the secret chess weapon: the over inflated rating.
i’ve been blitzing like the united states government has been spending money they don’t have. my current blitz rating is somewhere between 970 and 1100, depending on the account (ICC or FICS) and day and time. i will lose to a 1050 in 5 minutes, then beat a 1300 in the same time.
but one thing i’ve noticed, which is strange. at least twice i accidentally clicked on a standard game, 15 minutes or whatever. i played against 1500+ players and i won both games. the fucked up thing is, my current standard rating is 1608 or something, thanks to winning my last game against a 1500+ player. the last two games, i thought i was playing against someone waaaaay higher than me, with a 1500+ rating, but it turned out, i was the higher rated guy. my last game, i beat a 1580 immediately after losing to a 1200. that makes about as much sense as the current US political regime’s plans and ideas.
i don’t think i play any different. i don’t take more time. honestly, these guys didn’t play that well. the ONLY reason i can see for this is they look at my rating, it’s higher than theirs, and they think “this guy is higher rated, i’m gonna lose” and they fuck up and i win. they are somehow intimidated by the number after my name, as if it actually means something.
i mean, they play some shitty moves. i can’t believe that the 1100 and 1200 players are better than a 1500, are they?
how can i be a 1600 during 15 minute games and a 1000 during 5 minute games? and how can people think the government is going to fix shit like heathcare when the government is the reason most shit is broke to begin with? none of it makes any sense.
in both cases, i’m just gonna keep on drinking and stop trying to make sense of it all.
idea for ICC
I am a libertarian, so i believe in personal responsibility for your actions. i don’t believe the government, or anyone in “authority” should step in and make regulations to “protect us from ourselves.” if iwant to drive 125 mph down the highway not wearing a seatbelt, i should be allowed to.
that said, i think ICC should realize some of us do indeed have problems, and they should take some responsibility.
there needs to be some kind of limit on how many blitz games you can play in one 24 hour period.
ICC is a chess enabler, and if they are gonna be peddling the heroin/crack/meth that is blitz chess, they should at least help mitigate some of the damages.
i have a problem, i admit it. i lost a whole day playing blitz. i started at 9 in the morning, next thing i know, it was 4 fucking pm in the afternoon, i had a headache, i was hungry, i was still unwashed in my pajamas. i played over 100 blitz games in 7 hours. god help me. i was like a heroin addict, neglecting basic human functions like eating and personal hygene for the fleeting thrill of a mate. it’s just like heroin, only i don’t think i can get aids or hepatitus from a shared computer.
so if ICC had some kind of “20 blitz game in a 24 hour limit,” i think this would be helpful. i can’t stop myself, perhaps i need someone to stop me for me. and since blitz is bad for your chess, they would be doing the entire chess world a service, saving kids and adults from ruining thier chess and blitzing thier life away.
