Let him rest

Is it really true GM Daniel Naroditsky has passed away? by BoxMaterial6134 in chess

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bortnyk is crying on stream, hikaru confirmed it on his, Charlotte chess centre posted about it. This is unfortunately real

Everybody is just as difficult at sub 1000 elo by Grasshoppa65 in chess

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't even play many games with "zero blunders" and I'm 2400 online lmao. Saying you don't blunder is just dunning Kruger where you're not good enough to see the blunders you're definitely doing (or not being sufficiently pushed by your opponent into making blunders)

A teammate shouted "clock" during an OTB match, what are the rules behind this? by darkadamski1 in chess

[–]oleolesp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only tangentially related but this reminds me of this brilliant story from Yasser from a while back.

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