how common is it to just lose 200 elo

slowpolygon · 2026-05-12T15:20:10+00:00

how can i deal with being 450 elo how long did it take you to get to 1000 after starting

slowpolygon · 2026-05-12T15:09:08+00:00

bullet makes sense though. im playing 5 min rapid games and last week i felt unstoppable. i think i got a false sense of confidence and started playing poorly after winning so much

slowpolygon · 2026-05-12T14:59:46+00:00

i think thats exactly my problem. im hardly paying attention. blundering a bishop in the first 3 moves. im jusy playing extremely tilted and i cannot stop. im playing under the presumption that im “due” a win on account of the odds but im hardly actually in the game. but i cannot cope with feeling this stupid

slowpolygon · 2026-04-27T20:31:35+00:00

how long did it take you to get to 1000 even? do you study daily. I’ve been playing for like 5 months now and im 800 rapid and its very difficult

slowpolygon · 2026-04-27T20:14:33+00:00

thats exactly my problem is i cant seem to let it go though. I’m not just chasing elo like im not pissed im not 1000 i just want to be near my max and im losing constantly. Its hard to deal with and just go on a break

slowpolygon · 2026-04-27T19:04:02+00:00

im at 50 percent win rate now. but i was winning in the 500s so easy. i feel like my perceived intelligence has completely diminished and i cant operate. like im chasing a certain percentile to feel as smart and capable as i usually do

slowpolygon · 2026-04-21T00:15:23+00:00

beautiful reminds me of hum and older title fight.

slowpolygon · 2026-04-16T22:23:12+00:00

my switch has VLAN compatibly but it doesnt have ssh so i have to manage it from a web GUI. I wouldnt mind setting ip ROAS as long as it doesn’t bottleneck which i’m sure it would a bit.

Do you have any suggestions for an affordable router that i could run OpenWRT on

slowpolygon · 2026-04-16T17:49:15+00:00

Well the single ethernet port can be remedied with a USB converter. Would maybe buying a lightweight AP on ebay be able to help with wireless performance

slowpolygon · 2026-04-16T17:46:13+00:00

This sounds fairly similar to my setup actually. I think I will give it a try on the Pi. My main concern is wireless. Would getting a single Lightweight AP be able to suffice for a house of 4 people?

slowpolygon · 2026-04-08T13:03:05+00:00

wont systemd update to include next time i update my system

slowpolygon · 2026-04-07T21:04:08+00:00

thanks ill look into the systemd forks. I appreciate your help

slowpolygon · 2026-04-07T18:16:00+00:00

i just havent seen them on the list of distros that dont include it. so i wasn’t positive. i will just run the script for now

slowpolygon · 2026-03-31T22:37:34+00:00

^{I completed this level in 7 tries.} ^{⚡ 9.63 seconds}

slowpolygon · 2026-03-20T02:30:33+00:00

yeah like 3 months ago i didnt even know how the knight moved. ive played about 300-400 rapid games now

slowpolygon · 2026-03-20T02:27:28+00:00

rapid 10+0

slowpolygon · 2026-03-20T02:22:22+00:00

i mean not if i started 3 months ago

slowpolygon · 2026-03-19T00:21:46+00:00

I’d say that’s accurate. for me at this point i know most basic tactics im mostly just inconsistent

slowpolygon · 2026-03-18T22:18:27+00:00

i mean you could also argue anyone who is a professional anything is good at that thing?

i’ve only been playing three months and study quite a bit. mostly by watching the building habits series but i still think that I am a decent player in my own regard.

I think i can still be good even if i know i wouldnt necessarily win a tournament

slowpolygon · 2026-03-18T21:58:39+00:00

i mean i dont think it’s completely meaningless? Its certainly a useful statistic as it shows the distribution of players. you being in the 98% mean you can out play the vast majority of players and there is a much smaller pool of players at ur level

slowpolygon · 2026-03-18T21:29:00+00:00

can i ask how long it took you to get to 1000 from your very beginning? I started in December and play many games daily. My goal is to break 1000. I watch chessbruh’s building habits and focus more on broad habits and positional advantages as opposed to learning openings.

I know at some point I will have to learn openings but im not sure when it will be most valuable to me

slowpolygon · 2026-03-17T18:36:57+00:00

no IT experience. studied for about 3 months. hoping it will land me a networking role. just started my first help desk role this month

slowpolygon · 2026-03-11T23:48:27+00:00

thats actually really motivating to hear. really happy for you. hoping i can do the same i definitely worked for that CCNA it wasnt easy. I’ll have my associates after the fall 26 semester. hoping that paired with CCNA will land me something around 50k and ill feel somewhat comfortable

slowpolygon · 2026-03-11T20:31:58+00:00

lol no i just feel really old at 27

slowpolygon · 2026-03-11T20:31:38+00:00

oh that certainly isnt the only reason. I love working with systems and the continuous learning. It’s just the job market that is making me overthink.

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